NOOK GEE

Description

Biographical informationNook Gee was born in about 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in either 1892 or 1896. He was five feet two and a half inches in height.

He was working as a gardener in Bourke Street, Leederville, in 1915 (E). He worked at Osborne Park in 1917 (B).

He travelled overseas three times: March 1911 to June 1912; December 1915 to June 1917; and March 1924 to January 1927. He left Western Australia permanently in January 1929 (D).Other nameNook Gee (differentiated name)Date of birth1870

Photograph of Nook Gee aged 53 in 1924 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1924/29)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)Bourke Street, LeedervilleOsborne ParkSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1924NAA CEDT File 1929NAA Immigration File 1915-1939 <Not digitised #4317556>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceChinaDate1870

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1892 or 1896

UWA Collected

NOOK GEE

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA