LET KIT

Description

Biographical informationLet Kit was born in about 1855 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1886.

He worked as a market gardener in Broome Street, Highgate, in 1916. He moved to Bayswater in 1918 and then Fitzgerald Street, Perth, in 1921.

He was fined £10 in May 1918 for 'Possessing Opium' (B).Other nameLet Kit (differentiated name)Date of birth1855

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Broome Street, HighgateBayswaterFitzgerald Street, PerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningOpiumRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5113292>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1855

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1886

UWA Collected

LET KIT

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA