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Subject (organisation)
Ah Sim's Market Garden, Albany
Yee Lee's Market Garden, Bibra Lake
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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School of Social Sciences
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HO WING
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Biographical information
Ho Wing was born in October 1861 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897.
He worked as a market gardener in Broome Street, Highgate, in 1916. In 1917 he moved to Ah Sim's market garden in Middleton Road, Albany.
In 1918 he returned to Perth and worked on Yee Lee's market garden at Bibra Lake.
Other name
Ho Wing (differentiated name)
Date of birth
October 1861
Document
AAC-Box-007-8-0151
AAC-Box-007-8-0364
Organisation
Ah Sim's Market Garden, Albany
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Relation
Place of birth
Place
Canton
Date
1861
Significant place
Relation
Immigrated to
Place
Australia
Date
1897
Significant place
Relation
Travelled to
Place
Albany
Date
[date unknown]
Employment
Job title
Gardener
Date employed
[date unknown]
Connections
Subject (organisation)
Ah Sim's Market Garden, Albany
Yee Lee's Market Garden, Bibra Lake
Subject (place)
Broome Street, Highgate
Middleton Road, Albany
Bibra Lake
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Market gardening
Related collection
Anne Atkinson Collection
Related link
NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102909-5102911>
Item information
Contributor
School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
HO WING
([date unknown]). UWA Collected, accessed 22/04/2025, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/17313