AH SHOO (1)

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Biographical informationAh Shoo (1) (亞壽) was born in April 1873 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1889. He was over five feet and ten inches in height.

He was brought in and employed by See Shing, a grocer in Murray Street, Perth, in 1895 to work as a gardener in Wanneroo Road, together with Ah Yid. He may be related to Ah Yid. He travelled back to China together with Ah Yid in 1898.

He worked as a market gardener in South Perth when he applied for naturalisation in 1898. This was refused but an application for a CEDT was approved in the same year (C). In 1898 he was living in South Perth.

He worked as a market gardener at Osborne Park in 1912 and at Bibra Lake in 1916. He resided in Woolwich Street, Leederville, in 1925 (E).

He travelled overseas five times: February 1913 to May 1914; March 1921 to August 1922; March 1925 to September 1926; April 1929 to April 1931; and April 1938 to December 1940 (D).Other nameAh Shoo, 1873-? (differentiated name)亞壽Date of birth1873

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Person

Ah Shoo pictured at the age of 36 in his Certificate of Exemption from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1913/51). There are also photographs of Ah Shoo at the age of 43, 47, 51 and 60.

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (person)GEE SEE SHINGAH YIDLUNG SEE SHINGSubject (organisation)See, Shing & CoSubject (place)Osborne Park373 Murray Street, PerthBibra LakeWoolwich Street, LeedervilleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1921NAA CEDT File 1925NAA CEDT File 1929NAA CEDT File 1938NAA Imm File 1898

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate 1889 or 1891 (WA)

UWA Collected

AH SHOO (1)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA