LEE HING (3)

Description

Biographical informationLee Hing (3) was born in September 1876 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in 1887 and moved to Western Australia in 1896. He was around five feet seven inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Swan Street, North Fremantle, from at least 1909 to 1930.

He travelled overseas six times: January 1906 to June 1907; June 1909 to May 1911; June 1913 to June 1915; July 1918 to February 1920; February 1924 to June 1926; and February 1931 to April 1933.Other nameLee Hing, 1876- (differentiated name)Date of birthSeptember 1876

Organisation

Lee Hing's Market Garden, North Fremantle

Lee Hing (3) pictured around the age of 37 in 1813 on his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1913/87).

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Lee Hing's Market Garden, North FremantleSubject (place)Swan Street, North FremantleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1905NAA CEDT File 1909NAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1918NAA CEDT File 1924NAA CEDT File 1931

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1876

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1887

UWA Collected

LEE HING (3)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA