LEE WAY

Description

Biographical informationLee Way was born in 1868 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1892. His wife remained in China.

When he first arrived in Perth he worked on a market garden in Loton's Park, on ground that later became the Perth Oval. In the early 1900s he moved to Northam.

He worked as a market gardener living in Newcastle Road, Northam, in 1916 (B). He applied for a CEDT in 1916 but did not use it. He continued to work as a market gardener in Northam into the 1940s.

He died in Northam on 18 July 1946 when he was thrown from a cart and fell beneath its wheels (I).Other nameLee Way (differentiated name)Way Lee (2) (also known as)Date of birth1868Date of death18 July 1946

Document

AAC-Box-007-9-0051

Box-007-Green-Box-0099

Box-007-Sorb-Box-0322

Horse Bolts: Aged Chinese Fatally Injured

Lee Way aged 46 in 1916 from his unused CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1916/157)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Newcastle Road, NorthamSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5113179>NAA CEDT 1916 unusedNew article on the death of Lee Way

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1892

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RelationTravelled toPlaceNorthamDate[date unknown]

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UWA Collected

LEE WAY

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA