AH YOU (6)

Description

Biographical informationAh You (6) was born in about 1865 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1889. He was five feet and seven inches in height.

He visited China in July 1896, returning to Western Australia in 1898. He leased a market garden at Cannington before travelling overseas between June 1903 and February 1905 (A).Other nameAh You, 1865- (differentiated name)Date of birth1865

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0301

Ah You (6) Certificate of Domicile (NAA Item ID: 1733770)

Handprint of Ah You (6) aged 38 in 1903 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1903/29)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1865

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1889 (WA)

Connections

Subject (place)CanningtonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1903

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH YOU (6)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA