YORK KIT Joe

Description

Biographical informationYork Kit Joe was born in about 1869 in HaiHow, Hainan, China. He migrated to Western Australia in 1897. He was over five feet eight inches in height.

He was recorded as a cook at Perth in 1907 and 1924. He lived at Broome in 1932 (E).

He travelled overseas five times: July 1907 to November 1908; August 1915 to December 1916; February 1924 to December 1926; July 1928 to May 1930; and November 1932 to November 1935. He left Western Australia permanently in November 1936 (D).Other nameYork Kit (Joe) (differentiated name)Date of birth1869

York Kit Joe aged 47 in 1915 from his CEDT paperwork (source: NAA: K1145, 1915/129)

Employment

Job titleCookDate employed[date unknown]

Connections

Subject (place)PerthBroomeSubject (topic)Chinese heritage in Western AustraliaCookRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionRelated linkNAA CEDT File 1907NAA CEDT File 1915NAA CEDT File 1924NAA CEDT File 1928NAA CEDT File 1932NAA CEDT File 1936NAA Immigration File 1923-1936 <Not digitised #4317462>

Item information

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

Significant place

RelationPlace of birthPlaceHaiHowDate1869

Significant place

RelationImmigrated toPlaceAustraliaDate1897

Significant place

RelationTravelled toPlaceBroomeDate[date unknown]

UWA Collected

YORK KIT Joe

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA