AH LEM

Description

Biographical informationAh Lem was born in about 1872 in Canton, China. He migrated to Victoria, Australia in 1890 and moved to Western Australia in 1895. He was five feet and nine inches in height.

He shared in the lease of a market garden in Bayswater with Ah Soot before leaving Western Australia in January 1904. He returned to WA in January 1912 (A).Other nameAh Lem (differentiated name)Lem Cheong (also known as)Date of birth1872

Person

AH SOOT

Ah Lem aged 31 in 1903 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1903/94)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1872

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1890

Connections

Subject (person)AH SOOTSubject (place)BayswaterSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1903

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH LEM

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA