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HEM BEN YEM
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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School of Social Sciences
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WONG POW
Description
Biographical information
Born May 1867 in Hong Kong. Arrived 1890.
Gardener at Broome in 1905.
In 1916 he was working on Hem Ben Yem's garden at Burswood, Victoria Park.
He moved to Osborne Park in 1919.
Travelled overseas from July 1922 to December 1923.
Other name
Wong Pow (differentiated name)
Document
AAC_Box-007-8_0172
Wong Pow around the age of 50 pictured on his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1920/18).
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Place of birth
Place
Hong Kong
Date
[date unknown]
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Immigrated to
Place
Australia
Date
1890
Significant place
Relation
Travelled to
Place
Broome
Date
[date unknown]
Employment
Job title
Gardener
Employer
HEM BEN YEM
Date employed
[date unknown]
Connections
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Related collection
Anne Atkinson Collection
Related link
NAA CEDT File 1920
Item information
Contributor
School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
WONG POW
([date unknown]). UWA Collected, accessed 10/02/2025, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/18663