YEE KIT

Description

Biographical informationYee Kit was born in 1855 in Canton, China. He migrated to Australia in 1885 and moved Western Australia in 1897. He was five feet five inches in height.

He was recorded as a barber at Perth in 1910 and a market gardener at Broome in 1913 (E).

He travelled overseas three times: May to December 1910; January 1914 to October 1915; and January 1920 to July 1921 (D).Other nameYee Kit (differentiated name)Date of birth1855

Yee Kit aged 54 in 1913 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1913/189)

Employment

Job titleGardenerDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)BroomePerthSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaBarberMarket gardeningRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1910NAA CEDT File 1913NAA CEDT File 1919NAA CEDT File 1959 <Not digitised #5513479>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceCantonDate1855

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1885

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

YEE KIT

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA