SUE KOY

Description

Biographical informationSue Koy was born in May 1870 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet four and a half inches in height.

He shared the lease of a market garden in Bourke Street, Leederville, from the time of his arrival in Western Australia to at least 1922 (B).

He travelled overseas three times: March 1902 to March 1903; August 1910 to October 1912; and March 1922 to May 1924 (D).Other nameSue Koy (differentiated name)Date of birthMay 1870

Sue Koy aged 52 in 1922 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1922/27)

Connections

Subject (place)Bourke Street, LeedervilleSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1902NAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1912

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

UWA Collected

SUE KOY

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA