AH LIM (4)

Description

Biographical informationAh Lim (4) was born in about 1872 in Kongmoon [Jiangmen], China. He migrated to Western Australia in either 1892 or 1897. He was five feet and seven inches in height.

He worked as a marked gardener in South Perth in 1910 (E). In 1916 he was working on a market garden at Burswood and in 1920, in Lord Street, East Perth. In 1921 he moved to a garden in Melrose Street, Leederville (B).

Ah Lim travelled overseas three times: January 1911 to June 1912; May 1919 to May 1920; and February 1927 to June 1928. He left Western Australia permanently in February 1931 (D).Other nameAh Lim, 1872- (differentiated name)Date of birth1872

Ah Lim (4) aged 53 in 1927 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1927/28)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceKongMoonDate1872

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1892 or 1897

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Lord Street, East PerthMelrose Street, LeedervilleSouth PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911NAA CEDT File 1919NAA CEDT File 1927NAA CEDT File 1931

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH LIM (4)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA