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KEE NOON [duplicate entry]

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Osborne Park

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Anne Atkinson Collection

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GEE KEE

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Biographical information[KEE NOON is a duplicate entry]

Gee Kee was born in about 1868 (or 1871) in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in March 1891 (or October 1895). He was five feet four and a half inches in height.

He was working as a gardener when he travelled overseas in early 1900 and returned in November 1900.

He leased a shop at Fremantle in 1902. In 1916 he was working as a laundryman at the Sam Sun Laundry, 62 [74?] Pier Street, Perth (B).

He worked as a market gardener at Osborne Park in 1916.

He was fined £10 for 'Smoking Opium' at Perth in May 1918.

He travelled overseas four times: early 1900 to November 1900; March 1902 to March 1905; May to October 1911; and February 1917 to April 1918 (D).Other nameGee Kee (differentiated name)Gee Kee Noon (also known as)Date of birth1868

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Gee Kee aged 42 in 1911 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1911/101)

Gee Kee aged 42 in 1911 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1911/101)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

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Subject (person)KEE NOON [duplicate entry]Subject (organisation)Gee Kee's Market Garden, Osborne ParkSam Sun Laundry, PerthSubject (place)Osborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningOpiumRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102720>

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

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RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1868

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RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateMarch 1891

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