"Austin" George Austin DURACK
Born 9 May 1907 in Arrino, Western Australia [16]
Son of Patrick Manitnea DURACK and Susan DOWNES [P2]
Educated at the Arrino State School and then at Saint Idephonsus College in New Norcia [P2]
Enrolled as a Boarding Student at Saint Idephonsus College in New Norcia on 21 April 1917 [187]
Farmer in Arrino [19]
He and his brothers owned and farmed their late father's 12,500 acre farm in Arrino [P2]
They also owned and farmed the large Parkwood Farm east of Three Springs and two farms in Yandanooka [P2]
Financially assisted the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee with donations of 5/- in 1925 and £1/1/- in 1928 [124]
Member of the Arrino Football Club 1927-1930 [4: 11-Jun-1927, 19-May-1928, 12-Jul-1930]
In March 1928 he was reported to be making satisfactory progress after severely injuring three of his fingers [4: 17-Mar-1928]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Member of the inaugural team representing the North Midlands Football Association in 1928 [4: 6-Oct-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Beach Committee's Dance held at the Dongara Hall in Dongara on Monday evening 28 February 1929 [4: 2-Feb-1929]
Master of Ceremonies at the Ball at the Arrino Hall after the Arrino Race Club's race meeting on Thursday 4 April 1929 [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
In 1929 he and his brothers cleared an additional 250 acres of virgin bush on their Arrino property [4: 20-Apr-1929]
He was among those who took a joy-ride in a Gipsy Moth plane which visited Arrino on 19 December 1929 [4: 28-Dec-1929]
Master of Ceremonies at the Arrino Race Club's Annual Ball held at the Arrino Hall on Thursday 3 April 1930 [4: 26-Apr-1930]
Came 2nd in the Swerving Race in the Ring Events at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
At the R.S.L. Sports Day at the Arrino Recreation Ground on 5 November 1932 he came 2nd in the Swerving Race [5: 11-Nov-1932]
Supplier of music at the Town Band Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 October 1933 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
Supplier of music at the Carnamah Tennis Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 9 December 1933 [5: 15-Dec-1933]
Supplier of music at the farewell to Miss Mary LYNCH in Three Springs on Wednesday 31 January 1934 [5: 2-Feb-1934]
Assisted with the music at the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1934-35 and 1936-37 [5: 8-Feb-1935, 20-Nov-1936]
He and Mavis BYRNE won the lucky spot dance at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Ball on 4 July 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Competitor in the Boxing Tournament conducted by the local R.S.L. in Three Springs on Saturday 18 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Resided in Arrino until enlisting in the Australian Army on 21 May 1940 [16]
Lance Corporal WX3143 in the Australian Army's 9 Div Salvage Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 1 February 1945 [16] and returned to Arrino [19]
Resided in Arrino until about 1956 [19]
Later resided in East Perth [2]
Died 30 July 1973; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, LC, 347) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'George Austin Durack' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 20 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/george-austin-durack [reference list] |
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