- Born
- c. 1906
Maryborough, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- primary school teacher and antique store owner
Details
Melva Lord was the oldest daughter of Maud Lord (eldest daughter of James and Mary Lee Wah). Melva's siblings were Bert, Sid, George and Thelma. Several reports of Melva's school days told of considerable discrimination against her at school due to her Chinese appearance. She became a primary school teacher and later owned an antique shop in Bourke St, Kew with her brother George who had returned after a successful career in England as an actor and in the British Navy. Melva was an accomplished pianist and after becoming fluent in Italian while visiting George in England, taught Italian.
Sources used to compile this entry: Lee, Chris, 'Unfolding the silence: James Lee Wah (1832-1909) Chinese goldfields miner and Anglican missionary', in Sophie Couchman (ed.), Secrets, Silences and Sources: Five Chinese-Australian Family Histories (La Trobe Asian Studies Papers), Asian Studies, La Trobe University, 2005, pp. 17-30.
Prepared by: Chris Lee, independent researcher
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Published Resources
Book Sections
- Lee, Chris, 'Unfolding the silence: James Lee Wah (1832-1909) Chinese goldfields miner and Anglican missionary', in Sophie Couchman (ed.), Secrets, Silences and Sources: Five Chinese-Australian Family Histories (La Trobe Asian Studies Papers), Asian Studies, La Trobe University, 2005, pp. 17-30. Details
Images
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- Title
- Believed to be Melva Lord, granddaughter of James Lee Wah
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1908 - c. 1909
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Maryborough
- Details
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- Title
- Wedding photograph of Violet Ah Gee (nee Lee Wah) with husband and descendants of James and Mary Victoria Lee Wah
- Type
- Photograph
- Date
- c. 1915
- Place
- Australia - Victoria - Maryborough?
- Details
Created: 11 December 2003, Last modified: 26 September 2005
