WEE BOON TAM

Description

Biographical informationRecruited in Singapore to work as a shepherd under contract to McPherson, Glentromie Station, Newcastle, for three years at £2 per month. In February 1882 he was sentenced to three months imprisonment for 'Absconding from Service'. On his release. Wee Boon Tam returned to McPherson who refused to take him back or allow him to take his clothes and a rug from the property. Wee Boon Tam made his way to Newcastle where he was found cold and hungry. He was sent to Perth and admitted to the Poor House where he was described as being of 'weak intellect' (C).Other nameWee Boon Tam (differentiated name)

Document

AAC_Box-007_0130

Person

Donald MacPherson

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHailamDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate June 1881 (WA)

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceGlentromieDate[date unknown]

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceToodyayDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleShepherdEmployerDonald MacPhersonDate employedJune 1881

Connections

Subject (organisation)Mount Eliza DepotSubject (place)GlentromieMt Eliza Poor HouseSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

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

UWA Collected

WEE BOON TAM

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA