Skip to toolbar

Open/Close Toolbox

Format: Person

Linked To

Child

YUEN Maggie

Related collection

Anne Atkinson Collection

Contributor

School of Social Sciences

Document

Subject of

Ephemera

Subject of

Tweet this on Twitter

Share this on Facebook

Share this on LinkedIn

Share this on Tumblr

Share this via email

Tools

Download Add to My Collection Contact us about this Citation for this item

HEA SAM

Description

Biographical informationHusband of Sing Tay, father of Mary, born 1885. William, born 1887 and Maggie (May). born 1890. He worked as a fisherman at Sharks Bay under a labour contract from 1873 to about 1876. When his contract expired, he became a market gardener with a vegetable garden at Cannington (M). In 1884 he owned a market garden in Peninsula Rd. Maylands, employing five Chinese (C). In 1890 he had a fruit and vegetable shop in Market St Fremantle, where his third child was born in a room above the shop. His wife died on 4 June 1893 at the age of 24. Hea Sam was recorded in 1910 as leasing a market garden in Roberts St. Osborne Park, employing five workers (E). He travelled back to China between July 1910 and March 1912 (D). Hea Sam is believed to have died in China, but the place and date is unknown. He has descendants from the 3rd to the 5th generation still residing in WA (M).

In 1982, a Western Australian newspaper article described him as "possibly the first Chinese market gardener in this State." (see Anne Atkinson Collection Box_007_Green_Box_0055)

A digitised file of him is available at the National Archives of Australia (K1145, 1910/131).Other nameHea Sam (differentiated name)

Document

A news report on the passing of Maggie Yuen

A news report on the passing of Maggie Yuen

Ephemera

Dr Anne Atkinson's index card (Hea Sam)

Dr Anne Atkinson's index card (Hea Sam)

Person

YUEN Maggie

A profile photo attached to Hea Sam’s Certificate for Exemption from Dictation Test form, dated 21 June 1910 (source: K1145, 1910/131, page)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHokonDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1873

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceSharks BayDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleFishermanDate employed[date unknown]

Family

ChildYUEN Maggie

Connections

Related collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western Australia

Item information

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

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA

Contact us about UWA Collected

35 Stirling Highway
Perth WA 6009 Australia

Emergency
+61 8 6488 2222

CRICOS Code: 00126G

Accessibility

Ask UWA

Jobs

Privacy

Staff Portal

Terms of use

The University of Western Australia acknowledges that its campus is situated on Noongar land, and that Noongar people remain the spiritual and cultural custodians of their land, and continue to practise their values, languages, beliefs and knowledge.

Indigenous Commitment