AH QUONG (8)

Description

Biographical informationAh Quong (8) was born in about 1883 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet eight and three quarter inches in height.

He worked as a laundryman. He spent 1898 and 1899 in Cottesloe; 1900 to 1907 in Fremantle; and 1908 to at least 1914 at the Ying Cheong Laundry, 70 Melbourne Road, Perth (E). [He may also have had a connection to the Andrew Ginn Laundry?]

He travelled overseas twice: December 1904 to September 1906; and September 1916 to August 1919. He was described as "hardworking and well conducted. He applied for a CEDT in 1911 but did not use it (D).

Some time after 1919 he migrated to Victoria, Australia and applied for a CEDT there under the name Ah Kwong in May 1930 (CEDT Book 478, No. 46: Vic. 30/140).Other nameAh Quong, 1883- (differentiated name)Ah Kwong (also known as)Date of birth1883

Ah Quong (8) aged 31 in 1914 from his Imm. travel paperwork (source: NAA: PP4/2, 1930/2838, page 19)

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (person)HAM LINGAH GOON (4)Subject (organisation)Ying Cheong Laundry, PerthSubject (place)70 Melbourne Road, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1904NAA CEDT File 1911 unusedNAA CEDT File 1914NAA Imm. Travel File 1914-1930

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1884

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

Start typing here to find a location	Latitude	Longitude	Zoom	Actions

loading google map....

Save Cancel

UWA Collected

AH QUONG (8)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA