AH KONG

Description

Biographical informationAh Kong was born in about 1869 in Heng Sue, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was just over five feet and eight inches in height.

He was living in Beaufort Street and working as a market gardener for Mrs A Murphy in Bulwer Street in Perth when he left to travel overseas in January 1901. On the 26 November 1901, Lee Loon, a friend of Ah Kong's, who worked as a gardener for Roe, requested an extension on Ah Kong's behalf. This was granted. Ah Kong returned in November 1901.

Ratebooks place him in Bulwer Street around 1906-1911. He was working as a market gardener in Bulwer Street, Perth, in 1900 and in 1915 (E).

He travelled overseas from December 1905 to June 1908 and again from December 1915 to December 1918 (D).Other nameAh Kong (differentiated name)Date of birth1869

Document

AAC-Box-007-9-0047

AAC-Box-007-9-0052

AAC-Box-007-9-0056

AAC-Box-007-9-0076

AAC-Box-007-9-0080

Ah Kong 1900-2448

Ah Sang 1900-2447

Ah Ying 1900-2449

Photograph and slide

Ah Kong in 1900

Ah Kong aged 48 in 1915 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1915/109)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (person)A. Murphy (female)Lee LoonSubject (place)Bulwer Street, PerthBeaufort Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA Imm. Travel File 1900NAA CoD File 1905NAA CEDT File 1915

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHeng SueDate1869

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

UWA Collected

AH KONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA