POW CHEE

Description

Biographical informationPow Chee (aka Pow Chu) was a Chinese Presbyterian missionary who was engaged by the Presbyterian Church in Perth to work as a Chinese evangelist in Western Australia from 1898 to 1900.

He gave lectures on China and the Chinese in the Queen's Hall and at Bunbury (see The West Australian 28 August 1900, p.6 and 7 September 1900, p.5.).

He left Western Australia in December 1900.

(NB. There are documents and correspondence about Pow Chee held at the National Archives of Australia and digitised at SP42/1, 1900/3043.)Other namePow Chee (differentiated name)Pow Chu (also known as)

Document

Gee Hop, Joong Hung & Yick See 1900-2156

Newspaper report on the death of Ah You (16)

Pow Chee 1898-2387

Pow Chee (source: SLWA 153120PD, slwa_b2874941_1)

Connections

Subject (person)AH YOU (16)Subject (topic)Presbyterian Church ChristianityMissionaryChinese heritage in Western AustraliaRelated collectionAnne Atkinson CollectionCelebrating 200 Years - National Foundation for Australia-China Relations ProjectAnne Atkinson Collection

Item information

ContributorSchool of Social SciencesSource of informationNewspaper article on public lecture at Queen's Hall in 1900Newspaper article on the reasons for Pow Chee leaving Western Australia 1901

UWA Collected

POW CHEE

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA