HO AH SIN

Description

Biographical informationHo Ah Sin (aka J Wassy) was born on the 19th March 1861 in Chimpo, Pekin [Beijing], China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1879. He stated that he arrived in Australia on one of 'Padbury's sailing boats'. He was five feet one and a half inches in height.

Prior to July 1917 he was working on a station 85 miles from Carnarvon and was listed as a "cook, gardener and general farm worker". In June 1917 he travelled by boat to Geraldton and worked for one month in a Chinese Boarding House at Fitzgerald Street, Geraldton [hard to read, might be Ah Lim's?].

He then left Geraldton to word as a cook on Willy Gully Station, Northampton (1917); then Mount Hill Station, Walkaway (1917 to 1919); then for Charles Sing at Geraldton (1919); and then at Dalgaranga Station, Yalgoo (1919); then at Wong King's Boarding House in Geraldton (1920).

He was fined £2 in August 1918 and £2 in February 1919 for 'Being Found in a Gaming House' in Geraldton (B).Other nameHo Ah Sin (differentiated name)J WASSY (also known as)J WASHY (also known as)HO A SIN (also known as)J WAGSY (also known as)Date of birth19th March 1861

Fingerprint of Ho Ah Sin in 1917 from his War Registration File 1916-1920 (source NAA: PP14/3, CHINESE/HO A S)

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (person)Charles SingSubject (organisation)Wong King's Boarding House, GeraldtonWilly Gully Station, NorthamptonMount Hill Station, GeraldtonDalgaranga Station, YalgooSubject (place)Fitzgerald Street, GeraldtonNorthamptonYalgooWalkawaySubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCookGamblingRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA War Registration File 1916-1920

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceChimpo, PekinDate1861

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1879 (WA)

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceWilly Gully StationDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

HO AH SIN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA