AH WAH (7)

Description

Biographical informationAh Wah (7) was born in about 1869 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1896. He was five feet five and a half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Bibra Lake from at least 1909 to 1917. In 1916 he was recorded as working on Quong Lee's market garden at Bibra Lake before he moved to a market garden in Belmont in November 1917. Ah Wah stayed in Belmont until 1919 when he spent five months at South Perth before returning to Quong Lee's market garden at Bibra Lake (B).

He travelled overseas four times: July 1901 to June 1902; March 1909 to August 1910; May 1914 to September 1916; and February 1922 to July 1923. He applied for a CEDT in 1926 but did not use it.Other nameAh Wah, 1869- (differentiated name)Date of birth1869

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0288

Ah Wah (7) aged 56 in 1926 from his unused CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1926/97)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Quong Lee's Market Garden, Bibra LakeSubject (place)Bibra LakeBelmontSouth PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA Imm. Travel File 1901NAA CEDT File 1909NAA CEDT File 1914NAA CEDT File 1922NAA CEDT File 1926

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1896

UWA Collected

AH WAH (7)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA