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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"William" Douglas William SYMINGTON

Married Emily Elizabeth HOMER in Perth in 1916 [15]
Farmer in Kununoppin, Western Australia 1913-1916 [50]
     He had 300 acres of crop growing on his farm in Kununoppin in 1913 [81: 2-Nov-1913]
     Due to the catastrophic impact of tens of thousands of rabbits he sold his farm of 1,025 acres for a paltry £25 [557: 2-Feb-1917]
Farm Manager of the Marchagee Estate Farm in Marchagee, Western Australia in 1917 and 1918 [9: 11-Jan-1918] [50]
     The Marchagee Estate was a well established 4,727 acre farm in Marchagee belonging to Samuel C. EMERY [44] [81: 7-Nov-1909]
     Advertised in 1917 and early 1918 that he was wanting to buy plain and barbed wire [9: 28-Sep-1917, 11-Jan-1918]
By 1943 they had left Western Australia and settled in New South Wales, where he worked as a Labourer [50]
Resided at 121 Kent Street, Darling Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales in 1943 [50]
Resided in Carinda, New South Wales in 1949 and in Bulagero, New South Wales in 1954 [50]
In 1958 they were living at 26 Roper Street in Dubbo, New South Wales [50]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Douglas William Symington' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 April 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/douglas-william-symington [reference list]




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