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HIE DOOEY
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Yee Soon's Market Garden, Balcatta
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Anne Atkinson Collection
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School of Social Sciences
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AH DOOEY
Description
Biographical information
Ah Dooey was born in about 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1891.
He worked as a market gardener at Sawyers Valley in 1916, then worked on Yee Soon's market garden at Osborne Park.
He was fined 20 shillings for 'Being Found in a Gaming House' in Perth in December 1918 (B).
See: NAA: PP14/3, CHINESE/AH D; Item ID 4303615
Other name
Ah Dooey (differentiated name)
Hie Dooey (may also be)
Date of birth
1866
Document
AAC-Box-007-8-0369
Organisation
Yee Soon's Market Garden, Balcatta
Person
HIE DOOEY
Employment
Job title
Gardener
Date employed
[date unknown]
Connections
Subject (person)
HIE DOOEY
Subject (organisation)
Yee Soon's Market Garden, Balcatta
Subject (place)
Sawyers Valley
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Gambling
Market gardening
Related collection
Anne Atkinson Collection
Item information
Contributor
School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
Significant place
Relation
Place of birth
Place
Canton
Date
1866
Significant place
Relation
Immigrated to
Place
Australia
Date
1891
Significant place
Relation
Travelled to
Place
Sawyers Valley
Date
[date unknown]
AH DOOEY
([date unknown]). UWA Collected, accessed 09/02/2026, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/15749