Andrew Leon

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Chinese canegrowers in the Cairns area, late 1880s

Andrew Leon (circa 1841–1920) was a Chinese-born Australian businessman in northern Queensland, predominantly in the Cairns district. He established the Hap Wah plantation that pioneered the Cairns district sugarcane industry.[1][2] He was the acknowledged leader of the Cairns Chinese community from the 1870s well into the 1890s.[3]

  1. ^ Bolton, G. C.; Cronin, Kathryn. Leon, Andrew (1841–1920). Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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  3. ^ May, pp 70, 299