MEE LIM

Description

Biographical informationMee Lim (aka Mee liam, aka Mee Siam) was born in about 1874 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1898. He was five feet six and a quarter inches in height.

He worked as a market gardener at Bunbury in 1911 (E). In 1916 he was working at Wagerup (B).

He travelled overseas between January and August 1912 (D).Other nameMee Lim (differentiated name)MEE LIAM (also known as)MEE SIAM (also known as)Date of birth1874

Mee Lim aged 37 in 1912 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1912/8)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)BunburyWagerupSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1912NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #5113829>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1874

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1898

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBunburyDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceWagerupDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

MEE LIM

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA