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AH MING Oshiga Iwata (female)

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Biographical informationAh Ming Oshiga Iwata was born in 1871 in Nagasaki, Japan. She migrated to Western Australia in 1881. She was married to Ah Ming Jimmy. She was recorded as 'Chinese by marriage'. She was four feet six and a half inches in height.

When travelling with her husband to Fremantle in 1898, the Inspector of Police in Geraldton had to seek clarification if they came under the terms of the new Immigration Restriction Act. As they had been in the colony for 14 years, the advice was that the Act did not apply to them. (State Records Office file, S675, Cons 527, in file 1900/2118 - but this file has the reference 1898/1691).

She lived at Port Hedland. She visited Broome in July 1919 for six months (B).Other nameAh Ming (Oshiga Iwata) (differentiated name)Date of birth1871

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Chinese and Japanese from N West for Fremantle - 1898

Chinese and Japanese from N West for Fremantle - 1898

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AH MING Jimmy

Ah Ming Oshiga Iwata aged 37 in 1911 from her CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1911/218)

Ah Ming Oshiga Iwata aged 37 in 1911 from her CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1911/218)

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SpouseAH MING Jimmy

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Subject (place)BroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaJapanese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911

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

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RelationPlace of birthPlaceNagasakiDate1871

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RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1881

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RelationTravelled toPlacePort HedlandDate[date unknown]

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