CHEN HON

Description

Biographical informationChen Hon was born in October 1879 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1900. He was about five feet four and half inches in height.

He leased a market garden at North Fremantle before travelling overseas in 1900, returning in April 1901 and then travelling again in June 1902. He returned to Western Australia in June 1905.

He worked on a market garden in Peninsula Road, Maylands, in 1916. By in 1920 he had moved to Wanneroo.

He travelled overseas five more times: July 1910 to December 1911; March 1915 to July 1916; March 1918 to January 1920; January 1922 to July 1923; and March 1934 to February 1936.
[Chen Hon's Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (CEDT) files can be accessed via the 'Related Link' below.]Other nameChen Hon (differentiated name)Date of birthOctober 1879

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0176

Ah May & Chen Hon 1900-589

Photograph and slide

Chen Hon in 1902

Chen Hon pictured aged 37 in 1915 on one of his six Certificates Exempting him from the Dictation Test. There is some discrepancy with age on his Certificates (source: National Archives, NAA: K1145, 1915/24).

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)North FremantlePeninsula Road, MaylandsWannerooSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1902NAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1918NAA CEDT File 1921NAA CEDT File 1934NAA War Registration File 1916-1920NAA Immigration File 1921-1935

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1879

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1900

UWA Collected

CHEN HON

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA