LEE JOAN

Description

Biographical informationLee Joan was born in December 1871 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in 1896 and moved to Western Australia in 1900. He was just under five feet seven inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Perth in 1910 (E). In 1916 he was working on a market garden in Hamilton Road, Osborne Park, until at least 1920 (B).

He travelled overseas three times: February to December 1910; April to November 1920; and January to October 1926 (D).

In May 1948 he was working as a horse and cart driver in Belmont where he been living for about 28 years. A newspaper reported that he produced two letters in Chinese stating the he must leave Australia because he was too old to work. He was happy but his neighbours were all sad because they thought he was being deported. In fact the letter was from his children "ordering" him to return home so that they could look after him (Daily News 1st May 1948, pg 4).Other nameLee Joan (differentiated name)Date of birthDecember 1871

Lee Joan aged 50 in 1926 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1926/6)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)PerthHamilton Road, Osborne ParkBelmontSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1918NAA CEDT File 1926NAA War Registration File 1916-1920News article on his 1948 mistaken deportation order

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)Additional research by David Mizen

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1871

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1900

UWA Collected

LEE JOAN

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA