| Young St | Kew |
| 1890 | Toon Kee, Ah Toi |
| 1895 | Toon Kee, Ah Toy (between Rochester and Hodgson St) |
| 1900 | Weng Woah (Between Rochester and Hodgson St) Sue Woah (between Rochester and Walmer St) |
| 1905 | Wing Wah (Between Rochester and Hodgson St) Wing Soon (between Rochester and Walmer St) |
| 1910 | Wing Soon, Wing Wah |
“As I ride my bike along the Yarra River heading towards Studley Park Vineyard, I remember my grandmother telling me how she used to buy cabbages from a Chinese market gardener beside the Yarra. This was when her milk was delivered on the back of a Clydesdale-drawn cart from the dairy in East Kew and she bought her apples from an orchardist in Doncaster.
I cross the footbridge by the Melbourne Fire Brigade in Abbotsford and ride into a 0.4-hectare vineyard of cabernet sauvignon vines. They were planted in 1994 on what had been a market garden run by a Greek man and before him a Chinese market gardener who first planted produce in the 1870s. Perhaps it was the man who sold cabbages to my grandmother. For more than a century the site has been in constant food production.”
Clipped from: https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/going-the-extra-mile-20070626-gdqh4y.html
NB. Market garden located in MMBW map
MMBW [1] / Google Maps
Sands & McDougall
Sands & McDougall 1890
- Kee Toon, gardener
- Ah Toi, gardener
Sands & McDougall 1905
- Wing Wah, gardener
- Wing Soon, gardener
References
[1] Pratt, Charles Daniel, , photographer, Pratt, Charles Daniel, photographer, Pratt, Charles Daniel, & Airspy. (1925). Looking from Kew to Richmond over Yarra River.
[2] Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works. Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Detail Plan, 1303, Borough of Kew. (1904). Print.
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