HOP WAH Charley

Description

Biographical informationHop Wah Charley was born in November 1856 in Canton, China. He migrated to Victoria, Australia in 1883 and moved to Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet four inches in height. His wife and three children remained in China.

He was a partner in the Hop Wah Laundry, 304 Beaufort Street, Perth, from at least 1899 to 1919 (F). He also owned property at Cannington in 1904 (A). He still owned property (probably a market garden) at Canning Location 2, Lot 50 in 1925. In 1929 he took over the lease of what had been the Yee Wah market garden in South Perth.

He applied for a certificate to return to the colony in 1901. He travelled overseas twice: June 1904 to August 1906; and May 1921 to August 1922 (D).Other nameHop Wah (Charley) (differentiated name)Date of birth1856

Document

AAC-Box-007-7-0134

AAC-Box-007-7-0135

Hop Wah 1901-1854

List of Outstanding Asiatic Fees 30 April 1908

List of outstanding Asiatic Factory fee 1908

Notice of Presentation of Petition for Sale of Land for Non-Payment of Rates

Some South Perth Tenements, 1906

What's in a Name? Chinese gardens lease

Organisation

Hop Wah Laundry, Perth

Yee Wah's Market Garden, South Perth

Person

AH LEONG SING

Hop Wah Charley aged 40 in 1904 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1904/18)

Family

Other relativeAH LEONG SING

Connections

Subject (organisation)Hop Wah Laundry, PerthYee Wah's Market Garden, South PerthSubject (place)304 Beaufort Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1904NAA CEDT File 1921NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102999>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1856

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1883 (Vic)

UWA Collected

HOP WAH Charley

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