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Ah Sam & Co., Perth
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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School of Social Sciences
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YAH HONG W
Description
Biographical information
Yah Hong W. was born in September 1867 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in May 1898.
He worked as a shop assistant in Ah Sam's shop at 112 Barrack Street, Perth, in 1916.
Other name
Yah Hong W (differentiated name)
Date of birth
1867
Document
AAC-Box-007-8-0097
Organisation
Ah Sam & Co., Perth
Employment
Job title
Shop assistant
Date employed
[date unknown]
Connections
Subject (organisation)
Ah Sam & Co., Perth
Subject (place)
112 Barrack Street, Perth
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Shop assistant
Related collection
Anne Atkinson Collection
Related link
NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4278058>
Item information
Contributor
School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
Significant place
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Place of birth
Place
Canton
Date
1867
Significant place
Relation
Immigrated to
Place
Australia
Date
May 1898
YAH HONG W
(May 1898). UWA Collected, accessed 19/03/2026, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/18716