AH WOY

Description

Biographical informationAh Woy was born in about 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898. He was five feet and six inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Peninsula Road, Maylands, from at least 1913 to 1919 (B).

He travelled overseas three times: May 1907 to August 1908; March 1914 to July 1915; and January 1919 to June 1921 (D).Other nameAh Woy (differentiated name)AH WAY (also known as)Date of birth1870

Photograph of Ah Woy aged 48 in 1918 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1918/42)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Peninsula Road, MaylandsSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1914NAA CEDT File 1918

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

UWA Collected

AH WOY

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA