WING KEE (2)

Description

Biographical informationWing Kee (2) was born in Canton, China in around 1871. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He left a wife and two children in China. He shared the lease of a garden with Ah Woo (2) in Leederville in 1904 from J. Bennett. The lease expired in 1907.

In 1912 he was convicted of possession of opium and received a four months prison sentence.

In 1916 he lived at 29 Bannister Street, Fremantle, and worked as a store keeper and hawker for Wing War Kee Ltd, 8 South Terrace, Fremantle.

He travelled overseas two times: April 1904 to August 1905; and December 1918 to October 1920.Other nameWing Kee (differentiated name)AH WING (also known as)WING WAR KEE

Document

AAC_Box_2_0528

The Opium Traffic - Blocking the Chow

Photograph of Wing Kee (2) in 1918 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1918/80)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1870 or 1872

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDateAugust 1897

Connections

Subject (organisation)Fremantle PrisonSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1904NAA CEDT File 1918

Item information

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

UWA Collected

WING KEE (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA