AH LIT

Description

Biographical informationAh Lit was born in about 1880 (or 1877) in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898. He was five feet and four inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Perth in 1909. He was recorded as a vegetable hawker residing in Rendell Street, Perth, in 1916.

He was fined £40 for 'Being in Possession of Opium' in September 1917 (B).

He travelled overseas twice: February 1909 to May 1910; and April 1925 to March 1928 (D).Other nameAh Lit (differentiated name)Date of birth1880

At Lit aged 32 in 1909 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1909/32)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1880

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Rendell Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaVegetable hawkerMarket gardeningOpiumRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1909

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH LIT

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