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LEE SUT
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Biographical information
Lee Sut (aka Lee Suit) was born in March 1862 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1887.
He worked as a shop keeper (grocer) at Perth in 1901 (A). In 1916 he was working as a market gardener in Havelock Street, West Perth (B).
He travelled overseas between March 1901 and October 1902 (A).
Other name
Lee Sut (differentiated name)
LEE SUIT (also known as)
Date of birth
March 1862
Lee Sut aged 36 in 1901 from his CoD paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1901/73)
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Relation
Place of birth
Place
Canton
Date
1862
Significant place
Relation
Immigrated to
Place
Australia
Date
1887
Employment
Job title
Gardener
Date employed
[date unknown]
Employment
Job title
Shopkeeper
Date employed
[date unknown]
Connections
Subject (place)
Havelock Street, West Perth
Perth
Subject (topic)
Chinese heritage in Western Australia
Grocer
Shop keeper
Market gardening
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Anne Atkinson Collection
Related link
NAA CoD File 1901
NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5113154>
Item information
Contributor
School of Social Sciences
Source of information
Asian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)
LEE SUT
(1887). UWA Collected, accessed 30/04/2025, https://collected.uwa.edu.au/nodes/view/17672