AH MOY (5)

Description

Biographical informationAh Moy (5) moved to Western Australia from Darwin in April 1886.

He was employed to work for Augustus Lucanus at View Hill, Wyndham, as a cook. On 10th May 1886, Ah Moy shot himself in the stomach with a .38 revolver (Wyndham Police Station Occurrence Book, 1886-1888). He was described as being temporarily insane (C).Other nameAh Moy (Cook) (differentiated name)Date of death10th May 1886

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0093

AAC-Box-007-0118

AAC-Box-007-6-0305

Person

Augustus Lucanus

Employment

Job titleCookEmployerAugustus LucanusDate employed27 April 1886

Connections

Subject (place)View Hill, WyndhamSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCookSuicideRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)Additional research by Ron Milton

Significant place

RelationPlace of deathPlaceWyndhamDateMay 1886

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate April 1886 (Port Darwin)

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceWyndhamDate27 April 1886 by SS Royal Potoma

UWA Collected

AH MOY (5)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA