AH WING (12)

Description

Biographical informationAh Wing (12) was born in about 1880 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in 1898 and worked around New South Wales as a labourer and scrub clearer. He moved to Western Australia in 1918.

He was employed as a labourer at Wing Hing & Co., 207 William Street, Perth, and as a market gardener for Wing Ching Lee at Belmont. Ah Wing moved to Narrogin in December 1919 where he worked as a cook (B).Other nameAh Wing (Of Narrogin, W.A.) (differentiated name)Date of birth1880

Document

AAC_Box-007-8_0389

Organisation

Wing Sang Lee's Market Garden, Belmont

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1880

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceNarroginDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleLabourerDate employed[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Wing Hing & Co., PerthWing Sang Lee's Market Garden, BelmontSubject (place)207 William Street, PerthBelmontNarroginSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningLabourerCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH WING (12)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA