KAM CHIN Jonah

Description

Biographical informationKam Chin Jonah was born in about 1868 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in May 1885. He was five feet two and a half inches in height.

He was leasing a shop at 77 James Street, Perth, in 1899 when he applied for a CEDT.

He owned land in Canning in 1903. He was recorded as a commission agent in 1910 and a member of the Presbyterian Church.

He travelled overseas three times: 16 March 1899 per "SS Karrakata", returning per "SS Australind" 24 January 1900; July 1903 to December 1904; and June 1910 to October 1911.
Other nameKam Chin (Jonah) (differentiated name)Date of birth1868

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-2-0008

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0266

Jonah Kam Chin CEDT 1903 (NAA Item ID: 1732745)

Jonah Kam Chin CEDT 1910 (NAA Item ID: 1735952)

Kam Chin 1899-536

Jonah Kam Chin pictured around the age of 42 in 1910 on his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1910/127).

Employment

Job titleShopkeeperDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)SS AustralindSS KarrakattaSubject (place)77 James Steet, PerthCanningSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaShop keeperRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1903NAA CEDT File 1910

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1868

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate May 1885 (WA)

UWA Collected

KAM CHIN Jonah

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA