MING JUNG HAM

Description

Biographical informationMing Jung Ham was born in November 1871 in Hainan, China. He migrated to Western Australia in October 1892. He was five feet four and a half inches in height.

He worked as a steward at the Weld Club, Barrack Street, Perth, from at least 1907 to 1921.

He travelled overseas twice: December 1907 to March 1910; and May 1912 to April 1913.Other nameMing Jung Ham (differentiated name)HAM MING JUNG (also known as)Date of birthNovember 1871

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0107

AAC-Box-007-8-0388

Ming Jung Ham aged 41 in 1912 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1912/120)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHainanDate1871

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateOctober 1892

Connections

Subject (organisation)Weld Club, PerthSubject (place)Barrack Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaStewardRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1912NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102808>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

MING JUNG HAM

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA