CHEN HI

Description

Biographical informationEmployed by Chen Hop to hawk vegetables at Fremantle in the 1890s. Applied for naturalisation in 1895 which was refused. An application for a CEDT was approved and Chen Hi left WA to visit China in July 1895. Returned in ?1896 (C). Travelled overseas again between April 1906 and January 1908 (A).Other nameChen Hi (differentiated name)

Document

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Chen Hi CEDT 1906 (NAA Item ID: 1734237)

Chen Hi pictured around 1906 on his Certificate of Exemption from the Dictation Test (source: NAA, K1145, 1906/48).

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate January 1892 (WA)

Connections

Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

UWA Collected

CHEN HI

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA