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"Jim" James Joseph
STARLING
Born 1879 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Robert STARLING and Beulah Emily CRIPPIN [15]
His grandfather Joseph CRIPPIN had arrived in Western Australia as a convict under the alias of James OSBORNE in 1861 [20] [21] [107]
His father died at the age of 58 years in 1882, and in 1885 his mother married "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS [15]
Married Daisy JACKSON in Northampton in 1900 [15]
Their first child, Florence May, was born in 1900 in Northampton and died at the age of two months [15]
Their second child, James Joseph, was born in Mount Magnet in 1901 and passed away aged just one day [15]
Labourer at the 9-Mile Camp near Geraldton in 1903 [50]
Railway Ganger at Wolla Wolla near Yalgoo in 1906 [50]
Railway Ganger in Three Springs in 1907 [6]
Railway Ganger in Wannamal in 1908 [6]
Railway Ganger in Coorow 1908-1913 [19] [50]
His mother and stepfather were also in Coorow - on Coorow Station and then Jun Jun Farm [6] [19] [44] [50]
Guaranteed to contribute to the teacher's salary if the attendance fell below ten at the proposed Coorow State School in 1911 [215]
His daughters Gladys and Pearl were listed as prospective students of the proposed school, but their ages were exaggerated up [215]
Attended the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports Meeting in Coorow on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Won the Sheffield Handicap, Half-mile Handicap, Putting the Weight; 2nd in Hop Step & Jump, Live Wheelbarrow Race [39]
Railway Night Officer in Dongara in 1914 and 1915 [19] [50]
They resided at the Railway Cottages in Dongara [50]
Railway Stationmaster in Coorow in 1916 [50]
Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Coorow and then of the Railway Station in Arrino in 1917 [6] [30: item 8090793]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) in Perth on 18 May 1917 [30: item 8090793]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighed 196 pounds and had blue eyes, fair hair and a fresh complexion [30]
Gave his wife Mrs Daisy STARLING as his next of kin, her address being Arrino, Midland Railway, Western Australia [30]
Private and later Trooper during Light Horse camp training at Blackboy Hill in the Perth hills from 2 July 1917 [30]
After he entered camp his wife and children appear to have Arrino and moved to the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [30]
Regretfully applied for his discharge on 6 September 1917 as his pay wasn't sufficient to support his wife and six children [30]
His wife wrote to the A.I.F. reiterating her distress at surviving with six daughters aged between 11 years and 20 months [30]
Owing the size of his family and ages of his children his request was recommended for approval and was subsequently granted [30]
He had to pay for the kit he'd been issued with, but was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 14 September 1917 [30]
Railway Fettler in Carnamah in 1919 [19]
Donated 5/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1919 [124]
Following an absence shifted back to Carnamah on 29 January 1921 [9: 4-Feb-1921]
Railway Stationmaster in Carnamah from 1 February 1921 until June 1921 [9: 8-Jul-1921]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1921 [9: 8-Jul-1921]
The Carnamah Football Club held a function to bid him farewell on the evening of Monday 18 June 1921 [9: 8-Jul-1921]
At his farewell remarked that he regretted leaving and that "the people of Carnamah as a whole would long live in his memory" [9]
Left Carnamah in June 1921 after being promoted to the position of Stationmaster of the railway station in Dongara [9]
Railway Stationmaster in Dongara in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Railway Stationmaster in Three Springs 1923-1925 [6] [9] [19]
Judge of the horse races at the Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations in Three Springs on Thursday 15 March 1923 [9: 13-Apr-1923]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club - was Secretary in 1923 [9: 4-May-1923]
Represented the Three Springs Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1923 [9: 4-May-1923]
Member of the Three Springs Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Friendly Society [9: 24-Jul-1925]
He was farewelled by the residents of Three Springs and presented with a cheque on the evening of Friday 17 July 1925 [9]
At his farewell Archie BASTIAN, Evander FRANKLIN and Fred JAMES testified to "his many good qualities and popularity" [9]
Left Three Springs in July 1925 following his transfer to Midland Junction, but by later 1925 was in Dongara [9: 24-Jul-1925]
Railway Stationmaster in Dongara 1925-1929 [6] [50]
Railway Ganger in Gunyidi later in 1929 and in 1930 [6] [19]
Resided at 12 Spring Park Road in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction from 1931 until his death in 1933 [6] [50]
Died 29 January 1933; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, NA, 424) [2]
Mrs Mary Jane STARLING
Wife of Charles Frederick STARLING; see Mary Jane FARRELL
"Chris" Christian STARICK
Contractor in Coorow 1912-1914 [50]
Contractor in Winchester 1916-1921 [19]
In August 1916 cleared for the Midland Railway Company 15 acres on Lot M923 in Winchester for 12/- an acre [34]
Otto STARRICK
Labourer in Coorow 1912-1914 [50]
Beatrice Mary STEPHENS
Born 1876 [5: 12-Jun-1936]
Married "Bob" Arthur Harvey WILLIAMS in 1902 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [15]
She gave birth to their daughter Mona Irene on 12 May 1904 at Moonta Mines in South Australia [55]
Within a year they had returned to Western Australia, where their daughter Mona passed away at the age of nine months [15]
Resided with her husband on Gauntley Farm in Waddy Forest 1911-1936 [5] [19] [61]
Won 1st prizes for Plain Scones and Pickles at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Travelled from Coorow to Perth on Sunday 30 September 1934 and on the following Tuesday left for Melbourne by train [5: 5-Oct-1934]
Returned to Coorow on 3 March 1935 after a holiday with her husband, daughter and son-in-law in the South West [5: 8-Mar-1935]
Along with her husband and daughter Mrs Mora CHAPMAN travelled from Waddy Forest to Perth on 3 October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
During March 1936 she was in Perth receiving medical treatment [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Her 60th birthday was celebrated with 25 guests at their home on Gauntley Farm in Waddy on Saturday 6 June 1936 [5: 12-Jun-1936]
Won 1st prize for Brown Bread at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mosman Park [2]
Mother of Mora [4: 8-Mar-1930]
Died 20 August 1962; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, FC, 51) [2]
Francis Allan Quinton STEPHENS
Farmer of Pindarra Farm in Coorow 1914-1916 [19] [50]
Thomas Knight STEPHENS
Labourer on Oaklyn Farm in Coorow in 1911 and 1912 [19] [50]
Florence May STRAHAN
Born 1895 in Guildford, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of James STRAHAN and Mary Ann BISHOP; step-daughter of George COUSINS [15]
Following the death of her father and later stepfather resided with her mother in Walkaway and then on farmland in Arrino [P2]
Married William Charles COX in 1918 [66]
Came 3rd in the Married Ladies Race at the Arrino Railway Picnic Day held in Arrino on Saturday 29 November 1919 [9: 5-Dec-1919]
Resided with her husband in Coorow, where he was the local Railway Stationmaster 1925-1937 [5: 5-Nov-1937] [19]
Hosted a social evening at her home on 21 May 1930 to further Ivy BINGHAM in the local Popular Girl Competition [4: 31-May-1930]
Attended the evening Ball after the Carnamah Races on Thursday 2 October 1930 in a dress of apricot lace [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Exhibited in the Fancywork section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Won 2nd prize for a White Table Centre or Supper Cloth and both 1st and 2nd prizes for an Embroidered Cushion [5]
Won 2nd prize for Sweet Peas in the Flower section of the Fourth Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Received 1st prizes for White Bread, 12 Sweet Peas, Six Sweet Peas and Lady's Bouquet at the Coorow Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Exhibited in the Confectionary, Flower and Fancy Work sections of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 14 September 1933 [5]
Won 1st prizes for Fruit Cake, Pastry and a Embroidered Cushion; and 2nd prizes for Pansies and Three Doyleys [5: 22-Sep-1933]
Awarded 1st prize for Pansies and 2nd for Sweet Peas at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1933-34, 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 3-Nov-1933, 25-Oct-1935, 18-Dec-1936]
Conducted the Afternoon Tea stall at the Church of England Bazaar held in Coorow on 18 November 1933 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
Awarded 1st prize for Sweet Peas in the Flower section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 12-Jul-1935, 19-Jun-1936, 11-Jun-1937]
Won 1st prizes for Sweet Peas and Six Pansies at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Their son Stan spent a holiday staying with herself and her husband in Coorow during May 1936 [5: 15-May-1936]
Won 1st prize for Fruit Cake and 2nd for Six Pansies at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 3 September 1936 [5]
Received the W. H. Melvin Trophy for Fruit Cake, and attended the Show Ball dressed in black net [5: 11-Sep-1936, 20-Nov-1936]
After spending an enjoyable holiday in Perth herself and her husband returned to Coorow on Wednesday 4 October 1936 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
Winner of the Ladies Approach & Put at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Won 1sts for Coffee Sponge Sandwich, Six Pansies and Bowl of Garden Flowers at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5]
At the Show Ball received the Bushells Ltd Trophy for winning 1st prize for Coffee Sponge Sandwich [5: 10-Sep-1937]
In 1960 she was living at 18 Ninth Avenue in the Perth suburb of Maylands [30: item 3437535]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Maylands until her death in 1967 [2]
Mother of Stanley [5: 5-Nov-1937]
Died 12 October 1967; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZC, 80) [2]
William STYLER
Farmhand for Alexander C. LAWRENCE in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Edgar SUGDEN
Farmer in Latham in 1916 [19] [50]
He gave his address at the time as Latham's Rock, Coorow [50]
Edward SULLIVAN
Railway Labourer in Coorow 1904-1909 [19] [50]
Frank SUMMERS
Farmer in Latham 1914-1923 [19]
His postal address was initially Coorow [19]
Frederick James SUNLEY
Teamster in Nugadong, East Gunyidi in 1914 [50]
Alexander Forbes SUTHERLAND
Born C.1907 [2]
Farmhand in Coorow 1935-1939 [5] [19]
Member of the Coorow Football Club 1935-1937 [5: 14 & 21-Jun-1935, 22-May-1936, 28-May-1937]
Attended the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance held Coorow on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
At 73 feet he was the winner of the Throwing Hammer competition, and also came 2nd in the 75 Yards Sprint [5]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Came 2nd in both the 75 Yards Spring and Obstacle Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting in Coorow on 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Wheat Bin Attendant in Arrino in 1941 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Guildford [2]
Died 16 November 1992; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, L, 162) [2]
Arthur Henry SWEETAPPLE
Born 2 April 1892 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia [16] [54]
Son of Alfred Henry SWEETAPPLE and Lilian HEGINBOTHAM [54]
Married Violet Mary DILLON in Perth in 1915 [66]
Captain of the Australian Imperial Force's 10th Light Horse Regiment during the First World War [18]
Worked in the Lands Department of the Midland Railway Company's office in Perth [34]
Purchased 1,000 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company on 31 March 1921 [27]
The 1,000 acres was Lot M1312 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost him £125/2/3 (2/6 per acre), payable by instalments [27]
Purchased the land under an offer by his employer to sell 1,000 acres of land to their Perth office staff at a nominal price [34]
On 20 June 1925 he purchased another 1,253 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company for £313/6/10 [27]
The 1,253 acres consisted of Victoria Location 1116 and Lots M1311 and M1528 of Victoria Location 2023 [27]
This purchase may also have been through another offer from his employer as it was at roughly half the normal price [27]
Later sold all of his land in Coorow to William H. MELVIN & Sons [3]
During a portion of the 1920s he was the owner of 19 Caron Street in the Carnamah townsite (Lot 27 of Victoria Location 1936) [34]
Had purchased the vacant quarter acre 19 Caron Street from Samuel LEAN and by mid 1932 had sold it to Robert MACKIE [3] [34]
He was living in the Perth suburb of Bentley in 1942 [16]
Lieutenant Colonel W47917 of the Australian Army's Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Died 6 October 1949; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Douglas William SYMINGTON
Farm Manager of the Marchagee Estate in Marchagee in 1917 [50]
The Marchagee Estate was a well established 4,727 acre property in Marchagee belonging to Samuel C. EMERY [44] [81: 7-Nov-1909]
Mrs Emma Elizabeth SYMINGTON
Resided on the Marchagee Estate in Marchagee in 1917 [50]
TTT
Arthur Philip David TAMBLYN
Born 1906 [15]
Son of Harry TAMBLYN and Elizabeth Ellen OAKEY [14]
Resided with his parents on Oakblyn Farm in Latham [19] [152]
In 1920 himself and his siblings Gordon and Rosie boarded with Mrs Annie M. BATTERSBY on Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow [215]
Student at the Coorow State School from a room of Coorow House on Victoria Location 385 in Coorow in 1920 [215]
Farmer of Oakblyn Farm in Latham 1927-1973 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park in 1974 [2]
Died 27 August 1974; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (General, Lawn 2, 233) [2]
Mrs Elizabeth Ellen TAMBLYN
Wife of Harry TAMBLYN; see Elizabeth Ellen OAKEY
"Rosie" Elva Rose Elizabeth TAMBLYN
Born 1909 in Long Gully, Victoria, Australia [54]
Daughter of Harry TAMBLYN and Elizabeth Ellen OAKEY [54]
Resided with her parents on Oakblyn Farm in Latham, Western Australia [19] [152]
In 1920 herself and her brothers Arthur and Gordon boarded with Mrs Annie M. BATTERSBY on Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow [215]
Student at the Coorow State School from a room of Coorow House on Victoria Location 385 Coorow in 1920 [215]
Married "Charlie" Charles BOYS in Perth in 1926 [66]
Gordon Royal Anthony TAMBLYN
Born 1907 [15]
Son of Harry TAMBLYN and Elizabeth Ellen OAKEY [14]
Resided with his parents on Oakblyn Farm in Latham, Western Australia [19] [152]
In 1920 himself and his siblings Arthur and Rosie boarded with Mrs Annie M. BATTERSBY on Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow [215]
Student at the Coorow State School from a room of Coorow House on Victoria Location 385 in Coorow in 1920 [215]
Farmer in Latham, and later Labourer in Latham and Coorow [1] [19]
Married May LATHAM in 1942 [66]
Summonsed to appear at the Carnamah Police Court on 4 December 1950 for driving International truck CA-80 without a license [22]
Died 19 February 1957 in Latham; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row F, Plot 7) [1]
Harry TAMBLYN
Born C.1865 [2]
Married Elizabeth Ellen OAKEY in Kalgoorlie in 1902 [15]
Settled on prospective farmland in Latham in 1910 [152]
Farmer of Oakblyn Farm in Latham 1910-1929 [2] [19] [152]
His farm was 2,160 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 4352, 4618 and 4712 [44]
The farm appears to have been named using the start of his wife's maiden surname 'Oak' and the end of his surname 'blyn' [--]
In August 1910 wrote to the Upper Irwin Road Board requesting the closure of a road that went through his property [9: 26-Aug-1910]
The Road Board responded that they were agreeable to closing the road provided no objections were made from other settlers [9]
A month later the Board informed him they would not recommend the road be closed, as they had received objections [9: 30-Sep-1910]
Paid rates for his farmland to the Upper Irwin Road Board in Mingenew until 1916, and then to the Perenjori-Morawa Road Board [44]
After seven years on the farm 450 acres were cleared of which 300 were cropped, and 250 acres were fenced [152]
In 1916 himself and his family were living in a four roomed house made out of hessian and iron [152]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of Western Australia in Latham on 24 November 1916 [152]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Resided in Latham until his death in 1929 [2]
Father of Teddy, Arthur, Gordon, Rosie and Mary [14]
Died 19 May 1929; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZA, 332) [2]
From the Progress Report of the Royal Commission on the
Agricultural Industries of Western Australia on the Wheat-Growing Portion of the South-West Division of the State:
Friday 24 November 1916 at Latham
"HARRY TAMBLYN, Tamblyn Bros, Farmers, Latham, sworn and examined:
We have been seven years in this district and hold 2,140 acres, of which 1,700 acres was 5s. 9d., for 200 acres 10s., the balance is a homestead block. We have 10 miles carting west from the railway station. We have 450 acres cleared, 250 fenced, two wells and two bores. The wells give a fairly good supply; one of them is drinking water and the other not. We have a dam of 500 cubic yards and another of about 120 cubic yards. I am a married man and have a house of four rooms constructed of hessian and iron, stables and machinery shed, 40 x 40, of iron. With the exception of a harvester I have all necessary farming implements. We have 10 draught horses and 13 other sorts. I had previous experience of farming in Yorke's Peninsula, and when we came here I had £2,000 capital, but this has been found insufficient to carry on with. The Agricultural Bank advanced £550, but I cannot say what is due to the Industries Assistance Board.
Were last year's advances cleared out of [the proceeds] of your wheat? No.
I have 300 acres under crop, but none of it was fallowed; it was all ploughed. Still I believe in fallow. This year I have fallowed about 50 acres for next year. Last year I had 50 acres fallowed. It shows a splendid crop, far better than the rest. I would have fallowed more this year, but I had to let the horses go in the paddock. My highest yield has been 18 bushels. That in the first year I came here, 1910. In 1911 I got 58 bags from 130 acres. I think that the average for the district, including the two bad seasons, would be about 10 bushels. I should think it would take about 12 bushels to pay the cost of putting in and taking off [the crop]. I sow about a bushel to the acre and 60lbs. of super. I use a big Shearer disc cultivating plough with eight discs. It takes six big horses to pull it and sometimes seven, and I do eight or nine acres a day. I have a Massey-Harris drill which does 13 acres and I do about 14 acres a day with it. I have done 15 or 16 acres. I use a May's stripper and can do about seven acres [a day] with it, it has a 5ft. comb. I employ a man, but not all the time; in fact last year I put in the crop on my own.
Do you think a man working under similar conditions to yours could reduce costs by using the largest possible machinery? Certainly he could. This year I have hired a 7-ft. harvester to do my work. About bulk handling [of wheat] I know nothing, but the duty on implements is too high.
Last year we had blight' there was no wheat in the crop. I pickle my wheat. Last year I was late in getting the crop off on account of the bad weather, and this year the crop is not very good. It is light and short. I have not tried artificial grasses or fodder crops, but vegetables do well, and I think fruit trees ought to. I have to hand-feed my pigs, and I grow green stuff for them. We have poultry for our own use. When I employ a man I pay him £2 a well and keep in the harvest time and 30s. a week and keep in the ploughing season, but in these [war] times men cannot be obtained for that money. The average working hours are none or 10 hours a day. No man should have less than 2,000 acres to make a living out of in this district, and he should be able to handle [cropping] 300 acres himself. I have not given the question of co-operation among the farmers any thought, but so far as the land regulations are concerned I consider that the farmer has far too much to pay. He should have his land in this part of the country for nothing. Sandplain here is no good whatever, and it is dearer to clear than the timber land.
Would it be rushed if the Government gave it away? I do not know a single farmer which has paid his way yet; I know we have not. If a man went on the Agricultural Bank and did more clearing he would be able to do more cropping. I think we should be given an extension of time in which to pay rents on this land. We should have 40 or 50 years instead of 20 to pay it off. I intent to go in for sheep, but at present dogs are a great trouble. We hold a pastoral lease of 3,000 acres in addition, and my intention is to get a few hundred sheep and some old man to look after them. Mixed farming is a far better proposition than wheat growing."
