TIP LEE

Description

Biographical informationTip Lee was born in about 1877 in Canton, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1900. He was five feet four and a half inches in height.

He worked as a laundryman at the Wing Hie Laundry, Claremont, from at least 1912 to 1931 (E).

He travelled overseas twice: July 1912 to February 1913; and April to October 1923. He visited Melbourne in 1921 (D). He applied for a CEDT in 1931 but did not use it.Other nameTip Lee (differentiated name)Date of birth1877

Organisation

Tip Lee aged 46 in 1923 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1923/50)

Employment

Job titleLaundrymanDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (organisation)Wing Hei (Wing Hai) Laundry, ClaremontSubject (place)ClaremontSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaLaundryRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1912NAA CEDT File 1923NAA CEDT File 1931NAA Immigration File 1912-1934 <Not digitised #4317293>NAA War Registration File 1916-1920 <Not digitised #4283369>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1877

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1900

UWA Collected

TIP LEE

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA