Lily Ah Toy
Lily Ah Toy was an Australian pioneer and businesswoman famous in the Northern Territory.Biography
On 24 October 1917, Ah Toy was born in Darwin. She was of Chinese heritage. She attended Darwin Public School and left when she was 14 to become a housemaid. On 9 November 1936, she married Jimmy Ah Toy, taking his surname. She then set up a general store in Pine Creek. She had five children of her own, and adopted five more. She then moved to Adelaide, before moving back to Pine Creek in 1945. In 1988, she was honoured as one of eight Northern Territorians who had made a significant contribution to the territory. Ah Toy died in Darwin on 15 October 2001.
