LEE LUNE

Description

Biographical informationLee Lune was born in September 1869 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1894. He was five feet five and a half inches in height. He was the brother of Lee Lock, cousin of Lee Dip.

He leased a market garden at Perth in 1902. In 1907 he was working on a market garden at West Perth and in 1913 a market garden in Beaufort Street, North Perth (E). In 1916 he worked on a market garden in Newcastle Street, Leederville (B).

Lee Lune travelled overseas four times: February 1902 to January 1903; September 1907 to June 1910; February 1914 to December 1915; and February 1918 to April 1919 (D).Other nameLee Lune (differentiated name)Date of birthSeptember 1869

Document

AAC-Box-004-Binder-1-0340

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0299

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0309

Person

LEE DIP

LEE LOCK

Lee Lune aged 45 in 1914 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1914/2)

Family

SiblingLEE LOCKOther relativeLEE DIP

Connections

Subject (place)West PerthBeaufort Street, North PerthNewcastle Street, LeedervillePerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1902NAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1914NAA CEDT File 1918NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised # 5113774, 5143609, 5143610>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1869

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1894

UWA Collected

LEE LUNE

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA