LEE AH BOON (1)

Description

Biographical informationLee Ah Boon was born in about 1864 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1889. He worked as a cook at Wyndham in 1917 (B). He travelled overseas once from October 1925 until November 1925.Other nameLee Ah Boon (differentiated name)Date of birth1864

Photograph of Lee Ah Boon in 1923 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1923/108)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1864

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1889

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceWyndhamDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1923

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LEE AH BOON (1)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA