Adelaide Ah Kow Adelaide Ah Kow i(A42023 works by) (a.k.a. Major Adelaide Ah Kow)
Also writes as: A. A. K. ; Aunt Wideawake ; Hibiscus
Born: Established: 1878 Wimmera, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 1965 Manly, Manly - Allambie - Curl Curl area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

'Adelaide Ah Kow was born in Rochester in 1878 - her parents James Ah Kow [ ] and Mary Selick raised a family on their market garden property beside the Campaspe River. In adult life Adelaide became a devout member of the Salvation Army having a long career as an officer (an ordained minister) and preacher at a time when such a calling was closed to women in other mainstream denominations. This photo shows her in Salvation Army uniform c.1910. Major Adelaide Ah Kow also became a prominent historian and biographer of the Salvation Army and its works in Australia, New Zealand, and Indonesia - she was most active as an author from the 1930s through to the 1950s.' (Source : Golden Dragon Museum Facebook page)

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Notes

  • Adelaide Ah Kow also wrote religious pamphlets and biographies of Australian missionaries, including Arthur S. Arnott, a Notable Australian Salvationist (1944), William McKenzie: Anzac Padre (1949), and Thirty Years in Indonesia: The Story of Mary and John Thomson (1949).
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