LEE KING (2)

Description

Biographical informationLee King (2) was born in about 1884 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1900.

He worked as a laundryman in Perth in 1911. In 1916 Lee King was working in the Sing Kee Laundry at 97 South Tce, Fremantle. He worked at the Ginn Bros Laundry, 957 Hay St, 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 birth1884

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1884

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1900

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Sing Kee Laundry, FremantleAndrew Ginn Laundry, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated 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)

UWA Collected

LEE KING (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA