WONG BOW

Description

Biographical informationWong Bow was born in about 1872. He migrated to Western Australia in 1889. He was five feet three inches in height.

He leased a market garden at Leederville before travelling overseas from April 1902 to March 1903 (A).Other nameWong Bow (differentiated name)Date of birth1872

Photograph of Wong Bow aged 30 in 1902 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1902/111 B)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)LeedervilleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1902

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1889

UWA Collected

WONG BOW

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA