Description
Lee Hing Jacgung was no ordinary man, living an ordinary life in 19th century China, California and Victoria.
Hee was a refugee from war and revolution… a medical apprentice and landsman, who sailed the world and rescued the shipwrecked. He dug for gold in California and Victoria, sued Queen Victoria, and worked as a headman and translator for the courts and police on the Mount Alexander Goldfields, before he reinvented himself as a pioneer, selector and farmer in Jeeralang, Gippsland.
He was a brilliant success and an abject failure, who found his love in wife, family, friends, and God… and his fear in venial public officials, corrupt merchants and secret societies.
He was no ordinary man… for he was his own man.
Sun Yat Sen Memorial Library Collection Certificate for 2024.
AIGS/FHC Don Grant Award for “the best Australian family historical biography” for 2024
Specifications:
Publisher: Pinba Press
Year: 2024
Format: Paperback
Pages: 321pp
ISBN: 9780645165616
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Brenda boswell –
Have not read the book fully yet as l know most of the history as it was my family ancestors that my mum started researching years ago and sadly didn’t get to read the book that Jon kehrer wrote he has done a great job with it l am 4th generation of Lee hing jacgung family