LEE DOONG

Description

Biographical informationLee Doong (aka Lee Dung) was born in September 1871 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in July 1896. He was four feet ten and three quarter inches in height.

He lived in Perth from 1896 until he moved to Geraldton in 1905.

At Geraldton he worked as a laundryman at the Hop Lee Laundry in Marine Terrace, and then as a store keeper in Fitzgerald Street.

Lee Doong was fined £2 in October 1917, £3 in August 1918 and £4 in February 1919 for 'Being Found in a Gaming House' in Geraldton.

He travelled overseas three times: August 1906 to July 1907; August 1914 to July 1916; and October 1919 to June 1921.Other nameLee Doong (differentiated name)Lee Dung (also known as)Date of birthSeptember 1871

Organisation

Hop Lee Laundry, Geraldton

Lee doong pictured around the age of 43 on his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1914/149).

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1871

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate July 1896 (WA)

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceGeraldtonDate[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Hop Lee Laundry, GeraldtonSubject (place)PerthFitzgerald Street, GeraldtonMarine Terrace, GeraldtonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryShop keeperGamblingRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1906NAA CEDT File 1914NAA CEDT File 1919NAA Immigration Files 1919-1927 <Not digitised #5513473 & 4317059>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5143528>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LEE DOONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA