Ah Ling & Co. Market Gardens, Kalamunda & Gooseberry Hill

Description

DescriptionAh Ling & Co. was owned by Ah Ling (1). In the 1890s he had a grocers shop in Barrack Street, Perth.

By 1900 Ah Ling & Co. had a market garden in Gooseberry Hill, opposite the railway station, Location 311. He successfully won a court case against the Department of Agriculture for trespass and damages in 1900 (West Australian 27th March 1900, pg 7). In 1915 Ah Ling was living there and his residence was described as "three or four jarrah rooms". It was destroyed in a fire in December 1915. The fire also damaged his "plantain plantation", an "orchard" and a "store".

By 1904, Ah Ling & Co. also owned outright, or was leasing from Burt & Haynes, part of Location 80 in Kalamunda (Darling Range Board Rate List 1904).

In addition to these properties, Ah Ling and Co. also had market gardens in Burswood, Wanneroo and South Perth.

See also:
Ah Ling & Co. Perth
Ah Ling & Co. Market Garden, Burswood
Ah Ling & Co. Market Garden, South Perth
Ah Ling & Co. Market Garden, Wanneroo

Map showing the location of Ah Ling's Market Garden in Gooseberry Hill. It was "opposite the railway station" on Location 311 shown in the centre of this map (source: SRO: AU WA S236- cons3869 Canning 182 South Kalamunda, Walliston Bickley area, by J.H.M. Lefroy, T.S. Parry and later additions)

Connections

Subject (person)CHEN CHICKHEM BEN YEMAH LING (1)Subject (organisation)Ah Ling & Co., Perth (formerly Chew Youke & Co.)Ah Ling & Co. Market Garden, BurswoodAh Ling & Co. Market Garden, South PerthAh Ling & Co. Market Garden, WannerooBurt and HaynesSubject (place)Gooseberry HillKalamundaSubject (topic)Market gardeningShop keeperRelated collectionCelebrating 200 Years - National Foundation for Australia-China Relations ProjectRelated linkCourt Case against the Department of Agriculture in 1900

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ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAdditional research by David Mizen

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