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Ancestors Of Li Jiquan – Part III

May 31, 2004
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Ancestors Of Li Jiquan – Part III

by Peter Leeson Li Jiquan 李積銓 As there is no record of Lee Soon entering the country and as there is also no record of the ship he lists on his naturalisation application as having travelled on, it is assumed he was one of the many Chinese immigrants tricked into paying the Victorian Immigration...

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Ancestors Of Li Jiquan – Part II

May 31, 2004
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by Peter Leeson Chinese immigration to Australia The majority of Immigrants were poor farmers who were lured away from their villages by the agent of the Crimp, a man whose job it was to recruit workers for Australia or as it was known to them Xinjinshan, (New Golden Mountain). Some of the men who...

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Ancestors Of Li Jiquan – Part I

May 31, 2004
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Ancestors Of Li Jiquan – Part I

by Peter Leeson The research This is the story of Peter Lee’s search for his roots. We are most grateful to Peter for giving us permission to reproduce it here: The research of the Australian Descendants of Li Jiquan (Lee Soon) has been predominantly conducted by Peter Leeson, great, great grandson of Li Jiquan...

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