Mrs May TAMBLYN
Wife of Gordon Royal Anthony TAMBLYN; see May LATHAM
Thomas Sydney TAMBLYN
Farmer in Latham [44]
As early as 1910 he was the owner of the 160 acre Victoria Location 4353 in Latham [44]
Paid rates for his 160 acres to the Upper Irwin Road Board in Mingenew until 1916 and then to the Perenjori-Morawa Road Board [44]
Resided in Latham until 1917 [19]
Arthur TAYLOR
Farmer in Coorow in 1913 and 1914 [50]
Farmer in Latham 1915-1921 [50]
Hugh TAYLOR
Farmhand on Waddy Waddy Farm in Coorow 1917 [50]
Isaac James TAYLOR
Surveyor of Mayfield Farm in Gunyidi 1911-1913 [19] [50]
Mrs Kathleen Henrietta TAYLOR
Resided on Maryvale Farm in Latham in 1922 [50]
Margaret TAYLOR
Resided on Glenview Farm in Latham 1913-1915 [50]
Percy James TAYLOR
Farmer of Mayfield Farm in Gunyidi 1911-1916 [19]
Walter Henry TAYLOR
Farmer of Maryvale Farm in Latham 1910-1949 [19] [152]
In mid 1912 he had plans to sell his farm in Latham and take up farming in Coorow, in part so his children could go to school [215]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of Western Australia in Latham on 24 November 1916 [152]
Kate Louisa TAYSON
Born C.1887 [2]
Married James UNDERWOOD in 1913 [66]
Resided with her husband in Latham in 1921 and 1922 and then on Hill Crest Farm in Coorow 1923-1944 [6] [19] [44]
One of the three costume judges at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Attended the Surprise Linen Tea for Miss Mary E. GREENWOOD at Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest on 22 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Died 28 August 1994; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lance Howard Memorial Gardens, Niche Wall, W23, 2) [2]
Mrs Beulah Emily THOMAS
Wife of "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS; see Beulah Emily CRIPPIN
Beulah Emily THOMAS
Born 1891 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS and Beulah Emily CRIPPIN [15]
Her grandfather Joseph CRIPPIN had arrived in Western Australia as a convict under the alias of James OSBORNE in 1861 [20] [21] [107]
Married Michael Valmont MURNANE in Perth in 1913 [15]
Resided with her husband at Boyagarra in East Brookton and then in Capel [50]
Later resided with her husband at 252 Rutland Avenue in the Perth suburb of Carlisle [3]
Her father, who had been a long time resident of the Coorow district [19], passed away at the age of 80 years in 1939 [2]
Following her father's death in 1939 she briefly owned his Victoria Locations 682 and 1096 in Coorow [3]
Both were 40 acres, and Victoria Location 682 contained Nabappie Spring while Victoria Location 1096 contained Jun Jun Spring [P17]
During the 1941-42 financial year she appears to have sold both Victoria Locations 685 and 1096 to Ernest A. LONG of Coorow [3]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park [2]
Died 13 May 1960; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Seventh Day Adventist, AA, 128) [2]
"Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS
Born 1862 in York, Western Australia [15]
Son of Henry THOMAS and Mary FITZGERALD [15]
Married widow Mrs Beulah Emily STARLING in Greenough in 1885 [15]
In 1896 his brother John Fitzgerald THOMAS married his wife's daughter Eliza Elizabeth STARLING [15]
Owner & Grazier of Coorow Station in Coorow 1903-1911 [19] [44] [50]
He was the owner of 358 acres of first class freehold land in Victoria Locations 385, 682, 995, 996, 1096, 1116, 1274 and 2407 [44]
On Victoria Location 385 was Coorow House, the old homestead of the LONG family who had arrived in Coorow in 1862 [135]
His Victoria Location 682 contained Nabappie Spring while Victoria Location 1096 contained Jun Jun Spring [P17]
Also had 520 acres in two Conditional Purchase leases and a Homestead Lease (later Victoria Locations 2732, 2927 and 2997) [44]
He went before the Police Court in Mingenew on 28 March 1906 for inflicting grievous bodily harm on Francis A. LATHAM [39]
The accused offence had occurred on 7 March 1906 and he was committed for trial but allowed bail [39: 29-Mar-1906]
He went before the Court of Quarter Sessions in Geraldton on 6 September 1906 on a charge of stabling Francis A. LATHAM [39]
The charge was that he had stabbed LATHAM in Coorow, however the jury found him not guilty [39: 8-Sep-1906]
During the 1911-12 financial year sold 782 acres of his land in Coorow to Edward M. BLYTHE [44]
Sold Victoria Locations 385, 995, 996, 1116, 1274, 2732, 2927 and 2997, but kept Victoria Locations 682, 1096 and 2407 [44]
Farmer & Grazier of Jun Jun Farm in Coorow 1912-1938 [6] [19] [44]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1926-1933 [6] [19]
He had been a patient at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs until being discharged in early February 1936 [5]
After leaving hospital he stayed with his daughter Mrs Celia B. CARR at Bluff Point in Geraldton [5: 7-Feb-1936]
Later resided in Perth [2]
Father of Mary Agnes, Celia Blanche, Beulah Emily, "Jack" John Fitzgerald and "Frank" Francis Henry William [15]
Died 26 August 1939; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, KA, 307) [2]
"Frank" Francis Henry William THOMAS
Born 1897 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS and Beulah Emily CRIPPIN [15]
His grandfather Joseph CRIPPIN had arrived in Western Australia as a convict under the alias of James OSBORNE in 1861 [20] [21] [107]
Resided with his parents on Coorow Station in Coorow 1903-1911 and then on Jun Jun Farm in Coorow 1912 onwards [19] [44] [50]
He was a big man who came from a well respected family of the Coorow district [P32]
Farmed Jun Jun Farm in Coorow with his father and elder brother "Jack" John Fitzgerald THOMAS [P15]
He was accused of stealing food from the railway station yard in Carnamah, pleaded innocent but was sentenced by police [P10]
Following his conviction he said in future the government would have to support him [P10]
Alternatively it was stated that his brother received a good education and to his anger he didn't, after which he "went bush" [P300]
Yet another attribution was that he had been treated badly by his father [P17]
He was "a local boy gone wrong" who had "got somehow on the wrong side of the police, and had taken to the bush" [P5]
Settlers, storekeepers, tradesmen and railway officials along the Midland Railway line complained to police about thefts [39: 14-Jan-1920]
In time it became known he was responsible, and his crimes were reported to have begun around December 1918 [39: 14-Jan-1920]
He regularly stole food, clothes, blankets and horses from Coorow, Carnamah and surrounding districts [P10] [P15]
It was reported in the press that he "went about from district to district, living on the proceeds of his unlawful traffic" [39: 14-Jan-1920]
He raided railway sidings and homes, and took horses which he let loose after riding them for as far as he wanted to go [39: 14-Jan-1920]
Among the items he stole from a farmhouse on one occasion included meat, potatoes, onions and milk [39: 14-Jan-1920]
It was said that he also stole sheep which he killed, cooked and ate [39: 14-Jan-1920]
He is said to have operated as such along the Midland Railway Company's railway line but also the Wongan Hills railway line [P300]
After a period of time it was known he was responsible but "he was cunning enough to elude all efforts to capture him" [39: 14-Jan-1920]
Locally he became known as "Thomas the Bushranger" and "Frank Thomas the Bushranger" [P10]
He was constantly sought after by police but rarely caught [P10] and was "the most talked about topic in the district" [P300]
His ability to elude capture was attributed to him having grown up locally and that he knew every inch of the country [39: 14-Jan-1920]
Despite his crimes he was often wrongly blamed for stolen or missing livestock in the Coorow and Carnamah districts [P15]
"To the womenfolk he was behind every bush, and felt unable to cope" while "men just swore about what a pest he'd become" [P5]
Details of his crimes in Winchester were given to local Justice of the Peace, Louis P. PARKER, who relayed them to police [P5]
One of his regular habits was to jump on goods trains and when in a quiet stretch to throw out cases of goods [39: 14-Jan-1920]
He'd then later return to the side of the railway tracks, go through them, take what he wanted and leave the rest there [39: 14-Jan-1920]
Items he didn't like including whiting, sauce, vinegar, boot polish, essence, pickles and glassware were found by the tacks [39]
It was also stated he'd go through the contents on the train and throw canned food out, and then go back and collect it later [P15]
On one occasion opened cases from a recent train were found at small clearing in the scrub at Winchester [P5]
From the opened cases all the food had been taken but remaining were items such corsets for Mrs Mathilve HÄUSSLER [P5]
Stories of his exploits became imbedded in local folklore with a degree of hearsay as to which were fact and which fiction [P6]
On one occasion police are said to have come upon his camp where he was cooking a chicken on a fire [7: page 49]
He took off and they followed in hot pursuit but he got away from them so they decided to go back and eat the cooked chook [7]
When they arrived back he had already doubled back and taken the chook [7]
Constable "Charlie" Carl F. W. KROSCHEL of Three Springs is said to have captured him and handcuffed him to a tree [P6]
Charlie left him there, on the west side of the Yarra Yarra Lakes, probably while he went to secure assistance to convey him [P6]
When the constable returned he was nowhere to be seen - to the amazement of the constable and many others [P6]
Apparently when he was later caught he still had the handcuffs on his arms, but no one could work out how he'd done it [P6]
One moonlit night his father is said to have hung some mutton up in a shed and knew his son was in the area [P15]
His father kept watch on the mutton expecting and waiting for his son to take it, however it seemed to no avail [P15]
His father dozed off for a moment near dawn and when he woke there was no sign of the mutton [P15]
While being chased on horseback by police one day his hat fell off, however he circled around a hill, and back to the hat [P32]
He jumped off his horse, picked up his hat, got back on the horse and as usual managed to get away [P32]
Constable KROSCHEL reputedly locked the railway station yard in Carnamah which was well fenced with large white gates [P6]
He is said to have then stolen KROSCHEL's horse from within the yards and jumped over the gates [P6]
It was a feat as apparently no one believed a horse would be able to jump over the gates, least of all KROSCHEL's horse [P6]
Mrs Kate C. GARTH travelled into the Carnamah townsite by horse and buggy one day, and her horse shied at something [7: page 49]
When she got to town and said what had happened a storekeeper said she should be thankful as "the bushranger" was about [7]
On one occasion a racehorse had arrived in Carnamah and was at the stockyards of the railway station [7: page 49]
The story goes that the police watched the horse as they knew he was about and that he'd probably try and steal it [7]
He still managed to steal the horse, named Karara Boy, and after tracking him to Perenjori they found the horse [7]
Mrs Ettie PARKER thought she heard whip cracks as a horse galloped behind her home at 5 Macpherson Street, Carnamah [P6]
The noise, it was said, was in fact Constable KROSCHEL shooting at him [P6]
Mrs E. Maude W. GREENWOOD of Waddy Forest carried a matchbox of pepper when out in case she encountered a bushranger [5]
Her theory was that she "would be a missing quantity by the time the bushranger stopped sneezing" [5: 18-Apr-1947]
There were stories that meetings were held at Winchester to discuss how best to capture him but he listened in from underneath [P6]
It was also said that in one instance when he was being searched for that he was up a tree watching the search [P300]
Apparently he often poked his finger through packaged food to see what it was and if he'd like it, as he couldn't read [P6]
He was successfully captured on 29 December 1919, after twelve months living the life of "an audacious thief" [39: 14-Jan-1920]
He was captured by Constable "Charlie" Carl F. W. KROSCHEL of Three Springs and another police constable [39]
At the time of his capture and arrest he was in possession of some stolen goods and a stolen horse [39]
He was interviewed by the Criminal Investigation Department on 6 January 1920, at which time he gave a voluntary statement [39]
On 10 January 1920 in Geraldton he pleaded guilty to charges of stealing, unlawful possession and unlawfully using a horse [39]
The Resident Magistrate in Geraldton sentenced him to two years hard labour [39: 14-Jan-1920]
After being released from his two year jail sentence he returned to Coorow in 1922 and was soon wanted by the police [10: 12-May-1922]
He was accused of stealing a horse and two cases of stores from a railway truck in the Three Springs district [39: 12-May-1922] [120:18-May-1922]
He was pursued by Constable Carl F. W. KROSCHEL of Three Springs and a Constable MATTHEWS [10: 12-May-1922] [39: 12-May-1922]
The two constables, through freezing weather, had searched and chased him for about two weeks before finally catching him [10]
With an Aboriginal tracker the constables followed tracks from the railway siding in Winchester to nine miles north of Coorow [39]
The tracks got obliterated by rain, but they later picked up more which led them to a camp of a fire and some of the stolen stores [39]
Tracks from the camp were followed to another camp about 16 miles east of Coorow, from which they saw smoke from a fire [39]
The constables charged the bush but the closest they got was to see him gallop away on a horse and follow him for six miles [39]
He leapt off his horse, got the saddle and bridle, and got over a dog-proof fence and then escaped into the bush [39]
After searching the constables found him sleeping under a quantity of bags in a stable of a farm, and he was arrested [39]
He made no attempt at resisting arrest and was removed to the goal in Geraldton in early May 1922 [39: 10-May-1922]
The Moora Herald And Midland Districts Advocate reported him as the "Coorow bread and butter bushranger" [10: 10-May-1922]
The West Australian later reported he'd "earned notoriety... as the result of being chased across country by police" [39: 2-Jun-1922]
At the time of his arrest, which was during the first few days of May 1922, he was "Wanted" on various charges [39: 4-May-1922]
He was arrested on nineteen charges of stealing and seven charges of unlawfully using horses [81: 12-N ov-1922]
His offences had occurred in the country between and adjoining the Midland and Wongan Hills
He was in the lock-up at Geraldton awaiting trial when after about two weeks he escaped on the afternoon of 23 May 1922 [39: 2-Jun-1922]
When the lock-up keeper realised he was missing they found an exit from the exercise yard was open with its lock picked [39]
Once clear of Geraldton he is said to have raided districts between the Midland and Wongan Hills railway lines [39: 15-Nov-1922]
He was a brilliant horseman and for almost six months stole valuable horses and considerable quantities of stores [39: 15-Nov-1922]
He stole a horse from a lady at a shop in Perenjori, after which she came out with a shotgun if she heard a noise at night [7: page 49]
He was fond of fine horses and would help himself to the best in the district [P32]
Stole the well bred horse Brylass which had recently been purchased by William G. MORCOMBE of Waddy Forest [P32]
Mounted police soon arrived on the scene and with the help of an Aboriginal tracker were able to follow his tracks [P32]
After a couple of days they found Brylass exhausted at a neighbour's property where he had taken another horse [P32]
He stole MORCOMBE's horse Brylass several time so Will made a separate little yard for the horse right against his house [P32]
Will also kept a 22 firearm beside him to protect the horse, however he still managed to steal it without waking anyone [P32]
Police made many fruitless attempts to recapture him [39: 20-Nov-1922] while he "pursued the career of a bushranger" [39: 13-Nov1922]
After 140 days on the run he was recaptured by Constable WREFORD in Perenjori on Friday 10 May 1922 [39: 13 & 15-Nov-1922]
His recapture on 10 November 1922 was noted at the top of one of the pages of the diary of Coorow pioneer Ernest A. LONG [168]
He was taken to Buntine and imprisoned at the lock-up there until he could be taken back to Geraldton [303: 21-Nov-1922]
Within very little time he escaped from the lock-up in Buntine and was once again on the run [39: 14, 15 & 21-Nov-1922] [303: 21-Nov-1922]
The West Australian newspaper called him "A Bird of Freedom" on account of his multiple escapes from custody [39]
His pursuits were reported in The Western Argus newspaper in Kalgoorlie under the catchcry of "A Slipper Prisoner" [303: 21-Nov-1922]
Days later his tracks led to near Perenjori with police from Mingenew, Three Springs and Goomalling searching for him [39]
Police from other centres joined the search and on 16 November 1922 they heard that he was in the Carnamah district [39: 20-Nov-1922]
Constables MILLS and REYNOLDS proceeded from Mingenew to Carnamah by car and kept a watch on the railway station [39]
After the Perth express train passed through he entered a shed where one of them was watching and he was called to surrender [39]
He bolted with the two constables in hot pursuit and after a chase of about 300 yards they caught up to him and he was arrested [39]
It was said that when the constable yelled he dropped a box of groceries he was about to steal and fell over the points charger [P300]
The fall was said to have injured him and he was caught behind Henry PARKIN's premises in Yarra Street, Carnamah [P300]
He apparently had with him a saddle and bridle that he had stolen from Carnamah farmer James K. FORRESTER [P300]
The West Australian newspaper labelled him a "Fugitive from Justice" [39: 15-Nov-1922]
The paper remarked that his bushranging exploits were almost of "equally excellent material" as that of the historic Kelly gang [39]
He was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in Geraldton on 20 November 1922 [39: 21-Nov-1922]
He pleaded guilty to charges of stealing in the Midland and Victoria districts, improperly using horses and of escaping custody [39]
His defence claimed he needed special consideration as "he had never really had a chance in life" and couldn't read or write [39]
He'd never had an incentive to learn and had inclinations to take what he needed and get away from those who chased him [39]
The magistrate declared he'd previously been imprisoned for 18 months which should have taught him not to do such things [39]
If the suggestion were made to send him to an Aboriginal settlement in the North-West, the magistrate said he would support it [39]
That may have eventuated as he was at one time sentenced to work on a station owned by the Government in the North-West [P300]
There were about a further 45 charges against him which police didn't proceed with [39: 21-Nov-1922]
After being caught for the last time he was imprisoned at the Claremont Asylum for the Insane and remained there until his death [P17]
Died 23 April 1960; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZE, 470) [2]
John THOMAS
Born 7 November 1862 in Kadina, South Australia [55]
Son of Edward Tregloan THOMAS and Elizabeth PARSONS [55]
Shifted to Western Australia where he worked for the Midland Railway Company [P376]
Railway Stationmaster in Moora in 1897 [6]
Married (1) Frances Ellen HILL in Gingin in 1897 [15]
Railway Stationmaster in Gingin 1898-1901 [6]
His wife gave birth to twins John and Frances at the railway station in Gingin in late June 1899 [39: 29-Jun-1899]
Days later on 6 July 1899, at the railway station in Gingin, his wife passed away at the age of 21 years [39: 3-Aug-1899]
Their son John passed away at the age of three months later in 1899 [15]
Married (2) Lydia CAHILL in Perth in 1902 [15]
Railway Stationmaster in Mingenew 1902-1913 [6] [19] [50] [84]
Goods Agent of Elvire Street in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction 1914-1920 [6]
Railway Stationmaster in Mingenew 1921-1923 [6] [19]
Railway Stationmaster in Coorow 1923-1925 [6] [9: 23-Feb-1923] [50]
Railway Stationmaster in Dongara 1925-1933 [6] [19] [50]
Resided at 32 Elvire Street in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction in 1936 and 1937 [6] [50]
Father of John, Frances, Jack, Horace, Harold, Donald and Jean [P376]
Died 1 May 1937; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, FC, 677) [2]
"Jack" John Fitzgerald THOMAS
Born 1894 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS and Beulah Emily CRIPPIN [15]
His grandfather Joseph CRIPPIN had arrived in Western Australia as a convict under the alias of James OSBORNE in 1861 [20] [21] [107]
Resided with his parents on Coorow Station in Coorow 1903-1911 and then on Jun Jun Farm in Coorow 1912 onwards [19] [44] [50]
Farmed Jun Jun Farm in Coorow with his father and younger brother Frank until his brother became the local bushranger [P15]
Farmer in Coorow [19]
Rode his horse from Coorow to Winchester to see Miss Doris BELL [P17]
Married Doris Una BELL in Perth in 1924 [66]
His wife passed away on 28 June 1925 [2] after giving birth to twin daughters named Alleyne Una and June Hope [P17]
June passed away at the age of 20 days on 7 July 1925 and was buried at the Three Springs General Cemetery [24]
Alleyne grew up in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park under the care of her maternal grandparents Edward and Una BELL [P17]
Later left his farm in Coorow and took up virgin land west of the railway line north of Gunyidi, which he later sold [P17]
After selling the property in Gunyidi, which was rather poor land, he purchased a farm in Marchagee [P17]
Farmer of Seldomseen Farm in Marchagee [P17]
Travelled to Round Hill to play football in the early 1930s prior to the formation of the Coorow Football Club [P361]
Others to do so were William H. JOHNS and Harry F. C. KAU of Coorow and Peter W. THOMSON of Marchagee [P361]
Committee Member of the Sports organised for the opening of the East Marchagee Hall on Saturday 11 November 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
Signatory to a letter sent in January 1934 expressing confidence in the Carnamah Road Board and their member [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Master of Ceremonies at the dance held at the Marchagee Hall on Saturday 20 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
The proceeds of the dance, which was well attended and a great financial success, went to the Marchagee Hall's buildings fund [5]
In August 1936 applied for the Carnamah District Road Board to provide a road as an outlet from his farm in Marchagee [5: 28-Aug-1936]
The following month the Road Board called for tenders for the clearing of about five miles of the road at 16 feet wide [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Master of Ceremonies of the Show Ball held after the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow on 2 September 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Died 14 March 1986; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, MA, 247) [2]
Mrs Lydia THOMAS
Wife of John THOMAS; see Lydia CAHILL
Ethel Rose THOMPSON
Resided in Gunyidi in 1915 [50]
James THOMPSON
Medical Practitioner in Gunyidi in 1915 [50]
Myrtle May THOMPSON
Resided in Coorow in 1915 and 1916 [50]
Stephen James THOMPSON
Farmer in Coorow in 1913 and 1914 [19] [50]
Farmer in Maya in 1933 [19]
"Sandy" Alexander Welsh THOMSON
Born 6 April 1918 in Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of James Fowler THOMSON and Nellie Simpson WELSH [108]
Resided with his parents on Anster Farm in Marchagee, Western Australia [108]
Came 2nd in the Walk, Trot & Gallop in the Ring Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5]
Also received 1st prize for a Border Collie sheep dog or bitch in the Sheep Dog section of the show [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Came 2nd in the 12-stone Gent's Hack in the Ring Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Resident of Kew, Victoria, Australia where he enlisted in the Australian Army on 20 May 1940 [16]
Lieutenant VX15794 in the Australian Army's 2/14 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 6 December 1945 [16]
Arthur John THOMSON
Married Ellen HAYES in Perth in 1898 [15]
Store Manager in Coorow in 1916 [50]
Mrs Elizabeth Jessie THOMSON
Resided in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1916 [19]
Mrs Ellen THOMSON
Wife of Arthur John THOMSON; see Ellen HAYES
"Gray" Grace Welsh THOMSON
Born 31 March 1920 in Largo, Fife, Scotland [16]
Daughter of James Fowler THOMSON and Nellie Simpson WELSH [108]
Resided with her parents on Anster Farm in Marchagee, Western Australia [108]
Best Girl Rider under 14 years and came 2nd in the Lady's Hack at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the Ball at the East Marchagee Hall after the Marchagee-Gunyidi Picnic & Sports Day on 14 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Came 2nd in both the Walk Trot & Gallop and the Open Trot Handicap at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended the Ball after the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 dressed in floral chiffon organdie [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Won 1st for Lady's Hack and 2nd for Trotting Horse and 12-stone Gent's Hack at the 1936 Carnamah Agricultural Show [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Competed in the Carnamah Tennis Club's Easter Tennis Tournament at Centenary Park in Carnamah in March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 12 May 1937 in "brown cire spot taffeta with gold lame" [5: 14-May-1937]
Part of the Best Set as "Arabians" at the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 24 July 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Exhibited in the Ring Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park in Coorow on 2 September 1937 [5]
Awarded four 2nd prizes for the Flag Race, Swerving Race, Open Trot and the Walk, Trot & Gallop [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Won 1st for Trotting Horse and 2nd for Lady's Hack and Best Lady Rider at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Resided in the Melbourne suburb of Kew prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 13 April 1942 [16]
Captain VF345268 in the Australian Army's Australian Women's Army Service during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 April 1946 [16]
Along with her children regularly attended the Methodist Church in Heidelberg and the Sunday School in the afternoons [108: page 3]
Student at the Heidelberg State School and then Northcote High School [108: pages 3, 4]
Annually holidayed at Creswick with his sister Ella, Harry WILSON and their children [108: pages 2, 4]
James Fowler THOMSON
Born 1884 in Kilrenny, Fife, Scotland [28]
Son of draper Peter THOMSON and Elizabeth GREIG [20] [28]
Resided with his parents and siblings at Comley Bank in the village of Cellardyke in Kilrenny, Fife, Scotland [20]
He was the youngest of eight children with elder siblings John, Annie, Robert, Peter, Jessie, Lizzie and Ella [20] [28]
Departed from London, England on the steamship Sumatra on 22 March 1913 bound for Singapore [203]
Married his first cousin once removed Nellie Simpson WELSH in Singapore [P1]
By 1914 they had left Singapore and were living at 187 George Street in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [50]
Engineer for the constructional engineering firm Clayton & Sons who were based in Leeds, Yorkshire, England [108: page 2]
Worked for Clayton & Sons in Perth, Western Australia; Invercargill, New Zealand and then in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [108]
They were in Perth when their first son was born in 1915, and were back in Melbourne by 1918 when their second son arrived [108]
He was unfit for service during the First World War due to a bad ankle and limp sustained from an industrial accident [108: page 2]
With his wife and two sons returned to Scotland to visit relatives who they'd struggled to communicate with during the war [108: page 2]
They departed Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the steamship Benalla and arrived in London, England on 27 February 1920 [204]
During their visit they stayed with his mother-in-law Mrs Grace S. WELSH in Largo, Fife, Scotland [108: page 2]
He departed from London, England on the steamship Marathon on 21 October 1920 bound for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [203]
His wife, sons and daughter departed London, England bound for Melbourne on the steamship Orvieto on 17 September 1921 [203]
Established his own constructional engineering firm J. F. Thomson Pty Ltd [108: page 5]
Following their return they resided for a number of months at Old England Hotel in the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg [108: page 2]
After buying a house resided with his wife and children on Brown Street in the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg [108: page 2]
They lived in the most northerly housing development of Heidelberg which at the time bounded paddocks and old orchard [108: page 2]
After a few discussions with Robert S. KEAY, who was the nephew of Scottish friends, they decided to buy a farm together [108: page 5]
Robert S. KEAY travelled to Western Australia to investigate potential areas and properties and chose one in Marchagee [108: page 5]
Purchased 2,027 acres of farmland in Marchagee, Western Australia in partnership with "Bob" Robert S. KEAY in 1928 [3] [19]
The farm had previously belonged to Bertie W. LOVELESS who had acquired it under the Soldier Settlement Scheme [108: page 5]
The farm's 2,037 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 3231, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3240, 3250, 6383 and 7036 [3]
By late 1928 Robert S. KEAY had settled on and began farming the property [19], while he remained in Melbourne [108: page 5]
Absentee Farmer of Anster Farm in Marchagee in partnership with Robert S. KEAY 1928-1931 [108: page 5]
The financial crash of 1929 and the start of the Great Depression impacted severely on the farm and his Melbourne business [108: page 5]
As work in his constructional engineering business had dwindled he decided to move to the farm to properly assess its potential [108]
Leaving an employee in charge of his office and business in Melbourne himself, his wife and their son Peter left for Marchagee [108]
They travelled to Western Australia by steamship and then from Perth up to Marchagee by train [108: page 6]
The train trip of 150 miles took eight and a half hours including two refreshment stops at Mogumber and Watheroo [108: page 7]
Along with his wife arrived in Marchagee on Wednesday 20 May 1931 [108: page 6]
His son Peter had arrived a week earlier and their younger two children joined them at the end of the 1931 school year [108: pages 6, 19]
Upon their arrival the development of the farm was in a very elementary stage and their initial accommodation was a tent [108: page 6]
There was a gable-roof two room house with front and back verandahs, with half a verandah enclosed for a kitchen [108: page 5, 6]
The house was occupied by the KEAY family and the only other permanent structure was a corrugated iron chaff room [108: pages 6]
Farmer of Anster Farm in Marchagee 1931-1938 [108: pages 5, 6, 20]
Continued to farm in partnership with Robert S. KEAY until 1933 when KEAY left and the partnership ended [108: page 13] [19]
By mid 1934 KEAY no longer had his stake and he had become the sole owner of the farm's 2,027 acres [3]
The farm's 2,037 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 3231, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3240, 3250, 6383 and 7036 [3]
He was one of the first to commence harvesting in Marchagee in 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
On 16 March 1935 lost a truck tyre and rim between the railway siding and the mailboxes on the East Marchagee Road [5: 29-Mar-1935]
Wrote to the Carnamah District Road Board in April 1935 requesting they enforce the compulsory eradication of turnip weed [5]
He wrote the letter as the wild turnip weed was prevalent on properties adjoining his farm in Marchagee [5: 12-Apr-1935]
A few weeks later he wrote to the Road Board again about why no action had been taken in eradicating turnip weed [5: 3-May-1935]
The Road Board responded sympathising with the issue, but said the cost of endeavouring to control the weed was too high [5]
Received a refund from the Carnamah District Road Board in 1936 after being overcharged on motor vehicle registrations [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Sold 87 sheep suckers through Elder Smith & Co Ltd on 2 September 1936 (36 at 20/7, 15 at 19/4, 18 at 21/1, 18 at 17/4) [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Attended the Inaugural Sale of the North Midlands Stud Stockbreeders Association in Carnamah on Friday 18 September 1936 [5]
At the sale he purchased four Border Leicester rams at 5½ guineas per head from LEISHMAN Bros of Winchester [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Sold 87 ewes through Elder Smith & Co at Midland Market in late 1936 (13 at 9/11, 21 at 8/10, 17 at 7/10, 36 at 4/7) [5: 13 & 20-Nov-1936]
Father of Peter, Sandy and Grace [108]
Died 7 August 1972; cremated at The Necropolis in Springvale, Victoria, Australia [131]
Mrs Nellie Simpson THOMSON
Wife of James Fowler THOMSON; see Nellie Simpson WELSH
Joseph THOMSON
Farmer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1919 [19] [50]
Peter Welsh THOMSON
Born 9 November 1915 in Perth, Western Australia [108: page 2]
Son of James Fowler THOMSON and Nellie Simpson WELSH [P1]
Began his schooling at the Parish School in Largo, Fife, Scotland [108]
Farmer of Anster Farm in Marchagee, Western Australia 1931-1969 [108]
The farm was 2,027 acres in size, consisting of Victoria Locations 3251, 3252, 3253, 3254, 3255, 6383, 3240, 3250 and 7036 [3]
Originally leased by his father, the farm was named Anster after the parish of Anstruther in Fife, Scotland [108]
Rate Books of the Upper Irwin Road Board reveal that parts of the farm had a history stretching back as far as 1915 [44]
Travelled to Round Hill to play football in the early 1930s prior to the formation of the Coorow Football Club [P361]
Others to do so were William H. JOHNS and Harry F. C. KAU of Coorow and John F. THOMAS of Marchagee [P361]
Came 2nd in the Coat, Hat and Cigarette Race in the Horse Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Came 3rd in the Hurdle Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting held in Coorow on New Year's Day 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
He was out taking precautionary measures regarding a scrub fire on a nearby farm in Marchagee on Wednesday 29 January 1936 [5]
A large quantity of rolled scrub had caught alight and turned into a fierce blaze after being heavily fanned by hot winds [5]
While out he came across shocked and burnt George and Fred LATHAM who had run for their lives when their truck stopped [5]
Their truck had been burnt to cinders, and he conveyed them to their home in Waddy Forest [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Tied for 1st in the High Jump and came 2nd in the Hurdle Race at the Sports Meeting in Coorow on Boxing Day in 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Competed in the Carnamah Tennis Club's Easter Tennis Tournament at Centenary Park in Carnamah in March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Part of the Best Set as "Arabians" at the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 24 July 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Others in the set included his sister Grace W. THOMSON, Roger F. W. CLARK and Michael R. ROWLAND of Carnamah, [5]
"Daisy" Margaret D. BOWMAN and "Nan" Hannah S. DAVISON and his future wife Ruth I. BOWMAN, also of Carnamah [5]
Came 2nd in the 14-stone Gent's Hack in the Ring Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1937 [0: image 03709]
Member of the Coorow Football Club 1937-1939 - was Captain 1939 [4: 29-Jul-1939] [5: 14-May-1937]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1939, 1946 and 1952-1971 [13]
Member of the Winchester-Coorow Tennis Club in 1940 [4: 9-Mar-1940]
Married Ruth Isabella BOWMAN in Carnamah on 29 June 1940 [P394]
Best man at the wedding of "John" David I. M. BOWMAN and "Nan" Hannah S. DAVISON in Carnamah on 21 June 1941 [P1]
Corporal in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1946 [150]
While making inspections of roads with members of the Road Board he noticed the Gunyidi State School was falling into disrepair [279]
He wrote to the Education Department on 9 October 1947 mentioning its condition and the unlikelihood of it ever re-opening [279]
He asked if the Department would consider selling the Gunyidi State School buildings [279]
Unknown to him a number of other people had previously and unsuccessfully requested to buy the school buildings [279]
Served on the Carnamah District Road Board representing the South Ward from 1946 to 1952 [7: page 111]
Chairman of the Carnamah District Road Board from 1950 to 1952 [7: page 111]
Foundation President and Member for the Central Ward of the Coorow Shire Council 1962-1970 [284]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Coorow farmer George HUTCHCRAFT at the Winchester Cemetery on 28 January 1949 [5: 3-Feb-1949]
In August 1949 was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Geraldton District [0: image 02996] [4: 27-Aug-1949]
Member of the Marchagee Tennis Club in 1950-51 [4: 7-Apr-1951]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmers' Union of WA in 1950 and 1951 [4: 18-Mar-1950, 7-Apr-1951]
Vice President and Zone Delegate of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmers' Union of WA in 1951 [4: 18-Mar-1951]
In 1953 purchased further farmland north of Marchagee which he named Kanangara Farm [108]
The additional land totalled 5,256 acres and consisted of Victoria Locations 5794, 5795, 6383, 9892 and 10089 [63]
His Kanagara Farm in Marchagee was later taken over by his son Gordon [108]
Sold his Anster Farm in Marchagee in 1969 and moved to a house in the Coorow townsite [108]
Later resided in the Perth suburbs of Nedlands, Gosnells, South Perth and Doubleview [108]
Around 1982 retired with his wife to Gooseberry Hill before later shifting to the Lakeside Nursing Home in Redcliffe [108]
Father of Gordon, Graham and Ian [P394]
Died 17 October 2002 in Redcliffe; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lance Howard Memorial Gardens, D, 31) [P1]
Samuel THOMSON
Farmer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1915 [19] [50]
Moreton Fergie THURSTON
Farm Manager in Marchagee 1915-1917 [50]
Mrs Jeanett Paton TILLY
Wife of Milton Jabez TILLY; see Jeanett Paton FERGUSON
Milton Jabez TILLY
Born 19 April 1900 in Moonta, South Australia [16] [55]
Son of Jabez TILLY and Elizabeth McCAULEY [55]
Married Jeanett Paton FERGUSON on 28 July 1927 in Weetulta, South Australia [55]
Along with his wife shifted from South Australia to Coorow, Western Australia in April 1936 [P8] [5: 1-May-1936]
Sharefarmer of Monomeath Farm in Coorow 1936-1939 [P8]
Resided on and share-farmed the 1,477 acre Lot 1142 belonging to the Estate of the Late Charles A. NOLAN [P8]
Also share-farmed farmland in Coorow belonging to Angus A. N. MCGILP [P8]
During the 1939-40 financial year purchased 3,575 acres of farmland in Coorow from Reginald CROMMELIN Jnr [3]
The 3,575 acres was Lot M1617 of Victoria Location 2023 bounding both Touche Road and The Midlands Road [3] [62]
The Midland Railway Company's Touche Siding, which was used to fill the trains with water, was situated on his property [P8]
It was described as good second class country and contained a six roomed jarrah weatherboard house [5: 29-Mar-1935]
Farmer of Touchna Farm in Coorow 1940-1995 [P8]
Resided on his Touchna Farm 1940-1946 and then at Lots 47-48 Commercial Street in the Coorow townsite 1946-1995 [P8]
Leased 1,501 acres of farmland in Winchester, South Carnamah from E. E. Robert WOODHOUSE 1944-1954 [3]
His wife extended the farm with the purchase in October 1946 of the 1,082 acre Lot M1070 from John C. LEEVERS [3]
During the 1949-50 financial year purchased 1,180 acres of farmland in Coorow from Harry and Myrtle EDWARDS [3]
The 1,180 acres consisted of a portion of Lot M1377, which bounded the eastern side of his Touchna Farm in Coorow [3] [62]
On 29 April 1954 purchased the 1,501 acres in Winchester that he'd been leasing from E. E. Robert WOODHOUSE [3]
The 1,501 acres consisted of Lots 1631 and M1635 and touched onto the northern tip of his Touchna Farm in Coorow [3] [62]
His original holding and three subsequent purchases of land took his farm to a total of 7,338 acres [3]
Sold 16 suckers at 16/7 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 23 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
He sang two songs at the Social Evening at the Waddy Forest Hall in Waddy Forest on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 18-Dec-1936]
Sang a song at the Waddy Forest Toc H Group's Social Evening at the Coorow Hall on Thursday 24 June 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club [72]
Drove the 17 miles to participate in the activities of the Carnamah Repertory Club, especially the singing [7: page 229]
Following its formation he was a member of the Coorow Repertory Club [P8]
He had an excellent tenor voice and often sang at functions held in Coorow [P8]
Private W72060 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Had a cow which was kept in a paddock west of the railway in the Coorow townsite belonging to the DOWNES family [P8]
One of the DOWNES boys would deliver milk to them before school every morning and in return they kept the evening milk [P8]
On 10 May 1946 had numerous clothing, kerosene, a fan, towel and a box containing items worth £20 stolen from his home [22]
The man responsible was taken into custody on 15 May 1946 and that same day went before the Carnamah Police Court [22]
The man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months imprisonment [22]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1948 [150]
Best man at the wedding of Coorow mechanic Arnold G. C. HIRST and Mary L. MCGILP in Perth on 12 July 1952 [0: image 04640]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmers' Union of Western Australia [P8]
Founding Committee Member of the Coorow Pasture Improvement Group in 1954 [4: 18-Dec-1954]
His double first cousin once removed Beven John GREGORY farmed in Carnamah during the 1950s [19] [55]
Member of the North Midlands Methodist Church / North Midlands Uniting Church [P8]
Member of the North Midlands Agricultural Society [P8]
Sold his portion of Lot M1377 in Coorow and Lots 1631 and M1635 in Winchester to Derek G. and Peter R. FOWLER in 1994 [P8]
His wife sold her Lot M1070 in Coorow to Michael R. and Baxter J. BOTHE in 1994 [P8]
Sold the original part of his Touchna Farm, Lot M1617, to William H. and Betty C. JOHNS [P8]
Father of Jill [P8]
Died 5 November 1995 in Coorow; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (VC Section, Niche Wall, W5, 41) [P8]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 1 May 1936:
"A New Settler - Mr. M. J. Tilly, late of South Australia, has recently taken over Mr. Nolan's property at Coorow. Mr. Tilly has extensive and valuable experience of barley growing and intends to confine his operations to the growing of barley and sheep raising."
Florence Gladys TIMMS
Born 9 June 1908 in Arrino, Western Australia [166]
Daughter of William John TIMMS and Florence Louisa BUTT [84]
Resided with her parents in Arrino 1908-1911 [9: 24-Mar-1911] [19]
She was baptised at the home of her parents in Arrino on 4 February 1909 by Methodist minister Horace FAULL of Dongara [84]
Shifted from Arrino to the Perth suburb of Midland Junction with her parents on Saturday 18 March 1911 [9: 24-Mar-1911]
Resided with her parents in Midland Junction and attended the Midland Junction State School [9: 24-Mar-1911] [166]
Shifted with her parents to Watheroo in 1919 and was enrolled at the Watheroo State School on 10 February 1919 [166]
Married George O'HERN in 1937 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Gunyidi 1937-1939 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bassendean [2]
Died 8 March 1959; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, FA, 472) [2]
Mrs Adria Catherine Emily TODD
Wife of Cowper Sutton TODD; see Adria Catherine Emily COLES
Constance Adria V. TODD
Born 1898 in Lancashire, England [21]
Daughter of Cowper Sutton TODD and Adria Catherine Emily COLES [215]
In 1901 was living with her parents on Huntingrove Farm in Slinfold, Sussex, England [20]
Departed London, England with her parents on the steamship Waratah on 6 November 1908 bound for Adelaide, South Australia [203]
Resided with her parents on Ditcham Farm in Latham 1910-1912 [19] [152]
Settled with her parents and brother Richard on prospective farmland in Latham, Western Australia in 1910 [19] [152]
Won the Single Ladies' Race at the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Resided with her parents at Todd's Store at Lot 99 of the Coorow townsite in 1912 and 1913 [215]
Student at the first Coorow State School in a bush shed on BATTERSBY's Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow in 1912 [215]
Her name and her brother's were put forward as students for the proposed reopening of the Coorow State School in 1913 [215]
Later in 1913 she had left Coorow as a boarder to receive schooling elsewhere [215]
Departed from New Zealand with her parents on the steamship Ruahine and arrived in Southampton, England on 4 August 1922 [204]
Cowper Sutton TODD
Born 1868 in Shirley, Hampshire, England [20] [21]
Son of John Augustus TODD and Belgium born Clara Susan Arabella ARDEN [20] [33]
Baptised in Shirley by Southampton, Hampshire, England on 1 April 1868 [33]
In 1871 was living with his parents and siblings Frank, John, Agnes and Elsie at Beach Cottage in Milford Village, Hampshire [20]
His father, who was a Colonel in the Royal Army and later a Gentleman, died in 1880 at the age of 64 years [20] [21]
Resided with his widowed mother and siblings Frank, John, Hugh and Decima at Hope Villa in Henry Road, East Barnet, Hertford [20]
Worked as a Clerk in England prior to leaving for Australia, where he worked as an Engineer [203] [204]
Departed London, England on the steamship Jelunga and arrived in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 17 August 1891 [203] [267]
Departed Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the steamship Ormuz and arrived in London, England in December 1896 [204]
Married Adria Catherine Emily COLES in 1897 in Middlesex, England [21]
In 1901 he was a Poultry Farmer and they were living with their daughter on Huntingrove Farm in Slinfold, Sussex, England [20]
Departed Liverpool, England on the steamship Empress of Ireland and arrived in Quebec, Canada on 31 August 1906 [216]
Following his arrival he proceeded to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba [216]
During his sojourn in Canada he worked on a bulk grain handling elevator [152]
He appears to have returned to England and then emigrated with his wife and children to Australia [203]
Departed London, England on the steamship Waratah on 6 November 1908 bound for Adelaide, South Australia [203]
Farmer and Grazier of Ditcham Farm in Latham, Western Australia 1910-1918 [6] [19] [152]
His farm was 1,990 acres comprising Homestead Lease 1275/74 and Conditional Purchase leases 7462/56, 23481/55 & 8063/56 [44]
The farm was 8½ miles east of the railway and by 1916 he had cleared 200 acres of the property and felled another 100 acres [152]
By 1916 he had a house, stables and yard, a good well, a partial plant of implements but no machinery shed [152]
Won the Old Buffers' Race at the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Proprietor of the General Store and Post Office Todd's Store in Coorow, Western Australia in 1912 and 1913 [34] [215]
During the period he had the general store he appears to have resided in the Coorow townsite and not on his farm at Latham [215]
The premises of his store were situated on Lot 99 of the Coorow townsite, which was owned by the Midland Railway Company [34]
In 1912 and 1913 guaranteed to contribute to the Coorow State School teacher's salary if the attendance fell below ten students [215]
He wrote to Samuel J. F. MOORE, M.L.A. in July 1912 expressing the need for a school building in Coorow [215]
In February 1913 he applied with the Midland Railway Company to buy Lot 99 to avoid it going up for public auction [34]
He offered to pay £30 more than prices on adjacent lots when they were auctioned providing it was guaranteed he would get it [34]
He was desirous of knowing so he could make improvements to his store which would otherwise not be worth his while [34]
The Company obviously declined as Lot 99 went up for public auction along with other lots on 20 February 1914 [10: 10-Feb-1914] [27]
Lot 99 was purchased at the auction by Mrs Janet M. JONES of Turipa Farm in Coorow for £40 [27]
At the auction, however, his wife purchased the two quarter acre Lots 1 and 2 - which they later sold to Heinrich W. BOTHE [27] [34]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of Western Australia in Latham on 24 November 1916 [152]
Farmer in Latham until 1918 [6]
Traveller of 34 Hill Street in East Perth 1920-1922 [6] [50]
Departed Wellington, New Zealand on the steamship Ruahine and arrived in Southampton, England on 4 August 1922 [204]
Despite departing from New Zealand their previous and future intended address was Australia [204]
Their address following their arrival was Sidford Lodge in Shirley, Southampton, England [204]
Departed London, England on the steamship Hobsons Bay and arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 28 August 1925 [63]
Travelled with 30 year old stenographer Margaret Mary Monica GRIEVES [203]
His and Margaret's previous address was Sunnymead on Barnhill Road in Wembley Park, London, England [203]
Insurance Agent of 1360 Pacific Highway in Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia in 1936 [50]
Father of Constance and Richard [215]
Died 1939 in New South Wales, Australia [265]
From the Progress Report of the Royal Commission on the
Agricultural Industries of Western Australia on the Wheat-Growing Portion of the South-West Division of the State:
Friday 24 November 1916 at Latham
"COWPER SUTTON TODD, Farmer, Latham, sworn and examined:
I have been here seven years and hold 2,000 acres. I am situated 8½ miles east of the railway. I have 200 acres cleared and 100 acres felled, a house, a stable, a yard, but no machinery shed. I have a good well of water 30ft. deep, but my plant is only a partial one. I have six working horses, a couple of which belong to my wife. When I came here I had £1,000 capital and I have since got £200 from the Agricultural Bank and £200 from the Industries Assistance Board, but I have no crop in. I have no doubt that bulk handling [of wheat] would assist me. I was employed on an elevator when in Canada and know the whole operation right through. The bank business is no good to the farmer. What should be taken from the harvester to the siding in open wagons. In Canada the grain is dumped into the middle of the paddock and they keep it inside boards in the field and cover it with iron. Then it is quite safe in that condition until the farmer is ready to cart it. They thresh it in winter and cart is when they are ready. You can get a vacuum sucker and attach it to the wagon and pass the grain in through it. I have not considered the question of the operation in relation to the farmer. The best yield I have had has been 15 bushels, and if you are only working 300 acres it will cost you 10 bushels before you can make anything for yourself. With a similar area, of course, it would cost a good deal more. I do not think the present land laws are calculated to induce people to take up land. In some cases it is too dear and the holdings are too much distributed. People are put into isolated areas generally which prevent them making a living out of anything except wheat. I myself was 20 miles from a railway for a long time, and 20 miles is a long distance to have to cart everything, which prevents you from making anything out of your wheat. People come out to these distant places in the hope of others coming and of being able to do some good in a few years time, but here the position is becoming one of ruination. When the war came along I was about to do things. I had a contract for 300 acres of clearing, but I was blocked for want of water. I had to cart water for two years from Corinji siding, 17 miles away, and the rainfall has been disastrous. I certainly think we should all have our land free for a certain number of years until the country has been proved. If it is proved to be good we should be asked to pay for it, but no man is making anything out of it at the present time. If he had them he could not sell eggs or butter, and when you come to handle wheat at such a distance there is nothing left for you out of it. Every man who has been growing where here is in debt. None of them, however, keep books and do not know how they stand. If we could depend upon the rainfall the land would yield 20 to 30 bushels. If the Government were to help us over the bad seasons we would do all right in the end, although personally I would sooner do without the Government at all. All my transactions with them from been most unfortunate. I have only had a water supply of my own for the last two years. The first thing the Government should do should be to provide water for the settlers. A great number of them can keep poultry and pigs and tide things over if they have water. There should also be great leniency in regard to rents. We have been wasting time and energy up here for the chance of something ahead. I ask you is there any other body of men who would do the same as we have been doing for so many years?"
"Dick" Richard Arthur Phipps TODD
Born 1903 in Sussex, England [21]
Son of Cowper Sutton TODD and Adria Catherine Emily COLES [215]
Departed London, England with his parents on the steamship Waratah on 6 November 1908 bound for Adelaide, South Australia [203]
Settled with his parents and sister Constance on prospective farmland in Latham, Western Australia in 1910 [19] [152]
Resided with his parents on Ditcham Farm in Latham 1910-1912 [19] [152]
Resided with his parents at Todd's Store at Lot 99 of the Coorow townsite in 1912 and 1913 [215]
Student at the first Coorow State School in a bush shed on BATTERSBY's Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow in 1912 [215]
The names of himself and his sister were put forward as students for the proposed reopening of the Coorow State School in 1913 [215]
Later in 1913 he was boarding in Three Springs and attending the Three Springs State School [215]
If the Coorow State School reopened he was to return, and his father guaranteed to contribute to a teacher's salary if necessary [215]
Student at the Coorow State School at Coorow House on Victoria Location 385 in Coorow in 1914 [215]
Presumably resided with his parents at 34 Hill Street in the Perth suburb of East Perth 1920-1922 [6] [50]
Departed from New Zealand with his parents on the steamship Ruahine and arrived in Southampton, England on 4 August 1922 [204]
They intended to return to Australia and their address following their arrival was Sidford Lodge in Shirley, Southampton, England [204]
Prior to leaving England in 1925 he had worked as an Estate Agent and lived at 24 Oakington Avenue in Wembley Park, London [203]
Departed London, England on the steamship Moreton Bay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 3 July 1925 [63]
Later in 1925 he was working as an Estate Agent and was living at 7 Stirling Road in the Perth suburb of Claremont [50]
Departed Durban, South Africa with his mother on the Thermopylre and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 6 April 1932 [63]
In 1936 he was working as a manager and living with his mother at 15 Clifton Crescent in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [50]
Resided of late in the Perth hills suburb of Greenmount [2]
Died 10 August 1992; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Sir T. Meagher Gardens, Lawn 5B, D, 66) [2]
Samuel Richard TOMKINS
On 22 June 1926 purchased 1,249 acres of prospective farmland in Winchester from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 1,249 acres was Lot M1649 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £718, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Farmer of Eda Vale Farm in Winchester [3] [19]
His farm was situated on the south side of the Winchester East Road on the Carnamah district's boundary with Coorow [62]
Although his farm was in Winchester he was "of Coorow" and received his mail and was enrolled to vote at Coorow [3] [19]
In November 1928 purchased a new Chevrolet truck from Carnamah dealer L. Scott WYLIE [4: 1-Dec-1928]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club from 1928-29 to 1934-35 [4: 2-Feb-1929, 13-Dec-1930] [5: 1-Feb-1935]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Member of the Coorow Football Club - was Vice President in 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Sold 44 lambs at 16/7 per head through the agency of Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on 17 July 1935 [5: 19-Jul-1935]
Two and a half months later in late October 1935 sold 60 suckers at 17/4 per head and 8 wethers at 11/7 per head [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Equal winner of Stepping 100 Yards at the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance in Coorow on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Sold one bale of wool at 15¼d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at a wool sale in Perth on 25 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
An offshoot of the Winchester East Road was surveyed through part of his Lot M1649 in June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Sold 13 lambs at 22/- per head and 23 wethers at 23/1 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd on 29 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Won 1st for Kelpie dog and 2nd for Sheaves of Green Wheat for Hay at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended the Bucks Party for George A. RAFFAN and Eric J. BRADLEY of Winchester in Coorow on 7 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold five bales of wool at 16¾d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Perth Wool Sale of 23 November 1936 [5: 27-Nov-1936]
Sold a cow for £7/7/6 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 2 December 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Won the Stepping 100 Yards at the Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1936-1946 [150]
Sold 38 lambs at 16/7 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 17 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Sold 40 lambs (20 at 20/1, 20 at 18/7) through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 30 June 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Steward in charge of the Pig section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [150]
Married Eva Maud CHAPMAN in Perth in 1940 [66]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Member of the Coorow Pasture Improvement Group in 1954 [4: 18-Dec-1954]
In 1959 the Carnamah District Road Board resumed two acres, two roods and 34 perches of his farm [34]
Father of Maisie, Mervyn, Annette, John, Phillip and Joy [P8]
John TOOTH
Agriculturalist in Gunyidi in 1917 [50]
Frank TREBBETT
Labourer in Coorow 1929-1941 [19]
Farmhand employed by Edward P. TYLER in Coorow in 1931 [50]
Sydney William TRURAN
Resided in Coorow in 1933 [300: page 42]
Paid a 10/- Vermin Bonus by the Carnamah District Road Board in December 1933 for helping to control vermin by killing a fox [300]
Farmhand for Charles H. GRONOW in Waddy Forest 1950-1956 [19]
Annie TUCKETT
School Teacher of the Waddy Forest State School in 1927, on a weekly salary of £4/2/- [73]
In 1927 boarded with Will and Alice MORCOMBE at their home on Wynmara Farm in Waddy Forest [P32]
Kenneth TURNBULL
Contractor in Marchagee in 1911 and 1912 [19] [50]
William Leonard TURNER
Born 12 February 1918 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia [14] [16]
Resided in Hindmarsh, South Australia prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 23 January 1941 [16]
Private S33227 in the Australian Army's 122 General Transport Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 10 April 1946 [16]
By 1963 was living in Waddy Forest [22]
In 1988 was a retired fencing contractor and was living at Grovally Farm in Coorow [90]
Died 17 March 1988 at Grovally Farm in Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 13) [1]
Mrs Agnes Florence TYLER
Wife of Edward Prior TYLER; see Agnes Florence MASSINGHAM
Arthur Edward TYLER
Born 11 May 1915 in Bridgetown, Western Australia [16]
Carrier in Coorow [19]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club from 1933-34 to 1936-37 [5: 3-Nov-1933, 16-Nov-1934, 25-Oct-1935, 23-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Football Club - was Joint Secretary in 1934 and a Committee Member in 1937 [5: 20-Apr-1934, 16-Apr-1937]
Committee Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1934-35 and 1936-37 [5: 28-Sep-1934, 11-Jan-1935, 15-Jan-1937]
Member of the committee who organised the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance in Coorow on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Delegate for the Coorow Cricket Club at meetings of the Carnamah District Cricket Association in 1935-36 [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Attended the Back to Childhood Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 22 August 1936 as a "Little Girl in Blue" [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
In June 1937 he was appointed to the position of Property Man for the Coorow Football Club [5: 11-Jun-1937]
The Carnamah District Road Board altered the unimproved value of his house in Coorow for rating purposes in 1937 [5: 18-Jul-1937]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 19 July 1942 [16]
Bombardier WX25388 in the Australian Army's 3rd Field Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 28 July 1944 and enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 29 July 1944 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 455095 in the Royal Australian Air Force's Western Area Headquarters during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 21 May 1946 [16]
Edward Prior TYLER
Born 1874 in Bunbury, Western Australia [15]
Son of Handy TYLER and Elizabeth Ann SNOWDON [15]
Married Agnes Florence MASSINGHAM in 1907 [66]
Farmer in Coorow [19]
His farm was 2,010 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 2732, 2927, 2997, 3059, 3350, 3351, 3500, 3502 and 5464 [3]
Paid a 10/- Vermin Bonus by the Carnamah District Road Board in February 1934 for helping to control vermin by killing a fox [300]
Attended the Annual Meeting of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Football Club on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Left the Coorow district in 1934 after leasing or selling his farm to Alexander GRANT [3] [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Presumably returned to Coorow as he was a member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 8 & 22-Nov-1935, 6-Nov-1936]
"E. P. Tyler & Son" submitted a tender to the Carnamah District Road Board for clearing the Coorow West Road in 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
In July 1936 himself and his son accepted the contract for the clearing of the Coorow West Road in Coorow [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Played for the defeated Married Men in a cricket match against Single Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Later resided in Perth [2]
Died 31 August 1961; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, IA, 230) [2]
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Gilbert James UNDERWOOD
Born 1902 in Middlesex, England [21]
Son of James UNDERWOOD and Elizabeth Gilbert LOWE [P333]
Farmer in Waddy Forest / Coorow [5] [19]
His sister Marjorie E. UNDERWOOD was the first teacher of the Waddy Forest State School [P32]
After spending a week in Perth he returned to Coorow on Saturday 13 January 1933 [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Along with Adrian JONES returned from Perth to Waddy Forest / Coorow by car on Wednesday 14 January 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Member of the Waddy Forest Group of Toc H [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Participated in the debate between the Carnamah and Waddy Forest groups of Toc H on Tuesday 27 March 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Travelled to Perth on the morning of Friday 22 June 1934 to attend the wedding of Eric UNDERWOOD [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Judged the Photography section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Sold 45 shorn lambs (26 at 11/1 and 19 at 8/1 per head) through Elder Smith & Co Ltd on Wednesday 2 October 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
He was among those from Waddy Forest who travelled to Perth in October 1935 to attend the Royal Show [5: 11-Oct-1935]
From Perth himself and "Tom" Philip L. MORCOMBE returned to Waddy Forest on Saturday 12 October 1935 [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 21-Feb-1936, 23-Oct-1936]
Invited to judge the Photography section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's 1936 Annual Show [5: 12-Jun-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Married Mary ROBERTS in Perth in 1942 [66]
During the 1945-46 financial year he sold 1,175 acres of farmland in Coorow to George A. RAFFAN of Winchester [3]
The 1,175 acres consisted of Lots M970 and M1333 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
Later became the owner of his father's 2,800 acres of farmland in Coorow [3]
The 2,800 acres consisted of Lots M964, M966, M967, M1234, M1237, M1238, M1440 and M1650 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
During the 1954-55 financial year sold his 2,800 acre farm in Coorow to Mrs Blanche A. BOTHE and her sons Richard and Lloyd [3]
Resided of late in South Perth [2]
Died 26 July 1989; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 15, 176) [2]
Registered at birth as James Gilbert UNDERWOOD [21]
James UNDERWOOD
Born 1878 in Walthamstow, Essex, England [20] [21]
Son of gardener Amos UNDERWOOD and Mary WALDOCK [20] [21]
In 1881 was living with his parents and siblings Charles, Esther, Martha and Joseph in Marsh Street, Walthamstow, Essex, England [20]
Ten years later he was the only child at home with his parents, by which time they were living in Norwood, Middlesex, England [20]
Married (1) Elizabeth Gilbert LOWE in 1900 in Middlesex, England [21]
In 1901 was working as a Saddler and Harness Maker and was living with his wife at 3 The Cedars in Harlington, Middlesex [20]
His wife Elizabeth passed away at the age of 31 years in Middlesex, England in 1907 [21]
Along with his children left England to open a saddlery and blacksmithing business in Mount Barker, Western Australia [P333]
Married (2) Kate Louisa TAYSON in 1913 [66]
Saddler in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [19]
Farmer of Hill Crest Farm in Coorow, Western Australia 1923-1944 [6] [19] [44]
Himself and Percy H. RICHARDS purchased James L. LAWSON and Thomas P. HANNAFORD's 1,231 acre farm in Coorow [44]
The 1,231 acres consisted of Lots M964, M966, M1234 and M1235 of Victoria Location 2023 [44]
Farmed in Coorow in 1923 in partnership with Percy Heaton RICHARDS as "Underwood & Richards" [44]
Following his partner's departure from the district he appears to have become the sole owner of the 1,231 acres in Coorow [3] [19]
On 8 February 1924 he purchased a further 577 acres of farmland in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company for £656/19/8 [27]
The 577 acres consisted of Lots M967 and M1237 of Victoria Location 2023 on the north side of the Coorow-Latham Road [27]
Undertook clearing on the farm with the assistance of his sons Gilbert and Eric [P333]
Despite his farm being in Coorow his postal address in 1924 was Winchester [44]
In 1926 his "fine property" was classified as being in Waddy Forest [81: 24-Oct-1926]
Extended his farm to an approximate total of 2,800 acres with a further two purchases of land from the Midland Railway Company [27]
On 21 October 1925 purchased the 595 acre Lot M1440 of Victoria Location 2023 for £327/13/7 (11/- per acre) [27]
On 1 July 1926 purchased the 393 acre Lot M1650 of Victoria Location 2023 for £197/5/11 (10/- per acre) [27]
Had tough times on the farm and during some of the early years they lived off rabbits and boiled wheat [P333]
His son Eric later studied at the University of Cambridge in England and sent home money from his scholarship [P333]
In 1932 had an Oakland car licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-110 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Master of Ceremonies at the Show Ball following the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Sold twelve bales of wool at 17¾d. per pound in Perth at the fourth wool sale of the season in December 1933 [5: 8-Dec-1933]
Travelled to Perth on the morning of Friday 22 June 1934 to attend the wedding of his son Eric UNDERWOOD [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Member of the Waddy Forest Group of the Adult Education Scheme - hosted some of their meetings in 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Sold 75 wethers and hoggets on 13 May 1936 - received 19/8 per head for the wethers and 18/3 per head for the hoggets [5: 15-May-1936]
Sold 65 hoggets at 16/- per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 27 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
Attended the Surprise Linen Tea for Miss Mary E. GREENWOOD at Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest on 22 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Said to have been the last farmer in the district to give away farming with horses when his son purchased a tractor [P333]
Father of Gilbert, Marjorie and Eric [P333]
Died 29 August 1944; ashes scattered over the Rose Garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Following his death his son Gilbert became the owner of his 2,800 acre farm in Coorow [3]
His wife Kate, late of the Perth suburb of Bentley, passed away at the age of 107 years on 28 August 1994 [2]
Mrs Kate Louisa UNDERWOOD
Second wife of James UNDERWOOD; see Kate Louisa TAYSON
Marjorie Etta UNDERWOOD
Born 1904 in Middlesex, England [21]
Son of James UNDERWOOD and Elizabeth Gilbert LOWE [P333]
Teacher of the Waddy Forest State School in Waddy Forest 1923-1926 [73]
As sole teacher of the Waddy Forest State School received £4 per week in 1923 and 1924 and £4/2/- per week in 1925 and 1926 [73]
In 1926 she taught approximately 30 children at the Waddy Forest State School [81: 24-Oct-1926]
Resided in Coorow 1927-1933 [19]
Married Harry EDWARDS in Perth in 1941 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Died 7 February 2001; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Memorialised along with her husband at the Karrakatta Cemetery's Garden of Remembrance (Crematorium Rose Gardens, K, 306) [2]
"Lorna" Loreeta Gertrude ULLRICH
Born 1 January 1920 in Renmark, South Australia [P15]
Daughter of "Harry" Wilhelm Julius Heinrich ULLRICH and Alvine Maria Bertha SCHUMACHER [P15]
Grew up in Renmark, South Australia and was educated at the Renmark State School [P15]
Shifted to Western Australia with her father and stepmother in the later 1920s and resided with them in Tenindewa near Mullewa [P15]
A short while later returned to Redmark in South Australia where she lived with her sister Neeta and worked as a hairdresser [P15]
Occasionally visited her father and stepmother on their farm in Coorow, Western Australia [P15]
During the Second World War shifted to Coorow and lived on her father's farm [P15]
Married Harry Frederick Cleaver KAU in Perth in 1942 [66]
Resided with her husband on Meadowdale Farm in Coorow [P15]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Country Women's Association - was Secretary 1954-1958 [173]
Member of Coorow's Tennis and Golf Clubs [P15]
Organiser of Debutant Balls in Coorow and also at other centres in the North Midlands such as Carnamah [P8]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Karrinyup [2]
Mother of Alan, twins Gay and Jeanette, and Gayle [P189]
Died 3 April 1999; ashes interred Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row D, Plot 3) [14]
Mrs Mary Laura Lydia ULLRICH
Second wife of "Harry" Wilhelm Julius Heinrich ULLRICH; see Mary Laura Lydia INKSTER
"Harry" Wilhelm Julius Heinrich ULLRICH
Born 29 April 1881 in Tanunda, South Australia [55]
Son of "William" Richard Carl Wilhelm ULLRICH and Charlotte Bertha GROSSER [55]
He was registered at birth as Wilhelm Julius Heinrich ULLRICH but later went by Julius William Henry ULLRICH [1] [14] [55]
Resided for many year in Redmark, South Australia where he had a vineyard and grew oranges [P15]
Married (1) Alvine Maria Bertha SCHUMACHER on 20 October 1904 in Rhine Villa, South Australia [55]
Married (2) Mary Laura Lydia INKSTER on 19 November 1923 at the Methodist Parsonage in Norwood, South Australia [55]
In the later 1920s shifted to Western Australia and settled on farmland at Tenindewa (near Mullewa) [P15]
Farmer in Tenindewa, Western Australia 1930-1936 [19] [50]
After near financial ruin shifted to Coorow where he share-cropped a farm belonging to Alexander R. P. GRANT [P15]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia 1936-1960 [5: 23-Oct-1936] [P15]
Won the Old Buffers Race at the Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
His wife purchased 2,814 acres of farmland from Mrs Sarah GRANT consisting of Victoria Locations 8283 and 8743 [3]
In 1948 he purchased 1,953 acres in Coorow belonging to Alexander R. P. GRANT [3]
The 1,953 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 2732, 2957, 2997, 3059, 3350, 3351, 3500, 3502 and 5464 [3]
An exceptional horseman he competed very successfully in the ring events at agricultural shows in Moora, Coorow and Carnamah [P15]
Private in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1948-1952 [13]
Resided in the Coorow district until his death in 1960 [1]
Father of Harold, Leslie, Norman, Juanita, Arnold, Victor and Lorna [P189]
Died 23 April 1960 at the Mount Hospital, Perth WA; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row P, Plot 15) [1]
Victor Gerald ULLRICH
Born 30 March 1914 in Murtho, South Australia
Son of "Harry" Wihelm Julius Heinrich ULLRICH and Alvine Maria Bertha SCHUMACHER [55]
Resided in Coorow prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 17 November 1942 [16]
Corporal WX35315 in the Australian Army's Western Command Provost Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 19 September 1944 [16]
Mechanic in Coorow 1948-1958 [19]
Cartage Contractor in Mullewa 1959-1980 [19]
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Charles Malcolm VANZETTI
Born C.1953 in Perth, Western Australia [1] [90]
Son of Guy VANZETTI and Anne MURDOCH [14] [0: image 04167]
Resided of late in Marchagee [1]
Died 7 November 1974 in Marchagee; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row T, Plot 10) [1]
Mrs Evelyn VANZETTI
Wife of Francesco VANZETTI; see Evelyn BAXTER
Francesco VANZETTI
Married Evelyn BAXTER in Perth in 1903
Resided with his wife and children in South Perth until 1912 and from 1913 onwards they lived on Ytiniche Farm in Marchagee [44]
Farmer of Ytiniche Farm in Marchagee [19]
The farm's 2756 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 841, 3209, 3215, 3251, 3268, 3286, 3287, 3769 and 5627 [3]
In 1917 grew 400 acres of wheat crop on his farm in Marchagee [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Advertised in January 1918 that he had graded Currawa seed wheat for sale for 5/6 per bushel on rail [9: 25-Jan-1918]
He was a Government Wheat Experimentalist in 1922 and 1923 [9: 27-Oct-1922, 9-Mar-1923]
Addressed a meeting of wheatgrowers about "The Choice of Wheat Varieties" in Gillingarra on Sunday 29 October 1922 [9: 27-Oct-1922]
Spoke about "The Interpretation of Experiments" at the Farmers' Field Day in Moora on Tuesday 31 October 1922 [9: 27-Oct-1922]
As a "Wheat Expert" he was invited to give an address on Wheat Seeding Problems in Carnamah on 23 March 1923 [9: 20-Apr-1923]
Gave a lecture on wheat at the recreation reserve in Gillingarra on Sunday 25 March 1923 [9: 9-Mar-1923]
In addition to his own farm in Marchagee he was in 1936 also leasing the farm in Gunyidi belonging to Randell Bros [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Ferruccio Guido VANZETTI
Born 24 January 1907 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Francesco VANZETTI and Evelyn BAXTER [16]
Farmer of Ytinchie Farm in Marchagee [19]
Caretaker of the East Marchagee Hall in Marchagee for the Carnamah District Road Board in 1934 and 1935 [5: 4-May-1934]
The Carnamah District Road Board decided in September 1935 that financially they were unable to retain his services [5: 27-Sep-1935]
He forwarded the key to the Hall and an inventory of its furnishings to Road Board member Frank R. BRYANT [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Exhibited in the Sheep Dog, Poultry and Grain & Fodder sections at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Won 1st prizes for Border Collie Sheep Dog or Bitch, female White Leghorn, and Brown Oats; and 2nd for Wheaten Hay [5]
Private W72076 in Coorow's local Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Mrs Margaret Buchanan VANZETTI
Wife of Orsino Oliviero VANZETTI; see Margaret Buchanan PAUL
Orsino Oliviero VANZETTI
Born 19 January 1905 in South Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Francesco VANZETTI and Evelyn BAXTER [15]
Farmer of Ytinchie Farm in Marchagee [19]
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13 & 22-Dec-1930]
In 1932 he owned a Ford car registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-325 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Exhibited in the Sheep Dog, Poultry, Vegetable and Grain & Fodder section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1934 [5]
Received 1st prizes for Border Collie Sheep Dog or Bitch, female White Leghorn, Beetroot and Cured Oaten Hay [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Married Margaret Buchanan PAUL in Perth in 1935 [66]
Won 1st prize for Cauliflower in the Vegetable section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Later resided in Moora [16]
William James VARDY
Farmhand on Waddy Waddy Farm in Coorow in 1913 and 1914 [50]
Francis VEAL
Head Teacher of the Coorow State School in Coorow in 1936 and 1937 [73]
In 1936 received an annual salary of £300/16/- and in 1937 received £310 [73]
His only assistance in running the Coorow State School was Olive W. KAU, who was the school's Sewing Mistress [73]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club for the second half of the 1935-36 season and in 1936-37 [5: 6-Mar-1936, 26-Feb-1937]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1936-37 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1937 [5: 11 & 25-Jun-1937]
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Bruce Parker WALDECK
Born 25 August 1904 in York, Western Australia [16]
Son of Joshua Arthur WALDECK and Christina READHEAD [15]
In 1921 his father was later the farmer of Glenholm Farm in Moora [50]
Resided on A. Hamlet JONES' Turipa Farm in Coorow from 1925 to 1932 [19]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1925 [9: 29-May-1925, 12-Jun-1925, 28-Aug-1925]
Married "Net" Janet Christina JONES in Perth in 1926 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Osborne Park prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 30 December 1941 [16]
Sapper WX18341 in the Australian Army's HQ 8 Australian A/A & Fort Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 26 November 1945 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn [2]
Died 24 May 1965; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZW, 10) [2]
Francis Newton WALDECK
Married Cora Sylvester VAUNDERBELT in 1907 [66]
Station-hand on Urella Station in Mingenew in 1909 and 1910 [50]
Farm Manager in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19]
Farm Manager in Creslow near Moora in 1936 [50]
"Bronte" Hamlet Bruce Edward WALDECK
Born 1927 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of Bruce Parker WALDECK and "Net" Janet Christina JONES [--]
Student at the Coorow State School in Coorow [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 dressed as a "Mexican Chief" [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Won 2nd prize Butter in the Farm Produce section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Farmer in Coorow [96]
He owned 1,714 acres of farmland in Coorow in Victoria Locations 6607, 7039, 9298 and 9732 [3]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 17 June 1949 [96]
Himself and his wife Betty resided in the house on the CHAPPEL family's Marathon Farm in Winchester in the early 1960s [P182]
On leaving Winchester shifted to a house in the Coorow townsite [P182]
Storekeeper of the Coorow Highway Store in Coorow [19] [79: 23-Aug-1973]
General Storekeeper and seller of cards and gifts, electrical appliances, lottery tickets, hardware and medical supplies [79:]
Agent for Wesfarmers, Mobil oil, WA Newspaper, Rural & Industries Bank, Geraldton Drycleaning and Kleenheat Gas [79]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Died 4 January 2000 [2]
Mrs "Net" Janet Christina WALDECK
Wife of Bruce Parker WALDECK; see "Net" Janet Christina JONES
J. WALKER
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13-Dec-1930]
"Isa" Elizabeth Isabell WALLACE
Born 20 November 1917 [45]
Daughter of Robert WALLACE and Lila Isabel RICHARDS [P182]
Student at the Waddy Forest State School [P32]
In 1933 she was a student at Perth College, however spent her school holidays with her parents in Waddy Forest [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Agricultural Show Ball on 12 September 1935 wearing floral taffetas in autumn tonings [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 25-Oct-1935, 23-Oct-1936]
Won the Single Ladies Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on New Year's Day 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Attended the Ball after the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 dressed in green crepe de chine [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Came 3rd in the Single Ladies Race at the Annual Children's Sports in Coorow on Thursday 12 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Married Roy Malcolm PATTON in Perth in 1948 [66]
Resided with her husband and children on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest / Coorow [19] [90]
Mother of Donald, Jean, Lila and Arthur [14]
Died 20 March 2007 [45]; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah [P329]
Ellen Watson WALLACE
Born 31 May 1875 at Milngavie in New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton, Scotland [28]
Daughter of dyer Hugh WALLACE and Margaret BUCHANAN [28]
Married John BREEN on 17 April 1896 at the Burgh Hall, Milngavie in New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton, Scotland [28]
Departed London, England with her daughter Letitia on the Demosthenes for Fremantle, Western Australia on 14 August 1913 [203]
Joined her husband in Coorow, where he had been working as a Railway Fettler since 1911 [19]
Resided in Coorow 1913-1917 [19]
Resided in Wannamal 1919-1941 [114]
She ran the Wannamal Store from 1928 until her death in 1941, and was the first in Wannamal to own a kerosene refrigerator [114]
Mother of Letitia, Margaret and Mary [24] [114] [203]
Died 7 June 1941; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, IA, 399) [2]
Mrs Lila Isabel WALLACE
Wife of Robert WALLACE; see Lila Isabel RICHARDS
Robert WALLACE
Married Lila Isabel RICHARDS in 1916 [66]
On 2 October 1920 purchased 782 acres of farmland in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 782 acres consisted of Lots M971 and M972 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £1350 [27]
The land had been developed by the Midland Railway Company, and was payable by instalments over 20 years [120: 20-Dec-1928] [27]
Farmer in Coorow 1921-1953 [19] [44]
On 24 August 1925 purchased 220 acres of virgin land from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 220 acres was Lot M1589 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £220/9/3 (20/- per acre), also payable by instalments [27]
On 21 August 1926 purchased another 321 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company
The 321 acres was Lot M1666 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £160/18/9 (10/- per acre), payable over five years [27]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1927 [53]
In October 1928 purchased a new Chevrolet truck from Carnamah dealer L. Scott WYLIE [4: 3-Nov-1928]
He was hopeful that his 1928 wheat crops would yield in excess of 15 bushels per acre [120: 20-Dec-1928]
In 1932 owned a Chevrolet truck which was registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-230 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Received £1 in Vermin Bonuses from the Carnamah District Road Board in February 1934 for killing two foxes [300: page 42]
Travelled to Perth on 4 May 1934 to see his son Jock row for Scotch College in the interschool rowing the next day [5: 11-May-1934]
Witnessed the Scotch College crew, which included his son, win the Head of the River in Perth on 4 May 1935 [5: 10-May-1935]
Sold 180 sheep through Westralian Farmers Ltd with three consignments to Midland Markets in September and October 1935 [5]
The 180 sheep consisted of 80 shorn ewes (46 at 8/4, 24 at 6/4), 57 shorn lambs (23 at 15/4, 19 at 16/1, 15 at 11/10), [5]
42 suckers (30 at 18/1, 12 at 15/1), and 1 stained lamb at 1/- per head [5: 6 & 20-Sep-1935, 11-Oct-1935]
Purchased a new Chrysler all-wave wireless set through the agency of E. V. CASEY of Coorow in February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Sold 22 bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co Ltd in 1936 - 10 bales at 18d., 6 at 17½d., and 6 at 17¼d. per pound [5: 13-Mar-1936]
He was in Perth to witness the Head of the River rowing race on Monday 4 May 1936 [5: 8-May-1936]
Sold 78 sheep through Westralian Farmers at the Midland Market in 1936 - 35 at 13/1, 3 at 7/10, 40 suckers at 10/7 [5: 16 & 23-Oct-1936]
Sold 7 suckers at 26/4 and 12 lambs at 20/1 through Westralian Farmers at the Midland Market on 18 august 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Owner and sheep breeder of the "Warraroo Southdown Stud," Registered Flock number F700 [150]
Advertised in the Schedule of the 1947 Coorow-Waddy Forest Show that he had "specially selected and flock rams for sale" [150]
Also advertised his Warraroo Stud in the Schedule of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1949 [13]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1948 [13]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmer's Union of WA in 1950 [4: 18-Mar-1950]
In 1959 ownership of his 1,323 acre farm in Coorow appears to have changed to his son William [3]
His wife Lila, late of the Perth suburb of Yokine, died at the age of 79 years on 12 August 1974 [2]
"Wink" William Holladay WALLACE
Born 1 June 1920 in Wagin, Western Australia [P147]
Son of Robert WALLACE and Lila Isabel RICHARDS [P147]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Coorow in July 1933 as a "Arabian Price" and was the Most Original Boy [4: 29-Jul-1933]
Won a 1st prize for a Crayon Drawing at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 18 September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Boarding student at Scotch College in the Perth suburb of Claremont [5: 7-May-1937]
After spending school holidays in Waddy Forest himself and his brother Jock returned to school in Perth on 29 May 1934 [5: 1-Jun-1934]
By mid December 1935 he had returned home to Waddy Forest to spend the Christmas school holidays with his parents [5: 20-Dec-1935]
Came 2nd in the Under 25 Years Sheep Judging Competition at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Returned to his home in Waddy Forest for the May school holidays on Thursday 14 May 1936 [5: 15 & 29-May-1936]
Won 1st prize for Three Merino Ewes under 1½ years at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
In his first competitive rowing for Scotch College he was part of the crew to win the Head of the River in 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Spent his school holidays in May and September 1937 at home with his parents in Waddy Forest [5: 7 & 28-May-1937, 3-Sep-1937]
Farmhand and later Farmer in Coorow [19]
Member of the No. 2 Troop of the "C" Squadron of the motorised 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment in 1939 [P15]
The No. 2 Troop was a local militia unit made of people from the North Midlands and trained in Carnamah once a fortnight [P15]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club 1944-1952 [0: images 04316, 04585 & 04687]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Agricultural Society and Patriotic Funds Committee in 1945 [0: image 04319]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1945 [0: image 04338]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1946 [150]
Assistant Steward of the Sheep section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Tenth Annual Show in 1947 [150]
Married "Kitty" Katherine Alexandra CHAPPEL [P147]
Leased and farmed Howard and Bess CHAPPEL's Marathon farm in Winchester 1958-1961 [P182]
In 1959 became the owner of his father's 1,323 acre farm in Coorow [3]
The 1,323 acre farm in Coorow consisted of Lots M971, M972, M1589 and M1666 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
Again leased Marathon Farm in Winchester 1980-1888, during which time it was farmed by his son Stan [P182]
Resided of late in Gingin [2]
Father of Stan, Murray, Max and Bruce [P147]
Died 21 April 1988 [2]
Thomas Edward WALLIS
Labourer in Coorow in 1931 [50]
Matilda Mary WARD
Married Cecil Aloysius PARKER in 1907 [66]
Resided on Meelyah Farm in Gunyidi 1911-1917 [19]
Resided in Port Denison in 1919 [50]
Clement Mainprize WARREN
Born 1890 in Fareham, Hampshire, England [20] [21]
Son of retired Royal Navy commander Frederick B. WARREN and his wife Alice [20]
Resided with his parents, sister Effie and brother Frederick at Lausane in Vickham Road, Fareham, Surrey, England in 1891 [20]
In 1901 was living with his parents and siblings Effie, Frederick and Elsie at 67 Addiscombe Road in Croydon, Surrey, England [20]
Farmer of Warren Point Farm in Moora in 1916 [50]
Farmer of Cranmore Farm in Walebing in 1921 [50]
Farmer of Kenilworth Farm in Coomberdale in 1931 [50]
Farmer of Monomeath Farm in Coorow 1932-1935 [4] [5] [19]
Himself and Frederick U. E. FIRMSTONE farmed the property in partnership as "Warren & Firmstone" [5: 2-Mar-1934] [19]
The 1,477 acre farm was Lot M1142 of Victoria Location 2023 leased from the Estate of the Late C. A. NOLAN [3] [5: 22-Mar-1935] [19]
In 1932 they had a Dodge Runabout car licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-67 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Paid a £1/10/- Vermin Bonus by the Carnamah District Road Board on 16 August 1933 for killing three foxes [300: page 41]
It was reported in the local paper on 6 October 1933 that he had been an inmate of the Moora Hospital for some time [5: 6-Oct-1933]
"Warren & Firmstone" purchased three Border Leicester rams from LEISHMAN Bros of Winchester in February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Following the expiration of their lease they held a clearing sale on the property at 1:30 p.m. on Friday 29 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
They employed Carnamah agent W. B. SHERIDAN to conduct the sale, at which they sold their livestock and machinery [5]
Their livestock comprised of 600 sheep (mainly Border Leicester), 70 pigs, three cows, eight ducks, 30 fowls and 17 turkeys [5]
Machinery and Plant included 6 foot Shearer M.B. plough, 8 foot McKay header, 20 hoe McKay combine, 14 disc Sundercut, [5]
35 tyne McKay cultivator, drill, harrows, Dodge runabout, fumigator, Rumley tractor, vice, drilling machine, tools and sundries [5]
A "runabout" was a car that had been converted to a ute by opening up its back and adding in railing [WG]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 25 September 1969; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, PC, 155) [2]
Charles Trail WATSON
Labourer in Gunyidi in 1910 [50]
Edwin Stanley WATT
Farm Manager in Latham 1915-1917 [50]
Miss Daisy WEBB
Worked for Mrs "Mina" Eliza W. BOTHE at her boarding house in Coorow [P15]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Ernest WELLS
Farmhand in Waddy Forest 1930-1932 [50]
Born 1879 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Robert STARLING and Beulah Emily CRIPPIN [15]
His grandfather Joseph CRIPPIN had arrived in Western Australia as a convict under the alias of James OSBORNE in 1861 [20] [21] [107]
His father died at the age of 58 years in 1882, and in 1885 his mother married "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS [15]
Married Daisy JACKSON in Northampton in 1900 [15]
Their first child, Florence May, was born in 1900 in Northampton and died at the age of two months [15]
Their second child, James Joseph, was born in Mount Magnet in 1901 and passed away aged just one day [15]
Labourer at the 9-Mile Camp near Geraldton in 1903 [50]
Railway Ganger at Wolla Wolla near Yalgoo in 1906 [50]
Railway Ganger in Three Springs in 1907 [6]
Railway Ganger in Wannamal in 1908 [6]
Railway Ganger in Coorow 1908-1913 [19] [50]
His mother and stepfather were also in Coorow - on Coorow Station and then Jun Jun Farm [6] [19] [44] [50]
Guaranteed to contribute to the teacher's salary if the attendance fell below ten at the proposed Coorow State School in 1911 [215]
His daughters Gladys and Pearl were listed as prospective students of the proposed school, but their ages were exaggerated up [215]
Attended the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports Meeting in Coorow on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Won the Sheffield Handicap, Half-mile Handicap, Putting the Weight; 2nd in Hop Step & Jump, Live Wheelbarrow Race [39]
Railway Night Officer in Dongara in 1914 and 1915 [19] [50]
They resided at the Railway Cottages in Dongara [50]
Railway Stationmaster in Coorow in 1916 [50]
Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Coorow and then of the Railway Station in Arrino in 1917 [6] [30: item 8090793]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) in Perth on 18 May 1917 [30: item 8090793]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighed 196 pounds and had blue eyes, fair hair and a fresh complexion [30]
Gave his wife Mrs Daisy STARLING as his next of kin, her address being Arrino, Midland Railway, Western Australia [30]
Private and later Trooper during Light Horse camp training at Blackboy Hill in the Perth hills from 2 July 1917 [30]
After he entered camp his wife and children appear to have Arrino and moved to the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [30]
Regretfully applied for his discharge on 6 September 1917 as his pay wasn't sufficient to support his wife and six children [30]
His wife wrote to the A.I.F. reiterating her distress at surviving with six daughters aged between 11 years and 20 months [30]
Owing the size of his family and ages of his children his request was recommended for approval and was subsequently granted [30]
He had to pay for the kit he'd been issued with, but was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 14 September 1917 [30]
Railway Fettler in Carnamah in 1919 [19]
Donated 5/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1919 [124]
Following an absence shifted back to Carnamah on 29 January 1921 [9: 4-Feb-1921]
Railway Stationmaster in Carnamah from 1 February 1921 until June 1921 [9: 8-Jul-1921]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1921 [9: 8-Jul-1921]
The Carnamah Football Club held a function to bid him farewell on the evening of Monday 18 June 1921 [9: 8-Jul-1921]
At his farewell remarked that he regretted leaving and that "the people of Carnamah as a whole would long live in his memory" [9]
Left Carnamah in June 1921 after being promoted to the position of Stationmaster of the railway station in Dongara [9]
Railway Stationmaster in Dongara in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Railway Stationmaster in Three Springs 1923-1925 [6] [9] [19]
Judge of the horse races at the Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations in Three Springs on Thursday 15 March 1923 [9: 13-Apr-1923]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club - was Secretary in 1923 [9: 4-May-1923]
Represented the Three Springs Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1923 [9: 4-May-1923]
Member of the Three Springs Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Friendly Society [9: 24-Jul-1925]
He was farewelled by the residents of Three Springs and presented with a cheque on the evening of Friday 17 July 1925 [9]
At his farewell Archie BASTIAN, Evander FRANKLIN and Fred JAMES testified to "his many good qualities and popularity" [9]
Left Three Springs in July 1925 following his transfer to Midland Junction, but by later 1925 was in Dongara [9: 24-Jul-1925]
Railway Stationmaster in Dongara 1925-1929 [6] [50]
Railway Ganger in Gunyidi later in 1929 and in 1930 [6] [19]
Resided at 12 Spring Park Road in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction from 1931 until his death in 1933 [6] [50]
Died 29 January 1933; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, NA, 424) [2]
Mrs Mary Jane STARLING
Wife of Charles Frederick STARLING; see Mary Jane FARRELL
"Chris" Christian STARICK
Contractor in Coorow 1912-1914 [50]
Contractor in Winchester 1916-1921 [19]
In August 1916 cleared for the Midland Railway Company 15 acres on Lot M923 in Winchester for 12/- an acre [34]
Otto STARRICK
Labourer in Coorow 1912-1914 [50]
Beatrice Mary STEPHENS
Born 1876 [5: 12-Jun-1936]
Married "Bob" Arthur Harvey WILLIAMS in 1902 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [15]
She gave birth to their daughter Mona Irene on 12 May 1904 at Moonta Mines in South Australia [55]
Within a year they had returned to Western Australia, where their daughter Mona passed away at the age of nine months [15]
Resided with her husband on Gauntley Farm in Waddy Forest 1911-1936 [5] [19] [61]
Won 1st prizes for Plain Scones and Pickles at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Travelled from Coorow to Perth on Sunday 30 September 1934 and on the following Tuesday left for Melbourne by train [5: 5-Oct-1934]
Returned to Coorow on 3 March 1935 after a holiday with her husband, daughter and son-in-law in the South West [5: 8-Mar-1935]
Along with her husband and daughter Mrs Mora CHAPMAN travelled from Waddy Forest to Perth on 3 October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
During March 1936 she was in Perth receiving medical treatment [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Her 60th birthday was celebrated with 25 guests at their home on Gauntley Farm in Waddy on Saturday 6 June 1936 [5: 12-Jun-1936]
Won 1st prize for Brown Bread at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mosman Park [2]
Mother of Mora [4: 8-Mar-1930]
Died 20 August 1962; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, FC, 51) [2]
Francis Allan Quinton STEPHENS
Farmer of Pindarra Farm in Coorow 1914-1916 [19] [50]
Thomas Knight STEPHENS
Labourer on Oaklyn Farm in Coorow in 1911 and 1912 [19] [50]
Florence May STRAHAN
Born 1895 in Guildford, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of James STRAHAN and Mary Ann BISHOP; step-daughter of George COUSINS [15]
Following the death of her father and later stepfather resided with her mother in Walkaway and then on farmland in Arrino [P2]
Married William Charles COX in 1918 [66]
Came 3rd in the Married Ladies Race at the Arrino Railway Picnic Day held in Arrino on Saturday 29 November 1919 [9: 5-Dec-1919]
Resided with her husband in Coorow, where he was the local Railway Stationmaster 1925-1937 [5: 5-Nov-1937] [19]
Hosted a social evening at her home on 21 May 1930 to further Ivy BINGHAM in the local Popular Girl Competition [4: 31-May-1930]
Attended the evening Ball after the Carnamah Races on Thursday 2 October 1930 in a dress of apricot lace [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Exhibited in the Fancywork section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Won 2nd prize for a White Table Centre or Supper Cloth and both 1st and 2nd prizes for an Embroidered Cushion [5]
Won 2nd prize for Sweet Peas in the Flower section of the Fourth Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Received 1st prizes for White Bread, 12 Sweet Peas, Six Sweet Peas and Lady's Bouquet at the Coorow Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Exhibited in the Confectionary, Flower and Fancy Work sections of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 14 September 1933 [5]
Won 1st prizes for Fruit Cake, Pastry and a Embroidered Cushion; and 2nd prizes for Pansies and Three Doyleys [5: 22-Sep-1933]
Awarded 1st prize for Pansies and 2nd for Sweet Peas at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1933-34, 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 3-Nov-1933, 25-Oct-1935, 18-Dec-1936]
Conducted the Afternoon Tea stall at the Church of England Bazaar held in Coorow on 18 November 1933 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
Awarded 1st prize for Sweet Peas in the Flower section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 12-Jul-1935, 19-Jun-1936, 11-Jun-1937]
Won 1st prizes for Sweet Peas and Six Pansies at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Their son Stan spent a holiday staying with herself and her husband in Coorow during May 1936 [5: 15-May-1936]
Won 1st prize for Fruit Cake and 2nd for Six Pansies at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 3 September 1936 [5]
Received the W. H. Melvin Trophy for Fruit Cake, and attended the Show Ball dressed in black net [5: 11-Sep-1936, 20-Nov-1936]
After spending an enjoyable holiday in Perth herself and her husband returned to Coorow on Wednesday 4 October 1936 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
Winner of the Ladies Approach & Put at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Won 1sts for Coffee Sponge Sandwich, Six Pansies and Bowl of Garden Flowers at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5]
At the Show Ball received the Bushells Ltd Trophy for winning 1st prize for Coffee Sponge Sandwich [5: 10-Sep-1937]
In 1960 she was living at 18 Ninth Avenue in the Perth suburb of Maylands [30: item 3437535]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Maylands until her death in 1967 [2]
Mother of Stanley [5: 5-Nov-1937]
Died 12 October 1967; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZC, 80) [2]
William STYLER
Farmhand for Alexander C. LAWRENCE in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Edgar SUGDEN
Farmer in Latham in 1916 [19] [50]
He gave his address at the time as Latham's Rock, Coorow [50]
Edward SULLIVAN
Railway Labourer in Coorow 1904-1909 [19] [50]
Frank SUMMERS
Farmer in Latham 1914-1923 [19]
His postal address was initially Coorow [19]
Frederick James SUNLEY
Teamster in Nugadong, East Gunyidi in 1914 [50]
Alexander Forbes SUTHERLAND
Born C.1907 [2]
Farmhand in Coorow 1935-1939 [5] [19]
Member of the Coorow Football Club 1935-1937 [5: 14 & 21-Jun-1935, 22-May-1936, 28-May-1937]
Attended the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance held Coorow on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
At 73 feet he was the winner of the Throwing Hammer competition, and also came 2nd in the 75 Yards Sprint [5]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Came 2nd in both the 75 Yards Spring and Obstacle Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting in Coorow on 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Wheat Bin Attendant in Arrino in 1941 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Guildford [2]
Died 16 November 1992; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, L, 162) [2]
Arthur Henry SWEETAPPLE
Born 2 April 1892 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia [16] [54]
Son of Alfred Henry SWEETAPPLE and Lilian HEGINBOTHAM [54]
Married Violet Mary DILLON in Perth in 1915 [66]
Captain of the Australian Imperial Force's 10th Light Horse Regiment during the First World War [18]
Worked in the Lands Department of the Midland Railway Company's office in Perth [34]
Purchased 1,000 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company on 31 March 1921 [27]
The 1,000 acres was Lot M1312 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost him £125/2/3 (2/6 per acre), payable by instalments [27]
Purchased the land under an offer by his employer to sell 1,000 acres of land to their Perth office staff at a nominal price [34]
On 20 June 1925 he purchased another 1,253 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company for £313/6/10 [27]
The 1,253 acres consisted of Victoria Location 1116 and Lots M1311 and M1528 of Victoria Location 2023 [27]
This purchase may also have been through another offer from his employer as it was at roughly half the normal price [27]
Later sold all of his land in Coorow to William H. MELVIN & Sons [3]
During a portion of the 1920s he was the owner of 19 Caron Street in the Carnamah townsite (Lot 27 of Victoria Location 1936) [34]
Had purchased the vacant quarter acre 19 Caron Street from Samuel LEAN and by mid 1932 had sold it to Robert MACKIE [3] [34]
He was living in the Perth suburb of Bentley in 1942 [16]
Lieutenant Colonel W47917 of the Australian Army's Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Died 6 October 1949; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Douglas William SYMINGTON
Farm Manager of the Marchagee Estate in Marchagee in 1917 [50]
The Marchagee Estate was a well established 4,727 acre property in Marchagee belonging to Samuel C. EMERY [44] [81: 7-Nov-1909]
Mrs Emma Elizabeth SYMINGTON
Resided on the Marchagee Estate in Marchagee in 1917 [50]
TTT
Arthur Philip David TAMBLYN
Born 1906 [15]
Son of Harry TAMBLYN and Elizabeth Ellen OAKEY [14]
Resided with his parents on Oakblyn Farm in Latham [19] [152]
In 1920 himself and his siblings Gordon and Rosie boarded with Mrs Annie M. BATTERSBY on Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow [215]
Student at the Coorow State School from a room of Coorow House on Victoria Location 385 in Coorow in 1920 [215]
Farmer of Oakblyn Farm in Latham 1927-1973 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park in 1974 [2]
Died 27 August 1974; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (General, Lawn 2, 233) [2]
Mrs Elizabeth Ellen TAMBLYN
Wife of Harry TAMBLYN; see Elizabeth Ellen OAKEY
"Rosie" Elva Rose Elizabeth TAMBLYN
Born 1909 in Long Gully, Victoria, Australia [54]
Daughter of Harry TAMBLYN and Elizabeth Ellen OAKEY [54]
Resided with her parents on Oakblyn Farm in Latham, Western Australia [19] [152]
In 1920 herself and her brothers Arthur and Gordon boarded with Mrs Annie M. BATTERSBY on Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow [215]
Student at the Coorow State School from a room of Coorow House on Victoria Location 385 Coorow in 1920 [215]
Married "Charlie" Charles BOYS in Perth in 1926 [66]
Gordon Royal Anthony TAMBLYN
Born 1907 [15]
Son of Harry TAMBLYN and Elizabeth Ellen OAKEY [14]
Resided with his parents on Oakblyn Farm in Latham, Western Australia [19] [152]
In 1920 himself and his siblings Arthur and Rosie boarded with Mrs Annie M. BATTERSBY on Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow [215]
Student at the Coorow State School from a room of Coorow House on Victoria Location 385 in Coorow in 1920 [215]
Farmer in Latham, and later Labourer in Latham and Coorow [1] [19]
Married May LATHAM in 1942 [66]
Summonsed to appear at the Carnamah Police Court on 4 December 1950 for driving International truck CA-80 without a license [22]
Died 19 February 1957 in Latham; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row F, Plot 7) [1]
Harry TAMBLYN
Born C.1865 [2]
Married Elizabeth Ellen OAKEY in Kalgoorlie in 1902 [15]
Settled on prospective farmland in Latham in 1910 [152]
Farmer of Oakblyn Farm in Latham 1910-1929 [2] [19] [152]
His farm was 2,160 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 4352, 4618 and 4712 [44]
The farm appears to have been named using the start of his wife's maiden surname 'Oak' and the end of his surname 'blyn' [--]
In August 1910 wrote to the Upper Irwin Road Board requesting the closure of a road that went through his property [9: 26-Aug-1910]
The Road Board responded that they were agreeable to closing the road provided no objections were made from other settlers [9]
A month later the Board informed him they would not recommend the road be closed, as they had received objections [9: 30-Sep-1910]
Paid rates for his farmland to the Upper Irwin Road Board in Mingenew until 1916, and then to the Perenjori-Morawa Road Board [44]
After seven years on the farm 450 acres were cleared of which 300 were cropped, and 250 acres were fenced [152]
In 1916 himself and his family were living in a four roomed house made out of hessian and iron [152]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of Western Australia in Latham on 24 November 1916 [152]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Resided in Latham until his death in 1929 [2]
Father of Teddy, Arthur, Gordon, Rosie and Mary [14]
Died 19 May 1929; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZA, 332) [2]
From the Progress Report of the Royal Commission on the
Agricultural Industries of Western Australia on the Wheat-Growing Portion of the South-West Division of the State:
Friday 24 November 1916 at Latham
"HARRY TAMBLYN, Tamblyn Bros, Farmers, Latham, sworn and examined:
We have been seven years in this district and hold 2,140 acres, of which 1,700 acres was 5s. 9d., for 200 acres 10s., the balance is a homestead block. We have 10 miles carting west from the railway station. We have 450 acres cleared, 250 fenced, two wells and two bores. The wells give a fairly good supply; one of them is drinking water and the other not. We have a dam of 500 cubic yards and another of about 120 cubic yards. I am a married man and have a house of four rooms constructed of hessian and iron, stables and machinery shed, 40 x 40, of iron. With the exception of a harvester I have all necessary farming implements. We have 10 draught horses and 13 other sorts. I had previous experience of farming in Yorke's Peninsula, and when we came here I had £2,000 capital, but this has been found insufficient to carry on with. The Agricultural Bank advanced £550, but I cannot say what is due to the Industries Assistance Board.
Were last year's advances cleared out of [the proceeds] of your wheat? No.
I have 300 acres under crop, but none of it was fallowed; it was all ploughed. Still I believe in fallow. This year I have fallowed about 50 acres for next year. Last year I had 50 acres fallowed. It shows a splendid crop, far better than the rest. I would have fallowed more this year, but I had to let the horses go in the paddock. My highest yield has been 18 bushels. That in the first year I came here, 1910. In 1911 I got 58 bags from 130 acres. I think that the average for the district, including the two bad seasons, would be about 10 bushels. I should think it would take about 12 bushels to pay the cost of putting in and taking off [the crop]. I sow about a bushel to the acre and 60lbs. of super. I use a big Shearer disc cultivating plough with eight discs. It takes six big horses to pull it and sometimes seven, and I do eight or nine acres a day. I have a Massey-Harris drill which does 13 acres and I do about 14 acres a day with it. I have done 15 or 16 acres. I use a May's stripper and can do about seven acres [a day] with it, it has a 5ft. comb. I employ a man, but not all the time; in fact last year I put in the crop on my own.
Do you think a man working under similar conditions to yours could reduce costs by using the largest possible machinery? Certainly he could. This year I have hired a 7-ft. harvester to do my work. About bulk handling [of wheat] I know nothing, but the duty on implements is too high.
Last year we had blight' there was no wheat in the crop. I pickle my wheat. Last year I was late in getting the crop off on account of the bad weather, and this year the crop is not very good. It is light and short. I have not tried artificial grasses or fodder crops, but vegetables do well, and I think fruit trees ought to. I have to hand-feed my pigs, and I grow green stuff for them. We have poultry for our own use. When I employ a man I pay him £2 a well and keep in the harvest time and 30s. a week and keep in the ploughing season, but in these [war] times men cannot be obtained for that money. The average working hours are none or 10 hours a day. No man should have less than 2,000 acres to make a living out of in this district, and he should be able to handle [cropping] 300 acres himself. I have not given the question of co-operation among the farmers any thought, but so far as the land regulations are concerned I consider that the farmer has far too much to pay. He should have his land in this part of the country for nothing. Sandplain here is no good whatever, and it is dearer to clear than the timber land.
Would it be rushed if the Government gave it away? I do not know a single farmer which has paid his way yet; I know we have not. If a man went on the Agricultural Bank and did more clearing he would be able to do more cropping. I think we should be given an extension of time in which to pay rents on this land. We should have 40 or 50 years instead of 20 to pay it off. I intent to go in for sheep, but at present dogs are a great trouble. We hold a pastoral lease of 3,000 acres in addition, and my intention is to get a few hundred sheep and some old man to look after them. Mixed farming is a far better proposition than wheat growing."
Mrs May TAMBLYN
Wife of Gordon Royal Anthony TAMBLYN; see May LATHAM
Thomas Sydney TAMBLYN
Farmer in Latham [44]
As early as 1910 he was the owner of the 160 acre Victoria Location 4353 in Latham [44]
Paid rates for his 160 acres to the Upper Irwin Road Board in Mingenew until 1916 and then to the Perenjori-Morawa Road Board [44]
Resided in Latham until 1917 [19]
Arthur TAYLOR
Farmer in Coorow in 1913 and 1914 [50]
Farmer in Latham 1915-1921 [50]
Hugh TAYLOR
Farmhand on Waddy Waddy Farm in Coorow 1917 [50]
Isaac James TAYLOR
Surveyor of Mayfield Farm in Gunyidi 1911-1913 [19] [50]
Mrs Kathleen Henrietta TAYLOR
Resided on Maryvale Farm in Latham in 1922 [50]
Margaret TAYLOR
Resided on Glenview Farm in Latham 1913-1915 [50]
Percy James TAYLOR
Farmer of Mayfield Farm in Gunyidi 1911-1916 [19]
Walter Henry TAYLOR
Farmer of Maryvale Farm in Latham 1910-1949 [19] [152]
In mid 1912 he had plans to sell his farm in Latham and take up farming in Coorow, in part so his children could go to school [215]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of Western Australia in Latham on 24 November 1916 [152]
Kate Louisa TAYSON
Born C.1887 [2]
Married James UNDERWOOD in 1913 [66]
Resided with her husband in Latham in 1921 and 1922 and then on Hill Crest Farm in Coorow 1923-1944 [6] [19] [44]
One of the three costume judges at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Attended the Surprise Linen Tea for Miss Mary E. GREENWOOD at Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest on 22 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Died 28 August 1994; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lance Howard Memorial Gardens, Niche Wall, W23, 2) [2]
Mrs Beulah Emily THOMAS
Wife of "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS; see Beulah Emily CRIPPIN
Beulah Emily THOMAS
Born 1891 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS and Beulah Emily CRIPPIN [15]
Her grandfather Joseph CRIPPIN had arrived in Western Australia as a convict under the alias of James OSBORNE in 1861 [20] [21] [107]
Married Michael Valmont MURNANE in Perth in 1913 [15]
Resided with her husband at Boyagarra in East Brookton and then in Capel [50]
Later resided with her husband at 252 Rutland Avenue in the Perth suburb of Carlisle [3]
Her father, who had been a long time resident of the Coorow district [19], passed away at the age of 80 years in 1939 [2]
Following her father's death in 1939 she briefly owned his Victoria Locations 682 and 1096 in Coorow [3]
Both were 40 acres, and Victoria Location 682 contained Nabappie Spring while Victoria Location 1096 contained Jun Jun Spring [P17]
During the 1941-42 financial year she appears to have sold both Victoria Locations 685 and 1096 to Ernest A. LONG of Coorow [3]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park [2]
Died 13 May 1960; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Seventh Day Adventist, AA, 128) [2]
"Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS
Born 1862 in York, Western Australia [15]
Son of Henry THOMAS and Mary FITZGERALD [15]
Married widow Mrs Beulah Emily STARLING in Greenough in 1885 [15]
In 1896 his brother John Fitzgerald THOMAS married his wife's daughter Eliza Elizabeth STARLING [15]
Owner & Grazier of Coorow Station in Coorow 1903-1911 [19] [44] [50]
He was the owner of 358 acres of first class freehold land in Victoria Locations 385, 682, 995, 996, 1096, 1116, 1274 and 2407 [44]
On Victoria Location 385 was Coorow House, the old homestead of the LONG family who had arrived in Coorow in 1862 [135]
His Victoria Location 682 contained Nabappie Spring while Victoria Location 1096 contained Jun Jun Spring [P17]
Also had 520 acres in two Conditional Purchase leases and a Homestead Lease (later Victoria Locations 2732, 2927 and 2997) [44]
He went before the Police Court in Mingenew on 28 March 1906 for inflicting grievous bodily harm on Francis A. LATHAM [39]
The accused offence had occurred on 7 March 1906 and he was committed for trial but allowed bail [39: 29-Mar-1906]
He went before the Court of Quarter Sessions in Geraldton on 6 September 1906 on a charge of stabling Francis A. LATHAM [39]
The charge was that he had stabbed LATHAM in Coorow, however the jury found him not guilty [39: 8-Sep-1906]
During the 1911-12 financial year sold 782 acres of his land in Coorow to Edward M. BLYTHE [44]
Sold Victoria Locations 385, 995, 996, 1116, 1274, 2732, 2927 and 2997, but kept Victoria Locations 682, 1096 and 2407 [44]
Farmer & Grazier of Jun Jun Farm in Coorow 1912-1938 [6] [19] [44]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1926-1933 [6] [19]
He had been a patient at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs until being discharged in early February 1936 [5]
After leaving hospital he stayed with his daughter Mrs Celia B. CARR at Bluff Point in Geraldton [5: 7-Feb-1936]
Later resided in Perth [2]
Father of Mary Agnes, Celia Blanche, Beulah Emily, "Jack" John Fitzgerald and "Frank" Francis Henry William [15]
Died 26 August 1939; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, KA, 307) [2]
"Frank" Francis Henry William THOMAS
Born 1897 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS and Beulah Emily CRIPPIN [15]
His grandfather Joseph CRIPPIN had arrived in Western Australia as a convict under the alias of James OSBORNE in 1861 [20] [21] [107]
Resided with his parents on Coorow Station in Coorow 1903-1911 and then on Jun Jun Farm in Coorow 1912 onwards [19] [44] [50]
He was a big man who came from a well respected family of the Coorow district [P32]
Farmed Jun Jun Farm in Coorow with his father and elder brother "Jack" John Fitzgerald THOMAS [P15]
He was accused of stealing food from the railway station yard in Carnamah, pleaded innocent but was sentenced by police [P10]
Following his conviction he said in future the government would have to support him [P10]
Alternatively it was stated that his brother received a good education and to his anger he didn't, after which he "went bush" [P300]
Yet another attribution was that he had been treated badly by his father [P17]
He was "a local boy gone wrong" who had "got somehow on the wrong side of the police, and had taken to the bush" [P5]
Settlers, storekeepers, tradesmen and railway officials along the Midland Railway line complained to police about thefts [39: 14-Jan-1920]
In time it became known he was responsible, and his crimes were reported to have begun around December 1918 [39: 14-Jan-1920]
He regularly stole food, clothes, blankets and horses from Coorow, Carnamah and surrounding districts [P10] [P15]
It was reported in the press that he "went about from district to district, living on the proceeds of his unlawful traffic" [39: 14-Jan-1920]
He raided railway sidings and homes, and took horses which he let loose after riding them for as far as he wanted to go [39: 14-Jan-1920]
Among the items he stole from a farmhouse on one occasion included meat, potatoes, onions and milk [39: 14-Jan-1920]
It was said that he also stole sheep which he killed, cooked and ate [39: 14-Jan-1920]
He is said to have operated as such along the Midland Railway Company's railway line but also the Wongan Hills railway line [P300]
After a period of time it was known he was responsible but "he was cunning enough to elude all efforts to capture him" [39: 14-Jan-1920]
Locally he became known as "Thomas the Bushranger" and "Frank Thomas the Bushranger" [P10]
He was constantly sought after by police but rarely caught [P10] and was "the most talked about topic in the district" [P300]
His ability to elude capture was attributed to him having grown up locally and that he knew every inch of the country [39: 14-Jan-1920]
Despite his crimes he was often wrongly blamed for stolen or missing livestock in the Coorow and Carnamah districts [P15]
"To the womenfolk he was behind every bush, and felt unable to cope" while "men just swore about what a pest he'd become" [P5]
Details of his crimes in Winchester were given to local Justice of the Peace, Louis P. PARKER, who relayed them to police [P5]
One of his regular habits was to jump on goods trains and when in a quiet stretch to throw out cases of goods [39: 14-Jan-1920]
He'd then later return to the side of the railway tracks, go through them, take what he wanted and leave the rest there [39: 14-Jan-1920]
Items he didn't like including whiting, sauce, vinegar, boot polish, essence, pickles and glassware were found by the tacks [39]
It was also stated he'd go through the contents on the train and throw canned food out, and then go back and collect it later [P15]
On one occasion opened cases from a recent train were found at small clearing in the scrub at Winchester [P5]
From the opened cases all the food had been taken but remaining were items such corsets for Mrs Mathilve HÄUSSLER [P5]
Stories of his exploits became imbedded in local folklore with a degree of hearsay as to which were fact and which fiction [P6]
On one occasion police are said to have come upon his camp where he was cooking a chicken on a fire [7: page 49]
He took off and they followed in hot pursuit but he got away from them so they decided to go back and eat the cooked chook [7]
When they arrived back he had already doubled back and taken the chook [7]
Constable "Charlie" Carl F. W. KROSCHEL of Three Springs is said to have captured him and handcuffed him to a tree [P6]
Charlie left him there, on the west side of the Yarra Yarra Lakes, probably while he went to secure assistance to convey him [P6]
When the constable returned he was nowhere to be seen - to the amazement of the constable and many others [P6]
Apparently when he was later caught he still had the handcuffs on his arms, but no one could work out how he'd done it [P6]
One moonlit night his father is said to have hung some mutton up in a shed and knew his son was in the area [P15]
His father kept watch on the mutton expecting and waiting for his son to take it, however it seemed to no avail [P15]
His father dozed off for a moment near dawn and when he woke there was no sign of the mutton [P15]
While being chased on horseback by police one day his hat fell off, however he circled around a hill, and back to the hat [P32]
He jumped off his horse, picked up his hat, got back on the horse and as usual managed to get away [P32]
Constable KROSCHEL reputedly locked the railway station yard in Carnamah which was well fenced with large white gates [P6]
He is said to have then stolen KROSCHEL's horse from within the yards and jumped over the gates [P6]
It was a feat as apparently no one believed a horse would be able to jump over the gates, least of all KROSCHEL's horse [P6]
Mrs Kate C. GARTH travelled into the Carnamah townsite by horse and buggy one day, and her horse shied at something [7: page 49]
When she got to town and said what had happened a storekeeper said she should be thankful as "the bushranger" was about [7]
On one occasion a racehorse had arrived in Carnamah and was at the stockyards of the railway station [7: page 49]
The story goes that the police watched the horse as they knew he was about and that he'd probably try and steal it [7]
He still managed to steal the horse, named Karara Boy, and after tracking him to Perenjori they found the horse [7]
Mrs Ettie PARKER thought she heard whip cracks as a horse galloped behind her home at 5 Macpherson Street, Carnamah [P6]
The noise, it was said, was in fact Constable KROSCHEL shooting at him [P6]
Mrs E. Maude W. GREENWOOD of Waddy Forest carried a matchbox of pepper when out in case she encountered a bushranger [5]
Her theory was that she "would be a missing quantity by the time the bushranger stopped sneezing" [5: 18-Apr-1947]
There were stories that meetings were held at Winchester to discuss how best to capture him but he listened in from underneath [P6]
It was also said that in one instance when he was being searched for that he was up a tree watching the search [P300]
Apparently he often poked his finger through packaged food to see what it was and if he'd like it, as he couldn't read [P6]
He was successfully captured on 29 December 1919, after twelve months living the life of "an audacious thief" [39: 14-Jan-1920]
He was captured by Constable "Charlie" Carl F. W. KROSCHEL of Three Springs and another police constable [39]
At the time of his capture and arrest he was in possession of some stolen goods and a stolen horse [39]
He was interviewed by the Criminal Investigation Department on 6 January 1920, at which time he gave a voluntary statement [39]
On 10 January 1920 in Geraldton he pleaded guilty to charges of stealing, unlawful possession and unlawfully using a horse [39]
The Resident Magistrate in Geraldton sentenced him to two years hard labour [39: 14-Jan-1920]
After being released from his two year jail sentence he returned to Coorow in 1922 and was soon wanted by the police [10: 12-May-1922]
He was accused of stealing a horse and two cases of stores from a railway truck in the Three Springs district [39: 12-May-1922] [120:18-May-1922]
He was pursued by Constable Carl F. W. KROSCHEL of Three Springs and a Constable MATTHEWS [10: 12-May-1922] [39: 12-May-1922]
The two constables, through freezing weather, had searched and chased him for about two weeks before finally catching him [10]
With an Aboriginal tracker the constables followed tracks from the railway siding in Winchester to nine miles north of Coorow [39]
The tracks got obliterated by rain, but they later picked up more which led them to a camp of a fire and some of the stolen stores [39]
Tracks from the camp were followed to another camp about 16 miles east of Coorow, from which they saw smoke from a fire [39]
The constables charged the bush but the closest they got was to see him gallop away on a horse and follow him for six miles [39]
He leapt off his horse, got the saddle and bridle, and got over a dog-proof fence and then escaped into the bush [39]
After searching the constables found him sleeping under a quantity of bags in a stable of a farm, and he was arrested [39]
He made no attempt at resisting arrest and was removed to the goal in Geraldton in early May 1922 [39: 10-May-1922]
The Moora Herald And Midland Districts Advocate reported him as the "Coorow bread and butter bushranger" [10: 10-May-1922]
The West Australian later reported he'd "earned notoriety... as the result of being chased across country by police" [39: 2-Jun-1922]
At the time of his arrest, which was during the first few days of May 1922, he was "Wanted" on various charges [39: 4-May-1922]
He was arrested on nineteen charges of stealing and seven charges of unlawfully using horses [81: 12-N ov-1922]
His offences had occurred in the country between and adjoining the Midland and Wongan Hills
He was in the lock-up at Geraldton awaiting trial when after about two weeks he escaped on the afternoon of 23 May 1922 [39: 2-Jun-1922]
When the lock-up keeper realised he was missing they found an exit from the exercise yard was open with its lock picked [39]
Once clear of Geraldton he is said to have raided districts between the Midland and Wongan Hills railway lines [39: 15-Nov-1922]
He was a brilliant horseman and for almost six months stole valuable horses and considerable quantities of stores [39: 15-Nov-1922]
He stole a horse from a lady at a shop in Perenjori, after which she came out with a shotgun if she heard a noise at night [7: page 49]
He was fond of fine horses and would help himself to the best in the district [P32]
Stole the well bred horse Brylass which had recently been purchased by William G. MORCOMBE of Waddy Forest [P32]
Mounted police soon arrived on the scene and with the help of an Aboriginal tracker were able to follow his tracks [P32]
After a couple of days they found Brylass exhausted at a neighbour's property where he had taken another horse [P32]
He stole MORCOMBE's horse Brylass several time so Will made a separate little yard for the horse right against his house [P32]
Will also kept a 22 firearm beside him to protect the horse, however he still managed to steal it without waking anyone [P32]
Police made many fruitless attempts to recapture him [39: 20-Nov-1922] while he "pursued the career of a bushranger" [39: 13-Nov1922]
After 140 days on the run he was recaptured by Constable WREFORD in Perenjori on Friday 10 May 1922 [39: 13 & 15-Nov-1922]
His recapture on 10 November 1922 was noted at the top of one of the pages of the diary of Coorow pioneer Ernest A. LONG [168]
He was taken to Buntine and imprisoned at the lock-up there until he could be taken back to Geraldton [303: 21-Nov-1922]
Within very little time he escaped from the lock-up in Buntine and was once again on the run [39: 14, 15 & 21-Nov-1922] [303: 21-Nov-1922]
The West Australian newspaper called him "A Bird of Freedom" on account of his multiple escapes from custody [39]
His pursuits were reported in The Western Argus newspaper in Kalgoorlie under the catchcry of "A Slipper Prisoner" [303: 21-Nov-1922]
Days later his tracks led to near Perenjori with police from Mingenew, Three Springs and Goomalling searching for him [39]
Police from other centres joined the search and on 16 November 1922 they heard that he was in the Carnamah district [39: 20-Nov-1922]
Constables MILLS and REYNOLDS proceeded from Mingenew to Carnamah by car and kept a watch on the railway station [39]
After the Perth express train passed through he entered a shed where one of them was watching and he was called to surrender [39]
He bolted with the two constables in hot pursuit and after a chase of about 300 yards they caught up to him and he was arrested [39]
It was said that when the constable yelled he dropped a box of groceries he was about to steal and fell over the points charger [P300]
The fall was said to have injured him and he was caught behind Henry PARKIN's premises in Yarra Street, Carnamah [P300]
He apparently had with him a saddle and bridle that he had stolen from Carnamah farmer James K. FORRESTER [P300]
The West Australian newspaper labelled him a "Fugitive from Justice" [39: 15-Nov-1922]
The paper remarked that his bushranging exploits were almost of "equally excellent material" as that of the historic Kelly gang [39]
He was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in Geraldton on 20 November 1922 [39: 21-Nov-1922]
He pleaded guilty to charges of stealing in the Midland and Victoria districts, improperly using horses and of escaping custody [39]
His defence claimed he needed special consideration as "he had never really had a chance in life" and couldn't read or write [39]
He'd never had an incentive to learn and had inclinations to take what he needed and get away from those who chased him [39]
The magistrate declared he'd previously been imprisoned for 18 months which should have taught him not to do such things [39]
If the suggestion were made to send him to an Aboriginal settlement in the North-West, the magistrate said he would support it [39]
That may have eventuated as he was at one time sentenced to work on a station owned by the Government in the North-West [P300]
There were about a further 45 charges against him which police didn't proceed with [39: 21-Nov-1922]
After being caught for the last time he was imprisoned at the Claremont Asylum for the Insane and remained there until his death [P17]
Died 23 April 1960; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZE, 470) [2]
John THOMAS
Born 7 November 1862 in Kadina, South Australia [55]
Son of Edward Tregloan THOMAS and Elizabeth PARSONS [55]
Shifted to Western Australia where he worked for the Midland Railway Company [P376]
Railway Stationmaster in Moora in 1897 [6]
Married (1) Frances Ellen HILL in Gingin in 1897 [15]
Railway Stationmaster in Gingin 1898-1901 [6]
His wife gave birth to twins John and Frances at the railway station in Gingin in late June 1899 [39: 29-Jun-1899]
Days later on 6 July 1899, at the railway station in Gingin, his wife passed away at the age of 21 years [39: 3-Aug-1899]
Their son John passed away at the age of three months later in 1899 [15]
Married (2) Lydia CAHILL in Perth in 1902 [15]
Railway Stationmaster in Mingenew 1902-1913 [6] [19] [50] [84]
Goods Agent of Elvire Street in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction 1914-1920 [6]
Railway Stationmaster in Mingenew 1921-1923 [6] [19]
Railway Stationmaster in Coorow 1923-1925 [6] [9: 23-Feb-1923] [50]
Railway Stationmaster in Dongara 1925-1933 [6] [19] [50]
Resided at 32 Elvire Street in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction in 1936 and 1937 [6] [50]
Father of John, Frances, Jack, Horace, Harold, Donald and Jean [P376]
Died 1 May 1937; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, FC, 677) [2]
"Jack" John Fitzgerald THOMAS
Born 1894 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS and Beulah Emily CRIPPIN [15]
His grandfather Joseph CRIPPIN had arrived in Western Australia as a convict under the alias of James OSBORNE in 1861 [20] [21] [107]
Resided with his parents on Coorow Station in Coorow 1903-1911 and then on Jun Jun Farm in Coorow 1912 onwards [19] [44] [50]
Farmed Jun Jun Farm in Coorow with his father and younger brother Frank until his brother became the local bushranger [P15]
Farmer in Coorow [19]
Rode his horse from Coorow to Winchester to see Miss Doris BELL [P17]
Married Doris Una BELL in Perth in 1924 [66]
His wife passed away on 28 June 1925 [2] after giving birth to twin daughters named Alleyne Una and June Hope [P17]
June passed away at the age of 20 days on 7 July 1925 and was buried at the Three Springs General Cemetery [24]
Alleyne grew up in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park under the care of her maternal grandparents Edward and Una BELL [P17]
Later left his farm in Coorow and took up virgin land west of the railway line north of Gunyidi, which he later sold [P17]
After selling the property in Gunyidi, which was rather poor land, he purchased a farm in Marchagee [P17]
Farmer of Seldomseen Farm in Marchagee [P17]
Travelled to Round Hill to play football in the early 1930s prior to the formation of the Coorow Football Club [P361]
Others to do so were William H. JOHNS and Harry F. C. KAU of Coorow and Peter W. THOMSON of Marchagee [P361]
Committee Member of the Sports organised for the opening of the East Marchagee Hall on Saturday 11 November 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
Signatory to a letter sent in January 1934 expressing confidence in the Carnamah Road Board and their member [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Master of Ceremonies at the dance held at the Marchagee Hall on Saturday 20 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
The proceeds of the dance, which was well attended and a great financial success, went to the Marchagee Hall's buildings fund [5]
In August 1936 applied for the Carnamah District Road Board to provide a road as an outlet from his farm in Marchagee [5: 28-Aug-1936]
The following month the Road Board called for tenders for the clearing of about five miles of the road at 16 feet wide [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Master of Ceremonies of the Show Ball held after the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow on 2 September 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Died 14 March 1986; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, MA, 247) [2]
Mrs Lydia THOMAS
Wife of John THOMAS; see Lydia CAHILL
Ethel Rose THOMPSON
Resided in Gunyidi in 1915 [50]
James THOMPSON
Medical Practitioner in Gunyidi in 1915 [50]
Myrtle May THOMPSON
Resided in Coorow in 1915 and 1916 [50]
Stephen James THOMPSON
Farmer in Coorow in 1913 and 1914 [19] [50]
Farmer in Maya in 1933 [19]
"Sandy" Alexander Welsh THOMSON
Born 6 April 1918 in Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of James Fowler THOMSON and Nellie Simpson WELSH [108]
Resided with his parents on Anster Farm in Marchagee, Western Australia [108]
Came 2nd in the Walk, Trot & Gallop in the Ring Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5]
Also received 1st prize for a Border Collie sheep dog or bitch in the Sheep Dog section of the show [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Came 2nd in the 12-stone Gent's Hack in the Ring Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Resident of Kew, Victoria, Australia where he enlisted in the Australian Army on 20 May 1940 [16]
Lieutenant VX15794 in the Australian Army's 2/14 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 6 December 1945 [16]
Arthur John THOMSON
Married Ellen HAYES in Perth in 1898 [15]
Store Manager in Coorow in 1916 [50]
Mrs Elizabeth Jessie THOMSON
Resided in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1916 [19]
Mrs Ellen THOMSON
Wife of Arthur John THOMSON; see Ellen HAYES
"Gray" Grace Welsh THOMSON
Born 31 March 1920 in Largo, Fife, Scotland [16]
Daughter of James Fowler THOMSON and Nellie Simpson WELSH [108]
Resided with her parents on Anster Farm in Marchagee, Western Australia [108]
Best Girl Rider under 14 years and came 2nd in the Lady's Hack at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the Ball at the East Marchagee Hall after the Marchagee-Gunyidi Picnic & Sports Day on 14 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Came 2nd in both the Walk Trot & Gallop and the Open Trot Handicap at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended the Ball after the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 dressed in floral chiffon organdie [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Won 1st for Lady's Hack and 2nd for Trotting Horse and 12-stone Gent's Hack at the 1936 Carnamah Agricultural Show [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Competed in the Carnamah Tennis Club's Easter Tennis Tournament at Centenary Park in Carnamah in March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 12 May 1937 in "brown cire spot taffeta with gold lame" [5: 14-May-1937]
Part of the Best Set as "Arabians" at the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 24 July 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Exhibited in the Ring Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park in Coorow on 2 September 1937 [5]
Awarded four 2nd prizes for the Flag Race, Swerving Race, Open Trot and the Walk, Trot & Gallop [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Won 1st for Trotting Horse and 2nd for Lady's Hack and Best Lady Rider at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Resided in the Melbourne suburb of Kew prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 13 April 1942 [16]
Captain VF345268 in the Australian Army's Australian Women's Army Service during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 April 1946 [16]
Along with her children regularly attended the Methodist Church in Heidelberg and the Sunday School in the afternoons [108: page 3]
Student at the Heidelberg State School and then Northcote High School [108: pages 3, 4]
Annually holidayed at Creswick with his sister Ella, Harry WILSON and their children [108: pages 2, 4]
James Fowler THOMSON
Born 1884 in Kilrenny, Fife, Scotland [28]
Son of draper Peter THOMSON and Elizabeth GREIG [20] [28]
Resided with his parents and siblings at Comley Bank in the village of Cellardyke in Kilrenny, Fife, Scotland [20]
He was the youngest of eight children with elder siblings John, Annie, Robert, Peter, Jessie, Lizzie and Ella [20] [28]
Departed from London, England on the steamship Sumatra on 22 March 1913 bound for Singapore [203]
Married his first cousin once removed Nellie Simpson WELSH in Singapore [P1]
By 1914 they had left Singapore and were living at 187 George Street in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [50]
Engineer for the constructional engineering firm Clayton & Sons who were based in Leeds, Yorkshire, England [108: page 2]
Worked for Clayton & Sons in Perth, Western Australia; Invercargill, New Zealand and then in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [108]
They were in Perth when their first son was born in 1915, and were back in Melbourne by 1918 when their second son arrived [108]
He was unfit for service during the First World War due to a bad ankle and limp sustained from an industrial accident [108: page 2]
With his wife and two sons returned to Scotland to visit relatives who they'd struggled to communicate with during the war [108: page 2]
They departed Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the steamship Benalla and arrived in London, England on 27 February 1920 [204]
During their visit they stayed with his mother-in-law Mrs Grace S. WELSH in Largo, Fife, Scotland [108: page 2]
He departed from London, England on the steamship Marathon on 21 October 1920 bound for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [203]
His wife, sons and daughter departed London, England bound for Melbourne on the steamship Orvieto on 17 September 1921 [203]
Established his own constructional engineering firm J. F. Thomson Pty Ltd [108: page 5]
Following their return they resided for a number of months at Old England Hotel in the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg [108: page 2]
After buying a house resided with his wife and children on Brown Street in the Melbourne suburb of Heidelberg [108: page 2]
They lived in the most northerly housing development of Heidelberg which at the time bounded paddocks and old orchard [108: page 2]
After a few discussions with Robert S. KEAY, who was the nephew of Scottish friends, they decided to buy a farm together [108: page 5]
Robert S. KEAY travelled to Western Australia to investigate potential areas and properties and chose one in Marchagee [108: page 5]
Purchased 2,027 acres of farmland in Marchagee, Western Australia in partnership with "Bob" Robert S. KEAY in 1928 [3] [19]
The farm had previously belonged to Bertie W. LOVELESS who had acquired it under the Soldier Settlement Scheme [108: page 5]
The farm's 2,037 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 3231, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3240, 3250, 6383 and 7036 [3]
By late 1928 Robert S. KEAY had settled on and began farming the property [19], while he remained in Melbourne [108: page 5]
Absentee Farmer of Anster Farm in Marchagee in partnership with Robert S. KEAY 1928-1931 [108: page 5]
The financial crash of 1929 and the start of the Great Depression impacted severely on the farm and his Melbourne business [108: page 5]
As work in his constructional engineering business had dwindled he decided to move to the farm to properly assess its potential [108]
Leaving an employee in charge of his office and business in Melbourne himself, his wife and their son Peter left for Marchagee [108]
They travelled to Western Australia by steamship and then from Perth up to Marchagee by train [108: page 6]
The train trip of 150 miles took eight and a half hours including two refreshment stops at Mogumber and Watheroo [108: page 7]
Along with his wife arrived in Marchagee on Wednesday 20 May 1931 [108: page 6]
His son Peter had arrived a week earlier and their younger two children joined them at the end of the 1931 school year [108: pages 6, 19]
Upon their arrival the development of the farm was in a very elementary stage and their initial accommodation was a tent [108: page 6]
There was a gable-roof two room house with front and back verandahs, with half a verandah enclosed for a kitchen [108: page 5, 6]
The house was occupied by the KEAY family and the only other permanent structure was a corrugated iron chaff room [108: pages 6]
Farmer of Anster Farm in Marchagee 1931-1938 [108: pages 5, 6, 20]
Continued to farm in partnership with Robert S. KEAY until 1933 when KEAY left and the partnership ended [108: page 13] [19]
By mid 1934 KEAY no longer had his stake and he had become the sole owner of the farm's 2,027 acres [3]
The farm's 2,037 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 3231, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3240, 3250, 6383 and 7036 [3]
He was one of the first to commence harvesting in Marchagee in 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
On 16 March 1935 lost a truck tyre and rim between the railway siding and the mailboxes on the East Marchagee Road [5: 29-Mar-1935]
Wrote to the Carnamah District Road Board in April 1935 requesting they enforce the compulsory eradication of turnip weed [5]
He wrote the letter as the wild turnip weed was prevalent on properties adjoining his farm in Marchagee [5: 12-Apr-1935]
A few weeks later he wrote to the Road Board again about why no action had been taken in eradicating turnip weed [5: 3-May-1935]
The Road Board responded sympathising with the issue, but said the cost of endeavouring to control the weed was too high [5]
Received a refund from the Carnamah District Road Board in 1936 after being overcharged on motor vehicle registrations [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Sold 87 sheep suckers through Elder Smith & Co Ltd on 2 September 1936 (36 at 20/7, 15 at 19/4, 18 at 21/1, 18 at 17/4) [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Attended the Inaugural Sale of the North Midlands Stud Stockbreeders Association in Carnamah on Friday 18 September 1936 [5]
At the sale he purchased four Border Leicester rams at 5½ guineas per head from LEISHMAN Bros of Winchester [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Sold 87 ewes through Elder Smith & Co at Midland Market in late 1936 (13 at 9/11, 21 at 8/10, 17 at 7/10, 36 at 4/7) [5: 13 & 20-Nov-1936]
Father of Peter, Sandy and Grace [108]
Died 7 August 1972; cremated at The Necropolis in Springvale, Victoria, Australia [131]
Mrs Nellie Simpson THOMSON
Wife of James Fowler THOMSON; see Nellie Simpson WELSH
Joseph THOMSON
Farmer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1919 [19] [50]
Peter Welsh THOMSON
Born 9 November 1915 in Perth, Western Australia [108: page 2]
Son of James Fowler THOMSON and Nellie Simpson WELSH [P1]
Began his schooling at the Parish School in Largo, Fife, Scotland [108]
Farmer of Anster Farm in Marchagee, Western Australia 1931-1969 [108]
The farm was 2,027 acres in size, consisting of Victoria Locations 3251, 3252, 3253, 3254, 3255, 6383, 3240, 3250 and 7036 [3]
Originally leased by his father, the farm was named Anster after the parish of Anstruther in Fife, Scotland [108]
Rate Books of the Upper Irwin Road Board reveal that parts of the farm had a history stretching back as far as 1915 [44]
Travelled to Round Hill to play football in the early 1930s prior to the formation of the Coorow Football Club [P361]
Others to do so were William H. JOHNS and Harry F. C. KAU of Coorow and John F. THOMAS of Marchagee [P361]
Came 2nd in the Coat, Hat and Cigarette Race in the Horse Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Came 3rd in the Hurdle Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting held in Coorow on New Year's Day 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
He was out taking precautionary measures regarding a scrub fire on a nearby farm in Marchagee on Wednesday 29 January 1936 [5]
A large quantity of rolled scrub had caught alight and turned into a fierce blaze after being heavily fanned by hot winds [5]
While out he came across shocked and burnt George and Fred LATHAM who had run for their lives when their truck stopped [5]
Their truck had been burnt to cinders, and he conveyed them to their home in Waddy Forest [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Tied for 1st in the High Jump and came 2nd in the Hurdle Race at the Sports Meeting in Coorow on Boxing Day in 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Competed in the Carnamah Tennis Club's Easter Tennis Tournament at Centenary Park in Carnamah in March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Part of the Best Set as "Arabians" at the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 24 July 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Others in the set included his sister Grace W. THOMSON, Roger F. W. CLARK and Michael R. ROWLAND of Carnamah, [5]
"Daisy" Margaret D. BOWMAN and "Nan" Hannah S. DAVISON and his future wife Ruth I. BOWMAN, also of Carnamah [5]
Came 2nd in the 14-stone Gent's Hack in the Ring Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1937 [0: image 03709]
Member of the Coorow Football Club 1937-1939 - was Captain 1939 [4: 29-Jul-1939] [5: 14-May-1937]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1939, 1946 and 1952-1971 [13]
Member of the Winchester-Coorow Tennis Club in 1940 [4: 9-Mar-1940]
Married Ruth Isabella BOWMAN in Carnamah on 29 June 1940 [P394]
Best man at the wedding of "John" David I. M. BOWMAN and "Nan" Hannah S. DAVISON in Carnamah on 21 June 1941 [P1]
Corporal in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1946 [150]
While making inspections of roads with members of the Road Board he noticed the Gunyidi State School was falling into disrepair [279]
He wrote to the Education Department on 9 October 1947 mentioning its condition and the unlikelihood of it ever re-opening [279]
He asked if the Department would consider selling the Gunyidi State School buildings [279]
Unknown to him a number of other people had previously and unsuccessfully requested to buy the school buildings [279]
Served on the Carnamah District Road Board representing the South Ward from 1946 to 1952 [7: page 111]
Chairman of the Carnamah District Road Board from 1950 to 1952 [7: page 111]
Foundation President and Member for the Central Ward of the Coorow Shire Council 1962-1970 [284]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Coorow farmer George HUTCHCRAFT at the Winchester Cemetery on 28 January 1949 [5: 3-Feb-1949]
In August 1949 was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Geraldton District [0: image 02996] [4: 27-Aug-1949]
Member of the Marchagee Tennis Club in 1950-51 [4: 7-Apr-1951]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmers' Union of WA in 1950 and 1951 [4: 18-Mar-1950, 7-Apr-1951]
Vice President and Zone Delegate of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmers' Union of WA in 1951 [4: 18-Mar-1951]
In 1953 purchased further farmland north of Marchagee which he named Kanangara Farm [108]
The additional land totalled 5,256 acres and consisted of Victoria Locations 5794, 5795, 6383, 9892 and 10089 [63]
His Kanagara Farm in Marchagee was later taken over by his son Gordon [108]
Sold his Anster Farm in Marchagee in 1969 and moved to a house in the Coorow townsite [108]
Later resided in the Perth suburbs of Nedlands, Gosnells, South Perth and Doubleview [108]
Around 1982 retired with his wife to Gooseberry Hill before later shifting to the Lakeside Nursing Home in Redcliffe [108]
Father of Gordon, Graham and Ian [P394]
Died 17 October 2002 in Redcliffe; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lance Howard Memorial Gardens, D, 31) [P1]
Samuel THOMSON
Farmer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1915 [19] [50]
Moreton Fergie THURSTON
Farm Manager in Marchagee 1915-1917 [50]
Mrs Jeanett Paton TILLY
Wife of Milton Jabez TILLY; see Jeanett Paton FERGUSON
Milton Jabez TILLY
Born 19 April 1900 in Moonta, South Australia [16] [55]
Son of Jabez TILLY and Elizabeth McCAULEY [55]
Married Jeanett Paton FERGUSON on 28 July 1927 in Weetulta, South Australia [55]
Along with his wife shifted from South Australia to Coorow, Western Australia in April 1936 [P8] [5: 1-May-1936]
Sharefarmer of Monomeath Farm in Coorow 1936-1939 [P8]
Resided on and share-farmed the 1,477 acre Lot 1142 belonging to the Estate of the Late Charles A. NOLAN [P8]
Also share-farmed farmland in Coorow belonging to Angus A. N. MCGILP [P8]
During the 1939-40 financial year purchased 3,575 acres of farmland in Coorow from Reginald CROMMELIN Jnr [3]
The 3,575 acres was Lot M1617 of Victoria Location 2023 bounding both Touche Road and The Midlands Road [3] [62]
The Midland Railway Company's Touche Siding, which was used to fill the trains with water, was situated on his property [P8]
It was described as good second class country and contained a six roomed jarrah weatherboard house [5: 29-Mar-1935]
Farmer of Touchna Farm in Coorow 1940-1995 [P8]
Resided on his Touchna Farm 1940-1946 and then at Lots 47-48 Commercial Street in the Coorow townsite 1946-1995 [P8]
Leased 1,501 acres of farmland in Winchester, South Carnamah from E. E. Robert WOODHOUSE 1944-1954 [3]
His wife extended the farm with the purchase in October 1946 of the 1,082 acre Lot M1070 from John C. LEEVERS [3]
During the 1949-50 financial year purchased 1,180 acres of farmland in Coorow from Harry and Myrtle EDWARDS [3]
The 1,180 acres consisted of a portion of Lot M1377, which bounded the eastern side of his Touchna Farm in Coorow [3] [62]
On 29 April 1954 purchased the 1,501 acres in Winchester that he'd been leasing from E. E. Robert WOODHOUSE [3]
The 1,501 acres consisted of Lots 1631 and M1635 and touched onto the northern tip of his Touchna Farm in Coorow [3] [62]
His original holding and three subsequent purchases of land took his farm to a total of 7,338 acres [3]
Sold 16 suckers at 16/7 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 23 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
He sang two songs at the Social Evening at the Waddy Forest Hall in Waddy Forest on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 18-Dec-1936]
Sang a song at the Waddy Forest Toc H Group's Social Evening at the Coorow Hall on Thursday 24 June 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club [72]
Drove the 17 miles to participate in the activities of the Carnamah Repertory Club, especially the singing [7: page 229]
Following its formation he was a member of the Coorow Repertory Club [P8]
He had an excellent tenor voice and often sang at functions held in Coorow [P8]
Private W72060 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Had a cow which was kept in a paddock west of the railway in the Coorow townsite belonging to the DOWNES family [P8]
One of the DOWNES boys would deliver milk to them before school every morning and in return they kept the evening milk [P8]
On 10 May 1946 had numerous clothing, kerosene, a fan, towel and a box containing items worth £20 stolen from his home [22]
The man responsible was taken into custody on 15 May 1946 and that same day went before the Carnamah Police Court [22]
The man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three months imprisonment [22]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1948 [150]
Best man at the wedding of Coorow mechanic Arnold G. C. HIRST and Mary L. MCGILP in Perth on 12 July 1952 [0: image 04640]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmers' Union of Western Australia [P8]
Founding Committee Member of the Coorow Pasture Improvement Group in 1954 [4: 18-Dec-1954]
His double first cousin once removed Beven John GREGORY farmed in Carnamah during the 1950s [19] [55]
Member of the North Midlands Methodist Church / North Midlands Uniting Church [P8]
Member of the North Midlands Agricultural Society [P8]
Sold his portion of Lot M1377 in Coorow and Lots 1631 and M1635 in Winchester to Derek G. and Peter R. FOWLER in 1994 [P8]
His wife sold her Lot M1070 in Coorow to Michael R. and Baxter J. BOTHE in 1994 [P8]
Sold the original part of his Touchna Farm, Lot M1617, to William H. and Betty C. JOHNS [P8]
Father of Jill [P8]
Died 5 November 1995 in Coorow; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (VC Section, Niche Wall, W5, 41) [P8]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 1 May 1936:
"A New Settler - Mr. M. J. Tilly, late of South Australia, has recently taken over Mr. Nolan's property at Coorow. Mr. Tilly has extensive and valuable experience of barley growing and intends to confine his operations to the growing of barley and sheep raising."
Florence Gladys TIMMS
Born 9 June 1908 in Arrino, Western Australia [166]
Daughter of William John TIMMS and Florence Louisa BUTT [84]
Resided with her parents in Arrino 1908-1911 [9: 24-Mar-1911] [19]
She was baptised at the home of her parents in Arrino on 4 February 1909 by Methodist minister Horace FAULL of Dongara [84]
Shifted from Arrino to the Perth suburb of Midland Junction with her parents on Saturday 18 March 1911 [9: 24-Mar-1911]
Resided with her parents in Midland Junction and attended the Midland Junction State School [9: 24-Mar-1911] [166]
Shifted with her parents to Watheroo in 1919 and was enrolled at the Watheroo State School on 10 February 1919 [166]
Married George O'HERN in 1937 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Gunyidi 1937-1939 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bassendean [2]
Died 8 March 1959; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, FA, 472) [2]
Mrs Adria Catherine Emily TODD
Wife of Cowper Sutton TODD; see Adria Catherine Emily COLES
Constance Adria V. TODD
Born 1898 in Lancashire, England [21]
Daughter of Cowper Sutton TODD and Adria Catherine Emily COLES [215]
In 1901 was living with her parents on Huntingrove Farm in Slinfold, Sussex, England [20]
Departed London, England with her parents on the steamship Waratah on 6 November 1908 bound for Adelaide, South Australia [203]
Resided with her parents on Ditcham Farm in Latham 1910-1912 [19] [152]
Settled with her parents and brother Richard on prospective farmland in Latham, Western Australia in 1910 [19] [152]
Won the Single Ladies' Race at the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Resided with her parents at Todd's Store at Lot 99 of the Coorow townsite in 1912 and 1913 [215]
Student at the first Coorow State School in a bush shed on BATTERSBY's Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow in 1912 [215]
Her name and her brother's were put forward as students for the proposed reopening of the Coorow State School in 1913 [215]
Later in 1913 she had left Coorow as a boarder to receive schooling elsewhere [215]
Departed from New Zealand with her parents on the steamship Ruahine and arrived in Southampton, England on 4 August 1922 [204]
Cowper Sutton TODD
Born 1868 in Shirley, Hampshire, England [20] [21]
Son of John Augustus TODD and Belgium born Clara Susan Arabella ARDEN [20] [33]
Baptised in Shirley by Southampton, Hampshire, England on 1 April 1868 [33]
In 1871 was living with his parents and siblings Frank, John, Agnes and Elsie at Beach Cottage in Milford Village, Hampshire [20]
His father, who was a Colonel in the Royal Army and later a Gentleman, died in 1880 at the age of 64 years [20] [21]
Resided with his widowed mother and siblings Frank, John, Hugh and Decima at Hope Villa in Henry Road, East Barnet, Hertford [20]
Worked as a Clerk in England prior to leaving for Australia, where he worked as an Engineer [203] [204]
Departed London, England on the steamship Jelunga and arrived in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 17 August 1891 [203] [267]
Departed Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the steamship Ormuz and arrived in London, England in December 1896 [204]
Married Adria Catherine Emily COLES in 1897 in Middlesex, England [21]
In 1901 he was a Poultry Farmer and they were living with their daughter on Huntingrove Farm in Slinfold, Sussex, England [20]
Departed Liverpool, England on the steamship Empress of Ireland and arrived in Quebec, Canada on 31 August 1906 [216]
Following his arrival he proceeded to Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba [216]
During his sojourn in Canada he worked on a bulk grain handling elevator [152]
He appears to have returned to England and then emigrated with his wife and children to Australia [203]
Departed London, England on the steamship Waratah on 6 November 1908 bound for Adelaide, South Australia [203]
Farmer and Grazier of Ditcham Farm in Latham, Western Australia 1910-1918 [6] [19] [152]
His farm was 1,990 acres comprising Homestead Lease 1275/74 and Conditional Purchase leases 7462/56, 23481/55 & 8063/56 [44]
The farm was 8½ miles east of the railway and by 1916 he had cleared 200 acres of the property and felled another 100 acres [152]
By 1916 he had a house, stables and yard, a good well, a partial plant of implements but no machinery shed [152]
Won the Old Buffers' Race at the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Proprietor of the General Store and Post Office Todd's Store in Coorow, Western Australia in 1912 and 1913 [34] [215]
During the period he had the general store he appears to have resided in the Coorow townsite and not on his farm at Latham [215]
The premises of his store were situated on Lot 99 of the Coorow townsite, which was owned by the Midland Railway Company [34]
In 1912 and 1913 guaranteed to contribute to the Coorow State School teacher's salary if the attendance fell below ten students [215]
He wrote to Samuel J. F. MOORE, M.L.A. in July 1912 expressing the need for a school building in Coorow [215]
In February 1913 he applied with the Midland Railway Company to buy Lot 99 to avoid it going up for public auction [34]
He offered to pay £30 more than prices on adjacent lots when they were auctioned providing it was guaranteed he would get it [34]
He was desirous of knowing so he could make improvements to his store which would otherwise not be worth his while [34]
The Company obviously declined as Lot 99 went up for public auction along with other lots on 20 February 1914 [10: 10-Feb-1914] [27]
Lot 99 was purchased at the auction by Mrs Janet M. JONES of Turipa Farm in Coorow for £40 [27]
At the auction, however, his wife purchased the two quarter acre Lots 1 and 2 - which they later sold to Heinrich W. BOTHE [27] [34]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of Western Australia in Latham on 24 November 1916 [152]
Farmer in Latham until 1918 [6]
Traveller of 34 Hill Street in East Perth 1920-1922 [6] [50]
Departed Wellington, New Zealand on the steamship Ruahine and arrived in Southampton, England on 4 August 1922 [204]
Despite departing from New Zealand their previous and future intended address was Australia [204]
Their address following their arrival was Sidford Lodge in Shirley, Southampton, England [204]
Departed London, England on the steamship Hobsons Bay and arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on 28 August 1925 [63]
Travelled with 30 year old stenographer Margaret Mary Monica GRIEVES [203]
His and Margaret's previous address was Sunnymead on Barnhill Road in Wembley Park, London, England [203]
Insurance Agent of 1360 Pacific Highway in Turramurra, New South Wales, Australia in 1936 [50]
Father of Constance and Richard [215]
Died 1939 in New South Wales, Australia [265]
From the Progress Report of the Royal Commission on the
Agricultural Industries of Western Australia on the Wheat-Growing Portion of the South-West Division of the State:
Friday 24 November 1916 at Latham
"COWPER SUTTON TODD, Farmer, Latham, sworn and examined:
I have been here seven years and hold 2,000 acres. I am situated 8½ miles east of the railway. I have 200 acres cleared and 100 acres felled, a house, a stable, a yard, but no machinery shed. I have a good well of water 30ft. deep, but my plant is only a partial one. I have six working horses, a couple of which belong to my wife. When I came here I had £1,000 capital and I have since got £200 from the Agricultural Bank and £200 from the Industries Assistance Board, but I have no crop in. I have no doubt that bulk handling [of wheat] would assist me. I was employed on an elevator when in Canada and know the whole operation right through. The bank business is no good to the farmer. What should be taken from the harvester to the siding in open wagons. In Canada the grain is dumped into the middle of the paddock and they keep it inside boards in the field and cover it with iron. Then it is quite safe in that condition until the farmer is ready to cart it. They thresh it in winter and cart is when they are ready. You can get a vacuum sucker and attach it to the wagon and pass the grain in through it. I have not considered the question of the operation in relation to the farmer. The best yield I have had has been 15 bushels, and if you are only working 300 acres it will cost you 10 bushels before you can make anything for yourself. With a similar area, of course, it would cost a good deal more. I do not think the present land laws are calculated to induce people to take up land. In some cases it is too dear and the holdings are too much distributed. People are put into isolated areas generally which prevent them making a living out of anything except wheat. I myself was 20 miles from a railway for a long time, and 20 miles is a long distance to have to cart everything, which prevents you from making anything out of your wheat. People come out to these distant places in the hope of others coming and of being able to do some good in a few years time, but here the position is becoming one of ruination. When the war came along I was about to do things. I had a contract for 300 acres of clearing, but I was blocked for want of water. I had to cart water for two years from Corinji siding, 17 miles away, and the rainfall has been disastrous. I certainly think we should all have our land free for a certain number of years until the country has been proved. If it is proved to be good we should be asked to pay for it, but no man is making anything out of it at the present time. If he had them he could not sell eggs or butter, and when you come to handle wheat at such a distance there is nothing left for you out of it. Every man who has been growing where here is in debt. None of them, however, keep books and do not know how they stand. If we could depend upon the rainfall the land would yield 20 to 30 bushels. If the Government were to help us over the bad seasons we would do all right in the end, although personally I would sooner do without the Government at all. All my transactions with them from been most unfortunate. I have only had a water supply of my own for the last two years. The first thing the Government should do should be to provide water for the settlers. A great number of them can keep poultry and pigs and tide things over if they have water. There should also be great leniency in regard to rents. We have been wasting time and energy up here for the chance of something ahead. I ask you is there any other body of men who would do the same as we have been doing for so many years?"
"Dick" Richard Arthur Phipps TODD
Born 1903 in Sussex, England [21]
Son of Cowper Sutton TODD and Adria Catherine Emily COLES [215]
Departed London, England with his parents on the steamship Waratah on 6 November 1908 bound for Adelaide, South Australia [203]
Settled with his parents and sister Constance on prospective farmland in Latham, Western Australia in 1910 [19] [152]
Resided with his parents on Ditcham Farm in Latham 1910-1912 [19] [152]
Resided with his parents at Todd's Store at Lot 99 of the Coorow townsite in 1912 and 1913 [215]
Student at the first Coorow State School in a bush shed on BATTERSBY's Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow in 1912 [215]
The names of himself and his sister were put forward as students for the proposed reopening of the Coorow State School in 1913 [215]
Later in 1913 he was boarding in Three Springs and attending the Three Springs State School [215]
If the Coorow State School reopened he was to return, and his father guaranteed to contribute to a teacher's salary if necessary [215]
Student at the Coorow State School at Coorow House on Victoria Location 385 in Coorow in 1914 [215]
Presumably resided with his parents at 34 Hill Street in the Perth suburb of East Perth 1920-1922 [6] [50]
Departed from New Zealand with his parents on the steamship Ruahine and arrived in Southampton, England on 4 August 1922 [204]
They intended to return to Australia and their address following their arrival was Sidford Lodge in Shirley, Southampton, England [204]
Prior to leaving England in 1925 he had worked as an Estate Agent and lived at 24 Oakington Avenue in Wembley Park, London [203]
Departed London, England on the steamship Moreton Bay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 3 July 1925 [63]
Later in 1925 he was working as an Estate Agent and was living at 7 Stirling Road in the Perth suburb of Claremont [50]
Departed Durban, South Africa with his mother on the Thermopylre and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 6 April 1932 [63]
In 1936 he was working as a manager and living with his mother at 15 Clifton Crescent in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [50]
Resided of late in the Perth hills suburb of Greenmount [2]
Died 10 August 1992; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Sir T. Meagher Gardens, Lawn 5B, D, 66) [2]
Samuel Richard TOMKINS
On 22 June 1926 purchased 1,249 acres of prospective farmland in Winchester from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 1,249 acres was Lot M1649 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £718, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Farmer of Eda Vale Farm in Winchester [3] [19]
His farm was situated on the south side of the Winchester East Road on the Carnamah district's boundary with Coorow [62]
Although his farm was in Winchester he was "of Coorow" and received his mail and was enrolled to vote at Coorow [3] [19]
In November 1928 purchased a new Chevrolet truck from Carnamah dealer L. Scott WYLIE [4: 1-Dec-1928]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club from 1928-29 to 1934-35 [4: 2-Feb-1929, 13-Dec-1930] [5: 1-Feb-1935]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Member of the Coorow Football Club - was Vice President in 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Sold 44 lambs at 16/7 per head through the agency of Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on 17 July 1935 [5: 19-Jul-1935]
Two and a half months later in late October 1935 sold 60 suckers at 17/4 per head and 8 wethers at 11/7 per head [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Equal winner of Stepping 100 Yards at the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance in Coorow on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Sold one bale of wool at 15¼d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at a wool sale in Perth on 25 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
An offshoot of the Winchester East Road was surveyed through part of his Lot M1649 in June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Sold 13 lambs at 22/- per head and 23 wethers at 23/1 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd on 29 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Won 1st for Kelpie dog and 2nd for Sheaves of Green Wheat for Hay at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended the Bucks Party for George A. RAFFAN and Eric J. BRADLEY of Winchester in Coorow on 7 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold five bales of wool at 16¾d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Perth Wool Sale of 23 November 1936 [5: 27-Nov-1936]
Sold a cow for £7/7/6 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 2 December 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Won the Stepping 100 Yards at the Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1936-1946 [150]
Sold 38 lambs at 16/7 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 17 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Sold 40 lambs (20 at 20/1, 20 at 18/7) through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 30 June 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Steward in charge of the Pig section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [150]
Married Eva Maud CHAPMAN in Perth in 1940 [66]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Member of the Coorow Pasture Improvement Group in 1954 [4: 18-Dec-1954]
In 1959 the Carnamah District Road Board resumed two acres, two roods and 34 perches of his farm [34]
Father of Maisie, Mervyn, Annette, John, Phillip and Joy [P8]
John TOOTH
Agriculturalist in Gunyidi in 1917 [50]
Frank TREBBETT
Labourer in Coorow 1929-1941 [19]
Farmhand employed by Edward P. TYLER in Coorow in 1931 [50]
Sydney William TRURAN
Resided in Coorow in 1933 [300: page 42]
Paid a 10/- Vermin Bonus by the Carnamah District Road Board in December 1933 for helping to control vermin by killing a fox [300]
Farmhand for Charles H. GRONOW in Waddy Forest 1950-1956 [19]
Annie TUCKETT
School Teacher of the Waddy Forest State School in 1927, on a weekly salary of £4/2/- [73]
In 1927 boarded with Will and Alice MORCOMBE at their home on Wynmara Farm in Waddy Forest [P32]
Kenneth TURNBULL
Contractor in Marchagee in 1911 and 1912 [19] [50]
William Leonard TURNER
Born 12 February 1918 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia [14] [16]
Resided in Hindmarsh, South Australia prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 23 January 1941 [16]
Private S33227 in the Australian Army's 122 General Transport Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 10 April 1946 [16]
By 1963 was living in Waddy Forest [22]
In 1988 was a retired fencing contractor and was living at Grovally Farm in Coorow [90]
Died 17 March 1988 at Grovally Farm in Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 13) [1]
Mrs Agnes Florence TYLER
Wife of Edward Prior TYLER; see Agnes Florence MASSINGHAM
Arthur Edward TYLER
Born 11 May 1915 in Bridgetown, Western Australia [16]
Carrier in Coorow [19]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club from 1933-34 to 1936-37 [5: 3-Nov-1933, 16-Nov-1934, 25-Oct-1935, 23-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Football Club - was Joint Secretary in 1934 and a Committee Member in 1937 [5: 20-Apr-1934, 16-Apr-1937]
Committee Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1934-35 and 1936-37 [5: 28-Sep-1934, 11-Jan-1935, 15-Jan-1937]
Member of the committee who organised the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance in Coorow on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Delegate for the Coorow Cricket Club at meetings of the Carnamah District Cricket Association in 1935-36 [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Attended the Back to Childhood Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 22 August 1936 as a "Little Girl in Blue" [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
In June 1937 he was appointed to the position of Property Man for the Coorow Football Club [5: 11-Jun-1937]
The Carnamah District Road Board altered the unimproved value of his house in Coorow for rating purposes in 1937 [5: 18-Jul-1937]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 19 July 1942 [16]
Bombardier WX25388 in the Australian Army's 3rd Field Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 28 July 1944 and enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 29 July 1944 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 455095 in the Royal Australian Air Force's Western Area Headquarters during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 21 May 1946 [16]
Edward Prior TYLER
Born 1874 in Bunbury, Western Australia [15]
Son of Handy TYLER and Elizabeth Ann SNOWDON [15]
Married Agnes Florence MASSINGHAM in 1907 [66]
Farmer in Coorow [19]
His farm was 2,010 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 2732, 2927, 2997, 3059, 3350, 3351, 3500, 3502 and 5464 [3]
Paid a 10/- Vermin Bonus by the Carnamah District Road Board in February 1934 for helping to control vermin by killing a fox [300]
Attended the Annual Meeting of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Football Club on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Left the Coorow district in 1934 after leasing or selling his farm to Alexander GRANT [3] [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Presumably returned to Coorow as he was a member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 8 & 22-Nov-1935, 6-Nov-1936]
"E. P. Tyler & Son" submitted a tender to the Carnamah District Road Board for clearing the Coorow West Road in 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
In July 1936 himself and his son accepted the contract for the clearing of the Coorow West Road in Coorow [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Played for the defeated Married Men in a cricket match against Single Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Later resided in Perth [2]
Died 31 August 1961; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, IA, 230) [2]
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Gilbert James UNDERWOOD
Born 1902 in Middlesex, England [21]
Son of James UNDERWOOD and Elizabeth Gilbert LOWE [P333]
Farmer in Waddy Forest / Coorow [5] [19]
His sister Marjorie E. UNDERWOOD was the first teacher of the Waddy Forest State School [P32]
After spending a week in Perth he returned to Coorow on Saturday 13 January 1933 [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Along with Adrian JONES returned from Perth to Waddy Forest / Coorow by car on Wednesday 14 January 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Member of the Waddy Forest Group of Toc H [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Participated in the debate between the Carnamah and Waddy Forest groups of Toc H on Tuesday 27 March 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Travelled to Perth on the morning of Friday 22 June 1934 to attend the wedding of Eric UNDERWOOD [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Judged the Photography section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Sold 45 shorn lambs (26 at 11/1 and 19 at 8/1 per head) through Elder Smith & Co Ltd on Wednesday 2 October 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
He was among those from Waddy Forest who travelled to Perth in October 1935 to attend the Royal Show [5: 11-Oct-1935]
From Perth himself and "Tom" Philip L. MORCOMBE returned to Waddy Forest on Saturday 12 October 1935 [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 21-Feb-1936, 23-Oct-1936]
Invited to judge the Photography section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's 1936 Annual Show [5: 12-Jun-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Married Mary ROBERTS in Perth in 1942 [66]
During the 1945-46 financial year he sold 1,175 acres of farmland in Coorow to George A. RAFFAN of Winchester [3]
The 1,175 acres consisted of Lots M970 and M1333 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
Later became the owner of his father's 2,800 acres of farmland in Coorow [3]
The 2,800 acres consisted of Lots M964, M966, M967, M1234, M1237, M1238, M1440 and M1650 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
During the 1954-55 financial year sold his 2,800 acre farm in Coorow to Mrs Blanche A. BOTHE and her sons Richard and Lloyd [3]
Resided of late in South Perth [2]
Died 26 July 1989; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 15, 176) [2]
Registered at birth as James Gilbert UNDERWOOD [21]
James UNDERWOOD
Born 1878 in Walthamstow, Essex, England [20] [21]
Son of gardener Amos UNDERWOOD and Mary WALDOCK [20] [21]
In 1881 was living with his parents and siblings Charles, Esther, Martha and Joseph in Marsh Street, Walthamstow, Essex, England [20]
Ten years later he was the only child at home with his parents, by which time they were living in Norwood, Middlesex, England [20]
Married (1) Elizabeth Gilbert LOWE in 1900 in Middlesex, England [21]
In 1901 was working as a Saddler and Harness Maker and was living with his wife at 3 The Cedars in Harlington, Middlesex [20]
His wife Elizabeth passed away at the age of 31 years in Middlesex, England in 1907 [21]
Along with his children left England to open a saddlery and blacksmithing business in Mount Barker, Western Australia [P333]
Married (2) Kate Louisa TAYSON in 1913 [66]
Saddler in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [19]
Farmer of Hill Crest Farm in Coorow, Western Australia 1923-1944 [6] [19] [44]
Himself and Percy H. RICHARDS purchased James L. LAWSON and Thomas P. HANNAFORD's 1,231 acre farm in Coorow [44]
The 1,231 acres consisted of Lots M964, M966, M1234 and M1235 of Victoria Location 2023 [44]
Farmed in Coorow in 1923 in partnership with Percy Heaton RICHARDS as "Underwood & Richards" [44]
Following his partner's departure from the district he appears to have become the sole owner of the 1,231 acres in Coorow [3] [19]
On 8 February 1924 he purchased a further 577 acres of farmland in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company for £656/19/8 [27]
The 577 acres consisted of Lots M967 and M1237 of Victoria Location 2023 on the north side of the Coorow-Latham Road [27]
Undertook clearing on the farm with the assistance of his sons Gilbert and Eric [P333]
Despite his farm being in Coorow his postal address in 1924 was Winchester [44]
In 1926 his "fine property" was classified as being in Waddy Forest [81: 24-Oct-1926]
Extended his farm to an approximate total of 2,800 acres with a further two purchases of land from the Midland Railway Company [27]
On 21 October 1925 purchased the 595 acre Lot M1440 of Victoria Location 2023 for £327/13/7 (11/- per acre) [27]
On 1 July 1926 purchased the 393 acre Lot M1650 of Victoria Location 2023 for £197/5/11 (10/- per acre) [27]
Had tough times on the farm and during some of the early years they lived off rabbits and boiled wheat [P333]
His son Eric later studied at the University of Cambridge in England and sent home money from his scholarship [P333]
In 1932 had an Oakland car licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-110 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Master of Ceremonies at the Show Ball following the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Sold twelve bales of wool at 17¾d. per pound in Perth at the fourth wool sale of the season in December 1933 [5: 8-Dec-1933]
Travelled to Perth on the morning of Friday 22 June 1934 to attend the wedding of his son Eric UNDERWOOD [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Member of the Waddy Forest Group of the Adult Education Scheme - hosted some of their meetings in 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Sold 75 wethers and hoggets on 13 May 1936 - received 19/8 per head for the wethers and 18/3 per head for the hoggets [5: 15-May-1936]
Sold 65 hoggets at 16/- per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 27 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
Attended the Surprise Linen Tea for Miss Mary E. GREENWOOD at Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest on 22 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Said to have been the last farmer in the district to give away farming with horses when his son purchased a tractor [P333]
Father of Gilbert, Marjorie and Eric [P333]
Died 29 August 1944; ashes scattered over the Rose Garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Following his death his son Gilbert became the owner of his 2,800 acre farm in Coorow [3]
His wife Kate, late of the Perth suburb of Bentley, passed away at the age of 107 years on 28 August 1994 [2]
Mrs Kate Louisa UNDERWOOD
Second wife of James UNDERWOOD; see Kate Louisa TAYSON
Marjorie Etta UNDERWOOD
Born 1904 in Middlesex, England [21]
Son of James UNDERWOOD and Elizabeth Gilbert LOWE [P333]
Teacher of the Waddy Forest State School in Waddy Forest 1923-1926 [73]
As sole teacher of the Waddy Forest State School received £4 per week in 1923 and 1924 and £4/2/- per week in 1925 and 1926 [73]
In 1926 she taught approximately 30 children at the Waddy Forest State School [81: 24-Oct-1926]
Resided in Coorow 1927-1933 [19]
Married Harry EDWARDS in Perth in 1941 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Died 7 February 2001; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Memorialised along with her husband at the Karrakatta Cemetery's Garden of Remembrance (Crematorium Rose Gardens, K, 306) [2]
"Lorna" Loreeta Gertrude ULLRICH
Born 1 January 1920 in Renmark, South Australia [P15]
Daughter of "Harry" Wilhelm Julius Heinrich ULLRICH and Alvine Maria Bertha SCHUMACHER [P15]
Grew up in Renmark, South Australia and was educated at the Renmark State School [P15]
Shifted to Western Australia with her father and stepmother in the later 1920s and resided with them in Tenindewa near Mullewa [P15]
A short while later returned to Redmark in South Australia where she lived with her sister Neeta and worked as a hairdresser [P15]
Occasionally visited her father and stepmother on their farm in Coorow, Western Australia [P15]
During the Second World War shifted to Coorow and lived on her father's farm [P15]
Married Harry Frederick Cleaver KAU in Perth in 1942 [66]
Resided with her husband on Meadowdale Farm in Coorow [P15]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Country Women's Association - was Secretary 1954-1958 [173]
Member of Coorow's Tennis and Golf Clubs [P15]
Organiser of Debutant Balls in Coorow and also at other centres in the North Midlands such as Carnamah [P8]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Karrinyup [2]
Mother of Alan, twins Gay and Jeanette, and Gayle [P189]
Died 3 April 1999; ashes interred Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row D, Plot 3) [14]
Mrs Mary Laura Lydia ULLRICH
Second wife of "Harry" Wilhelm Julius Heinrich ULLRICH; see Mary Laura Lydia INKSTER
"Harry" Wilhelm Julius Heinrich ULLRICH
Born 29 April 1881 in Tanunda, South Australia [55]
Son of "William" Richard Carl Wilhelm ULLRICH and Charlotte Bertha GROSSER [55]
He was registered at birth as Wilhelm Julius Heinrich ULLRICH but later went by Julius William Henry ULLRICH [1] [14] [55]
Resided for many year in Redmark, South Australia where he had a vineyard and grew oranges [P15]
Married (1) Alvine Maria Bertha SCHUMACHER on 20 October 1904 in Rhine Villa, South Australia [55]
Married (2) Mary Laura Lydia INKSTER on 19 November 1923 at the Methodist Parsonage in Norwood, South Australia [55]
In the later 1920s shifted to Western Australia and settled on farmland at Tenindewa (near Mullewa) [P15]
Farmer in Tenindewa, Western Australia 1930-1936 [19] [50]
After near financial ruin shifted to Coorow where he share-cropped a farm belonging to Alexander R. P. GRANT [P15]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia 1936-1960 [5: 23-Oct-1936] [P15]
Won the Old Buffers Race at the Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
His wife purchased 2,814 acres of farmland from Mrs Sarah GRANT consisting of Victoria Locations 8283 and 8743 [3]
In 1948 he purchased 1,953 acres in Coorow belonging to Alexander R. P. GRANT [3]
The 1,953 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 2732, 2957, 2997, 3059, 3350, 3351, 3500, 3502 and 5464 [3]
An exceptional horseman he competed very successfully in the ring events at agricultural shows in Moora, Coorow and Carnamah [P15]
Private in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1948-1952 [13]
Resided in the Coorow district until his death in 1960 [1]
Father of Harold, Leslie, Norman, Juanita, Arnold, Victor and Lorna [P189]
Died 23 April 1960 at the Mount Hospital, Perth WA; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row P, Plot 15) [1]
Victor Gerald ULLRICH
Born 30 March 1914 in Murtho, South Australia
Son of "Harry" Wihelm Julius Heinrich ULLRICH and Alvine Maria Bertha SCHUMACHER [55]
Resided in Coorow prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 17 November 1942 [16]
Corporal WX35315 in the Australian Army's Western Command Provost Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 19 September 1944 [16]
Mechanic in Coorow 1948-1958 [19]
Cartage Contractor in Mullewa 1959-1980 [19]
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Charles Malcolm VANZETTI
Born C.1953 in Perth, Western Australia [1] [90]
Son of Guy VANZETTI and Anne MURDOCH [14] [0: image 04167]
Resided of late in Marchagee [1]
Died 7 November 1974 in Marchagee; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row T, Plot 10) [1]
Mrs Evelyn VANZETTI
Wife of Francesco VANZETTI; see Evelyn BAXTER
Francesco VANZETTI
Married Evelyn BAXTER in Perth in 1903
Resided with his wife and children in South Perth until 1912 and from 1913 onwards they lived on Ytiniche Farm in Marchagee [44]
Farmer of Ytiniche Farm in Marchagee [19]
The farm's 2756 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 841, 3209, 3215, 3251, 3268, 3286, 3287, 3769 and 5627 [3]
In 1917 grew 400 acres of wheat crop on his farm in Marchagee [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Advertised in January 1918 that he had graded Currawa seed wheat for sale for 5/6 per bushel on rail [9: 25-Jan-1918]
He was a Government Wheat Experimentalist in 1922 and 1923 [9: 27-Oct-1922, 9-Mar-1923]
Addressed a meeting of wheatgrowers about "The Choice of Wheat Varieties" in Gillingarra on Sunday 29 October 1922 [9: 27-Oct-1922]
Spoke about "The Interpretation of Experiments" at the Farmers' Field Day in Moora on Tuesday 31 October 1922 [9: 27-Oct-1922]
As a "Wheat Expert" he was invited to give an address on Wheat Seeding Problems in Carnamah on 23 March 1923 [9: 20-Apr-1923]
Gave a lecture on wheat at the recreation reserve in Gillingarra on Sunday 25 March 1923 [9: 9-Mar-1923]
In addition to his own farm in Marchagee he was in 1936 also leasing the farm in Gunyidi belonging to Randell Bros [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Ferruccio Guido VANZETTI
Born 24 January 1907 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Francesco VANZETTI and Evelyn BAXTER [16]
Farmer of Ytinchie Farm in Marchagee [19]
Caretaker of the East Marchagee Hall in Marchagee for the Carnamah District Road Board in 1934 and 1935 [5: 4-May-1934]
The Carnamah District Road Board decided in September 1935 that financially they were unable to retain his services [5: 27-Sep-1935]
He forwarded the key to the Hall and an inventory of its furnishings to Road Board member Frank R. BRYANT [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Exhibited in the Sheep Dog, Poultry and Grain & Fodder sections at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Won 1st prizes for Border Collie Sheep Dog or Bitch, female White Leghorn, and Brown Oats; and 2nd for Wheaten Hay [5]
Private W72076 in Coorow's local Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Mrs Margaret Buchanan VANZETTI
Wife of Orsino Oliviero VANZETTI; see Margaret Buchanan PAUL
Orsino Oliviero VANZETTI
Born 19 January 1905 in South Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Francesco VANZETTI and Evelyn BAXTER [15]
Farmer of Ytinchie Farm in Marchagee [19]
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13 & 22-Dec-1930]
In 1932 he owned a Ford car registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-325 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Exhibited in the Sheep Dog, Poultry, Vegetable and Grain & Fodder section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1934 [5]
Received 1st prizes for Border Collie Sheep Dog or Bitch, female White Leghorn, Beetroot and Cured Oaten Hay [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Married Margaret Buchanan PAUL in Perth in 1935 [66]
Won 1st prize for Cauliflower in the Vegetable section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Later resided in Moora [16]
William James VARDY
Farmhand on Waddy Waddy Farm in Coorow in 1913 and 1914 [50]
Francis VEAL
Head Teacher of the Coorow State School in Coorow in 1936 and 1937 [73]
In 1936 received an annual salary of £300/16/- and in 1937 received £310 [73]
His only assistance in running the Coorow State School was Olive W. KAU, who was the school's Sewing Mistress [73]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club for the second half of the 1935-36 season and in 1936-37 [5: 6-Mar-1936, 26-Feb-1937]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1936-37 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1937 [5: 11 & 25-Jun-1937]
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Bruce Parker WALDECK
Born 25 August 1904 in York, Western Australia [16]
Son of Joshua Arthur WALDECK and Christina READHEAD [15]
In 1921 his father was later the farmer of Glenholm Farm in Moora [50]
Resided on A. Hamlet JONES' Turipa Farm in Coorow from 1925 to 1932 [19]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1925 [9: 29-May-1925, 12-Jun-1925, 28-Aug-1925]
Married "Net" Janet Christina JONES in Perth in 1926 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Osborne Park prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 30 December 1941 [16]
Sapper WX18341 in the Australian Army's HQ 8 Australian A/A & Fort Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 26 November 1945 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn [2]
Died 24 May 1965; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZW, 10) [2]
Francis Newton WALDECK
Married Cora Sylvester VAUNDERBELT in 1907 [66]
Station-hand on Urella Station in Mingenew in 1909 and 1910 [50]
Farm Manager in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19]
Farm Manager in Creslow near Moora in 1936 [50]
"Bronte" Hamlet Bruce Edward WALDECK
Born 1927 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of Bruce Parker WALDECK and "Net" Janet Christina JONES [--]
Student at the Coorow State School in Coorow [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 dressed as a "Mexican Chief" [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Won 2nd prize Butter in the Farm Produce section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Farmer in Coorow [96]
He owned 1,714 acres of farmland in Coorow in Victoria Locations 6607, 7039, 9298 and 9732 [3]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 17 June 1949 [96]
Himself and his wife Betty resided in the house on the CHAPPEL family's Marathon Farm in Winchester in the early 1960s [P182]
On leaving Winchester shifted to a house in the Coorow townsite [P182]
Storekeeper of the Coorow Highway Store in Coorow [19] [79: 23-Aug-1973]
General Storekeeper and seller of cards and gifts, electrical appliances, lottery tickets, hardware and medical supplies [79:]
Agent for Wesfarmers, Mobil oil, WA Newspaper, Rural & Industries Bank, Geraldton Drycleaning and Kleenheat Gas [79]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Died 4 January 2000 [2]
Mrs "Net" Janet Christina WALDECK
Wife of Bruce Parker WALDECK; see "Net" Janet Christina JONES
J. WALKER
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13-Dec-1930]
"Isa" Elizabeth Isabell WALLACE
Born 20 November 1917 [45]
Daughter of Robert WALLACE and Lila Isabel RICHARDS [P182]
Student at the Waddy Forest State School [P32]
In 1933 she was a student at Perth College, however spent her school holidays with her parents in Waddy Forest [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Agricultural Show Ball on 12 September 1935 wearing floral taffetas in autumn tonings [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 25-Oct-1935, 23-Oct-1936]
Won the Single Ladies Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on New Year's Day 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Attended the Ball after the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 dressed in green crepe de chine [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Came 3rd in the Single Ladies Race at the Annual Children's Sports in Coorow on Thursday 12 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Married Roy Malcolm PATTON in Perth in 1948 [66]
Resided with her husband and children on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest / Coorow [19] [90]
Mother of Donald, Jean, Lila and Arthur [14]
Died 20 March 2007 [45]; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah [P329]
Ellen Watson WALLACE
Born 31 May 1875 at Milngavie in New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton, Scotland [28]
Daughter of dyer Hugh WALLACE and Margaret BUCHANAN [28]
Married John BREEN on 17 April 1896 at the Burgh Hall, Milngavie in New Kilpatrick, Dunbarton, Scotland [28]
Departed London, England with her daughter Letitia on the Demosthenes for Fremantle, Western Australia on 14 August 1913 [203]
Joined her husband in Coorow, where he had been working as a Railway Fettler since 1911 [19]
Resided in Coorow 1913-1917 [19]
Resided in Wannamal 1919-1941 [114]
She ran the Wannamal Store from 1928 until her death in 1941, and was the first in Wannamal to own a kerosene refrigerator [114]
Mother of Letitia, Margaret and Mary [24] [114] [203]
Died 7 June 1941; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, IA, 399) [2]
Mrs Lila Isabel WALLACE
Wife of Robert WALLACE; see Lila Isabel RICHARDS
Robert WALLACE
Married Lila Isabel RICHARDS in 1916 [66]
On 2 October 1920 purchased 782 acres of farmland in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 782 acres consisted of Lots M971 and M972 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £1350 [27]
The land had been developed by the Midland Railway Company, and was payable by instalments over 20 years [120: 20-Dec-1928] [27]
Farmer in Coorow 1921-1953 [19] [44]
On 24 August 1925 purchased 220 acres of virgin land from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 220 acres was Lot M1589 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £220/9/3 (20/- per acre), also payable by instalments [27]
On 21 August 1926 purchased another 321 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company
The 321 acres was Lot M1666 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £160/18/9 (10/- per acre), payable over five years [27]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1927 [53]
In October 1928 purchased a new Chevrolet truck from Carnamah dealer L. Scott WYLIE [4: 3-Nov-1928]
He was hopeful that his 1928 wheat crops would yield in excess of 15 bushels per acre [120: 20-Dec-1928]
In 1932 owned a Chevrolet truck which was registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-230 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Received £1 in Vermin Bonuses from the Carnamah District Road Board in February 1934 for killing two foxes [300: page 42]
Travelled to Perth on 4 May 1934 to see his son Jock row for Scotch College in the interschool rowing the next day [5: 11-May-1934]
Witnessed the Scotch College crew, which included his son, win the Head of the River in Perth on 4 May 1935 [5: 10-May-1935]
Sold 180 sheep through Westralian Farmers Ltd with three consignments to Midland Markets in September and October 1935 [5]
The 180 sheep consisted of 80 shorn ewes (46 at 8/4, 24 at 6/4), 57 shorn lambs (23 at 15/4, 19 at 16/1, 15 at 11/10), [5]
42 suckers (30 at 18/1, 12 at 15/1), and 1 stained lamb at 1/- per head [5: 6 & 20-Sep-1935, 11-Oct-1935]
Purchased a new Chrysler all-wave wireless set through the agency of E. V. CASEY of Coorow in February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Sold 22 bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co Ltd in 1936 - 10 bales at 18d., 6 at 17½d., and 6 at 17¼d. per pound [5: 13-Mar-1936]
He was in Perth to witness the Head of the River rowing race on Monday 4 May 1936 [5: 8-May-1936]
Sold 78 sheep through Westralian Farmers at the Midland Market in 1936 - 35 at 13/1, 3 at 7/10, 40 suckers at 10/7 [5: 16 & 23-Oct-1936]
Sold 7 suckers at 26/4 and 12 lambs at 20/1 through Westralian Farmers at the Midland Market on 18 august 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Owner and sheep breeder of the "Warraroo Southdown Stud," Registered Flock number F700 [150]
Advertised in the Schedule of the 1947 Coorow-Waddy Forest Show that he had "specially selected and flock rams for sale" [150]
Also advertised his Warraroo Stud in the Schedule of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1949 [13]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1948 [13]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmer's Union of WA in 1950 [4: 18-Mar-1950]
In 1959 ownership of his 1,323 acre farm in Coorow appears to have changed to his son William [3]
His wife Lila, late of the Perth suburb of Yokine, died at the age of 79 years on 12 August 1974 [2]
"Wink" William Holladay WALLACE
Born 1 June 1920 in Wagin, Western Australia [P147]
Son of Robert WALLACE and Lila Isabel RICHARDS [P147]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Coorow in July 1933 as a "Arabian Price" and was the Most Original Boy [4: 29-Jul-1933]
Won a 1st prize for a Crayon Drawing at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 18 September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Boarding student at Scotch College in the Perth suburb of Claremont [5: 7-May-1937]
After spending school holidays in Waddy Forest himself and his brother Jock returned to school in Perth on 29 May 1934 [5: 1-Jun-1934]
By mid December 1935 he had returned home to Waddy Forest to spend the Christmas school holidays with his parents [5: 20-Dec-1935]
Came 2nd in the Under 25 Years Sheep Judging Competition at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Returned to his home in Waddy Forest for the May school holidays on Thursday 14 May 1936 [5: 15 & 29-May-1936]
Won 1st prize for Three Merino Ewes under 1½ years at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
In his first competitive rowing for Scotch College he was part of the crew to win the Head of the River in 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Spent his school holidays in May and September 1937 at home with his parents in Waddy Forest [5: 7 & 28-May-1937, 3-Sep-1937]
Farmhand and later Farmer in Coorow [19]
Member of the No. 2 Troop of the "C" Squadron of the motorised 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment in 1939 [P15]
The No. 2 Troop was a local militia unit made of people from the North Midlands and trained in Carnamah once a fortnight [P15]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club 1944-1952 [0: images 04316, 04585 & 04687]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Agricultural Society and Patriotic Funds Committee in 1945 [0: image 04319]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1945 [0: image 04338]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1946 [150]
Assistant Steward of the Sheep section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Tenth Annual Show in 1947 [150]
Married "Kitty" Katherine Alexandra CHAPPEL [P147]
Leased and farmed Howard and Bess CHAPPEL's Marathon farm in Winchester 1958-1961 [P182]
In 1959 became the owner of his father's 1,323 acre farm in Coorow [3]
The 1,323 acre farm in Coorow consisted of Lots M971, M972, M1589 and M1666 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
Again leased Marathon Farm in Winchester 1980-1888, during which time it was farmed by his son Stan [P182]
Resided of late in Gingin [2]
Father of Stan, Murray, Max and Bruce [P147]
Died 21 April 1988 [2]
Thomas Edward WALLIS
Labourer in Coorow in 1931 [50]
Matilda Mary WARD
Married Cecil Aloysius PARKER in 1907 [66]
Resided on Meelyah Farm in Gunyidi 1911-1917 [19]
Resided in Port Denison in 1919 [50]
Clement Mainprize WARREN
Born 1890 in Fareham, Hampshire, England [20] [21]
Son of retired Royal Navy commander Frederick B. WARREN and his wife Alice [20]
Resided with his parents, sister Effie and brother Frederick at Lausane in Vickham Road, Fareham, Surrey, England in 1891 [20]
In 1901 was living with his parents and siblings Effie, Frederick and Elsie at 67 Addiscombe Road in Croydon, Surrey, England [20]
Farmer of Warren Point Farm in Moora in 1916 [50]
Farmer of Cranmore Farm in Walebing in 1921 [50]
Farmer of Kenilworth Farm in Coomberdale in 1931 [50]
Farmer of Monomeath Farm in Coorow 1932-1935 [4] [5] [19]
Himself and Frederick U. E. FIRMSTONE farmed the property in partnership as "Warren & Firmstone" [5: 2-Mar-1934] [19]
The 1,477 acre farm was Lot M1142 of Victoria Location 2023 leased from the Estate of the Late C. A. NOLAN [3] [5: 22-Mar-1935] [19]
In 1932 they had a Dodge Runabout car licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-67 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Paid a £1/10/- Vermin Bonus by the Carnamah District Road Board on 16 August 1933 for killing three foxes [300: page 41]
It was reported in the local paper on 6 October 1933 that he had been an inmate of the Moora Hospital for some time [5: 6-Oct-1933]
"Warren & Firmstone" purchased three Border Leicester rams from LEISHMAN Bros of Winchester in February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Following the expiration of their lease they held a clearing sale on the property at 1:30 p.m. on Friday 29 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
They employed Carnamah agent W. B. SHERIDAN to conduct the sale, at which they sold their livestock and machinery [5]
Their livestock comprised of 600 sheep (mainly Border Leicester), 70 pigs, three cows, eight ducks, 30 fowls and 17 turkeys [5]
Machinery and Plant included 6 foot Shearer M.B. plough, 8 foot McKay header, 20 hoe McKay combine, 14 disc Sundercut, [5]
35 tyne McKay cultivator, drill, harrows, Dodge runabout, fumigator, Rumley tractor, vice, drilling machine, tools and sundries [5]
A "runabout" was a car that had been converted to a ute by opening up its back and adding in railing [WG]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 25 September 1969; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, PC, 155) [2]
Charles Trail WATSON
Labourer in Gunyidi in 1910 [50]
Edwin Stanley WATT
Farm Manager in Latham 1915-1917 [50]
Miss Daisy WEBB
Worked for Mrs "Mina" Eliza W. BOTHE at her boarding house in Coorow [P15]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Ernest WELLS
Farmhand in Waddy Forest 1930-1932 [50]