LEE YOU (3)

Description

Biographical informationLee You (3) was born in September 1882 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in March 1898. He was five feet seven inches in height.

He worked as a laundryman at the Sam Hop Laundry, 234 Beaufort Street, Perth, in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas twice: June 1911 to December 1912; and July 1921 to October 1923 (D).Other nameLee You, 1882- (differentiated name)Date of birthSeptember 1882

Lee You pictured around the age of 29 in 1911 on his Certificate Exempting him from the Dictation Test (source: National Archives, K1145, 1911/118).

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Sam Hop Laundry, PerthSubject (place)234 Beaufort Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911NAA CEDT File 1921

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1882

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateMarch 1898

UWA Collected

LEE YOU (3)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA