AH QUON (1)

Description

Biographical informationAh Quon (1) was born in October 1870 om Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in December 1904. He was five feet two and a half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Perth in 1910 and Bunbury in 1916 (B). He was recorded as living in Cossack in 1929 (E).

He travelled overseas three times: March 1910 to February 1913; July 1917 to September 1918; and October 1929 to July 1930 (D).Other nameAh Quon (differentiated name)Date of birth1870

Ah Quon (1) aged 49 in 1917 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1917/92)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate December 1904 (WA)

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBunburyDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceCossackDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)BunburyCossackSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1917NAA CEDT File 1929

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH QUON (1)

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