AH SAM (14)

Description

Biographical informationAh Sam (14) was probably born in 1863. He worked as a market gardener at Key Sam's market garden, Perth, in 1888 (C).

This is probably the Ah Sam who died of suspected bubonic plague in South Perth on the 6th October 1903 (aka Wong Sam). At the time of his death he was working on a market garden in South Perth and living there with ten other Chinese men. The market garden supplied vegetables to a greengrocer shop in William Street, Perth, owned by a Chinese man. After a post-mortem had linked his death to bubonic plague his body was removed to Woodman Point quarantine station and incinerated. All close contacts were quarantined. A Perth doctor disagreed with the plague diagnosis and stated that Ah Sam had died of syncope.Other nameAh Sam 1863-1903 (differentiated name)Wong Sam (may also have been known as)Date of birth1863Date of death6th October 1903

Document

AAC-Box-007-6-0337

AAC-Box-007-8-0236

The Plague Outbreak: Another case discovered in a house at South Perth

Organisation

Key Sam's Market Garden, Perth

Woodman Point Quarantine Station

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Key Sam's Market Garden, PerthWoodman Point Quarantine StationSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningBubonic plagueRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkTrove article

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)Register of Deaths, Burials & Cremations at Woodman Point Quarantine Station

UWA Collected

AH SAM (14)

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