LOW CHOY HOW

Description

Biographical informationLow Choy How (aka Loy Choy How) was born in about 1868 in Canton, China. He was four feet ten inches in height. He migrated to Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia and lived there from 1885 to 1897. He then spent four years in Burrundie, four years in Yam Creek before moving to Western Australia in 1906.

He was employed as a cook and waiter at the Wyndham Hotel in 1906 to 1908 and as a cook at Carlton Station in 1909.

He returned to Darwin in 1910 and remained there until 1917 when he travelled overseas. On his return in 1918 he went back to Wyndham, Western Australia and worked as a cook again (B). From 1919 to 1922 he was working as a cook at Flora Valley Station, near Hall's Creek, Western Australia.

In 1922 he returned to Northern Territory and worked as a cook at Nicholson Station where he remained until 1939.

He travelled overseas five times: 1899-1900; 1908-1909; 1912-1913; from August 1917 to May 1918; from August 1928 to April 1929. He left left Australia permanently in January 1939.Other nameLow Choy How (differentiated name)LOY CHOY HOW (also known as)Ah Choy (also known as)Date of birth1868

Low Choy How aged 49 in 1917 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: E752, 1917/46)

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Wyndham Hotel, WyndhamFlora Valley Station, Hall's CreekNicholson Station, Northern TerritorySubject (place)WyndhamDarwinBurrundieYam CreekSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCook WaiterRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1917NAA CEDT File 1928NAA CEDT File 1939NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5113718>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceWyndhamDate1868

UWA Collected

LOW CHOY HOW

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA