LEE KING (2)

Description

Biographical informationLee King (2) was born in July 1884 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1900. He was five feet four and a half inches in height.

He worked as a laundryman in Perth in 1911. In 1916 Lee King was working in the Sing Kee Laundry at 97 South Terrace, Fremantle. He worked at the Ginn Brothers' Laundry, 957 Hay Street, Perth, in 1920 (B).

He travelled overseas three times: May 1911 to November 1912; February 1917 to January 1920; and November 1923 to June 1926 (D).Other nameLee King, 1884- (differentiated name)Date of birthJuly 1884

Photograph of Lee King aged 26 taken in 1911 as part of his Certificate for Exemption from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1911/93)

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Sing Kee Laundry, FremantleAndrew Ginn Laundry, PerthSubject (place)97 South Terrace, Fremantle957 Hay Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911NAA CEDT File 1917NAA CEDT File 1923

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1884

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1900

UWA Collected

LEE KING (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA