LEE KONG (2)

Description

Biographical informationLee Kong (2) was born in June 1874 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1896. He was about five feet six inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Kensington Street, East Perth from at least 1913 (E). He moved to Albany in 1921 (B).

He travelled overseas twice: September 1907 to July 1910; and February 1914 to June 1915. Lee Kong applied for a CEDT in 1926 but did not use it (D).Other nameLee Kong, 1874- (differentiated name)Date of birthJune 1874

Lee Kong aged 39 in 1914 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1914/21)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Kensington Street, East PerthAlbanySubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1914NAA CEDT File 1926

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1874

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1896

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceAlbanyDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

LEE KONG (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA