NAN POW

Description

Biographical informationNan Pow was born in about 1868 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in April 1886.

He worked as a market gardener at Bunbury from 1886 to 1893. He worked at Northam from 1893 until 1896 when he moved to Gingin. In January 1899, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting J. Hough at Bunbury (C). In 1902 he moved to Geraldton (B).

In 1913 he applied for a CEDT but it was cancelled.

In 1917 he was fined £10 and costs for 'Being in Unlawful Possession of Opium' (B).Other nameNan Pow (differentiated name)Date of birth1868

Nan Pow aged 45 in 1913 from his cancelled CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1913/5)

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RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1868

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RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateApril 1886

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RelationTravelled toPlaceNorthamDate[date unknown]

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RelationTravelled toPlaceBunburyDate[date unknown]

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RelationTravelled toPlaceGinginDate[date unknown]

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RelationTravelled toPlaceGeraldtonDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)BunburyNorthamGinginGeraldtonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningAssaultOpiumRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1013 cancelled

Item information

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

UWA Collected

NAN POW

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