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GOOEY WONG HEE (female)

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Anne Atkinson Collection

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School of Social Sciences

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GOOEY LEW John

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Biographical informationGooey Lew John was born August 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in April 1887. He lived in Tasmania and Victoria before moving to Western Australia in about 1904. He was the husband of Gooey Wong Hee. He was five feet five and a half inches in height.

He started a market garden in Albert Street, North Perth, in 1904.

John Gooey Lew and Gooey Wong Hee had eight children born in Western Australia: Willie (b. 1903), George (b. 1905), Minnie (b. 1906), Charles (b. 1908), Amy (b. 1911), Arthur (b. 1914), Violet May (b. 1916) and Dorothy Thelma (b. 1919).

He worked as a fruit and vegetable hawker in 1910 and lived in Charles Street, North Perth (Truth, 26 March 1910, p. 3).

In 1923 he was recorded as working as a market gardener and hawker in Charles Street, North Perth. Later he had a fruit and vegetable shop also in Charles Street.

He rented land from Levi Green at 'Green's Siding' (now Carmel).

He travelled overseas in the late 1890s, and from April to August 1923.

He died at Perth in 1959 at the age of 92 (BDM WA 102280/1959).Other nameGooey Lew John, 1870-1959 (differentiated name)LEW GOOEY (may also be)Date of birthAugust 1870Date of death1959

Person

GOOEY Amy (female)

GOOEY Arthur

GOOEY Charles

GOOEY Dorothy

GOOEY George

GOOEY Minnie

GOOEY Violet

GOOEY WONG HEE (female)

GOOEY Willie

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0122

AAC-Box-007-9-0034

AAC-Box-007-9-0036

Those Pioneers! John Gooey Esq.

Organisation

Ah Gooey's / Ah Lee Gooey's Market Garden, North Perth

John Lew Gooey pictured around the age of 53 on his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1923/58).

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RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

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RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateApril 1887

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Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Family

SpouseGOOEY WONG HEE (female)ChildGOOEY WillieGOOEY GeorgeGOOEY MinnieGOOEY CharlesGOOEY Amy (female)GOOEY ArthurGOOEY VioletGOOEY Dorothy

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Subject (person)Levi GreenSubject (place)Albert Street, North PerthCharles Street, North PerthGreen's SidingSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaGreengrocerHawkerShop keeperMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1923NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5102781 & 5113306>

Item information

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

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GOOEY LEW John

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA