AH ON (2)

Description

Biographical informationAh On (2) was born in about 1867 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1892. He was six feet six and a half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Perth.

He travelled overseas between May 1907 and August 1908. He left Western Australia permanently in April 1915 (D).

[The person who left in 1915 looks to be a different, slightly older and shorter, Ah On]Other nameAh On, 1867- (differentiated name)Date of birth1867

Ah On (2) aged 40 in 1907 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1907/71)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1867

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1892

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA Imm Travel File 1895-1897NAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1914

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH ON (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA