YOUNG KIN

Description

Biographical informationYoung Kin was born in January 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1899. He was around five feet seven inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Perth in 1912 (E). In 1916 he worked on a market garden at Leederville (B).

He travelled overseas three times: June 1905 to December 1907; June 1912 to May 1915; and July 1919 to June 1924 (D).Other nameYoung Kin (differentiated name)Date of birthJanuary 1870

Young Kin aged 49 in 1919 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1919/66)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)PerthLeedervilleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1905NAA CEDT File 1912NAA CEDT File 1919NAA CEDT File 1959 <Not digitised #5513471>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4278258>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1899

UWA Collected

YOUNG KIN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA