AH MOY (3)

Description

Biographical informationAh Moy (3) was born in about 1875 in Canton, China. He migrated to Victoria, Australia in 1887 and moved to Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet five and three quarter inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Maylands between 1897 and 1904 and at Bunbury between 1904 and 1905. Between 1904 and 1911 he leased land at Northam from G. Wilkerson.

Ah Moy worked on Kwong Sang's market garden at Sawyer's Valley between 1913 and 1915 and Ah Wah's market garden at Albany from 1915 to 1918. He was at Osborne Park between 1918 and 1922 and at Maylands from 1924 to 1927.

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

He travelled overseas five times: between 1898 and 1899; November 1911 to June 1913; July 1922 to June 1924; January 1927 to June 1929; and June 1935 to June 1937.Other nameAh Moy, 1875- (differentiated name)Ah Mouy (also known as)Date of birth1875

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0347

AAC-Box-007-8-0162

Ah Mouy 1898-1411

Organisation

Ah Wah's Market Garden, Albany

Ah Moy aged 52 in 1927 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1927/13)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Ah Wah's Market Garden, AlbanyKwong Sang's Market Garden, Sawyer's ValleySubject (place)MaylandsOsborne ParkBunburyNorthamAlbanySubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningGamblingRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA Imm. Travel File 1898NAA CEDT File 1911NAA CEDT File 1922NAA CEDT File 1927NAA CEDT File 1935

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1875

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RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1887 (Vic)

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RelationTravelled toPlaceBunburyDate[date unknown]

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RelationTravelled toPlaceAlbanyDate[date unknown]

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RelationTravelled toPlaceNorthamDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

AH MOY (3)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA