AH WING (3)

Description

Biographical informationAh Wing (3) was born in about 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in July 1896. He was five feet four and a half inches in height.

He leased a market garden at Perth before travelling overseas in February 1902. He returned to Western Australia in June 1903.

Ah Wing worked on the Kwong Wing market garden, Curtis Street, Osborne Park, in 1916. He travelled to China in December 1918 and returned to Western Australia in August 1920.Other nameAh Wing, 1866- (differentiated name)Date of birth1866

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0247

Organisation

Kwong Wing's Market Garden and Shop, Osborne Park

Photograph of Ah Wing (3) aged 46 in 1902 from his CoD File (source: NAA: K1145, 1902/10)

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJuly 1896

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Kwong Wing's Market Garden and Shop, Osborne ParkSubject (place)PerthCurtis Street, Osborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1902NAA CEDT File 1918

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH WING (3)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA