LEE LET

Description

Biographical informationLee Let (aka Lee Lit & Li Lieh) was born in July 1872 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1899. He was five feet seven and a half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener in Vincent Street, Leederville, in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas five times: June 1904 to August 1905; August 1910 to December 1912; February 1914 to December 1915; March 1922 to May 1923; and March 1927 to April 1930 (D).Other nameLee Let (differentiated name)LEE LIT (also known as)LI LIEH (also known as)Date of birthJuly 1872

Lee Let aged 50 in 1922 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1922/13)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Vincent Street, LeedervilleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1904NAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1922NAA CEDT File 1927NAA CEDT Extension File 1930NAA Immigration Files 1922-1948 <Not digitised #4317068 & 3393886>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5143603 & 5119473>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1872

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1899

UWA Collected

LEE LET

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA