LOW AH YOU

Description

Biographical informationReported as having lived in the Roebourne district for many years. Between 1877 and 1881 he was employed by Laurance, the Resident Magistrate at Roebourne. In 1881 he was employed by the Venn family. Early in 1882 he was carrying out a fencing contract and supervising other Chinese for Hicks and Stevenson. Low Ah You died on 30 March 1882. His body was brought to Roebourne and buried in the cemetery. After a public meeting at which Roebourne residents voiced objections to his burial in the cemetery, his body was removed to a plot outside the fenced cemetery. He owned a town lot and garden grant (C).Other nameLow Ah You (differentiated name)Date of death30 March 1882

Document

AAC_Box-007_0098

AAC_Box-007_0113

AAC_Box-007_0209

Organisation

Hicks & Stevenson

Person

Edward Hayes Laurance

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceRoebourneDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleFencing contractorEmployerHicks & StevensonDate employed1882

Employment

EmployerEdward Hayes LauranceDate employed1877-1881

Employment

EmployerHarry Whitall VennDate employed1881

Connections

Subject (organisation)Hicks & StevensonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LOW AH YOU

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA