AH WONG (5)

Description

Biographical informationAh Wong (5) was born in about 1876 in Haikow or Haichow, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1901. He was four feet and eleven inches in height.

He worked at Broome as a cook in 1907 and as a boarding house keeper in 1914 (E). He also ran a restaurant in Sheeba Lane, Broome.

Ah Wong travelled overseas three times: January 1908 to August 1909; June 1910 to November 1912; and March 1914 to June 1916 (D). He left Western Australia permanently in 1919.Other nameAh Wong (Restaurateur) (differentiated name)Date of birth1876

Ah Wong (5) aged 35 in 1910 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1910/104)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHaikow or HaichowDate1876

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1901

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleRestaurateurDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Sheeba Lane, BroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaBoarding house keeperCookRestauranteurRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1914NAA CEDT File 1919

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH WONG (5)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA