AH WON (2)

Description

Biographical informationAh Won (2) was born in 1879 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet and nine inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener. He travelled overseas between December 1912 and January 1914 (E). He then worked at Bibra Lake Road, Jandakot, as a market gardener in 1916 and in Lockridge Road, Guildford, before travelling overseas again in September 1917.

He returned to Victoria in July 1918 and worked there until February 1920 when he resumed market gardening at Guildford (B). He travelled overseas again between February 1926 and February 1928 (D).Other nameAh Won, 1879- (differentiated name)Date of birth1879

Ah Won (2) aged 38 in 1917 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1917/105)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1879

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Bibra Lake Road, JandakotLockridge Road, GuildfordSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1912NAA CEDT File 1917NAA CEDT File 1926

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH WON (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA