JOR GWER

Description

Biographical informationFor Gwer was born in August 1881 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in January 1898. He was five feet four and three quarter inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Bibra Lake from at least 1913 to 1918 (E).

He travelled overseas four times: April 1907 to March 1908; March 1913 to June 1915; March 1918 to November 1919; and April 1927 to September 1928 (D).Other nameJor Gwer (differentiated name)Date of birthAugust 1881

Document

AAC-Box-007-9-0007

AAC-Box-007-9-0008

AAC-Box-007-9-0028

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0010

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0191

Person

GEE TOON

HING JOE

Jor Gwer aged 30 in 1013 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1913/72)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Bibra LakeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1918NAA CEDT File 1927NAA Immigration File 1918-1834 <Not digitised #4317081>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102793>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1881

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJanuary 1898

UWA Collected

JOR GWER

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA