LIM AH KAN

Description

Biographical informationLim Ah was born in December 1851 in Amoy [Xiamen], China. He migrated to Western Australia in March 1890.

He worked as a labourer at Katanning then Broomehill in 1916. He moved to Perth in 1917 and worked on market gardens in Fremantle and North Perth.

Other nameLim Ah Kan (differentiated name)Date of birthDecember 1851

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0121

AAC-Box-007-8-0122

Organisation

Ah Foo's Market Garden, North Fremantle

Ah Gooey's / Ah Lee Gooey's Market Garden, North Perth

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceAmoyDate1851

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateMarch 1890

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceKatanningDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomehillDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleLabourerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Ah Foo's Market Garden, North FremantleSubject (place)KatanningBroomehillNorth FremantleNorth PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLabourerMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5113390>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LIM AH KAN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA