AH WAH (4)

Description

Biographical informationAh Wah (4) was born in about 1863 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in February 1886. He was the brother of Ah Loo (2).

He was the owner of a large market garden in Albany. He worked on the market garden and sold his vegetables by horse and cart. He employed a succession of people to assist him in the market garden. He regularly won prizes for his vegetables at the Albany Annual Show between 1909 and 1920. He was recorded as working as a market gardener in Middleton Road, Albany, in 1916. He continued to manage this market garden until 1926 when he sold it to Ah Sim. After this time he worked as a greengrocer.

He was fined £10 and costs for 'Smoking Opium' on 15 November 1920 in Albany and £10 + costs in July 1930 (Albany Advertiser 17/7/1930, pg 2).

He was killed on 13th May 1936 when he was hit by a car opposite the Albany Hotel on York Street. It was alleged that Ah Wah was drunk and found lying in the road next to his horse and cart. His obituary stated that he 'was prominent as an athlete in China in his young days'.Other nameAh Wah, 1863-1936 (differentiated name)Date of birth1863Date of death13th May 1936

Organisation

Ah Sim's Market Garden, Albany

Ah Wah's Market Garden, Albany

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0162

Photograph and slide

Albany Hotel, Albany, 1937

Person

AH LOO (2)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Family

SiblingAH LOO (2)

Connections

Subject (organisation)Ah Wah's Market Garden, AlbanySubject (place)Middleton Road, AlbanySubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaOpiumMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkTrove newspaper article on Annual Show prizesTrove article on inquest into deathTrove article on opium fine 1920Trove article on opium fine 1930Death of brother, Ah Loo (2)

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)Additional research by David MizenThe Southern Sentinel, 22 May 1936, 1

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1863

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateFebruary 1886

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceAlbanyDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

AH WAH (4)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA