AH WING (6)

Description

Biographical informationAh Wing (6) was born in about 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1895. He was five feet six and half inches in height.

He worked as a laundryman at Soon Lee Laundry, 489 Hay Street, Perth, from at least 1916. He was recorded as the owner of the laundry from 1919.

He travelled overseas between April 1916 and June 1917.Other nameAh Wing, 1870- (differentiated name)Date of birth1870

Photograph of Ah Wing (6) aged 46 in 1916 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1916/88)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1895

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Soon Lee Laundry, PerthSubject (place)489 Hay Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1916

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH WING (6)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA