AH LEE (10)

Description

Biographical informationAh Lee (10) was born in about 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1891. He was about five feet and six inches in height, but had hunched to five feet four and three quarter inches by 1926.

He worked as a market gardener at Beechoro Road, Bayswater, in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas eight times: 1896; April 1907 to August 1908; June 1912 to June 1913;. January 1915 to July 1916; January 1919 to May 1920; January 1923 to June 1924; February 1926 to December 1927; and March 1930 to April 1932 (D).Other nameAh Lee, 1870- (differentiated name)Date of birth1870

Ah Lee (10) aged 41 in 1912 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1912/75)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1891

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Beechoro Road, BayswaterSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA Imm Travel File 1896NAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1912NAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1918NAA CEDT File 1923NAA CEDT File 1926NAA CEDT File 1930

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH LEE (10)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA