AH YEE (1)

Description

Biographical informationAh Yee (1) was born in about 1871 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was about five feet three and three quarter inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener.

He travelled overseas once: April 1906 to August 1907 (D).Other nameAh Yee, 1871- (differentiated name)Date of birth1871

Photograph of Ah Yee (1) aged 34 in 1905 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1905/38)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1871

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1905

Item information

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

UWA Collected

AH YEE (1)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA