LOY FOO

Description

Biographical informationLoy Foo (aka Lo Fu & Loo Foo) was born in April 1871 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in November 1898. He was five five and half inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Bayswater in 1911 and in Hector Street, Osborne Park, in 1916 (B).

He travelled overseas twice: September 1911 and May 1913; and February 1927 and May 1928 (D).Other nameLoy Foo (differentiated name)Loo Foo (also known as)Lo Fu (also known as)Date of birthApril 1871

Person

LO FU

Loy Foo aged 28 in 1911 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1911/147)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1871

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateNovember 1898

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)BayswaterHector Street, Osborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911NAA DECT File 1927NAA Immigration File 1911-1927 <Not digitised #4317049>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5113719>

Item information

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

UWA Collected

LOY FOO

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA