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Way Lee: 100 Years On
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Way Lee - 100 years on tells the story of a man who came to Australia in the 1870s at a time when life for chinese people was not easy. He became a successful trader and businessman with an eye on the potential for expansion of trade between Australia and China. Way Lee was a family man who had interests all over Australia but a main bse in Adelaide. He was a person who challenged systematic biases in the political system, for example the poll tax levied on people travelling between States, and tried to change them. Way Lee was also an active proponent of social reform, particularly in relation to Chinese people in Australia, and a generous benefactor with his time and money for such organisations as the Sick Poor Fund and the Transvaal Patriotic Fund in Adelaide.
Way Lee - 100 years on tells the story of a man who came to Australia in the 1870s at a time when life for chinese people was not easy. He became a successful trader and businessman with an eye on the potential for expansion of trade between Australia and China. Way Lee was a family man who had interests all over Australia but a main bse in Adelaide. He was a person who challenged systematic biases in the political system, for example the poll tax levied on people travelling between States, and tried to change them. Way Lee was also an active proponent of social reform, particularly in relation to Chinese people in Australia, and a generous benefactor with his time and money for such organisations as the Sick Poor Fund and the Transvaal Patriotic Fund in Adelaide.
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