AH SING (9)

Description

Biographical informationAh Sing (9) was born in November 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1895. He was five feet five inches in height.

He worked as a cabinetmaker for See Wah & Co Furniture Factory, Dyer Street, West Perth, from at least 1911 to 1927 (B).

He travelled overseas three times: April 1911 to September 1912; November 1915 to April 1917; and February 1927 to April 1928 (D). He left Australia permanently in February 1936.Other nameAh Sing, 1866 November- (differentiated name)

Organisation

See Wah & Co. Ltd Furniture Factory

Photograph of Ah Sing (9) in 1915 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1915/161)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1866

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1895

Employment

Job titleCabinet makerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)See Wah & Co. Ltd Furniture FactorySubject (place)Dyer Street, West PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCabinet makerRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911NAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1927NAA CEDT File 1936

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH SING (9)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA