LEE CHEW (2)

Description

Biographical informationLee Chew (2) was born in January 1882 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898. He was five feet five inches in height.

He was working as a market gardener at Osborne Park in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas four times: March 1913 to December 1915; June 1921 to June 1924; March 1927 to August 1929; and March 1933 to November 1937 (D).Other nameLee Chew, 1882- (differentiated name)Date of birthJanuary 1882

Lee Chew (2) aged 45 in 1927 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1927/39)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Osborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1921NAA CEDT Extension File 1924NAA CEDT File 1927NAA CEDT File 1933

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1882

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

UWA Collected

LEE CHEW (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA