GONG KE (GONG KEE)

Description

Biographical informationGong Ke (aka Gong Kee) worked as a labourer employed in See Wah, a Chinese store at Perth, in 1888.

Gong Ke lived with Ah You (3) (C) in a house across the street from Mr Foster's Royal Hotel. The Royal Hotel was on the corner of William & Wellington Streets, Perth.

He leased a market garden known as Howletts (? location) along with Ah You (3).

In 1890 he was charged with selling liquor without a license and was defended by F.M. Stone. The liquor sold was described as "Chinese Gin". The two men said to have purchased the illicit liquor were Jim Ah Chow and Ah Hung. Gong Ke was found guilty and given one month in prison plus a fine of 30 pounds. Other nameGong Ke (differentiated name)GONG KEE (also known as)

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0218

AAC-Box-007-6-0441

AAC-Box-007-8-0300

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0195

Page21 1888, Collector of Customs - Return of Chinese

Person

AH CHOW Jim

AH YOU (3)

Organisation

See Woh's/See Wah's Market Garden and Store, South Perth

Employment

Job titleLabourerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (person)AH YOU (3)AH CHOW JimAH YOU (3)Subject (organisation)See Woh's/See Wah's Market Garden and Store, South PerthSubject (place)PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLabourerShop assistantIllicit liquorRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkInquirer Newspaper Article on illicit liquor chargeDaily News Newspaper Article on illicit liquor charge

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)Additional research by David Mizen

UWA Collected

GONG KE (GONG KEE)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA