Lee Tong Store, Wyndham Port

The Lee Tong Store was owned by Ah Chee, who left the store to Lee Tong when he died.

Lee Tong Store, Wyndham Port

Image Courtesy of: National Library of Australia

Only two of the original five Chinese shops remain on the west side of O’Donnell Street, Wyndham.

"Charlie Lee Tong Foo arrived in Wyndham in the early 1900s. He had come from Canton to the goldrush and worked as a cook at the Gibb River and Rosewood Stations. On a visit to Darwin, at the Picture Gardens, he saved a woman in a shooting incident where her husband was killed. He married her and they came to Wyndham, and she soon gained respect as a seamstress, known to complete trousers before sundown."

"The store was owned by Ah Chee, who left the store to Lee Tong when he died. His wife Cissie's (Cecilia Chung Hee) seamstress services were added to the general store goods and services available at Lee Tong’s General Storekeeper- ‘Outfitter and Tailor’."

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Lee Tong sign

Image Courtesy of: Richard Horsburgh