WONG JAM

Description

Biographical informationWong Jam was born in September 1873 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1899. He was five feet three and a half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Perth in 1909 (E). He worked on a market garden in Suburban Road, South Perth, in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas twice: January 1909 to July 1910; and March 1918 to April 1919 (D).Other nameWong Jam (differentiated name)Date of birthSeptember 1873

Wong Jam aged 44 in 1918 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1918/22)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)PerthSuburban Road, South PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1909NAA CEDT File 1918NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4283838>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1873

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1899

UWA Collected

WONG JAM

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA