AH ME

Description

Biographical informationAh Me (aka Ah Mee and Ah May) was born in about 1872 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1889. He was about five feet four and half inches in height.

He visited China in 1896 (C). Before travelling overseas again in March 1902, he shared the lease of a market garden at Bayswater. He returned to Western Australia in January 1903 (A). In 1912, he was working on a market garden at Osborne Park when he applied for a CEDT which he did not use (E).Other nameAh Me (differentiated name)AH MEE, AH MEY (also known as)Date of birth1872

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0300

Ah Me Certificate of Domicile (NAA Item ID: 1722920)

Ah Me aged 31 in 1902 as shown on his Certificate of Domicile in 1902 (source: National Archives, K1145, 1902/50).

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1889

Connections

Subject (place)BayswaterOsborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkImm File 1896 ?NAA CoD File 1902NAA CEDT File 1912

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH ME

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA