AH WONG (2)

Description

Biographical informationAh Wong (2) was born in about 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1892. He was five feet and three inches in height.

He was working as market gardener when he applied for a CEDT in October 1896. It was recorded that he was blind in his right eye.

It may have been Ah Wong (2) again who applied for a CEDT in December 1898 (C) and who at that time was working as a market gardener in Wanneroo Road.

Ah Wong (2) travelled overseas 22 December 1898 and returned per "SS Sultan" 25 August 1900.Other nameAh Wong, 1866- (differentiated name)Date of birth1866

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0367

AAC-Box-007-6-0418

Ah Wong 1898-3167

Ah Wong, 1898, taken from his immigration certificate. Courtesy State Records Office WA:S675, Cons 527 1898-3167

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Wanneroo RoadSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA Imm. Travel File 1896

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1866

UWA Collected

AH WONG (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA