AH MONG

Description

Biographical informationAh Mong was born in about 1865 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1896.

He was working as a market gardener at Perth in 1910. In 1916, Ah Mong worked on market gardens at Kalamunda and Gooseberry Hill. He moved to K. Lee's market garden in Gallop Street, West Perth, in 1918.

He was fined 20 shillings for 'Being Found in a Gaming House' in July 1918.

Travelled overseas from July 1910 to October 1911.Other nameAh Mong (differentiated name)Date of birth1865

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0252

Photograph of Ah Mong aged 44 in 1910 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1910/84)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1865

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1896

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)K. Lee's Market Garden, Gallop Street, West PerthSubject (place)KalamundaGooseberry HillWest PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaGamblingMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA War Registration File 1916-1920

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH MONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA