LEE TOONG

Description

Biographical informationLee Toong (aka Lee Toom) was born in about 1865 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in 1888 and moved to Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet six and a half inches in height. His wife and son remained in China.

He owned a block of land at Guildford Road, Perth, in 1903 when he travelled overseas. He was working then as a market gardener.

In 1911 he was recorded as working on a market garden at Leederville. He worked on Ah Ling's market garden, Guildford Road, Victoria Park, in 1918 then moved to Lee Yee's market garden in Mill Street, Queens Park.

He travelled overseas four times: August 1903 to January 1905; March 1911 to June 1912; August 1915 to December 1917; and February 1921 to January 1924. He travelled to China permanently in January 1928.

[Lee Toong's Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (CEDT) files can be accessed via the 'Related Link' below. Further research is required to locate his 1911 file.]Other nameLee Toong (differentiated name)LEE TOOM (also known as)Date of birth1865

Document

AAC-Box-007-8-0137

AAC-Box-007-8-0261

Organisation

Lee Yee's Market Garden, Queens Park

Lee Toong as pictured aged 52 on his 1915 CEDT (source: National Archives, K1145, 1915/33).

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1865

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1888

Connections

Subject (organisation)Lee Yee's Market Garden, Queens ParkAh Ling & Co. Market Garden, BurswoodSubject (place)Guildford Road, PerthLeedervilleGuildford Road, Victoria ParkMill Street, Queens ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1903NAA CEDT File 1911NAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1921NAA CEDT File 1928

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LEE TOONG

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA