TAN AH PIAN

Description

Biographical informationTan Ah Pian (陳亞便) was born in about 1856 in Hailam [Hainan Island], China. He migrated to Western Australia in June 1881.

He was recruited in Singapore to work as a labourer under contract in Western Australia, employer and location unrecorded, for three years at £1 4s 0d per month (C).Other nameTan Ah Pian (differentiated name)陳亞便Date of birth1856

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0111

AAC-Box-007-8-0112

Employment

Job titleLabourerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLabourerRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHailamDate1856

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJune 1881 (WA)

UWA Collected

TAN AH PIAN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA