AH YEE (2)

Description

Biographical informationAh Yee (2) was born in about 1879 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in June 1898. He was about five feet six and a quarter inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Osborne Park from at least 1907 to 1917 (E).

He travelled overseas four times: March 1908 to August 1909; June 1913 to October 1914; February 1917 to September 1919; and March 1925 to January 1927 (D).Other nameAh Yee, 1879- (differentiated name)Date of birth1879

Photograph of Ah Yee (2) aged 37 in 1917 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1917/17)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Osborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1917NAA CEDT File 1925

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1879

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJune 1898

UWA Collected

AH YEE (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA