AH QUONG (3)

Description

Biographical informationAh Quong (3) was born 13th August 1867 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1893. He was five feet two and three quarter inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener first at 125 Mount's Bay Road, Perth (up to 1922) taking a lease together with Ah Singh on allotments L57, L58, L59, L60 and L61 as well as the space in between. The leases were of the lands of Mrs C. E. Carmichael and her brother Joseph Mannings.

After 1922 he moved to Leederville, then Osborne Park and finally in Maylands (E). In 1930 he was living in Leederville and still working as a market gardener.

He travelled overseas four times: March 1896 to 1897 on SS Charon; January 1905 to September 1907; July 1922 to October 1923; and June to December 1930 (D)Other nameAh Quong (Market Gardener), 1867- (differentiated name)Date of birth13th August 1867

Ah Quong (3) aged 54 in 1922 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1922/52)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1867

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1893

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA Imm. Travel File 1896NAA CEDT File 1905NAA CEDT File 1922NAA CEDT File 1930NAA Imm. Travel File 1912-1930

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH QUONG (3)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA