SUEY E

Description

Biographical informationSuey E (aka Suee E) was born in February 1870 in Shanghai or Amoy [Xiamen], China. He migrated to Western Australia in December 1889. He was five feet four and half inches in height "in his boots".

He worked as a market gardener at Albany in 1911 and Katanning in 1916. He moved to Northam in 1917 and worked as a cook in the Shamrock Hotel. In 1918 he worked in the Premier Hotel at Albany. Between 1918 and 1922 he worked alternately at Northam and Albany for several months at a time as an hotel cook (B).

In 1922 he was charged with gambling when police raided Ah Sim’s house at Middleton Road.

He travelled overseas from March to October 1911 (D).Other nameSuey E (differentiated name)SUEE E (also known as)Date of birthFebruary 1870

Suey E aged "39" in 1911 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1911/53)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Shamrock Hotel, NorthamPremier Hotel, AlbanySubject (place)KatanningNorthamAlbanySubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaMarket gardeningCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1911NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4272697>

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationAsian immigrants to Western Australia, 1829-1901 (Atkinson, 1988)"CHINESE GAMBLERS" The Albany Advertiser, 8 March 1922: 3.

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceShanghai or AmoyDate1870

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RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateDecember 1889

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RelationTravelled toPlaceKatanningDate[date unknown]

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RelationTravelled toPlaceNorthamDate[date unknown]

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RelationTravelled toPlaceAlbanyDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

SUEY E

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA