YEE AH CHACK

Description

Biographical informationYee Ah Chack was born in November 1883 in Canton, China. He arrived in Western Australia in 1901. He was five feet one and three quarter inches in height. He worked as a shop keeper at Broome (E). He travelled overseas five times: August 1904 to July 1905; April 1907 to May 1909; December 1910 to June 1912; January to November 1918; and January 1920 to October 1921 (D).Other nameYee Ah Chack (differentiated name)Yee Ah Chak (also known as)Yee Chack (also known as)Date of birth1883

Photograph of Yee Ah Chack in 1910 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1910/192)

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1883

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1901

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

Employment

Job titleShopkeeperDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)BroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CoD File 1904NAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1910

Item information

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

UWA Collected

YEE AH CHACK

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA