LEE LEE CHONG

Description

Biographical informationLee Lee Chong, aka Ah Lee, was born in about 1873 in Taishan, Canton, China. He arrived in Western Australia in 1901. He was the brother of Lee Wan Chong.

He worked as a market gardener in Osborne Park. Later he worked for Wong Thoon and Hi Dong at York in the 1930s before starting his own garden with his brother Lee Wan Chong, at York, trading under the name of Lee Ackman (M).

In August 1947 Lee Lee Chong and Lee Wan Chong were assaulted near their home in Bland Road, York. In November 1948 Lee Lee Chong was stabbed with a knife by Dorothy May Crawford (aged 26), his housekeeper, at his house. She was alleged to have been drunk at the time. Together with his brother, he was accused unlawfully assaulting Sergeant Dowsett and Constable Mitchell (police officers) at his market garden in January 1949.

They grew vegetables outside their cottage in York until they both returned to Canton, China in 1975 (I). He died in China in 1987.Other nameLee Lee Chong (differentiated name)AH LEE (also known as)Date of birth2nd June 1873Date of death1987

Document

AAC Box 7. Person Cards - Other Asian (i.e. not Chinese) 0051

Box-003-Notes-Leads-0098

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0307

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0317

Chinese at York: alleged violence to police

Elderly Chinese Claims Woman 26 Stabbed Him

Woman Says She Found Chinese Lying Injured

Person

LEE WAN CHONG (1)

Lee Lee Chong in 1974 (source: obituary in the West Australian, 30 April 1987)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Family

SiblingLEE WAN CHONG (1)

Connections

Subject (place)YorkOsborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)Ex-York Man Dies at 114 - Obituary in the West Australian 30 April 1987Additional research by David Mizen

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceYorkDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

LEE LEE CHONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA