LEE WAN CHONG (1)

Description

Biographical informationLee Wan Chong, aka Ah Quon, aka Ah Quong, was born in about 1880 in Taishan, Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1901. He was the brother of Lee Lee Chong.

He worked as a market gardener in Osborne Park. Later he worked for Wing Thoon and Hi Dong at York in the 1930s before starting his own garden with his brother Lee Lee Chong, in York trading under the name of Lee Ackman (M).

In August 1947 Lee Lee Chong and Lee Wan Chong were assaulted near their home in Bland Road, York. In 1948 he was sued by Mrs Cis Lee Tong for the sum of 279 pounds and 10 shillings which she claimed to have lent him. Mrs Lee Tong was storekeeper in Wyndham, but was born in the same village in China as Lee Wan Chong Lee Wan Chong. He denied the debt. In January 1949, together with his brother, he was accused unlawfully assaulting Sergeant Dowsett and Constable Mitchell (police officers) at his market garden.

He was reported to have gone bankrupt and then returned to China in 1975 (I). He died in China in 1977.Other nameLee Wan Chong (differentiated name)LITTLE LEE (also known as)Ah Quon (also known as)Ah Quong (also known as)Date of birth15th July 1880Date of death1977

Document

AAC Box 7. Person Cards - Other Asian (i.e. not Chinese) 0051

Box-003-Notes-Leads-0098

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0317

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0318

Chinese at York: alleged violence to police

Court Has Chinese Puzzle

Woman Says She Found Chinese Lying Injured

Person

LEE LEE CHONG

LEE TONG Cissie (female)

Lee Wan Chong in 1974 (source: obituary for Lee Lee Chong in the West Australian, 30 April 1987)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Family

SiblingLEE LEE CHONG

Connections

Subject (person)LEE TONG Cissie (female)Subject (organisation)Lee Ackman Market Garden, YorkSubject (place)YorkOsborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkSued by Cis Lee Tong

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)Additional research by David Mizen

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceTaishan, China

Significant place

PlaceYorkDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

LEE WAN CHONG (1)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA