LEE LOOK

Description

Biographical informationLee Look was born in June 1878 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in July 1898. He was five feet eight and three quarter inches in height.

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

He travelled overseas between April 1921 and July 1925. He left Western Australia permanently in March 1928 (D).Other nameLee Look (differentiated name)Date of birthJune 1878

Lee Look aged 50 in 1928 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1928/32)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Frogmore Street, LeedervilleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1921NAA CEDT File 1928NAA CEDT Extension File 1938NAA Immigration File 1921-1938 <Not digitised #4317623>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5143606>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1878

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJuly 1898

UWA Collected

LEE LOOK

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA