AH KING (8)

Description

Biographical informationAh King (8) was born in about 1875 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898. He was about five feet six and a half inches in height.

He worked in a laundry in Perth before travelling overseas in November 1902.

In 1913 he had changed his occupation to market gardener and worked at Burswood until 1917 when he moved to a market garden in Suburban Road, South Perth. In 1918 he worked on Chen Hon's market garden, Peninsula Road, Maylands.

He travelled overseas three more times: January 1915 to June 1916, February 1922 to December 1923 and April 1938 to November 1939.
[Ah King's Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (CEDT) files can be accessed via the 'Related Link' below.]Other nameAh King, 1875- (differentiated name)Date of birth1875

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0176

Photograph of Ah King (8) aged 46 in 1921 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1921/151)

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Chen Hon's Market Garden, MaylandsSubject (place)BurswoodSuburban Road, South PerthPeninsula Road, MaylandsSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1902NAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1921NAA CEDT File 1938

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)

UWA Collected

AH KING (8)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA