LEE LONG

Description

Biographical informationLee Long was born in March 1871 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in January 1896. He was five feet six and a half inches in height.

Lee Long had a market garden in Suburban Road, South Perth in 1911 (South Perth Rates Book). He had moved to Mary Street, Bayswater, by 1916. He then moved to Frogmore Street, Leederville, in 1917, then to Guildford Road, Burswood, in 1920 (B). From 1925 to 1934 he was market gardening at lot 101 of the Manning Estate in South Perth (South Perth Rates Books).

He travelled overseas three times: January 1905 to June 1906; March 1913 to December 1915; and June 1921 to June 1924 (D).Other nameLee Long (differentiated name)LEE LUNG (also known as)LEE LOUNG (also known as)Date of birthLEE YOUNG (also known as)Date of deathMarch 1871

Organisation

Mary Street Market Garden, Bayswater

Lee Long aged 50 in 1921 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1921/85)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Mary Street Market Garden, BayswaterSubject (place)Mary Street, BayswaterFrogmore Street, LeedervilleGuildford Road, BurswoodSuburban Road, South PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1905NAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1921NAA CEDT Extension File 1924NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #1002275>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1871

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJanuary 1896

UWA Collected

LEE LONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA