CHEN LIP

Description

Biographical informationChen Lip was born in December 1866 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in November 1900. His wife remained in China. He was five feet eight and half inches in height.

He leased a market garden at West Perth in 1903 (A). He worked on a market garden at Osborne Park in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas three times: October 1903 to July 1904; October 1916 to December 1917; and February 1921 to June 1922 (D).Other nameChen Lip (differentiated name)Date of birth1866

Chen Lip aged 50 in 1916 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1916/89)

Connections

Subject (place)West PerthOsborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1903NAA CEDT File 1907 unusedNAA CEDT File 1916NAA CEDT File 1920NAA War Registration File 1916-1920

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1866

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateOctober 1893

UWA Collected

CHEN LIP

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA