LI A KIU

Description

Biographical informationLi A Kiu (李亞九) was born in about 1857 in Sun Wi (Cantonese), China (新會縣). He migrated to Western Australia in June 1887.

He was recruited in Singapore to work as a general labourer under contract to C. Conway, location unrecorded [but probably Mount Marmion Station, Derby], for two years at S$8 per month (C).Other nameLi A Kiu (differentiated name)李亞九Date of birth1857

Document

AAC-Box-007-0063

Page52 1888, Collector of Customs - Return of Chinese

Person

C. Conway

Employment

Job titleLabourerEmployerC. ConwayDate employedJune 1887

Connections

Subject (organisation)Mount Marmion Station, DerbySubject (place)DerbySubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLabourerRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceSun Wi (Cantonese)Date1857

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateJune 1887 (WA)

UWA Collected

LI A KIU

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA