GINN Andrew

Description

Biographical informationGinn Andrew was born on the 19th October 1878 in China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1901. He was five feet six inches in height.

He managed the Wing Ginn Laundry at 297 James Street, Perth, from 1907 to 1909 when he opened the Andrew Ginn Laundry at 957 Hay Street, Perth.

Ginn applied for a laundry license in January 1909. His application was refused on the basis that there were, ‘already too many laundries in the principal thoroughfare of the city’ (West Australian, 9 January 1909, p. 15).

Land agent Charles Sommers appealed to the Local Board of Health on behalf of his client, Mr J. L. Walker who owned the building at 957 Hay Street. Sommers wrote, ‘although the premises have been used as a laundry before, and the application, who is a Christianised Chinaman, is, to my knowledge, a respectable man. The place has been idle for some time, and I am naturally anxious to secure a tenant, and shall be glad to know whether a further application by this man would be entertained.’ (City of Perth, 1909/77)

Ginn's second application for a laundry license was successful (West Australian, 29 April 1909, p.1 ).

He travelled overseas between March 1910 and April 1911.

Some time before 1918 he moved to South Australia where he lived for at least three decades. In 1939 he was a laundry man and living at 101 Parade, Norwood, Adelaide. In 1948 he was still working as a laundry man and living at 230 Pulteney Street, Adelaide.
Other nameGinn, Andrew (differentiated name)Andrew Gin (also known as)Andrew Wing Ginn (also known as)Ah Gin (also known as)Date of birth19th October 1878

Document

AAC-Box-001-1044

AAC-Box-001-1045

AAC-Box-001-1046

AAC-Box-001-1047

AAC-Box-007-7-0152

Andrew Ginn CEDT 1910 (NAA Item ID: 1735873)

Organisation

Andrew Ginn Laundry, Perth

Wing Gin Laundry, Perth

Andrew Ginn pictured around the age of 32 in 1910 on his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1910/62).

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Wing Gin Laundry, PerthAndrew Ginn Laundry, PerthSubject (place)297 James Street, Perth957 Hay Street, Perth230 Pulteney Street, AdelaideSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA War Registration File 1939-1948NAA Immigration File 1946-1976 <Not digitised #7198070>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceChinaDate1878

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1901

UWA Collected

GINN Andrew

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA