AH KEE (3)

Description

Biographical informationAh Kee (3) was born in about 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1870. He was five feet two and a half inches in height.

He worked as a cook at Boola Gooro Station, Carnarvon in 1915. He moved to Bidgemia Station, Carnarvon, in 1918 (B).

He travelled overseas from May 1919 to April 1920.Other nameAh Kee, 1870- (differentiated name)Date of birth1870

Document

Box 007 Miscellaneous Notes 0012

Photograph of Ah Kee (3) aged 48 in 1919 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1919/52)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1870

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBoolo Gooro StationDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBidgemia StationDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Boola Gooro Station, CarnarvonBidgemia Station, CarnarvonSubject (place)CarnarvonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1919

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH KEE (3)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA