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"Tom" Thomas Clement DOWNES
Born 1897 in Irwin, Western Australia [15]
Son of Thomas DOWNES and Louisa Jane LONG [15]
His father died in 1897 and at Mingenew in 1901 his mother married Thomas DEE [15]
Grandson of William LONG and Sarah GREEN who were the first non-indigenous settlers in Coorow in 1862 [P17]
Farmhand and Labourer in Coorow 1919-1962 [19]
Married Eileen CASSERLY in 1925 [66]
Successfully tendered to contract fence the Coorow West Road in Coorow for the Carnamah District Road Board in 1936 [5: 24-Apr-1936]
He'd completed 80 chains of netting fence, 167 chains of clearing and 170 chains of posts on the Coorow West Road by June 1936 [5]
At his request the Carnamah District Road Board paid him a £20 progressive payment for the work he had done [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Also at his request he received 10/- compensation for damage caused to his bike for a fire lit by the Road Board gang [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Sold a cow for £3/7/6 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 2 December 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
First Aid Man for the Coorow Football Club in 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Steward of the Poultry section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of East Victoria Park [2]
Father of Eileen, Verna, Thomas, Jetta, Kathleen, Ursula [P361] and Irwin [P8]
Died 3 April 1966; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 4, 163) [2]
Amy Lillian DRAPER
Born 22 December 1896 in Beverley, Western Australia [P119]
Daughter of Alfred William DRAPER and Hannah Rebecca WOODLEY [15]
Married "Bert" Albert Edward Parker BATEMAN in Beverley in 1920 [P119]
Resided with her husband and children on Glen Waddi Farm in Waddy Forest 1921-1926 [P120]
Mother of Gwenyth, Ronald and Rita [P119]
Died March 1926; buried Beverley Cemetery, Beverley WA [P119]
Ethel Blanche DRAPER
Born 17 November 1882 in York, Western Australia [209]
Daughter of Alfred William DRAPER and Alice Eliza BLAKISTON [15]
Her mother died at the age of 31 years in 1886, and in 1892 her father married Hannah Rebecca WOODLEY [15]
For a period following her mother's death she was cared for by one of her aunts, who possibly also home-schooled her [P120]
Married "Don" Donnell Edgar FOWLER in Beverley on 30 June 1908 [P120]
Resided with her husband and children on Jangelling Farm at Balkuling in the Beverley district [P120]
Her husband purchased 1,295 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest for £1457.11.7 (22/6 an acre) on 25 February 1921 [27]
On the same day her brother-in-law Albert E. P. BATEMAN purchased the adjacent block in Waddy Forest [27]
Her husband shifted to Waddy Forest and begin clearing the property and had a good weatherboard house built [P120]
In 1924 shifted from Beverley with her children to join her husband on the farm in Waddy Forest [P120]
Resided with her husband and children on farmland in Waddy Forest 1924-1948 [P120]
The farm became known as Glen Waddi when they purchased her brother-in-law's adjacent farm in 1929 [P120]
They also had a house in Forrest Street, South Perth where she resided while their children were attending nearby schools [P120]
Won 1st prize for male Black Orpington at the first annual Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
During January 1935 spent an extended holiday in Arrino staying with her daughter Mrs Irene A. McCANN [5: 11-Jan-1935, 8-Feb-1935]
Won 1st prize for Turnips in the Vegetable section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show held on 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Miss Nancy S. JOHNSON stayed with herself and her family in Waddy Forest in July, August and September of 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Spent a holiday with relatives in Beverley in mid September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
In late November 1935 she was spending a holiday with her daughter Mrs Irene A. McCANN in Arrino [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Returned to Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 December 1935 feeling much benefit from her stay in Arrino [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Accompanied by her children Vivian and Verna travelled to Perth on Tuesday 7 January 1936 en-route for Albany [5: 10-Jan-1936]
She may not have made it to Albany as it was reported on 7 February 1936 that she had been at a Perth hospital for a month [5]
By mid February 1936 she was still at a hospital in Perth, but was "showing marked improvement" [5: 7 & 14-Feb-1936]
After months in hospital in Perth she returned to her home in Waddy Forest on Thursday 21 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
Herself, her husband and their daughter Adeline motored to Perth on Thursday morning 29 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
During November 1936 she spent another holiday with her daughter Mrs Irene A. McCANN in Arrino [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Herself and her daughters spent the 1936-37 summer at a rented house in the Perth suburb of Como [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Her husband and her children Elsie, Dulcie, Vivian and Verna returned to Waddy Forest on Tuesday night 19 January 1937 [5]
She remained in Perth as she was receiving medical attention at Saint Ive's Hospital [5: 22-Jan-1937]
After considerable time in Perth for medical attention herself and her husband returned to Waddy on 19 May 1937 [5: 21-May-1937]
Following a visit by her daughter Irene she accompanied her daughter to her home in Arrino on Sunday 11 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Resided on Glen Waddi Farm in Waddy Forest until 1948 when their three sons bought the farm off her husband [P120]
Left Waddy Forest in 1948 and shifted to their house in Forrest Street, South Perth where she resided until her death in 1950 [P120]
Mother of Irene, Adeline, Elsie, Edgar, Dulcie, Leslie, Vivian and Verna [209]Her
Died 29 May 1950; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WE, 666) [2]
Mrs Eleanor Mary DROMEY
Wife of "Glynn" Glen James DROMEY; see Eleanor Mary DIXEY
"Glynn" Glen James DROMEY
Born 16 November 1893 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Michael DROMEY and Euphemia MCKEAN [15]
By 1911 himself and his father had each taken up a Conditional Purchase lease in Gunyidi [44]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1911-1916 [30] [44]
Resided in Gunyidi until enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 22 February 1916 [30: item 3522454]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighed 130 pounds and had grey eyes, light brown hair and a ruddy complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill was appointed to the 17th Reinforcements of the 10th Light Horse Regiment on 11 April 1916 [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A52 Surada on 16 May 1916 [30]
Detached from the 10th Light Horse Brigade to the Imperial Corps on 10 August 1916 [30]
Private 2462 in the Australian Imperial Force's 3rd Imperial Camel Corps in Egypt during the First World War [30]
Wounded in Action in Egypt on 19 April 1917 and was briefly hospitalised for treatment of a shrapnel wound to his scalp [30]
Embarked on the H.T. Delta and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 August 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 10 October 1919; received the British War Medal and Victory Medal [30]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1919-1940 [3] [6] [19] [44]
Married Eleanor Mary DIXEY in Perth in 1924 [66]
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Had a Fargo truck licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-123 in 1932 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
By 1932 he owned 7,912 acres with Victoria Locations 3478, 4376, 4377, 5820, 5821, 5863, 5875, 5876, 7302, 7303 and 7304 [3]
Resided in South Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 7 October 1940 [16]
Private W27428 in the Australian Army's 29 Garrison Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 13 November 1944 [16]
Rates for his 7,912 acres of farmland in Gunyidi were care of the National Bank in Moora from 1940-41 until 1947-48 [3]
His farmland in Gunyidi was sold to E. J. NOONAN and R. J. HOCKING in April 1948 [3]
Resided at 30 Third Avenue in South from as early as 1942 until at least 1949 [6]
Later resided with his daughter Evelyn and son-in-law Harold at Marchamley Street in the Perth suburb of Carlisle [P367]
Father of Evelyn, Hazel, Patricia, Glynn, Molly and Elsie [P367]
Died 7 February 1980; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, PF, 163) [2]
Michael DROMEY
Born 1859 in Avoca, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Nicholas DROMEY and Alice WALSH [15]
Married Euphemia MCKEAN in Perth in 1889 [15]
Their son Vivian died aged ten months on 29 February 1892, and their son Cyril died aged six months on 21 October 1892 [231]
Both their two infant sons were buried in the same plot at the East Perth Cemetery [231]
Butcher in partnership with his brother N. William DROMEY as "Dromey Bros" in William Street, Perth in 1893 [6]
Won 1st prize for Rough Coated Collie Bitch at the WA Poultry & Dog Society's Annual Show in Perth in 1893 [39: 17-Aug-1893]
Resided in Hay Street, Perth in 1893; in Howick Street, Perth in 1894; and in Lamb Street, Perth in 1895 [6]
Resided at 70 Hutt Street, Perth in 1897 and at 68 Moore Street, East Perth in 1899 [6]
Butcher at 152 Pier Street in Perth in 1900 [6]
Grazier in 1903 and Manager in 1904 of Ninghan Station at Field's Find in the Murchison [6] [50]
Selector in Gunyidi in 1910 [50]
By 1911 himself and his son had each taken up a Conditional Purchase lease in Gunyidi [44]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1911-1927 [19]
Himself and his son attended the monthly meeting of the Carnamah District Road Board on 13 September 1927 [4: 23-Sep-1927]
They requested the Board pay them for work they'd done on six miles of road worth 10/- per chain so they could pay their rates [4]
The Road Board had to inspect the road first but said nothing would be paid until they had paid all of their arrears [4]
Resided in the Perth suburb of East Perth in 1928 [2]
Father of Vivian Nicholas, Cyril Lima and Glen James [15]
Died 17 October 1928 in Perth; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, BA, 479) [2] [15]
George Matt DRUMMOND
Railway Fettler in Gunyidi in 1922 [50]
John DRUMMOND
Pumper at the 157½ mile railing siding in Coorow 1915-1917 [50]
George DUFFELL
Railway Employee in Latham in 1922 [50]
Mrs Sarah DUFFELL
Resided in Latham in 1922 [50]
Elizabeth DUMARESQ
Married Winter Lidstone ASPLEY [15] [54]
Herself and her husband arrived in Victoria, Australia on the ship Cephalonia in March 1883 [42]
Gave birth to their children in Richmond, Victoria, Australia between 1883 and 1892 [15] [54]
By 1911 they had left the Australian state of Victoria and shifted to Coorow in Western Australia [19]
Resided on Merriedale Farm in Latham 1911-1925 [19]
Mother of Alice, Lloyd, William, Bertram and Lucy [15] [54]
Richard James DUNSTAN
Labourer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi in 1914 [50]
Clearer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi in 1916 and 1917 [19]
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John EDWARD
Farmhand in Latham in 1922 [50]
Charles EDWARDS
Labourer in Coorow 1929-1941 [19] [50]
George EDWARDS
Farmhand in Waddy Forest in 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 [5: 21-Jun-1935, 16-Aug-1935]
Witness at a traffic regulations breach hearing at the Carnamah Police Court in Carnamah on Friday 22 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Harry EDWARDS
Born C.1893 [2]
Himself and Myrtle EDWARDS purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1,820 acres of land in Coorow on 12 July 1922 [27]
The 1,820 acres was Lot M1377 of Victoria Location 2023, and cost £1,228/7/6, which was paid for over 17 years [27]
Farmer in Coorow 1927-1941 [19]
Committee Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 [5: 3-May-1935]
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: 2-Aug-1935, 3-Jul-1936, 18-Jun01937]
In mid September 1935 sold 28 suckers for 10/1 per head and 13 suckers for 8/10 per head [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Hosted an evening in honour of Mr and Mrs BIRMINGHAM of West Perth at his home in Coorow on 27 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Held a cocktail party at his home to show bush life by night to Elsie MARRIOTT and Ross MELROSE on 16 July 1936 [5: 24-Jul-1936]
Hosted a bucks party for Winchester farmers George A. RAFFAN and Eric J. BRADLEY on Wednesday evening 7 October 1936 [5]
The evening included songs, stories, seafood and coffee - the latter of which was reported to have been a masterpiece [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold 27 hoggets at 10/1, 19 suckers at 11/5 and 20 ewes at 9/8 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd in November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-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]
Competed in the Carnamah Tennis Club's Easter Tennis Tournament at Centenary Park in Carnamah in March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Attended the R.S.L. Valedictory for Charles A. METTAM at the lounge of the Carnamah Hotel on 28 July 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
"H. & M. Edwards" sold 48 lambs through Elder Smith & Co Ltd in September 1937 - 13 at 18/7, 26 at 17/10, 9 at 17/9 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Married Marjorie Etta UNDERWOOD in Perth in 1941 [66]
Resided at 3 Malcolm Street in Perth while initially remaining the owner of his farm in Coorow [61]
In 1950 sold 1,180 acres of his farm to Milton J. TILLY and the remaining 640 acres to "Tim" Harold T. MELVIN [3]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of North Beach [2]
Died 16 June 1959; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Memorialised along with his wife in the Garden of Remembrance at the Karrakatta Cemetery (Crematorium Rose Gardens, K, 306) [2]
Josiah EDWARDS
Born 1854 in Upper Swan, Western Australia [15]
Son of Samuel EDWARDS and Charlotte BROOM [15]
Married Mary Ann LAWLER in Newcastle in 1892 [15]
Farmer of Croydon Farm and then Calecono Farm in Marchagee 1914-1925 [19]
He was the owner of the 160 acres Victoria Location 6956 in Marchagee, and his son Vernon owned a further 2,291 acres [44]
In 1917 had 200 acres of wheat crop growing on his farm at Marchagee [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of West Perth [2]
Father of Florence Emeline, Mary Amy, Iva Lavinia and Vernon Hubert [15]
Died 16 April 1927; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LA, 580) [2]
Mrs Marjorie Etta EDWARDS
Wife of Harry EDWARDS; see Marjorie Etta UNDERWOOD
Mrs "Trix" Sarah Ann Eliza EDWARDS
Wife of Vernon Hubert EDWARDS; see "Trix" Sarah Ann Eliza JONES
Vernon Hubert EDWARDS
Born 1894 in Wongong, Western Australia [15]
Son of Josiah EDWARDS and Mary Ann LAWLER [15]
Farmer of Croydon Farm in Marchagee 1917-1922 [50]
Married "Trix" Sarah Ann Eliza JONES in Perth 1921 [66]
Farmer of Calecono Farm in Marchagee 1923-1931 [19] [50]
He was the owner of 2,291 acres of land in Marchagee consisting of Victoria Locations 4027 and 6955 [44]
His father owned a further 160 acres with the adjoining Victoria Location 6956 [44]
At the first wool sale of the season on Friday 4 November 1921 he sold four bales of wool for 15d. per pound [10: 11-Nov-1921]
Elected as Member for the South Ward of the Carnamah District Road Board at an election held in April 1925 [9: 1-May-1925]
Served on the Carnamah District Road Board representing the South Ward in 1925 [9: 1-May-1925]
At the time the South Ward of the Carnamah District Road Board consisted of Marchagee and Gunyidi [3]
In 1928 he also owned with a Mr BARRETT-LENNARD 13,500 acres on the Marchagee Estate in Marchagee [120: 20-Dec-1928]
On the 13,500 acres they grew 3,000 acres of crop mostly on sandplain, expected to yield 13-14 bushels, and ran 1,700 sheep [120]
By mid 1932 he had sold his 2,291 acres of farmland in Marchagee to Arthur L. RAINS [3] [19]
Later resided in West Perth [2]
Died 22 November 1958; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, H, 69) [2]
Geoffrey EGG
Farmhand in Marchagee 1914-1919 [50]
Bertram Frederick ELLIOTT
Born C.1894 [2]
Teamster on Mamboobie Estate in Marchagee in 1919 [50]
Farmhand on Minganooka Farm in Marchagee 1931-1938 [19] [50]
Won 1st prize for Snapdragons in the Flower section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Wattle Grove [2]
Died 8 August 1949; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Baptist, CA, 455) [2]
Frank ELLIS
Labourer on the Mamboobie Estate in Marchagee 1911-1916 [19]
Albert ELLISON
Farmer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1916 [19]
Mrs "Irene" Annie Irene ELLISON
Wife of "Gilly" Gilbert Townsend ELLISON; see "Irene" Annie Irene SPICER
Frank Stewart ELLISON
Born 24 July 1883 in Glen Osmond, South Australia [55]
Son of James ELLISON and Georgina Sophia TOWNSEND [50]
Contractor in Gunyidi, Western Australia in 1910 [50]
Contractor at Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1916 [19] [50]
Contractor in Gunyidi prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 20 April 1916 [30: item 3541397]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 8½ inches tall, weighed 146 pounds and had light blue eyes, sandy hair and a ruddy complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill he was appointed on 28 September 1916 to the 4th Reinforcements of the 44th Infantry Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A39 Port Macquarie on 13 October 1916 [30]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England on 12 December 1916 and after further training proceeded to France on 4 February 1917 [30]
Private 2324 in the Australian Imperial Force's 44th Infantry Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Promoted in France to Lance Corporal on 12 July 1917, to Temporary Corporal on 16 July 1917, to Corporal on 28 August 1917 [30]
Killed in Action in Belgium on 4 October 1917 [30]
Buried near the Ypres-Roulers Road one mile north-northeast of Zonnebeke and 1½ miles southwest of Passchendaele in Belgium [30]
Memorialised at the Menin Gate of the Ypres Memorial in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium [17]
"Gilly" Gilbert Townsend ELLISON
Born 14 October 1881 in Glen Osmond, South Australia
Son of James ELLISON and Georgina Sophia TOWNSEND
Member of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society from the age of eleven years [30]
Contractor in Mitcham, South Australia in 1916 [18]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 14 August 1916 in Adelaide, South Australia [30: item 3541399]
At the time he was 5 feet 8¼ inches tall, weighed 176 pounds and had grey eyes, fair hair but going bald and a fair complexion [30]
Gave his next of kin as his mother whose address at the time was Arnold Street in Mitcham, South Australia [30]
Appointed to the 21st Reinforcements of the 10th Battalion on 18 October 1916 in Mitcham, South Australia [30]
Embarked from Adelaide, South Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A16 Port Melbourne on 23 October 1916 [30]
Disembarked in Devonport, England on 28 December 1916 and after further training proceeded to France on 5 April 1917 [30]
Private 6504 in the Australian Imperial Force's 10th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Ten days after arriving in France, on 15 April 1917 he was Wounded in Action receiving a serious wound to his left thigh [30]
The wound had been caused by an explosive bullet and was also gassed, and two days later it was going septic [30]
After an X-Ray the wound was operated on in France on 19 April 1917 with the medical officer considering it a bad case [30]
After a month of treatment in France he was repatriated by hospital ship to England where he received further treatment [30]
Embarked England on the A29 H.T. Suevic and disembarked in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 18 November 1917 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force due to being medically unfit for service on 4 December 1917 [30]
Received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Following his return he resided on Tutt Avenue in the Adelaide suburb of Kingswood [30]
From 5 December 1917 he received a fortnightly pension of 14/- for his mother [30]
He wrote to the Base Records Office of the A.I.F. on 7 March 1918 requesting help in acquiring further sick pay [30]
Wrote he'd "never drawn a penny for sick pay and no medicine blessed with good health right up to the time I got wounded" [30]
Received a fortnightly pension of 45/- from the A.I.F. and owing to having an incapacitated son his mother received one of 28/- [30]
His and his mother's respective fortnightly pensions were reduced from 45/- to 30/- and 28/- to 25/- on 4 July 1918 [30]
Married "Irene" Annie Irene SPICER in Western Australia in 1919 [66]
Contractor in Gunyidi in 1919 [50]
Farmer in Gunyidi, Western Australia 1920-1927 [19] [44]
Initially his farm was the 980 acre Victoria Location 5798 [44]
Took up more land increasing his farm to a total of about 1,723 acres - Victoria Locations 3473, 5798, 5825, 5871 [3] [44]
They later resided at 185 Beaufort Street in Perth and at 36 Brookman Street in North Perth [P361]
Served as a Peace Officer Guard during the Second World War [30: item 1765110]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Manning [2]
Father of Gladys, Dorothy, Allen, Constance, Nellie, Hilda and Joyce [P361]
Died 9 August 1962; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, FA, 131) [2]
Amy Louise EMERY
Resided in Marchagee in 1919 [50]
Arthur Arnold EMERY
Farm Manager in Marchagee in 1919 [50]
Charles Holland EMERY
Farmer in Marchagee 1910-1914 [19] [44]
He was the Postal Vote Officer for Marchagee for the Legislative Council elections held on 13 May 1910 [9: 22-Apr-1910]
Percy Reginald EMERY[50]
Farmer in Marchagee in 1919 [50]
Samuel C. EMERY
Farmer in Marchagee 1915-1921 [44]
Grew 400 acres of wheat crop on his farm in Marchagee in 1917 [10: 19-Jun-1917]
George William EVERY
Born C.1910 [2]
Resided of late in Coorow [2]
Died 30 April 1978; ashes dispersed Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
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Edna May FALCONER
Born C.1908 [2]
Resided on Barokee Farm in Coorow 1950-1967 [2] [19
Died 27 July 1967; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8C, 13) [2]
Mrs Daisy Laura FARLEY
Wife of "Dan" Daniel Philip FARLEY; see Daisy Laura WILLISON
"Dan" Daniel Philip FARLEY
Born 24 September 1889 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England [30]
Son of Philip FARLEY and Eva Harriett BROWN [30]
He was a Marine Engineer by trade and had undertaken a five year apprenticeship with Deny & Company in Scotland [30]
Farmer of Dartmouth Farm in Coorow, Western Australia 1912-1917 [19] [215]
Member of the Coorow branch of the Farmers & Settlers Association - was Secretary in 1912 [215]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australia Imperial Force in Perth on 1 January 1918 [30: item 3548005]
At enlistment he was 5 feet 8½ inches tall, weighed 144 pounds with brown eyes, light brown hair and a medium complexion [30]
On 2 January 1918 at Laverton he was appointed to the Australian Imperial Force's Australian Flying Corps [30]
Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for active service abroad on the R.M.S. Osterley 8 May 1918 [18]
2nd Class Air Mechanic 3231 in the Australian Imperial Force's Australian Flying Corps during the First World War [30]
Granted leave with pay to attend McGibbons School of Marine Engineering in Scotland 21 February 1919 to 17 July 1919 [30]
He was an excellent student, and successfully passed the 2nd Class Board of Trade's Examination of Marine Engineering [30]
Embarked from England on the Aeneas and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 January 1920 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 25 January 1920; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Married Daisy Laura SINFIELD nee WILLISON in Perth in 1920 [66]
Farmer in Coorow 1920-1928 [6] [19]
Returned to Coorow in August 1920 [215]
By 1920 was farming in Coorow in partnership with his father and brother James as "Philip Farley & Sons" [44]
Wrote to the Education Department on 12 March 1921 requesting a teacher to consistently run the Coorow State School [215]
Despite expenses his stepdaughter Pearl hadn't received five weeks running of education since she had been in Coorow [215]
Signatory to a letter sent to the Director of Education by Mrs Annie M. BATTERSBY of Coorow on 14 March 1921 [215]
The letter complained about the sporadic nature, including too many closed days, in which the Coorow State School was run [215]
His wife purchased the 701 acre Lot M1121 of Victoria Location 2023 in Coorow from Alexander GRANT on 12 June 1925 [27]
Lot M1121 still had instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company, which they completed paying [27]
Later became the owner of 630 of his father's acres in Coorow (Lots M947 and M961 of Victoria Location 2023) [3] [44]
His father had begun purchasing Lots M947 and M961 from the Midland Railway Company on 28 April 1913 [27]
On leaving the district he leased his farm in Coorow to neighbouring farmer Charles C. BOTHE [P147]
Resided at 35 Martin Avenue in the Perth suburb of Nedlands 1929-1946 [6]
He wrote to the Carnamah District Road Board in August 1935 requesting they reduce the money he owed them [5]
The Carnamah District Road Board resolved that they "could not sanction" such a reduction [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Hume pipes were installed over the crossing to his property in Coorow by the Main Road Board in October 1936 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
By the end of the 1938-39 financial year he had sold his 1,331 acre farm in Coorow to Charles C. BOTHE [3]
Resided at 35 Martin Avenue in the Perth suburb of Nedlands until his death in 1946 [2]
Died 17 December 1946; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, Niche Wall, W1, 105) [2]
He was registered at birth under the name of Philip Daniel FARLEY [21]
Ellen Sarah FARLEY
Born 17 January 1891 [33]
Daughter of Philip FARLEY and Eva Harriett BROWN [33] [215]
Baptised on 18 July 1891 at Kidderpore in Calcutta, West Bengal, India [33]
Departed Calcutta, India with her parents on the steamship Hymettus and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 April 1911 [70]
Later in 1911 she was living at Eden Hill in the Perth suburb of Guildford [215]
She wrote to the Education Department on 7 September 1911 wanting particulars about the school monitor's examination [215]
Her father was intending to take up land in Coorow, and she was hoping to get a post at the proposed Coorow State School [215]
A school was to be established as with her sister Phyllis and brother James there was the required ten local children of school age [215]
Arrived in Coorow in December 1911 and after delays finding premises opened the Coorow State School on 5 February 1912 [215]
School Teacher of the Coorow State School in Coorow in 1912 [215]
The school at Coorow was a Regulation Four School which meant it was conducted from a private and not state supplied building [215]
She taught the school from a bush shed on George J. T. BATTERSBY's Wattle Vale Farm from February 1912 to October 1912 [215]
In June 1912 she was conducting the school from her father's home on Dartmouth Farm in Coorow [215]
The bush shed on Wattle Vale became unavailable after 15 October 1912 and the school then had no home for six weeks [215]
It appears that she may have conducted the school from her father's home on Dartmouth Farm in Coorow during its homelessness [215]
The school moved to two rooms freely provided by James MCGILL at Coorow House and reopened on 2 December 1912 [215]
Mrs Eva Harriett FARLEY
Wife of Capt. Philip FARLEY; see Eva Harriett BROWN
James FARLEY
Born 11 October 1900 in Calcutta, Bengal, India [16]
Son of Philip FARLEY and Eva Harriett BROWN [30]
Baptised at the Seamens Church at Hastings in Calcutta, Bengal, India on 13 November 1900 [272]
Departed Calcutta, India with his parents on the steamship Hymettus and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 April 1911 [70]
Resided with his parents on Dartmouth Farm in Coorow, Western Australia 1912-1916 [19] [30] [215]
His name was listed as a prospective student in applications for an assisted State School to be established in Coorow in 1911 [215]
Student at the Coorow State School in 1912, which was a bush shed on Wattle Vale Farm and run by his sister Ellen [215]
By September 1913 he was boarding in Three Springs and attending the Three Springs State School [215]
Student at the Coorow State School at Coorow House on Victoria Location 385 in Coorow in 1914 [215]
Farmhand in Coorow prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in Geraldton on 14 July 1916 [30: item 3548039]
He was noted as 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 144 lbs. and with blue-grey eyes, brown hair and a medium complexion [30]
After brief training at Blackboy Hill he was on 1 November 1916 appointed to the 17th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916 [18]
Private 6075 in the Australian Imperial Force's 28th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
His mother wrote to the Australian Headquarters of the A.I.F. on 24 December 1917 informing them he was underage [30]
A month later an investigation was begun to ascertain his true age, and it was revealed with his admission that he was underage [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 14 January 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
On his return from the war he was tendered a Welcome Home at his parents' home in Coorow on Thursday 10 July 1919 [10: 18-Jul-1919]
The evening was organised by his mother, who with some assistance decorated the room with the colours of his battalion [10]
His Welcome Home was reported to have been "the best and brightest function yet head in that old established place Coorow" [10]
A large crowd from Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs attended, many of whom travelled boggy roads to be present [10]
Farmer in Coorow 1920-1928 [6] [19] [27]
Purchased with cash 517 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company on 16 June 1920 [27]
The 517 acres was Lot M1231 of Victoria Location 2023, and cost £439.13.7 (17/- per acre), less a 20% cash discount [27]
Initially farmed his own land and his father's in partnership with his father and brother Daniel as "Philip Farley & Sons" [44]
By 1924 was farming on his own, and had also become the owner of the 753 acre Lot M1046 of Victoria Location 2023 [44]
Lot M1046 had previously been owned by his father, who had purchased it as virgin land in 1915 for £428/14/0 [27]
By 1931 he appears to have sold his 1,270 acre farm in Coorow (Lots M1046 and M1231) to Charles C. BOTHE of Coorow [3]
Married Lily BROWN in 1921 [66]
Labourer in Perenjori 1929-1935 [19]
Farmer in Bowgada 1938-1942 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 9 April 1942 [16]
Private W64281 in the Australian Army's 5 Garrison Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 19 April 1943 [16]
Farmer in Perenjori 1948-1958 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Died 29 June 1981; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Mrs Lily FARLEY
Wife of James FARLEY; see Lily BROWN
Pearl Frances FARLEY
Stepdaughter of "Dan" Daniel Philip FARLEY; see Pearl Frances SINFIELD
Capt. Philip FARLEY
Born C.1858 [2]
Master Mariner in India [70]
Married Eva Harriett BROWN in 1887 in Bengal, India [171]
Departed Calcutta, India with his wife and children on the Hymettus and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 April 1911 [70]
By September 1911 he had plans to take up land in Coorow [215]
Ahead of them moving to Coorow his daughter Ellen applied to become the teacher of the proposed school in Coorow [215]
He guaranteed to contribute to the teacher's salary if the attendance fell below ten at the proposed Coorow State School in 1911 [215]
Farmer of Dartmouth Farm in Coorow, Western Australia 1912-1925 [19] [27] [215]
On 28 April 1913 signed the contract to purchase from the Midland Railway Company 630 acres of farmland in Coorow [27]
The 630 acres consisted of Lots M947 and M961 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £2992/10/-, payable by instalments [27]
The land was part of the Midland Railway Company's Improved Farm Scheme and was the first farm sold through the scheme [27]
Like others in the Improved Farm Scheme it came with a house in addition to being partly cleared and fenced [34]
M947 and M961 both adjoin the railway line and are on the north and south sides of South Waddy Road respectively [62]
Took out assistance under the Industries Assistance Board while establishing his farm [34]
Signatory to financial guarantees to the Education Department issued on 10 August 1912 and 3 December 1912 [215]
The guarantee was to pay the financial shortfall if attendance at the Coorow State School fell below ten students [215]
By September 1913 his son James was boarding in Three Springs and attending the Three Springs State School [215]
In March 1915 applied to purchase from the Midland Railway Company an adjoining 750 acres for between 8/- and 25/- per acre [34]
Application successful: on 29 June 1915 purchased 753 acres of adjoining virgin land from the Midland Railway Coy for £428 [27]
753 acres was Lot M1046 of Victoria Location 2023 and was adjacent to M947 on the north side of South Waddy Road [27] [62]
During the First World War his sons Daniel and James served in the Australian Imperial Force [30: items 3548039, 3548005]
Sold 331 bags of wheat from his 1915 harvest (108 bags for 4/- and 223 bags for 3/- per bushel) and kept 170 bags for seed wheat [34]
In April 1916 A. J. BARBER, General Manager of the Midland Railway Company in London, England remarked in a letter: [34]
"Captain Farley…has been a good hard worker from all accounts, and was…the first settler who came to our farms" [34]
Seeded 300 acres of crop on his farm in 1916 [34] and had 350 acres of wheat crop in 1917 [10: 19-Jun-1917]
In August 1916 signed a petition which was sent to the Midland Railway Company requesting the price of their farms be reduced [34]
Member of the Carnamah branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association in 1917 [34]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
By 1920 was farming and trading in partnership with his sons Daniel and James as "Philip Farley & Sons" [44]
Himself, his son James and Carl G. B. JENSEN took out a contract to purchase 669 acres in Coorow on 15 September 1922 [27]
The 669 acres was Lot M1387 of Victoria Location 2023 and was being purchased from the Midland Railway Company [27]
Lot M1387 cost £217/13/5 (6/6 per acre) which was payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
On 15 January 1925 they assigned the block to his wife Eva, and on 28 September 1927 sold it to Alfred G. WALLIS [27]
Appears to have left Coorow in 1925, with his Lots M947 and M961 going to his son Daniel and M1046 to his son James [3] [19] [44]
Resided in Mandurah in 1929 and 1930 [6]
Resided at 21 Douglas Avenue, South Perth in 1934 and at 15 Yeovil Crescent in the Perth suburb of Bicton in 1935 and 1936 [6]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Fremantle [2]
Father of Daniel, Ellen, James and Phyllis [30] [70]
Died 19 September 1936; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Anglican, A5, 205) [2]
His wife Eva died two months later on 14 November 1936, aged 66 years and was also buried at the Fremantle Cemetery [2]
Phyllis Eva FARLEY
Daughter of Philip FARLEY and Eva Harriett BROWN [70]
Departed Calcutta, India with her parents on the steamship Hymettus and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 April 1911 [70]
Resided with her parents on Dartmouth Farm in Coorow 1912-1923 [19] [34] [215]
Her name was listed as a prospective student in applications for an assisted State School to be established in Coorow in 1911 [215]
Student at the Coorow State School in 1912, which was run by her sister Ellen S. FARLEY [215]
Came 3rd in the "Belle of the Ball" competition at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday in Three Springs on 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Entrant in the Carnamah Popular Girl Competition conducted by the Carnamah Hall Committee in 1920 and 1921 [10: 1-Apr-1921]
In 1925 she was working as a Nurse and living at 697 Beaufort Street in what was then the Perth suburb of Highgate Hill [50]
Nurse in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1930 [50]
Resided with a Mrs TRAVERS on Charlton Avenue in the Sydney suburb of Summer Hill [50]
Resided at The Maisonette Flats on Challis Avenue in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst [50]
Following her father's death in 1936 herself and her mother were living at 73 Marine Terrace in the Perth suburb of Fremantle [50]
William Arthur FARLEY
Farmhand for Baxter D. BOTHE on Inglewood Farm in Coorow in 1929 and 1930 [19]
Mary Jane FARRELL
Married Charles Frederick STARTLING in Geraldton in 1911 [66]
They resided in Coomberdale in 1914, in Coorow in 1917, and in Carnamah in Carnamah in 1919 and 1920 [6] [19]
Resided in Arrino in 1921 [19]
Came fourth with 5,753 votes in the Ugly Woman Competition conducted in Three Springs for the Y.M.C.A. in May 1917 [9]
Her candidiature in the competition contributed to the raising of £208/17/6 for the war efforts of the Y.M.C.A. [9: 25-May-1917]
Resided in Dongara in 1923 [19]
Resided on Victoria Street in Mingenew in 1929 and 1930 [19]
In early 1932 she was living in Walkaway and in later 1932 and in 1933 she was living in Mullewa [19]
Matthew FARRELL
Contractor in Marchagee in 1909 and 1910 [50]
John FARRELLY
Fettler in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Mrs Winifred Mary FARRELLY
Resided in Latham in 1922 [50]
George Robert Charles FELTON
Farmer in Gunyidi 1929-1933 [19]
Kevin Ringol FENNELL
Born 7 July 1936 [45]
Son of Walter George FENNELL and Alice Christina BRYANT [14]
Married Jetta Margaret DOWNES [P8]
Farmhand in Marchagee [19]
Worked on the farms of Peter W. THOMSON and then John M. STACY in Marchagee [P327]
Continued to live in a house on John M. STACY's farm in Marchagee while he established a local contracting business [P327]
Contract Carrier and Superphosphate Spreader in and around Marchagee [P327]
During the off-season of his business he did all of the maintaining of his trucks, spreaders and equipment [P327]
Later shifted to a house in the Marchagee townsite [P327]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club [45]
During his time at Marchagee he had a beach shack at Green Head [45]
Purchased his father's original 1,400 farm from his brother W. Frank FENNELL in the 1960s or 1970s [P327]
Later resided in Geraldton [45]
Passed away at the age of 70 years at the Saint John of God Hospital in Geraldton [45]
His Funeral Mass was held at Saint Lawrence's Catholic Church in the Geraldton suburb of Bluff Point [45]
Father of Kerry, Peter, Maria, Sharyn, James and Bernard [45]
Died 12 January 2006; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton WA on 17 January 2006 [45]
"Frank" Walter Frank FENNELL
Born 1927 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of Walter George FENNELL and Alice Christina BRYANT [14]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Marchagee [19]
Part of an overland trip to the uninhabited coast at Jurien Bay, which departed on Monday 15 February 1937 [5: 26-Feb-1937]
The 12 other members of the party were Walter G. FENNELL, Frank R. BRYANT and C. Jock BRAYNT of Marchagee; [5]
Baxter D. BOTHE, William J. GAUNT, George HUTRCHRAFT, Donald S. GRANT, David TODD, Fred BINGHAM, [5]
and John S. READ of Coorow; Angus A. N. MCGILP of Waddy Forest; and William A. T. SARGENT of Carnamah [5]
They travelled in two trucks and two cars and from Moora they drove over 54 miles of road and 30 miles of sand [5]
They erected a shed and tables and were able to get good reception on a wireless Fred BINGHAM had taken along [5]
They took a boat with them and fished every day, and paid a visit to caves situated nine miles from their camp at Jurien Bay [5]
The party also visited Sandy Cape and North Head and after an enjoyable stay returned home on Friday 19 February 1937 [5]
Purchased the 1,778 acre Victoria Location 9493 in Marchagee from Frank R. BRYANT in January 1950 [3]
Farmer in Marchagee 1950-1980 [19]
Fisherman of Lot 101 Bristol Street in the Coorow townsite in 1986 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Armadale [2]
Died 15 May 1995; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Walter George FENNELL
Born 4 April 1908 in Busselton, Western Australia [16]
Farmer in Marchagee 1923-1955 [1] [14] [19]
His farm was 1,544 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 3255, 3256 and 5866 [3]
Married Alice Christina BRYANT in Perth in 1926 [14] [66]
Part of an overland trip to the uninhabited coast at Jurien Bay, which departed on Monday 15 February 1937 [5: 26-Feb-1937]
The other members of the party were his son W. Frank FENNELL, Frank R. BRYANT and C. Jock BRAYNT of Marchagee; [5]
Baxter D. BOTHE, William J. GAUNT, George HUTRCHRAFT, Donald S. GRANT, David TODD, Fred BINGHAM, [5]
and John S. READ of Coorow; Angus A. N. MCGILP of Waddy Forest; and William A. T. SARGENT of Carnamah [5]
They travelled in two trucks and two cars and from Moora they drove over 54 miles of road and 30 miles of sand [5]
They erected a shed and tables and were able to get good reception on a wireless Fred BINGHAM had taken along [5]
They took a boat with them and fished every day, and paid a visit to caves situated nine miles from their camp at Jurien Bay [5]
The party also visited Sandy Cape and North Head and after an enjoyable stay returned home on Friday 19 February 1937 [5]
Private W83520 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
On 15 December 1943 was fined £2 at the Carnamah Police Court for drinking at the Coorow Hotel at an hour outside its license [22]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1946 [13]
Father of Frank, Kevin, Barry and Graham [14]
Died 27 February 1955; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row F, Plot 2) [1]
Jeanett Paton FERGUSON
Born 4 December 1899 in Moonta, South Australia [55]
Daughter of John Paton FERGUSON and Frances Amelia MORRIS [55]
Married Milton Jabez TILLY on 28 July 1927 in Weetulta, South Australia [55]
In 1936 shifted with her husband from South Australia to Coorow, Western Australia [P8]
Resided in Coorow from 1936 until 1995 [P8]
Resided in the house on Lot 1142, which her husband leased, on the north side of the Coorow-Latham Road 1936-1940 [P8]
Resided on her husband's Touchna Farm, Lot M1617, between the Midlands Road and Touche Road 1940-1946 [P8]
Purchased the former billiard saloon at Lot 47 Commercial Street in the Coorow townsite from Lloyd WILLIAMS [3]
Resided in the galvanised iron house (former billiard saloon) at Lot 47 Commercial Street, Coorow 1946 onwards [P8]
In July 1946 purchased the vacant and adjacent Lot 48 Commercial Street in Coorow from Mrs Frances E. SCHNEIDER [3]
Later had a new house built which straddled both Lots 47 and 48 Commercial Street, Coorow [P8]
Used both the new and old houses for a number of years and then had the old house pulled down and added to the new one [P8]
Won 1st prize for Fancy Cakes at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park in Coorow on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Exhibited in the Confectionary and Vegetable sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Won 1st prizes for Plain Scones and for Fancy Cakes, and 2nd prize for Carrots [5]
At the Show Ball held in the evening following the Show she received the V. W. Broun Trophy for the best Fancy Cakes [5]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1946 and 1947 [150]
Steward of the Cookery section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Tenth Annual Show in 1947 [150]
Later a member of the North Midlands Agricultural Society [P8]
Member of Coorow's branches of the Red Cross Society, Country Women's Association and R.S.L. Ladies' Auxiliary [P8]
Member of the North Midlands Methodist Church / North Midlands Uniting Church [P8]
Resided on Lots 47 and 48 Commercial Street, Coorow until 1995 when she moved to the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs [P8]
Mother of Jill [P8]
Died 7 March 2003; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth (VC Section, Niche Wall, W5, 41) [2]
Mrs Ivy Evelyn FIEBIG
Wife of Alan Oscar FIEBIG; see Ivy Evelyn ANGEL
Frank FINNISS
Railway Fettler in Latham in 1916 and 1917 [50]
Frederick Ulick Evelyn FIRMSTONE
Born C.1893 [2]
Farmer of Kenilworth Farm in Coomberdale in 1931 [50]
Farmer of Monomeath Farm in Coorow 1932-1935 [4] [5] [19]
Himself and Clement M. WARREN farmed the property in partnership as "Warren & Firmstone" [5: 2-Mar-1934] [19]
The farm was the 1,477 acre Lot M1142 of Victoria Location 2023, which was leased from Dennis J. 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]
It was reported in the local newspaper 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, harros, Dodge runabout, fumigator, Rumley tractor, vice, drilling machine, tools and sundries [5]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Armadale [2]
Died 31 October 1985; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (DA Section, Ground Niche, A, 83) [2]
John FITZPATRICK
Fencer in Coorow 1911-1913 [19] [50]
William FLETCHER
Clearing Contractor in Three Springs 1910-1914 [6] [19] [50]
Farmhand on Carl G. B. JENSEN's Sandringham Farm in Coorow 1914-1916 [19]
Labourer in Coorow in 1917 [50]
Mrs "Fay" Faith Reta FOLLAND
Wife of Gilbert Ridgway FOLLAND; see "Fay" Faith Reta NICHOLLS
Gilbert Ridgway FOLLAND
Born 2 January 1911 in Enfield, South Australia [55]
Son of Stanley Lorraine FOLLAND and Susanna Kate MORCOMBE [55]
Farmer of Enfield Park Farm in Waddy Forest, Western Australia [110]
Member of the Waddy Forest Cricket Club 1928-1930 [4: 10-Nov-1928, 11-Oct-1930]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dance held in Winchester on Saturday 14 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club in 1932 [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Came 2nd in the Coat, Hat and Cigarette Race in the Horse Events at the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club 1933-1951 [4: 2-Dec-1933, 23-Oct-1936, 7-Apr-1951]
Came 1st in the Flag Race and the Swerving Race in the Horse Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Master of Ceremonies at the send-off to Tom MORCOMBE at the Waddy Forest Hall on Saturday 13 January 1934 [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Member of the Waddy Forest Group of Toc H in 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Married "Fay" Faith Reta NICHOLLS at the Central Baptist Church in Perth on 17 March 1934 [5: 23-Mar-1934, 6-Apr-1934]
His best man was his cousin Keith MORCOMBE, while groomsman was Fay's brother Max NICHOLLS [5]
Following their wedding himself and his wife arrived to their home Thornborough in Waddy Forest on Saturday 31 March 1934 [5]
Received a small presentation in recognition of his marriage at a meeting of the Waddy Forest Toc H on 25 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Himself and his father travelled to Perth on Sunday 29 July 1934 to attend a horse sale early the next week [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Won the Melon Race in the Ring Events section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Master of Ceremonies during the later portion of the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1935 and 1936, and was B Grade Champion in 1937 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 31-Jul-1936, 16-Jul-1937]
Attended the Coorow Rifle Club's Grand Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 26 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Represented Waddy at meetings of the Carnamah-Winchester-Coorow Tennis Association 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 6-Sep-1935, 18-Sep-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 his sister Nance at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
He was among those from Waddy Forest who travelled to Perth for the Perth Royal Show in October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-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]
Competitor in the Parkinson Tennis Club's Tennis Tournament held in Carnamah on New Year's Day 1 January 1937 [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]
Played for the defeated Married Men in a cricket match against Single Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Master of Ceremonies at the Waddy Forest Tennis Club's Presentation Dance in Waddy Forest in June 1937 [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Attended the Kitchen Tea for Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD at the Waddy Forest Hall on 31 July 1937 [5: 6-Aug-1937]
Private in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Agricultural Society and Patriotic Funds Committee in 1945 [0: image 04319]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 21 September 1945 [96]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1946 [150]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1952 [0: image 04668]
In 1957 was the owner of a motor vehicle with licence plate CA-52 [22]
In 1963 was the owner of a Vauxhall sedan car with licence plate CW-224 and a trailer with licence plate CW-32 [22]
Later resided at 45 Beckenham Place in the Perth suburb of Beckenham [2]
Passed away at the age of 74 years from respiratory failure and emphysema at the Mount Henry Hospital in Como [90]
Father of Kath, Ruth and Maxine [14]
Died 22 January 1985 in the Perth suburb of Como; ashes interred Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Niche Wall) [1] [2]
"Stan" Stanley Lorraine FOLLAND
Born 11 July 1883 in Enfield, South Australia [55]
Son of Charles French FOLLAND and Annie Maria WILLIAMS [55]
Married "Susie" Susanna Kate MORCOMBE on 25 May 1909 in Enfield, South Australia [55]
Settled on prospective farmland at Waddy Forest in the Coorow district of Western Australia in 1924 [P164]
On 27 October 1924 he had purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1,136 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest [27]
The 1,136 acres of virgin land was Lot M1505 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £994/8/9 or 17/6 per acre [27]
The purchase was payable by instalments over 15 years and after extending the repayments to 1944 he completed the purchase [27]
Farmer of Enfield Park Farm in Waddy Forest 1924-1941 [5: 27-Jul-1934] [19] [P164]
In 1928 he grew 630 acres of Nabawa and Gluyas varieties of wheat on his farm in Waddy Forest [120: 20-Dec-1928]
Hail struck his wheat crops in 1928, and the damage done was estimated to have been seven bushels per acre [120: 20-Dec-1928]
Member of the Waddy Forest Cricket Club in 1928-29 [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Competed in the nationwide Bateman Centenary Wheat Growers' Competition in 1929 [4: 17-May-1930]
Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club 1929-1932 [4: 24-Aug-1929, 22-Aug-1931] [5: 22-Jul-1932]
Attended and spoke at the Welcome Home held in Coorow for Dr. W. P. SHANAHAN on 13 September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Represented the Carnamah Rifle Club at the National Rifle Association Prize meeting in 1932 [5: 2-Sep-1932]
In 1932 was the owner of a Hillman car and a Chevrolet truck with license plates CA-185 and CA-204 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
At one stage had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanic Henry Parkin & Son [53]
Foundation Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1932-1936 [4: 9-Apr-1932] [5: 13-Mar-1936] [150]
Attended, exhibited and competed at the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show held in Maley Park, Coorow on 8 September 1932 [5]
Won 1st prize for a Male White Leghorn in the Poultry section and came 2nd in the Flag Race of the Horse Events [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Won 2nd prize for female Black Orpington in the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
In 1933 purchased two bags of seed wheat of the sought after Comeback wheat and reaped 62 bags from ten acres [5: 23-Feb-1934]
In November 1933 himself and Ivor B. ROBERTS proposed a Rifle Club be formed at Coorow [5: 24-Nov-1933]
Founding Member, Chairman and Captain of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1934 [5: 5-Jan-1934] [P15]
Along with Charles BOTHE, Baxter BOTHE and Ivor ROBERTS built the Coorow Rifle Range in July 1934 [5: 20-Jul-1934]
He was once more Captain of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1935-36, 1936-37 and 1937-38 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 31-Jul-1936, 16-Jul-1937, 30-Jul-1937]
Donated trophies to the Coorow Rifle Club in 1935 which were won by John S. READ and F. Keith MORCOMBE [5: 1-Nov-1935]
He presented the trophies at the Coorow Rifle Club's Annual Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 28 November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Himself and his brother-in-law William G. MORCOMBE used to shoot rabbits in Waddy Forest - up to 100 in a day [P32]
Building of a new cement brick house on his farm in Waddy Forest commenced in February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Along with Phil, Stella and Keith MORCOMBE travelled to Perth by car on 16 March 1934 to attend his son's wedding [5: 23-Mar-1934]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Progress Association in 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Had a wireless set (radio) installed at his home on Enfield Park in Waddy Forest towards the end of July 1934 [5: 27-Jul-1934]
Himself, his son Gilbert, daughter-in-law Fay and the NICHOLLS boys travelled to Perth by car on Sunday 29 July 1934 [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Over the first weekend in August 1934 Sister FOLLAND of the Dalwallinu Hospital stayed with them in Waddy Forest [5: 10-Aug-1934]
Exhibited in four sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on Thursday 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Received 1st prize for Yearly Draught Colt or Filly and 2nd for a Draught Stallion in the Horse section [5]
Won 1st prize for male and 2nd for female Black Orpingtons in the Poultry section; and 2nd prizes for Lemons and White Eggs [5]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Rifle Club's Rifle Range on Saturday 8 September 1934 [5: 14-Sep-1934]
A sample of his outstanding wheat was part of the Coastal District Display at the Perth Royal Show in 1934 [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Himself and his brother-in-law Phil MORCOMBE received horses imported form South Australia on 21 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1934-35 [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Owner of the registered four year old draught stallion named Penryn Leader in 1934-35 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
During early July 1935 he was an inmate of the Moora Hospital, during which time his condition "improved favourably" [5: 12-Jul-1935]
After being an inmate of the Moora Hospital for some time he returned to his home in Waddy Forest on 20 July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
Won 1st prize for Australian Strong White Wheat at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 5 September 1935 [5: 13 & 20-Sep-1935]
A week later repeated his success by winning 1st for Australian Strong White Wheat at the Carnamah Agricultural Show [5]
During the second half of September 1935 he was an inmate of the Carnamah Private Hospital and was "improving" [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Left the Carnamah Private Hospital on 12 October 1935 and returned to Waddy Forest well on the road to recovery [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Won 3rd prize for "any other variety of Premier Strong wheat" for Zone 2 at the Royal Show in Perth in 1935 [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Travelled from Waddy Forest to Perth on Monday 21 October 1935 to embark on a health tour and visit relatives [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Departed Fremantle, Western Australia on the Duntroon en route for a holiday in South Australia on 24 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Arrived back to his home in Waddy Forest on Monday night 17 February 1936 "looking very well and fit" [5: 21-Feb-1936]
Competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range in Three Springs on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1936 [150]
He won the majority of the awards in the Horse section at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 3 September 1936 [5]
He was awarded both 1st and 2nd prizes for Draught Mare and for Team of Two Farm Horses in Harness; [5]
1st for Team of Two Farm Horses in Harness bred by exhibitor; 2nd for Brood Mare visibly in or with foal and Draught Stallion [5]
As the most successful exhibitor of the Horse section he won the Hugh Fischer Trophy [5: 4 & 11-Sep-1936]
Received prize money through competing at the meeting of the National Rifle Association of WA in Swanbourne in 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Convened the Social Evening held at the Waddy Forest Hall on Tuesday evening 15 December 1936 [5: 18-Dec-1936]
At the Social Evening a collection was taken to help provide Christmas cheer for the Victoria Park Methodist Children's Home [5]
Most successful exhibitor and winner of the President's Trophy at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Won 1st and 2nd for Team of Two Farm Horses in Harness and for Team of Two Farm Horses in Harness bred by exhibitor [5]
Also won 1st and 2nd for 2-year Gelding and Brood Mare; and 2nd prizes for Draught Mare and Draught Gelding [5]
In the Vegetable section won 1st prizes for Lettuce and Onions and 2nd for Collection of Vegetables [5]
In Grain & Fodder received 1st and 2nd for Wheaten Chaff, 1st for Green Oats for Hay and 2nd for Comeback Wheat [5]
Resided in Waddy Forest until his death in 1941 [6] [19]
Father of Gilbert and Nance [14]
Died 23 August 1941 in Moora; buried Moora Cemetery, Moora [4: 30-Aug-1941]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 30 August 1941:
Obituary - Death of Waddy Forest Resident - Late Mr. S. L. Folland
"The death occurred at Moora on Saturday night last of a well-known resident of Waddy Forest in the person of Mr. S. L. Folland, who has for some years past been an extremely popular figure in the district. The deceased gentleman was keenly interested in public affairs generally, but he was particularly active in rifle shooting, having fulfilled the duties of captain of the Coorow Club since its inception. He was an excellent marksman and was always ready and willing to give other members the benefit of his wide experience. The late Mr. Folland is survived by a widow, one son (Gilbert) and one daughter (Nancy). The funeral took place at Moora on Monday last and was largely attended by friends and relatives, the chief mourners at the graveside being Mrs. S. L. Folland (wife), Miss N. Folland (daughter) and Mr and Mrs G. R. Folland. Members of the Coorow Rifle Club formed a guard of honour at the cemetery and representatives of the Coorow unit of the Home Guard acted as pall-bearers. Amongst those noticed at the graveside were Mr and Mrs P. W. Hunt, Mr and Mrs C. C. Bothe, Mr and Mrs B. D. Bothe, Mr and Mrs B. Lampard, Miss A. Peters, Messrs P. T. Morcombe, W. G. Morcombe, T. Morcombe, A. C. Broun, V. W. Broun, C. M. Broun, G. J. Underwood, E. W. Fowler, T. Read, G. E. Peters, A. Rudduck, A. C. Bierman, J. H. Doney, I. B. Roberts, W. Davies, S. R. Tomkins, J. Hogbin, D. J. McCann, C. H. Gronow, M. L. Gronow, H. T. Melvin, F. Bingham, W. S. Mitchell, G. Lambert, W. J. Gaunt, J. Read, D. E. Fowler, R. Wallace, M. G. Greenwood, E. Chapman and R. Clark."
Mrs "Susie" Susanna Kate FOLLAND
Wife of "Stan" Stanley Lorraine FOLLAND; see "Susie" Susanna Kate MORCOMBE
Eileen Veronica FORD
Born C.1918 [1]
Resided of late in Coorow [1]
Passed away at the age of 40 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [1]
Died 8 March 1958 in Three Springs; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row G, Plot 14) [1]
"Add" Adeline Blanche FOWLER
Born 1 June 1912 [209]
Daughter of Donnell Edgar FOWLER and Ethel Blanche DRAPER [209]
Resided with her parents in Beverley 1912-1924 and then on farmland in Waddy Forest 1924-1936 [19] [209]
Won 1st prize for White Bread at the inaugural Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Awarded 1st prize for Fruit Cake the second annual Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
One of the suppliers of music at the Coorow Cricket Club's Dance held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Won the C. S. Baty & Coy trophy, which was a cake dish, at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 in a gown of dark red marocain [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening & Play Presentation at the Carnamah Hall on 17 June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Won the Bushells Ltd Trophy for 1st prize for Coffee Sponge Sandwich at the 1936 Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Herself and her father accompanied by Miss Mary ROBERTS travelled to Perth by car on Thursday 1 October 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
After attending the Perth Royal Show herself and her father returned to Waddy Forest [5: 16-Oct-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 Surprise Linen Tea for Miss Mary E. GREENWOOD at Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest on 22 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Attended the Kitchen Tea for Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD at the Waddy Forest Hall on 31 July 1937 [5: 6-Aug-1937]
The guests of honour were presented with kitchen utensils she had purchased with donations collected by herself and her sisters [5]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Motored from Waddy Forest to Perth with her father on Tuesday 7 September 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Won 1st prize for Woollen Knitted Article in the Fancy Work section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
On leaving Waddy Forest she shifted to Perth where she re-met Lox MORAN, who she'd gone to school with in Beverley [P120]
Married "Lox" James Loxley MORAN in Perth on 15 February 1938 [66] [210]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Mother of Donnell and Trevor [209]
Died 3 May 2002; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, PD, 678) [2]
"Viv" Donald Vivian FOWLER
Born 23 August 1922 in Beverley, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Don" Donnell Edgar FOWLER and Ethel Blanche DRAPER [P120]
Resided with his parents in Beverley 1922-1924 and then on farmland in Waddy Forest 1924 onwards [P120]
Educated at the Waddy Forest State School in Waddy Forest [5: 10-May-1935] [P120]
Won a 2nd prize for Handwork in the Educational section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Himself and Norman J. M. PATTON were going home from school bareback on the same horse on 8 May 1935 [5: 10-May-1935]
Suffered slight concussion and fractured his collar bone after they stopped the horse too suddenly and were flung to the ground [5]
Later in the evening he was taken to the Carnamah Private Hospital for attention from Dr. Cecil P. ROSENTHAL [5: 10 & 24-May-1935]
After a few days at the Carnamah Private Hospital he returned to his parents' home in Waddy Forest on Saturday 18 May 1935 [5]
Won a box of sweets at a Dance held at the Waddy Hall in Waddy Forest on Saturday 22 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 dressed as "Oberon" [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Himself and his twin sister Verna celebrated their 13th birthday at Glen Waddi Farm on Saturday 24 August 1935 [5: 30-Aug-1935]
Came 3rd in the 13 years Boys Running Race at the Combined School Sports in Carnamah on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Malcolm L. and Irene S. PATTON in Waddy Forest on 1 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Won 1st prize for Handwork in the Educational section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Shows 1936 and 1937 [5: 11-Sep-1936, 10-Sep-1937]
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 Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Attended the Coorow-Waddy Progress Association's Annual Children's Sports in Coorow on Thursday 12 August 1937 [5]
Won the 14 Years Boys & Girls Race, the Boys Over 9 Years Obstacle Race and the High Jump with a height of 4 feet 2 inches [5]
Came 3rd in the Boys 9 to 12 Years Obstacle Race [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 19 July 1942 [16]
Private WX25384 in the Australian Army's 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
During the war he served initially in New Guinea and then in Borneo [P120]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 17 June 1946 [16]
Returned to Waddy Forest and farmed with his brothers Edgar and Leslie as "Fowler Bros" 1946-1952 [P120]
Farmer in Waddy Forest in partnership with just his brother Edgar as "Fowler Bros" 1952-1979 [P120]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club [P120]
Killed in an accident while on the farm when during stubble chaining the tractor he was driving was pulled over and crushed him [P120]
Died 30 March 1979; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 19) [1]
"Don" Donnell Edgar FOWLER
Born 18 October 1882 in Craneford Flaxmans Valley, South Australia [55]
Son of George FOWLER and Sarah Ann KICK [55]
Resided with his parents in Craneford, Pint Cut Creek and then Truro in South Australia [210]
Along with two of his brothers left South Australia and shifted to Western Australia in the early 1900s [P120]
Worked as a timber cutter in Jarrahdale and then began share-farming [P120]
Married Ethel Blanche DRAPER on 3 June 1908 in Beverley, Western Australia [P120]
Farmer of Jangelling Farm at Balkuling in the Beverley district [P120]
Also farmed a property in Beverley which he leased from his brother-in-law Lewis DRAPER [P120]
His parents later left South Australia and lived with himself and his wife in Beverley [P120]
On 25 February 1921 purchased 1,295 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 1,295 acres was Lot M1300 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £1457/11/7 (22/6 an acre), payable by instalments [27]
A while later shifted to the property in Waddy Forest, began clearing the land and had a good weatherboard house built [P120]
After the house was built his wife and children joined him on the farm in Waddy Forest [P120]
Farmer in Waddy Forest 1924-1948 [P120]
They also had a house in Forrest Street, South Perth where his wife stayed while their children attended nearby schools [P120]
In 1932 he was the owner of a Dodge car registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-51 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1932-1934 & 1936 [5: 23-Dec-1932, 10-Nov-1933, 13-Mar-1936]
Won 2nd prize for a Border Leicester Ram in the Sheep section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Returned to his home in Waddy Forest on 5 March 1934 after an extended holiday visiting relatives in the Eastern States [5: 9-Mar-1934]
Himself and his son Edgar travelled to Perth early in the morning on Sunday 24 June 1934 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
On 8 July 1934 he received at Waddy Forest the sad news that his mother had passed away in York the previous day [5: 13-Jul-1934]
Travelled from Waddy Forest to Perth on Friday 27 July 1934 to receive medical attention for his arm [5: 3-Aug-1934]
In July 1934 he purchased a new Dodge truck, which his son Edgar travelled to Perth to collect [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Exhibited in the Horse, Sheep and Grain & Fodder sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 30 August 1934 [5]
Won 1st prizes for Draught Brood Mare, 2 year old Gelding or Filly bred by Exhibitor and Three Fat Lambs in the Wool [5]
Received 1st prize for Green Oats for Hay and both 1st and 2nd prizes for Cured Wheaten Hay [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Purchased three young horses in Perth, and took delivery of them at Coorow on Saturday 3 November 1934 [5: 9-Nov-1934]
Along with his daughter Addie returned to Coorow on Thursday 24 January 1935 after a trip to Perth [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 [5: 9-Aug-1935]
Between August and October 1935 sold 446 sheep suckers through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market [5]
The 446 suckers consisted of 114 at 17/10, 68 at 17/6, 75 at 16/10, 58 at 15/4, 25 at 15/-, 30 at 13/10, and 76 at 7/7 per head [5]
On 23 October 1935 sold a bull for £9/17/6 and a steer for £7/2/6 [5: 16 & 23-Aug-1935; 13-Sep-1935; 4 & 25-Oct-1935]
Donated a sheep for the Weight Guessing Competition at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
In September 1935 purchased a new McCormick-Deering T20 Caterpillar tractor from local agent W. G. MULLIGAN [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Donated trophies to the Coorow Golf Club in 1935, which were played for in a stroke competition on 8 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Travelled from Waddy to Perth during the second week of October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Sold 17 bales of wool in 1935 - 11 bales at 13d. per pound, four at 12½d. per pound, and two bales at 13¾d. per pound [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Attended the entertainment for the Commonwealth Grants Commission at the Coorow Hotel on 21 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Sold 418 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd with five consignments to the Midland Market between May and September 1936 [5]
The 418 sheep comprised 178 lambs (28 at 24/4, 35 at 23/10, 23 at 22/4, 41 at 20/7, 15 at 19/1, 14 at 18/1, 22 at 16/7), [5]
170 suckers (41 at 21/7, 33 at 20/4, 80 at 18/10, 10 at 17/7, 6 at 15/10), 39 ewes (20 at 29/7, 19 at 26/1), [5]
and 31 wethers (28 at 27/7, 1 at 18/-, 2 at 15/- per head) [5: 29-May-1936, 3-Jul-1936, 17-Jul-1936, 11 & 18-Sep-1936]
He was among those from Waddy Forest who travelled to Perth for the Perth Royal Show in October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold eight bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co Ltd in October 1936 - 4 bales at 14d. and 4 bales at 12½d. per pound [5: 16-Oct-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]
After an extended holiday in the Perth suburb of Como returned to Waddy with four of his children on 19 January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Sold 386 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd with consignments to the Midland Market in January and February 1937 [5: 29-Jan-1937]
The sheep consisted of 235 lambs (42 lambs at 19/4, 94 lambs at 19/1, 74 lambs at 18/7, 25 at 17/7), 2 hoggets at 17/10, [5]
110 ewes (8 at 16/1, 40 at 40/7, 39 at 14/4, 23 at 11/1), 39 wethers (12 at 20/-, 20 at 19/7, 1 at 19/4, 6 at 17/4) [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Motored to Perth accompanied by his daughters Adeline and Dulcie on 4 July 1937 and returned to Waddy a few days later [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Attended the meeting in Coorow to discuss constructing a direct road from Coorow to the coast on 11 September 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
In 1948 his three sons bought him out of Glen Waddi Farm, and himself and his wife retired to their house in South Perth [P120]
Following the death of his wife in 1950 he rented out the house in South Perth and shifted back to Waddy Forest [P120]
After a while in Waddy Forest he went to live with one of his daughters in Perth, where he died of a heart attack [P120]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bayswater [2]
Father of Irene, Adeline, Elsie, Edgar, Dulcie, Leslie, Vivian and Verna [209]
Died 10 May 1958; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WE, 666) [2]
Mrs Ethel Blanche FOWLER
Wife of "Don" Donnell Edgar FOWLER; see Ethel Blanche DRAPER
Gayle Renee FOWLER
Born C.1972 [2]
Resided of late in Marchagee [2]
Died 14 April 1972; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, VC, 182) [2]
"Rene" Irene Alice FOWLER
Born 27 April 1909 [209]
Daughter of Donnell Edgar FOWLER and Ethel Blanche DRAPER [209]
Resided with her parents in Beverley 1909-1924 and then on farmland in Waddy Forest 1924-1930 [P120]
Married "Pat" John William McCANN in Perth on 4 December 1930 [66] [210]
Resided with her husband on Bellaranga Station in Arrino 1933-1940 [6] [19]
Spent a holiday in Waddy Forest staying with her mother Mrs Ethel B. FOWLER in January 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Along with her young son returned to Arrino on Saturday 17 March 1934 after an extended holiday in Waddy Forest [5: 23-Mar-1934]
Returned to Arrino on Thursday 13 September 1934 after spending another holiday in Waddy Forest with her parents [5: 14-Sep-1934]
Herself and her small son Alwyn spent a short holiday with her parents in Waddy Forest in mid May 1935 [5: 24-May-1935]
Her sister Elsie M. FOWLER returned to Waddy Forest on 7 October 1935 after spending a holiday with her in Arrino [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Along with her son she spent another holiday staying with her parents on their farm in Waddy Forest in November 1935 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Later in November her mother spent a holiday staying with herself, her husband and their young son in Arrino [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Herself and her son stayed with her sisters, the Misses FOWLER, in Waddy Forest in February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Spent another holiday accompanied by her son with her parents on Glen Waddi Farm in Waddy Forest in mid July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
After a few weeks with her parents returned to Arrino on Friday 31 July 1936 [5: 7-Aug-1936]
Herself and her husband resided in Moora 1962-1965 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Morley [2]
Mother of Alwyn and Kerry [209]
Died 3 November 1985; ashes scattered to the winds at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
"Les" Leslie Victor FOWLER
Born 27 April 1920 in York, Western Australia [16]
Son of Donnell Edgar FOWLER and Ethel Blanche DRAPER [209]
Resided with his parents in Beverley 1920-1924 and then on farmland in Waddy Forest 1924 onwards [P120]
Educated at the Waddy Forest State School, and then as a boarder at Geraldton High School in Geraldton [P120] [5: 24-May-1935]
Won 2nd prizes for Handwork and a Crayon Drawing at the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
He was thrown from his horse on Wednesday morning 5 May 1937, after which he was confined to bed for a few days [5: 7-May-1937]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Married Irene RUSS in Perth on 19 August 1941 [66] [210]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 27 July 1942 [16]
Gunner WX28119 in the Australian Army's 2/3 Field Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Served in New Guinea [P120], and was discharged from the Australian Army on 4 January 1946 [16]
Returned to Waddy Forest and farmed in partnership with his brothers Edgar and Vivian as "Fowler Bros" 1946-1952 [P120]
In 1952 they dissolved their partnership with Edgar and Vivian continuing, and himself taking up a farm east of Marchagee [P120]
Later sold his farm in Marchagee to Adrian D. BROUN and purchased a farm in Yandanooka [P120]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of West Leederville [2]
Father of Glenn, Dennis and Vicki [209]
Died 27 October 1985; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (VC Section, Niche Wall, W10, 40) [2]
Mrs Margaret Norma FOWLER
Born C.1947 [2]
Resided on Kelinbar Farm in Marchagee for at least the year 1971-1980 [19]
Resided in Marchagee until her death in 1990 [2]
Died 9 September 1990; ashes interred Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park in the Perth suburb of Padbury (Path, G, 236)
Mrs Ethel Maude FOX
Resided in Latham 1911-1933 [19]
Herbert Thornton FOX
Farmer in Latham 1911-1933 [19]
His address was initially Latham's Rock, Coorow [50]
"Verley" George Verley FRASER
Born 10 November 1900 in Dandaragan, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of John FRASER and Harriett COOK [15]
Farmhand on Mardo Farm in Dandaragan 1922-1929 [19]
Farmhand in Coorow 1929-1941 [4] [19]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dance at the School Hall in Winchester on Saturday 10 August 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Won the Walk Trot and Gallop in the Ring Events of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
By 1942 he was living in Moora [16]
Private W86503 in Moora's local Volunteer Defence Corps (V.D.C.) during the Second World War [16]
When he enlisted in the V.D.C. gave his brother Charles as his next of kin, his mother and father having died in 1930 and 1937 [15] [16]
William George FURNISS
Resided in Port Augusta, South Australia [3] [44]
On 28 June 1922 purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1,000 acres of virgin land at Waddy Forest in Western Australia [27]
The 1,000 acres was Lot M1372 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £800/8/- (16/- per acre), payable by instalments [27]
Retained ownership of his 1,000 acres in Waddy Forest which may have sat idle as it was listed as "vacant" rather than "farm" [3]
Along with his wife and daughter spent a holiday in October 1935 visiting friends in Waddy Forest [5: 11-Oct-1935]
While on his visit he placed a notice in The North Midland Times newspaper that no timber was to be removed from his holding [5]
In 1937 his postal address was PO Box 170, Port Augusta [3]
Sold his 1,000 acre Lot M1372 in Waddy Forest to George E. PETERS of Waddy Forest on 20 January 1937 [3]
GGG
Elsie GALBRAITH
Born 1916 [15]
Married Arthur LATHAM in 1935 [66]
Resided in Coorow 1941-1947 [19]
Grace Ann GALBRAITH
Born 1908 [15]
Married Frederick LATHAM in 1932 [66]
Resided in Waddy Forest and Coorow 1932-1939 [19]
In 1932 she had a Maxwell Runabout car licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-80 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Submitted a tender but was unsuccessful in securing the contract to fence the Coorow West Road in Coorow in 1936 [5: 24-Apr-1936]
Leased 2,322 acres of farmland in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company (Lots M1744 and M1745) in 1939 [34]
Her husband farmed her leasehold in Coorow in addition to working away from home as a Shearer [34]
They abandoned their 2,322 acre leasehold in Coorow during March 1940 [34]
Resided in Morawa in 1950, and in Narngulu in 1967 [19]
Died 14 December 1983; buried at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia [26]
Kathleen GALBRAITH
Born 1914 in Perenjori, Western Australia [15] [132]
Married Edward LATHAM in 1939 [66]
Resided in Coorow 1939-1943 [19] [50]
Resided in Carnamah in 1947 [19]
Resided in Perenjori 1950-1956 [19]
Resided in Dongara 1958-1987 [19] [132]
Died 16 April 1987 at the Geraldton Regional Hospital, Geraldton; buried Dongara Cemetery, Dongara (Anglican, Plot 77) [132]
Mrs Mary Ann GALBRAITH
Wife of Robert John GALBRAITH; see Mary Ann BARRINGTON
Charles John GALE
Farmhand on Meelyah Farm in Gunyidi 1914-1916 [19]
Farmer of Cooleran Farm via Gunyidi in 1917 [50]
Leslie Arthur GARDNER
Born C.1908 [2]
Farmhand in Coorow 1929-1932
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1929-30 and 1930-31 [4: 19-Oct-1929, 13-Dec-1930]
Married Claudia Irene CLEGGETT in Perth in 1932 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Swan View [2]
Died 7 July 1959; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Anglican, I, 37) [2]
Elizabeth Rose GATLEY
Born 1895 in Illogan, Cornwall, England [20] [21]
Daughter of Charles GATLEY and Ellen WILLIAMS [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with her mother and two brothers John and Richard Henry at Trevenson Moor in Illogan, Cornwall, England [20]
Departed London, England on the Oruba and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 May 1902 [70]
Married William Aikenhead ANGELO in 1926 [66]
Resided with her husband on Baxter D. BOTHE's Inglewood Farm in Coorow in 1927 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of North Perth [2]
Died 26 September 1960; ashes dispersed at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Sarah Jane GARDINER
Born C.1875 [2]
Married Harry RODWELL in England in 1903 [21]
They departed London, England on the steamship Armadale on 12 November 1910 bound for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
Resided with her husband and their children at the railway station in Coorow 1911-1914 [19] [215]
She wished to send her eldest daughter to the Coorow State School in 1912 but wasn't able to as it was out of town on a farm [215]
Presumably following her husband's transfer they left Coorow and shifted to Carnamah around August of 1914 [215]
They resided in a small shack at the northern end of the railway station yard in Carnamah 1914-1918 [6] [7: page 151] [19]
During her time in Carnamah she was good friends with Swedish immigrant "Lou" Louis JOHANSEN [30: item 7362892]
When Lou enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1917 he gave her as his next of kin [30: item 7362892]
In a letter to the Australian Imperial Force about Lou she remarked "I have been a mother to him he is like my own" [30]
By April 1918 she had shifted to 32 Parry Street in East Perth [30: item 7362892]
Resided with her husband in Moora 1919-1922 [50]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of East Perth [2]
Mother of Florence and Edith [215]
Died 16 June 1926; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LA, 36) [2]
Mrs Marcia Stella Pangburn GAUNT
Wife of "Bill" William Joseph GAUNT; see Marcia Stella Pangburn GRANVILLE
"Bill" William Joseph GAUNT
Born 1901 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15]
Son of Henry William GAUNT and Mary Jane WATTS [15]
Farmhand in Morawa 1925-1927 [19]
Married Marcia Stella Pangburn GRANVILLE in Perth in 1931 [66]
Clerk for the North Midlands Farmers Co-operative Company Ltd in Three Springs 1927-1929 [4] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1927, and Secretary in 1929 [4: 25-Jun-1927, 18-May-1929, 25-May-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928, and donated £1/1/- to the Committee in 1928 [124]
Relieving Manager of the North Midlands Co-operative Company's store in Carnamah in August 1928 [4: 1-Sep-1928]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Travelled from Three Springs to Perth by train on Monday 15 April 1929 to visit his mother, who was very ill [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Football Smoke Social held in Three Springs on 16 September 1929 to celebrate winning the Premiership [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
North Midlands Football Association gave him a clearance in April 1930 to transfer from Three Springs to Carnamah [4: 19-Apr-1930]
Manager of the North Midlands Co-operative Company's store in Coorow, following its establishment in November 1928 [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club for the 1928-29 season [4: 26-Jan-1929]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Opening Season Ball held at the Carnamah Town Hall on 18 May 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Resided in Carnamah in 1930 and 1931, presumably while employed at the Carnamah branch of the Co-op [4] [50]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1930 and 1931 [4: 19-Jul-1930, 25-Apr-1931]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Smoke Social held in the lounge of the Carnamah Hotel on 9 September 1930 [4: 13-Sep-1930]
Secretary of the North Midlands Football Association in 1930 and 1931 [4: 12-Jul-1930, 18-Apr-1931]
Member of the Carnamah Race Club in 1931 [4: 28-Mar-1931]
Manager of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company store in Coorow [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Resided with his wife and children in the old boarding house on the west side of the railway line in the Coorow townsite [P361]
Founding Secretary and Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1932-1939 [4: 9-Apr-1932] [150]
As Secretary he was the main organiser of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Resigned as Secretary due to ill-health in November 1936, but took up the position again after six months [5: 20-Nov-1936, 7-May-1937]
Member of the Coorow Football Club 1932-1935 - was Auditor in 1934 and Treasurer in 1935 [4: 28-May-1932] [5: 20-Apr-1934, 3-May-1935]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club - Secretary 1932-33 and 1933-34, and Captain 1940-41 [4: 29-Mar-1941] [5: 14-Oct-1932] [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Member of Coorow's Maley Park Management Committee in 1933 [5: 23-Dec-1932]
Represented Coorow at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1933, 1935, 1936 [5: 7-Jul-1933, 3-May-1935, 10-Apr-1936]
Played the position of goalie for the Coorow Football Club until dislocating his collar bone at the match on 2 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
In October 1933 he became the Coorow correspondent for The North Midland Times newspaper [5: 20-Oct-1933]
He was among those who attended the official opening of the East Marchagee Hall on Saturday 11 November 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Smoke Social held in Carnamah on Thursday 26 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Member of the Coorow Waddy Forest Progress Association in 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Attended the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in Carnamah on Thursday 6 September 1934 [5: 14-Sep-1934]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1934-35 and 1936-37 [4: 22-Dec-1934] [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club - was Acting Secretary for four months over late 1934 and early 1935 [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Attended and spoke at the Coorow Football Club's Annual Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 1 June 1935 [5: 7-Jun-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club [5]
Secretary in 1935, Joint Secretary-Treasurer in 1936 and Secretary-Treasurer in 1937 [5: 17-May-1935, 27-Mar-1936, 16-Apr-1937]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
He "took such an active and leading part in all sporting and business activities for the good of the district" [5: 17-May-1935]
Coorow Distributor of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Show Schedules in 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
In 1935 he was also the Coorow Distributor of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Show Schedules [5: 9-Aug-1935]
Represented the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Gave a witness statement to Contsable Alan F. FIEBIG in connection with a motor accident he encountered near Coorow [88]
Travelled to Perth on Monday 30 September 1935 to give evidence at the trial of the man charged over the accident [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Attended the entertainment for the Commonwealth Grants Commission at the Coorow Hotel on 21 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Represented the Carnamah District Cricket Association in a match against the North Midlands on 1 December 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Represented the Coorow Tennis Club at meetings of the Carnamah-Winchester-Coorow Tennis Association in 1935-36 [5: 20-Dec-1935]
Organised for the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Society a Sports Meeting in Coorow on Wednesday 1 January 1936 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Attended the public meeting on the question of Saturday Afternoon Closing in Carnamah on Thursday 19 March 1936 [5: 27-Mar-1936]
The proposition was to replace the half-day holiday on Thursday afternoons with a half-day holiday on Saturday afternoons [5]
The driving force was local sporting bodies who wanted to play their organised sport on Saturdays instead of Sundays [5]
His opinion was that organised sport couldn't be played unless businesses were closed as the business people were sports [5]
He added that for Saturday closing to work the Mail Train would need to arrive Saturday mornings and not in the evening [5]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
During mid April 1936 it was reported that he was absent from Coorow on account of spending a holiday in Perth [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Came in at third place in the Carnamah Golf Club's largely attended Opening Day on Sunday 26 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Runner-up in the 18 hole handicap singles at the Season Opening of the Coorow Golf Club on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Collapsed in the main street of Coorow on Sunday 24 May 1936, following which Dr Cecil P. ROSENTHAL was summoned [5]
The doctor conveyed him to the Carnamah Private Hospital where he underwent a critical operation for a ruptured appendix [5]
Five days later The North Midland Times newspaper reported his condition as "favourable" [5: 29-May-1936, 12 & 26-Jun-1936]
Another week on he was making good progress towards recovery, and after almost a month in hospital he returned home [5]
Attended the Bucks Party for George A. RAFFAN and Eric J. BRADLEY in Coorow on Wednesday 7 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Played for the Married Men who almost defeated the Single Men in a cricket match in Coorow on 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
President / Chairman of the Carnamah-Winchester-Coorow Tennis Association in 1936-37 [5: 18-Sep-1936, 29-Jan-1937]
Part of an overland trip to the uninhabited coast at Jurien Bay, which departed on Monday 15 February 1937 [5: 26-Feb-1937]
The 12 members of the party were Angus A. N. MCGILP of Waddy Forest; and William A. T. SARGENT of Carnamah; [5]
Frank R. BRYANT, Walter G. FENNELL, W. Frank FENNELL and C. Jock BRAYNT of Marchagee; David TODD, [5]
Baxter D. BOTHE, Donald S. GRANT, George HUTCHCRAFT, Fred BINGHAM and John S. READ of Coorow [5]
They travelled in two trucks and two cars and from Moora they drove over 54 miles of road and 30 miles of sand [5]
They erected a shed and tables and were able to get good reception on a wireless Fred BINGHAM had taken along [5]
They fished every day, visited caves nine miles from their camp at Jurien Bay and visited Sandy Cape and North Head [5]
Himself, Baxter D. BOTHE and Angus A. N. MCGILP returned home in MCGILP's car on Thursday 18 February 1937 [5]
Played for the defeated Married Men in a cricket match against Single Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Attended and competed at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
He was admitted to the Carnamah Private Hospital on Saturday 4 September 1937 and was still a patient a week later [5: 10-Sep-1937]
District Representative for Coorow for the Coastal Districts' Display at the Perth Royal Show in 1939 [150]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
During a portion of the Second World War managed the North Midlands Co-op store in Carnamah [0: images 04165, 04330]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Graylands [2]
Father of Stella, Gay and Kevin [P361]
Died 21 August 1978; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 20, 138) [2]
Mrs Gertrude GEDGE
Wife of William Benjamin GEDGE; see Gertrude HARVEY
Sylvia Gertrude GEDGE
Born 1896 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia [54]
Daughter of William Benjamin GEDGE and Gertrude HARVEY [54]
Resided with her parents in Carnamah 1904-1906 and in Coorow in 1911 [6] [19] [215]
Her name was listed as a prospective student in applications for an assisted State School to be established in Coorow in 1911 [215]
Married surname ANDERSON [2]
Resident of Wattleglen, Victoria, Australia in 1997 [2]
Passed away at the age of 100 years; her ashes were buried in the same grave as her late mother, who had died in 1943 [2]
Died 13 October 1997; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WG, 165) [2]
William Benjamin GEDGE
Born in London, England [54]
Married Gertrude HARVEY in 1890 in Victoria, Australia [54]
Railway Employee in Carnamah, Western Australia in 1904 [19]
Stationmaster / Officer in Charge of the Midland Railway Company's Railway Station in Carnamah in 1905 and 1906 [6] [50]
Stationmaster of the Coorow Railway Station in Coorow 1911-1914 [19] [50]
In June 1911 the Education Department sent him an application form and information on sparsely populated district schools [215]
It was the first correspondence about the establishment of the Coorow State School, which opened for the first time in 1912 [215]
Father of Vera May, Eva Perley and Sylvia Gertrude [54]
"Gwen" Gwenneth GEORGE
Born 4 November 1922 in Subiaco, Western Australia [P328]
Married Leo Augustus CROFT in Perth in 1942 [P328]
Resided in Gingin prior to enlisting in the Australian Army in Perth on 14 December 1942 [16]
Private WF93582 in the Australian Women's Army Service during the Second World War [16] as a Signals Operator [P328]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 9 August 1944 [16]
Resided in Coorow 1945-1981, where she was a devoted wife and mother [P328]
In 1981 herself and her husband left Coorow and shifted to the Australian state of Queensland [P328]
Mother of Estelle, Gregory, Milton, Rex, Jacey and Tonia [P328]
Died 13 October 1996 [P328]
John GILFILLAN
Farmhand for Rupert C. HYDE on Waddy Park Farm in Coorow in 1931 [50]
William Arnold GILLARD
Born C.1911 [4: 1-Feb-1930]
Departed London, England on the Orontes and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 November 1929 [63]
Farmhand for F. W. G. LIEBE at Waddy Waddy in early 1930 [4: 1-Feb-1930]
Following an explosion of a kerosene tin he was severely burnt and died at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [4]
Died 29 January 1930 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 2) [4: 1-Feb-1930] [24]
The interment book for the Three Springs General Cemetery incorrectly lists his name as Arthur J. GALLARD [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 1 February 1930:
"A farm worker named William Arnold Gillard, aged 19 years, employed by Mr Liebe, Waddy Waddy, met with his death under tragic circumstances on Wednesday. It appears from inquiries made by Constable Street, of Three Springs, that the young man was handling a tin of kerosene, and was smoking at the time, when an explosion occurred. He was immediately enveloped in flames and all his clothing was burned off him. Assistance was promptly rendered, and the unfortunate man, who had received terrible injuries, was hurried to the Three Springs Hospital. He was met at Carnamah by Dr. Mayrhofer and Matron Coffey, who rendered immediate attention, and on arrival at Three Springs everything was done for him. No hope was, however, entertained from the first, owing to his extensive and serious injuries. He remained conscious practically to the last, but died a few hours after admission to the hospital. Two Italians, who were working about half a mile away, told Constable Street that they heard a sudden report, and immediately after saw a dense column of black smoke. When this had cleared away they saw Gillard fall to the ground with his arms outstretched. A subsequent examination at the spot of the tin of kerosene showed there was a small nail hole in it, through which it is supposed gas, generated by the heat of the sun, had escaped, and, coming into contact with Gillard's cigarette - it is supposed he was smoking a cigarette - had become ignited, causing the explosion. An inquest was afterwards held at Three Springs, at which a verdict of accidental death was returned. The funeral took place in the Three Springs cemetery. Deceased had only been in Western Australia about two months. He is understood to have a brother living in Devonshire, but so far as can be ascertained, he had no relatives in the State."
Norman Henry GILLETT
Labourer on Kulmbah Farm in Coorow in 1913 and 1914 [19] [50]
Colin Robert GLEN
Born C.1936 [2]
Resided of late in Coorow [2]
Died 28 January 1957; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZK, 506) [2]
Alexander Burns GLOSTER
Born 1875 in Seymour, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of James GLOSTER and Margaret Jane DOBINSON [2] [15]
By 1897 he had left Victoria and was living in the goldmining town of Yalgoo in Western Australia [6]
Aerated Water Manufacturer in Yalgoo in partnership with Thomas R. JAMES as "James & Co." 1897-1901 [6]
In 1900 and 1901 he was also the Secretary of the Miner's Institute in Yalgoo [6]
Storekeeper in the goldmining town of Field's Find in partnership with Thomas R. JAMES as "James & Gloster" 1901-1903 [6]
Storekeeper in Field's Find 1904-1908, and from 1905 to 1908 was also the Hotelkeeper of the Field's Find Hotel [6]
Storekeeper in Harvey in partnership with his brother James D. GLOSTER 1909-1911 [6]
Hotelkeeper of the Freemasons Hotel in Busselton 1913-1916 [6] [30]
Visited Moora by car on 20 April 1915, however didn't arrive until late after receiving numerous punctures on the way [10: 23-Apr-1915]
Married Grace Edgar JAMES nee MCMASTER in Perth in 1916 [15] [66]
Grace had been married to his former business partner Thomas R. JAMES, who had died aged 50 years on 18 March 1915 [2] [15]
Passed as fit for service in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 22 January 1916 [30: item 4770004]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 1 March 1916 [30]
On enlistment he was 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 176 lbs., and had grey eyes, dark to grey hair and a dark complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill he was appointed on 12 September 1916 to the 21st Reinforcements of the 16th Battalion [30]
Embarked Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A39 Port Macquarie on 13 October 1916 [30]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England and after further training proceeded to France on the Princess Victoria on 16 January 1917 [30]
Private 6458 in the Australian Imperial Force's 16th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
He was one of five of the 16th Battalion who were taken Prisoners of War by German forces at Riencourt, France 11/04/1917 [30]
They had run out of bombs, were surrounded, and after another officer raised a white flag had been obliged to surrender [30]
The five of them were searched and questioned at German headquarters and then made to work as part of working parties [30]
One of the other four men was Willie E. YEO, who'd previously been in Three Springs as Railway Night Officer [10: 19-Jun-1914] [30]
They worked under harsh conditions and for the first six months their captors didn't give them their Red Cross parcels or letters [30]
Worked in camps in France and Germany, during which time he wrote to a cousin in England asking for help [30: items 3454811, 4770004]
Requested that his cousin Mrs A. WESTLAKE inform his wife he was a Prisoner of War, and to send food parcels [30]
Following the signing of the Armistice they were sent to Copenhagen, Denmark and were then repatriated to England by ship [30]
Embarked from England on the H.T. Ascanius and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 17 March 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 2 May 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Hotelkeeper of the Freemason's Hotel in Busselton 1919-1921 [6]
Hotelkeeper of the Commercial Hotel in Moora 1923-1929 [6] [10: 22-Jun-1923]
Took over the Commercial Hotel in Moora in April 1923 from its previous lessee Charles J. L. BREWER [9: 20-Apr-1923]
It was reported that himself and his wife were former residents of Moora on their return in April 1923 [9: 20-Apr-1923]
Attended the Racing Club Conference held at his Commercial Hotel in Moora on Thursday 20 September 1923 [9: 28-Sep-1923]
Visited Carnamah on 12 April 1925 to attend a meeting about the road over the sandplain from Watheroo to Carnamah [9: 17-Apr-1925]
After the meeting he wrote to Federal Members pointing out the importance of the road in regards to national defence [9: 24-Apr-1925]
Member of the Moora Trotting Club - was Vice President, Timekeeper and a Committee Member in 1925 [9: 24-Jul-1925]
Member of the Moora and District Progress Association in 1925 and 1926 - was Vice Chairman in 1926 [9: 17-Apr-1925, 22-Jan-1926]
During the 1929-30 financial year he purchased two acres of blocks in the Moora townsite (Lots 34 to 37, and Lots 52 to 55) [34]
Secured the licence for a new hotel in Coorow with a tender of £1,750 at the Licensing Court on 17 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
He also had to pay a £1,000 guarantee that the terms of the building plans and licence were to be adhered to [4]
In partnership himself and P. A. CONNOLLY had the Coorow Hotel built at a cost of £14,000 plus the cost of furnishings [4]
Besides a select few items unobtainable locally the hotel's furnishings down the cutlery were all West Australian made [4]
The two stories of the hotel were built predominantly out of concrete bricks and jarrah wood by A. G. WOODS of Guildford [4]
The hotel consisted of a dining room, bars, smoking room, commercial room, kitchen, pantry, 24 bedrooms and balconies [4]
An engine room contained an electric lighting plant, while a furnace room created hot water for the hotel's bathrooms [4]
The hotel was supplied with water from six 4,000 gallon rainwater tanks and a well fitted with a windmill and engine [4: 23-Aug-1930]
Licensee and Manager of the Coorow Hotel in Coorow 1930-1933 [4: 4-Oct-1930] [5: 11-Nov-1932] [19]
Advertised the Coorow Hotel in The Irwin Index newspaper "The Most Modern Country Hotel in the West" [4: 13-Sep-1930, 4-Oct-1930]
The hotel boasted superior accommodation, hot and cold water, service in all bedrooms, electric light and lock-up garages [4]
During his time as licensee the Coorow Hotel was telephone number Coorow-15 [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Progress Association - was Secretary in 1931 and 1933 [4: 13-Dec-1930] [5: 9-Jun-1933]
Made a donation of £1/1/- to the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1932 [13]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Carnamah Hotel licensee Charles J. L. BREWER on 9 July 1932 at the Winchester Cemetery [4]
In October 1932 the Coorow Hotel was broken into via a window and a quantity of beer, wine and spirits stolen [5: 28-Oct-1932]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1932 and 1933 [5: 23-Dec-1932]
Member of Coorow's Maley Park Management Committee in 1933 [5: 23-Dec-1932]
About 35 friends gathered at the Coorow Hotel on Monday 3 July 1933 to attend a complimentary dinner in his honour [5: 7-Jul-1933]
The dinner was held to tender him a farewell as he was leaving Coorow; among those present were: [5]
Angus MCGILP, Phil MORCOMBE, Rupert LAFFAN, William MORCOMBE, Charles METTAM, Malcolm LAURIE, [5]
Richard GELL, Charles BOTHE, Frank BRYANT, Robert WELLS, Baxter BOTHE, Arnold BIERMANN, George RAFFAN, [5]
Don WALKER, William COX, Gordon RAFFAN, Ivor ROBERTS, Joe REDHALL, Augustus CROFT and Chitter BROWN [5]
Left Coorow in July 1933 and shifted back to Moora; on his departure the hotel in Coorow was managed by a Mr SMITH [5: 7-Jul-1933]
On his return to Moora he resumed management of the Commercial Hotel [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Hotelkeeper of the Commercial Hotel in Moora 1933-1940 [5: 18-Aug-1933] [6]
Returned to Coorow on Thursday 7 September 1933 to attend the Second Annual Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Along with his wife left Moora on an extended holiday in February 1934, after recovering from a bed confining illness [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Himself and her wife returned to Moora in May 1934, after a holiday to the Eastern States of Australia [5: 18-May-1934]
Speaker at the farewell to Rev. Frederick W. GUNNING at the Moora Hall on Friday 28 June 1935 [5: 19-Jul-1935]
Attended the Fourth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Three Springs on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1936 [150]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Carnamah retiree John James ANGEL at the Moora Cemetery on 27 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936] [12: 31-Jul-1936]
His stepson Hector T. A. JAMES managed his Coorow Hotel from February 1936 to January 1937 [5: 28-Feb-1936, 29-Jan-1937]
In January 1937 his Coorow Hotel was taken over by Thomas C. BOGUE formerly of the Savoy Hotel in Perth [5: 29-Jan-1937]
By September 1937 the proprietors of the Coorow Hotel were "Connolly and Gloster" [150]
"Connolly and Gloster" donated £5 to the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society for their Annual Show in 1937 [150]
His wife passed away at the age of 60 years on 4 June 1937 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [2]
Resided in Moora until his death in 1948 [2]
Died 27 February 1948; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, AA, 76A) [2]
From The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper, Friday 22 June 1923:
"Sympathy has been expressed with the Mr and Mrs Alex. B. Gloster, of the Commercial Hotel, Moora, at the news from Perth of the death of Mr Gloster's mother at the ripe age of 80. The old lady had been ailing for some time, and Mr Gloster had only just returned from a visit to his mother when the sad news came through that she had quietly passed away, necessitating his return to Perth by motor."
From the Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 6 March 1948:
"Mr Alex. B. Gloster, who for many years conducted the Commercial Hotel at Moora, passed away at Claremont last week after a somewhat protracted illness. The late Mr Gloster, who was also a part-owner of the Coorow Hotel, served with the 16th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Forces in World War I, and for many years after his return to civilian life he was the victim of abnormal health conditions as the result of privations endured as a prisoner after having been captured at Bullecourt. The late Mr Gloster's wife predeceased him through a fatal accident which occurred whilst on a holiday visit to London."
Mrs Grace Edgar GLOSTER
Wife of Alexander Burns GLOSTER; see Grace Edgar MCMASTER
Mrs Hilda Christina GLOVER
Wife of "Bill" William Robert GLOVER; see Hilda Christina KERR
"Bill" William Robert GLOVER
Born 15 November 1909 in Belfast, Ireland [P63]
Son of William GLOVER and Margaret MACHINNEY [P63]
Worked in shipyards in Belfast, Ireland [P63]
Arrived in Albany, Western Australia on the Europodese on 1 April 1925 though a Salvation Army Scheme [P63]
Worked on farms in the Dumbleyung area before managing a Mrs KELLY's farm in Dumbleyung [P63]
Married Hilda Christina KERR on 10 July 1939 [P63]
Shifted to Watheroo where he was initially a farmhand and then an employee of Co-operative Bulk Handling (CBH) [P63]
In mid 1943 shifted from Watheroo to Coorow, where he worked as a Bin Attendant for CBH [P63]
Resided in Coorow for over 55 years - initially at Lot 83 Bristol Street and later at Lot 49 Commercial Street [P63]
CBH Bin Attendant and later Supervisor in the North Midlands [P63]
Member of the Coorow Football Club [P63] - was their Gatekeeper in 1951 [0: image 04607]
Member of the Coorow Bowling Club [P63]
Left Coorow and shifted to Perth to be nearer his children a few years before his death [P63]
In 2002 he was living at the James Brown Hostel at 21/171 Albert Street in the Perth suburb of Osborne Park [90]
Father of Robert and Margaret [14]
Died 20 July 2002; ashes buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row S, Plot 13) [14] [90]
John Thomas GLOWREY
Born C.1858 [2]
Married (1) Nora YOULDEN in Victoria, Australia [54]
Married (2) Hannah Marion RYAN in 1890 in Victoria, Australia [54]
By 1897 he had left Victoria and was living in Coolgardie, Western Australia [6]
Proprietor of the Royal Hotel in Bayley Street, Coolgardie 1898-1900 [6]
He was living in Forrest Street, Coolgardie and working as a Sharebroker in Maritana Street, Kalgoorlie in 1901
Sharebroker in both Maritana Street, Kalgoorlie and at 27 Bennett Street, Perth in 1902 [6]
By 1902 he was a Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia, and by 1903 was also a Justice of the Peace [6]
Proprietor of the Palace Hotel in Saint George's Terrace in Perth from as early as 1903 until his death in 1921 [2] [6]
By 1913 himself, his wife, and his children Lindsay, Evelyn and Irene owned 5,990 acres of land in Nugadong, East Gunyidi [44]
Their 5,990 acres in Nugadong consisted of Lots 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 33, 35, 37 and 38 of the Nugadong Agricultural Area [44]
During his time at the Palace Hotel in Perth he was the absentee owner of a 1,559 acre farm in Gunyidi [10: 12-Aug-1921] [44]
His 1,559 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 3482, 3484, 3485 and 3947 (Leases 6790/56, 6789/56, 6791/56 and 4418/68) [10] [44]
Wrote to the Upper Irwin Road Board in 1910 requesting the clearing and improvement of roads near his farm in Gunyidi [9: 5-Aug-1910]
By 1921 had cleared 870 acres of his Gunyidi farm, which was fenced with two to three wires, and subdivided into three paddocks [10]
His property also boasted a four roomed iron house with outbuildings, rainwater tanks totalling 3,500 gallons, and dams and soaks [10]
In 1921 he had 330 acres of the farm in Gunyidi under crop, and owed only £231 to the Crown to make the land freehold [10]
His livestock in 1921 included horses (a stallion, Mare, colt, and six geldings), a cow and calf, and a number of fowls [10]
Plant and machinery in use on his farm in Gunyidi in the early 1920s included a spring cart, winnower, two harvesters, cultivator, [10]
chaffcutters, plough, rake, binder, horseworks, eight sets of plough harnesses, cart harness, pump, wire rope, and an incubator [10]
Resided at the Palace Hotel in Saint George's Terrace, Perth until his death at the age of 63 years in 1921 [2]
Father of John Tracey, James Henry, Evelyn, Lindsay Gordon and Irene Eliza [54]
Died 12 June 1921; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, BC, 166A) [2]
His executors were to sell his Gunyidi farm including crop, stock and plant at the Palace Hotel in Perth on 15 September 1921 [10]
The terms to purchase the farm were £600 deposit, £300 on 1 March 1922, and the balance by four equal annual payments at 7% [10]
The farm obviously failed to sell on 15 September 1921, as it was again offered for sale by his executors on 27 January 1922 [10]
By this time its crop had likely been harvested, and the property was to be sold separately from livestock and plant/machinery [10]
Terms to purchase the farm were £500 cash deposit and the balance in four equal annual payments at 6% interest per annum [10]
The whole of his livestock, plant, machinery, sundries, seed wheat and haystack were to have been sold for cash [10: 6-Jan-1922]
It appears as though his farm in Gunyidi was sold to John Fitzgerald THOMAS of Coorow [44]
Henry GOLDRING
Bushman in Coorow 1911-1925 [19]
Harold GOLDSWORTHY
Postmaster in Coorow in 1931 and 1932 [19] [50]
Joseph GOODHILL
Married Nellie BELL in 1915 [66]
On 26 and 27 January 1921 he purchased 2,991 acres of farmland and virgin land in Coorow [27]
The land was purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £3692/13/5, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
The 2,991 acres consistes of Lots M968, M969, M970, M1235, M1236 and M1333 of Victoria Location 2023 [27]
Farmer of New Dayton Farm in Coorow 1921-1923 [19] [27] [61]
Sold a windmill from his Lot M970 to Coorow farmers Lawrence A. R. BRYANT and John R.LONGMORE [34]
In June 1923 he sold 1,165 acres of his farm in Lots M968, M969, M1235 and M1236 to John READ [27]
The Midland Railway Company rescinded the sale on his remaining land in Coorow during June 1923 [27]
His former Lots M970 and M1333 were sold by the Midland Railway Company to John N. LEACH on 7 September 1923 [27]
John Currie GORDON
Railway Fettler in Coorow 1911-1914 [19]
Ruby Elaine GRAHAM
Born 1904 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Ernest Joseph GRAHAM and Nora Mignon FLOYD [15]
Married Norman Francis HYDE in Perth in 1926 [66]
Resided with her husband on Waddy Waddy Farm in Waddy Forest [19]
During mid August 1935 her mother, Mrs N. GRAHAM of North Perth, spent a holiday staying with her in Waddy Forest [5: 16-Aug-1935]
After spending a few days in Perth herself, her husband and their sons returned to Waddy on Monday 14 October 1935 [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Along with her husband and sons departed Waddy Forest for an extended beachside holiday on Friday 3 January 1936 [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Won 1st prize for Iceland Poppies and 2nd for Bowl of Garden Flowers at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Along with her husband and sons spent a couple of weeks holiday in Perth in September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Leederville [2]
Mother of Graham and Colin [P361]
Died 7 February 1984; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 20C, 57) [2]
"Alex" Alexander Ray Porter GRANT
Born 2 July 1868 in Bowden, South Australia [55]
Son of John GRANT and Ann Maitland PORTER [55]
Married Sarah BONHAM on 10 November 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Saddler of 16 Laura Street in Stepney, South Australia in 1915 [30]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 27 September 1915 in Adelaide, South Australia [30: item 4669839]
On enlistment was 5 feet 5¾ inches tall, weighed 124 pounds, and had hazel eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion [30]
Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the Transport A67 Orsova on 12 November 1915 [94]
Private 676 in the Australian Imperial Force's 1st Remount Unit during the First World War [94]
Returned to Australia on 12 November 1917; received 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [94]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia 1922- [50]
On 3 July 1922 purchased 701 acres of land in Coorow, Western Australia from George J. BATTERSBY and Sydney MUSTO [27]
The 701 acres was Lot M1121 of Victoria Location 2023 and still had instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company [27]
On 5 August 1922 took out a contract with the Midland Railway Company to purchase 860 acres of virgin land in Coorow [27]
The 860 acres was Lot M1391 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £279 (6/6 per acre), payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Sold Lot M1121 to Mrs Daisy FARLEY on 12 June 1925, and Lot M1391 to Alfred G. WALLIS on 8 November 1926 [27]
During the 1920s he went to jail for six weeks for shooting his son Clem in the ankle during an argument about the farm [P196]
By 1931 he was farming 2,814 acres in Coorow belonging to his wife Sarah (Victoria Locations 8283 and 8734) [3]
They appear to have sold the 2,814 acres to "Harry" W. J. Heinrich ULLRICH and he acquired another 1,953 acres in Coorow [3]
His 1,953 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 2732, 2997, 3059, 3350, 3351, 3397, 3500, 3502 and 5464 [3]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 27-Nov-1936]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Sold 17 lambs at 14/8 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 14 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Following his wife's death in 1938 his son Clem left Three Springs and shifted to Coorow to help him on the farm [P196]
Resided in Coorow and farmed his 1,953 acres until at least 1944 [3]
On retirement he left Coorow and shifted to Perth [P196]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Father of Clem Hunter Porter, Roy Percival Marcus and Jack McDonald GRANT [55]
Died 14 June 1947; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LB, 156) [2]
Born 1897 in Irwin, Western Australia [15]
Son of Thomas DOWNES and Louisa Jane LONG [15]
His father died in 1897 and at Mingenew in 1901 his mother married Thomas DEE [15]
Grandson of William LONG and Sarah GREEN who were the first non-indigenous settlers in Coorow in 1862 [P17]
Farmhand and Labourer in Coorow 1919-1962 [19]
Married Eileen CASSERLY in 1925 [66]
Successfully tendered to contract fence the Coorow West Road in Coorow for the Carnamah District Road Board in 1936 [5: 24-Apr-1936]
He'd completed 80 chains of netting fence, 167 chains of clearing and 170 chains of posts on the Coorow West Road by June 1936 [5]
At his request the Carnamah District Road Board paid him a £20 progressive payment for the work he had done [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Also at his request he received 10/- compensation for damage caused to his bike for a fire lit by the Road Board gang [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Sold a cow for £3/7/6 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 2 December 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
First Aid Man for the Coorow Football Club in 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Steward of the Poultry section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of East Victoria Park [2]
Father of Eileen, Verna, Thomas, Jetta, Kathleen, Ursula [P361] and Irwin [P8]
Died 3 April 1966; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 4, 163) [2]
Amy Lillian DRAPER
Born 22 December 1896 in Beverley, Western Australia [P119]
Daughter of Alfred William DRAPER and Hannah Rebecca WOODLEY [15]
Married "Bert" Albert Edward Parker BATEMAN in Beverley in 1920 [P119]
Resided with her husband and children on Glen Waddi Farm in Waddy Forest 1921-1926 [P120]
Mother of Gwenyth, Ronald and Rita [P119]
Died March 1926; buried Beverley Cemetery, Beverley WA [P119]
Ethel Blanche DRAPER
Born 17 November 1882 in York, Western Australia [209]
Daughter of Alfred William DRAPER and Alice Eliza BLAKISTON [15]
Her mother died at the age of 31 years in 1886, and in 1892 her father married Hannah Rebecca WOODLEY [15]
For a period following her mother's death she was cared for by one of her aunts, who possibly also home-schooled her [P120]
Married "Don" Donnell Edgar FOWLER in Beverley on 30 June 1908 [P120]
Resided with her husband and children on Jangelling Farm at Balkuling in the Beverley district [P120]
Her husband purchased 1,295 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest for £1457.11.7 (22/6 an acre) on 25 February 1921 [27]
On the same day her brother-in-law Albert E. P. BATEMAN purchased the adjacent block in Waddy Forest [27]
Her husband shifted to Waddy Forest and begin clearing the property and had a good weatherboard house built [P120]
In 1924 shifted from Beverley with her children to join her husband on the farm in Waddy Forest [P120]
Resided with her husband and children on farmland in Waddy Forest 1924-1948 [P120]
The farm became known as Glen Waddi when they purchased her brother-in-law's adjacent farm in 1929 [P120]
They also had a house in Forrest Street, South Perth where she resided while their children were attending nearby schools [P120]
Won 1st prize for male Black Orpington at the first annual Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
During January 1935 spent an extended holiday in Arrino staying with her daughter Mrs Irene A. McCANN [5: 11-Jan-1935, 8-Feb-1935]
Won 1st prize for Turnips in the Vegetable section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show held on 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Miss Nancy S. JOHNSON stayed with herself and her family in Waddy Forest in July, August and September of 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Spent a holiday with relatives in Beverley in mid September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
In late November 1935 she was spending a holiday with her daughter Mrs Irene A. McCANN in Arrino [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Returned to Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 December 1935 feeling much benefit from her stay in Arrino [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Accompanied by her children Vivian and Verna travelled to Perth on Tuesday 7 January 1936 en-route for Albany [5: 10-Jan-1936]
She may not have made it to Albany as it was reported on 7 February 1936 that she had been at a Perth hospital for a month [5]
By mid February 1936 she was still at a hospital in Perth, but was "showing marked improvement" [5: 7 & 14-Feb-1936]
After months in hospital in Perth she returned to her home in Waddy Forest on Thursday 21 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
Herself, her husband and their daughter Adeline motored to Perth on Thursday morning 29 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
During November 1936 she spent another holiday with her daughter Mrs Irene A. McCANN in Arrino [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Herself and her daughters spent the 1936-37 summer at a rented house in the Perth suburb of Como [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Her husband and her children Elsie, Dulcie, Vivian and Verna returned to Waddy Forest on Tuesday night 19 January 1937 [5]
She remained in Perth as she was receiving medical attention at Saint Ive's Hospital [5: 22-Jan-1937]
After considerable time in Perth for medical attention herself and her husband returned to Waddy on 19 May 1937 [5: 21-May-1937]
Following a visit by her daughter Irene she accompanied her daughter to her home in Arrino on Sunday 11 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Resided on Glen Waddi Farm in Waddy Forest until 1948 when their three sons bought the farm off her husband [P120]
Left Waddy Forest in 1948 and shifted to their house in Forrest Street, South Perth where she resided until her death in 1950 [P120]
Mother of Irene, Adeline, Elsie, Edgar, Dulcie, Leslie, Vivian and Verna [209]Her
Died 29 May 1950; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WE, 666) [2]
Mrs Eleanor Mary DROMEY
Wife of "Glynn" Glen James DROMEY; see Eleanor Mary DIXEY
"Glynn" Glen James DROMEY
Born 16 November 1893 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Michael DROMEY and Euphemia MCKEAN [15]
By 1911 himself and his father had each taken up a Conditional Purchase lease in Gunyidi [44]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1911-1916 [30] [44]
Resided in Gunyidi until enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 22 February 1916 [30: item 3522454]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighed 130 pounds and had grey eyes, light brown hair and a ruddy complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill was appointed to the 17th Reinforcements of the 10th Light Horse Regiment on 11 April 1916 [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A52 Surada on 16 May 1916 [30]
Detached from the 10th Light Horse Brigade to the Imperial Corps on 10 August 1916 [30]
Private 2462 in the Australian Imperial Force's 3rd Imperial Camel Corps in Egypt during the First World War [30]
Wounded in Action in Egypt on 19 April 1917 and was briefly hospitalised for treatment of a shrapnel wound to his scalp [30]
Embarked on the H.T. Delta and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 August 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 10 October 1919; received the British War Medal and Victory Medal [30]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1919-1940 [3] [6] [19] [44]
Married Eleanor Mary DIXEY in Perth in 1924 [66]
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Had a Fargo truck licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-123 in 1932 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
By 1932 he owned 7,912 acres with Victoria Locations 3478, 4376, 4377, 5820, 5821, 5863, 5875, 5876, 7302, 7303 and 7304 [3]
Resided in South Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 7 October 1940 [16]
Private W27428 in the Australian Army's 29 Garrison Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 13 November 1944 [16]
Rates for his 7,912 acres of farmland in Gunyidi were care of the National Bank in Moora from 1940-41 until 1947-48 [3]
His farmland in Gunyidi was sold to E. J. NOONAN and R. J. HOCKING in April 1948 [3]
Resided at 30 Third Avenue in South from as early as 1942 until at least 1949 [6]
Later resided with his daughter Evelyn and son-in-law Harold at Marchamley Street in the Perth suburb of Carlisle [P367]
Father of Evelyn, Hazel, Patricia, Glynn, Molly and Elsie [P367]
Died 7 February 1980; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, PF, 163) [2]
Michael DROMEY
Born 1859 in Avoca, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Nicholas DROMEY and Alice WALSH [15]
Married Euphemia MCKEAN in Perth in 1889 [15]
Their son Vivian died aged ten months on 29 February 1892, and their son Cyril died aged six months on 21 October 1892 [231]
Both their two infant sons were buried in the same plot at the East Perth Cemetery [231]
Butcher in partnership with his brother N. William DROMEY as "Dromey Bros" in William Street, Perth in 1893 [6]
Won 1st prize for Rough Coated Collie Bitch at the WA Poultry & Dog Society's Annual Show in Perth in 1893 [39: 17-Aug-1893]
Resided in Hay Street, Perth in 1893; in Howick Street, Perth in 1894; and in Lamb Street, Perth in 1895 [6]
Resided at 70 Hutt Street, Perth in 1897 and at 68 Moore Street, East Perth in 1899 [6]
Butcher at 152 Pier Street in Perth in 1900 [6]
Grazier in 1903 and Manager in 1904 of Ninghan Station at Field's Find in the Murchison [6] [50]
Selector in Gunyidi in 1910 [50]
By 1911 himself and his son had each taken up a Conditional Purchase lease in Gunyidi [44]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1911-1927 [19]
Himself and his son attended the monthly meeting of the Carnamah District Road Board on 13 September 1927 [4: 23-Sep-1927]
They requested the Board pay them for work they'd done on six miles of road worth 10/- per chain so they could pay their rates [4]
The Road Board had to inspect the road first but said nothing would be paid until they had paid all of their arrears [4]
Resided in the Perth suburb of East Perth in 1928 [2]
Father of Vivian Nicholas, Cyril Lima and Glen James [15]
Died 17 October 1928 in Perth; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, BA, 479) [2] [15]
George Matt DRUMMOND
Railway Fettler in Gunyidi in 1922 [50]
John DRUMMOND
Pumper at the 157½ mile railing siding in Coorow 1915-1917 [50]
George DUFFELL
Railway Employee in Latham in 1922 [50]
Mrs Sarah DUFFELL
Resided in Latham in 1922 [50]
Elizabeth DUMARESQ
Married Winter Lidstone ASPLEY [15] [54]
Herself and her husband arrived in Victoria, Australia on the ship Cephalonia in March 1883 [42]
Gave birth to their children in Richmond, Victoria, Australia between 1883 and 1892 [15] [54]
By 1911 they had left the Australian state of Victoria and shifted to Coorow in Western Australia [19]
Resided on Merriedale Farm in Latham 1911-1925 [19]
Mother of Alice, Lloyd, William, Bertram and Lucy [15] [54]
Richard James DUNSTAN
Labourer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi in 1914 [50]
Clearer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi in 1916 and 1917 [19]
EEE
John EDWARD
Farmhand in Latham in 1922 [50]
Charles EDWARDS
Labourer in Coorow 1929-1941 [19] [50]
George EDWARDS
Farmhand in Waddy Forest in 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 [5: 21-Jun-1935, 16-Aug-1935]
Witness at a traffic regulations breach hearing at the Carnamah Police Court in Carnamah on Friday 22 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Harry EDWARDS
Born C.1893 [2]
Himself and Myrtle EDWARDS purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1,820 acres of land in Coorow on 12 July 1922 [27]
The 1,820 acres was Lot M1377 of Victoria Location 2023, and cost £1,228/7/6, which was paid for over 17 years [27]
Farmer in Coorow 1927-1941 [19]
Committee Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 [5: 3-May-1935]
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: 2-Aug-1935, 3-Jul-1936, 18-Jun01937]
In mid September 1935 sold 28 suckers for 10/1 per head and 13 suckers for 8/10 per head [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Hosted an evening in honour of Mr and Mrs BIRMINGHAM of West Perth at his home in Coorow on 27 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Held a cocktail party at his home to show bush life by night to Elsie MARRIOTT and Ross MELROSE on 16 July 1936 [5: 24-Jul-1936]
Hosted a bucks party for Winchester farmers George A. RAFFAN and Eric J. BRADLEY on Wednesday evening 7 October 1936 [5]
The evening included songs, stories, seafood and coffee - the latter of which was reported to have been a masterpiece [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold 27 hoggets at 10/1, 19 suckers at 11/5 and 20 ewes at 9/8 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd in November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-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]
Competed in the Carnamah Tennis Club's Easter Tennis Tournament at Centenary Park in Carnamah in March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Attended the R.S.L. Valedictory for Charles A. METTAM at the lounge of the Carnamah Hotel on 28 July 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
"H. & M. Edwards" sold 48 lambs through Elder Smith & Co Ltd in September 1937 - 13 at 18/7, 26 at 17/10, 9 at 17/9 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Married Marjorie Etta UNDERWOOD in Perth in 1941 [66]
Resided at 3 Malcolm Street in Perth while initially remaining the owner of his farm in Coorow [61]
In 1950 sold 1,180 acres of his farm to Milton J. TILLY and the remaining 640 acres to "Tim" Harold T. MELVIN [3]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of North Beach [2]
Died 16 June 1959; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Memorialised along with his wife in the Garden of Remembrance at the Karrakatta Cemetery (Crematorium Rose Gardens, K, 306) [2]
Josiah EDWARDS
Born 1854 in Upper Swan, Western Australia [15]
Son of Samuel EDWARDS and Charlotte BROOM [15]
Married Mary Ann LAWLER in Newcastle in 1892 [15]
Farmer of Croydon Farm and then Calecono Farm in Marchagee 1914-1925 [19]
He was the owner of the 160 acres Victoria Location 6956 in Marchagee, and his son Vernon owned a further 2,291 acres [44]
In 1917 had 200 acres of wheat crop growing on his farm at Marchagee [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of West Perth [2]
Father of Florence Emeline, Mary Amy, Iva Lavinia and Vernon Hubert [15]
Died 16 April 1927; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LA, 580) [2]
Mrs Marjorie Etta EDWARDS
Wife of Harry EDWARDS; see Marjorie Etta UNDERWOOD
Mrs "Trix" Sarah Ann Eliza EDWARDS
Wife of Vernon Hubert EDWARDS; see "Trix" Sarah Ann Eliza JONES
Vernon Hubert EDWARDS
Born 1894 in Wongong, Western Australia [15]
Son of Josiah EDWARDS and Mary Ann LAWLER [15]
Farmer of Croydon Farm in Marchagee 1917-1922 [50]
Married "Trix" Sarah Ann Eliza JONES in Perth 1921 [66]
Farmer of Calecono Farm in Marchagee 1923-1931 [19] [50]
He was the owner of 2,291 acres of land in Marchagee consisting of Victoria Locations 4027 and 6955 [44]
His father owned a further 160 acres with the adjoining Victoria Location 6956 [44]
At the first wool sale of the season on Friday 4 November 1921 he sold four bales of wool for 15d. per pound [10: 11-Nov-1921]
Elected as Member for the South Ward of the Carnamah District Road Board at an election held in April 1925 [9: 1-May-1925]
Served on the Carnamah District Road Board representing the South Ward in 1925 [9: 1-May-1925]
At the time the South Ward of the Carnamah District Road Board consisted of Marchagee and Gunyidi [3]
In 1928 he also owned with a Mr BARRETT-LENNARD 13,500 acres on the Marchagee Estate in Marchagee [120: 20-Dec-1928]
On the 13,500 acres they grew 3,000 acres of crop mostly on sandplain, expected to yield 13-14 bushels, and ran 1,700 sheep [120]
By mid 1932 he had sold his 2,291 acres of farmland in Marchagee to Arthur L. RAINS [3] [19]
Later resided in West Perth [2]
Died 22 November 1958; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, H, 69) [2]
Geoffrey EGG
Farmhand in Marchagee 1914-1919 [50]
Bertram Frederick ELLIOTT
Born C.1894 [2]
Teamster on Mamboobie Estate in Marchagee in 1919 [50]
Farmhand on Minganooka Farm in Marchagee 1931-1938 [19] [50]
Won 1st prize for Snapdragons in the Flower section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Wattle Grove [2]
Died 8 August 1949; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Baptist, CA, 455) [2]
Frank ELLIS
Labourer on the Mamboobie Estate in Marchagee 1911-1916 [19]
Albert ELLISON
Farmer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1916 [19]
Mrs "Irene" Annie Irene ELLISON
Wife of "Gilly" Gilbert Townsend ELLISON; see "Irene" Annie Irene SPICER
Frank Stewart ELLISON
Born 24 July 1883 in Glen Osmond, South Australia [55]
Son of James ELLISON and Georgina Sophia TOWNSEND [50]
Contractor in Gunyidi, Western Australia in 1910 [50]
Contractor at Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1916 [19] [50]
Contractor in Gunyidi prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 20 April 1916 [30: item 3541397]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 8½ inches tall, weighed 146 pounds and had light blue eyes, sandy hair and a ruddy complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill he was appointed on 28 September 1916 to the 4th Reinforcements of the 44th Infantry Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A39 Port Macquarie on 13 October 1916 [30]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England on 12 December 1916 and after further training proceeded to France on 4 February 1917 [30]
Private 2324 in the Australian Imperial Force's 44th Infantry Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Promoted in France to Lance Corporal on 12 July 1917, to Temporary Corporal on 16 July 1917, to Corporal on 28 August 1917 [30]
Killed in Action in Belgium on 4 October 1917 [30]
Buried near the Ypres-Roulers Road one mile north-northeast of Zonnebeke and 1½ miles southwest of Passchendaele in Belgium [30]
Memorialised at the Menin Gate of the Ypres Memorial in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium [17]
"Gilly" Gilbert Townsend ELLISON
Born 14 October 1881 in Glen Osmond, South Australia
Son of James ELLISON and Georgina Sophia TOWNSEND
Member of the Manchester Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly Society from the age of eleven years [30]
Contractor in Mitcham, South Australia in 1916 [18]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 14 August 1916 in Adelaide, South Australia [30: item 3541399]
At the time he was 5 feet 8¼ inches tall, weighed 176 pounds and had grey eyes, fair hair but going bald and a fair complexion [30]
Gave his next of kin as his mother whose address at the time was Arnold Street in Mitcham, South Australia [30]
Appointed to the 21st Reinforcements of the 10th Battalion on 18 October 1916 in Mitcham, South Australia [30]
Embarked from Adelaide, South Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A16 Port Melbourne on 23 October 1916 [30]
Disembarked in Devonport, England on 28 December 1916 and after further training proceeded to France on 5 April 1917 [30]
Private 6504 in the Australian Imperial Force's 10th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Ten days after arriving in France, on 15 April 1917 he was Wounded in Action receiving a serious wound to his left thigh [30]
The wound had been caused by an explosive bullet and was also gassed, and two days later it was going septic [30]
After an X-Ray the wound was operated on in France on 19 April 1917 with the medical officer considering it a bad case [30]
After a month of treatment in France he was repatriated by hospital ship to England where he received further treatment [30]
Embarked England on the A29 H.T. Suevic and disembarked in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on 18 November 1917 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force due to being medically unfit for service on 4 December 1917 [30]
Received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Following his return he resided on Tutt Avenue in the Adelaide suburb of Kingswood [30]
From 5 December 1917 he received a fortnightly pension of 14/- for his mother [30]
He wrote to the Base Records Office of the A.I.F. on 7 March 1918 requesting help in acquiring further sick pay [30]
Wrote he'd "never drawn a penny for sick pay and no medicine blessed with good health right up to the time I got wounded" [30]
Received a fortnightly pension of 45/- from the A.I.F. and owing to having an incapacitated son his mother received one of 28/- [30]
His and his mother's respective fortnightly pensions were reduced from 45/- to 30/- and 28/- to 25/- on 4 July 1918 [30]
Married "Irene" Annie Irene SPICER in Western Australia in 1919 [66]
Contractor in Gunyidi in 1919 [50]
Farmer in Gunyidi, Western Australia 1920-1927 [19] [44]
Initially his farm was the 980 acre Victoria Location 5798 [44]
Took up more land increasing his farm to a total of about 1,723 acres - Victoria Locations 3473, 5798, 5825, 5871 [3] [44]
They later resided at 185 Beaufort Street in Perth and at 36 Brookman Street in North Perth [P361]
Served as a Peace Officer Guard during the Second World War [30: item 1765110]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Manning [2]
Father of Gladys, Dorothy, Allen, Constance, Nellie, Hilda and Joyce [P361]
Died 9 August 1962; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, FA, 131) [2]
Amy Louise EMERY
Resided in Marchagee in 1919 [50]
Arthur Arnold EMERY
Farm Manager in Marchagee in 1919 [50]
Charles Holland EMERY
Farmer in Marchagee 1910-1914 [19] [44]
He was the Postal Vote Officer for Marchagee for the Legislative Council elections held on 13 May 1910 [9: 22-Apr-1910]
Percy Reginald EMERY[50]
Farmer in Marchagee in 1919 [50]
Samuel C. EMERY
Farmer in Marchagee 1915-1921 [44]
Grew 400 acres of wheat crop on his farm in Marchagee in 1917 [10: 19-Jun-1917]
George William EVERY
Born C.1910 [2]
Resided of late in Coorow [2]
Died 30 April 1978; ashes dispersed Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
FFF
Edna May FALCONER
Born C.1908 [2]
Resided on Barokee Farm in Coorow 1950-1967 [2] [19
Died 27 July 1967; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8C, 13) [2]
Mrs Daisy Laura FARLEY
Wife of "Dan" Daniel Philip FARLEY; see Daisy Laura WILLISON
"Dan" Daniel Philip FARLEY
Born 24 September 1889 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England [30]
Son of Philip FARLEY and Eva Harriett BROWN [30]
He was a Marine Engineer by trade and had undertaken a five year apprenticeship with Deny & Company in Scotland [30]
Farmer of Dartmouth Farm in Coorow, Western Australia 1912-1917 [19] [215]
Member of the Coorow branch of the Farmers & Settlers Association - was Secretary in 1912 [215]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australia Imperial Force in Perth on 1 January 1918 [30: item 3548005]
At enlistment he was 5 feet 8½ inches tall, weighed 144 pounds with brown eyes, light brown hair and a medium complexion [30]
On 2 January 1918 at Laverton he was appointed to the Australian Imperial Force's Australian Flying Corps [30]
Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for active service abroad on the R.M.S. Osterley 8 May 1918 [18]
2nd Class Air Mechanic 3231 in the Australian Imperial Force's Australian Flying Corps during the First World War [30]
Granted leave with pay to attend McGibbons School of Marine Engineering in Scotland 21 February 1919 to 17 July 1919 [30]
He was an excellent student, and successfully passed the 2nd Class Board of Trade's Examination of Marine Engineering [30]
Embarked from England on the Aeneas and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 January 1920 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 25 January 1920; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Married Daisy Laura SINFIELD nee WILLISON in Perth in 1920 [66]
Farmer in Coorow 1920-1928 [6] [19]
Returned to Coorow in August 1920 [215]
By 1920 was farming in Coorow in partnership with his father and brother James as "Philip Farley & Sons" [44]
Wrote to the Education Department on 12 March 1921 requesting a teacher to consistently run the Coorow State School [215]
Despite expenses his stepdaughter Pearl hadn't received five weeks running of education since she had been in Coorow [215]
Signatory to a letter sent to the Director of Education by Mrs Annie M. BATTERSBY of Coorow on 14 March 1921 [215]
The letter complained about the sporadic nature, including too many closed days, in which the Coorow State School was run [215]
His wife purchased the 701 acre Lot M1121 of Victoria Location 2023 in Coorow from Alexander GRANT on 12 June 1925 [27]
Lot M1121 still had instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company, which they completed paying [27]
Later became the owner of 630 of his father's acres in Coorow (Lots M947 and M961 of Victoria Location 2023) [3] [44]
His father had begun purchasing Lots M947 and M961 from the Midland Railway Company on 28 April 1913 [27]
On leaving the district he leased his farm in Coorow to neighbouring farmer Charles C. BOTHE [P147]
Resided at 35 Martin Avenue in the Perth suburb of Nedlands 1929-1946 [6]
He wrote to the Carnamah District Road Board in August 1935 requesting they reduce the money he owed them [5]
The Carnamah District Road Board resolved that they "could not sanction" such a reduction [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Hume pipes were installed over the crossing to his property in Coorow by the Main Road Board in October 1936 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
By the end of the 1938-39 financial year he had sold his 1,331 acre farm in Coorow to Charles C. BOTHE [3]
Resided at 35 Martin Avenue in the Perth suburb of Nedlands until his death in 1946 [2]
Died 17 December 1946; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, Niche Wall, W1, 105) [2]
He was registered at birth under the name of Philip Daniel FARLEY [21]
Ellen Sarah FARLEY
Born 17 January 1891 [33]
Daughter of Philip FARLEY and Eva Harriett BROWN [33] [215]
Baptised on 18 July 1891 at Kidderpore in Calcutta, West Bengal, India [33]
Departed Calcutta, India with her parents on the steamship Hymettus and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 April 1911 [70]
Later in 1911 she was living at Eden Hill in the Perth suburb of Guildford [215]
She wrote to the Education Department on 7 September 1911 wanting particulars about the school monitor's examination [215]
Her father was intending to take up land in Coorow, and she was hoping to get a post at the proposed Coorow State School [215]
A school was to be established as with her sister Phyllis and brother James there was the required ten local children of school age [215]
Arrived in Coorow in December 1911 and after delays finding premises opened the Coorow State School on 5 February 1912 [215]
School Teacher of the Coorow State School in Coorow in 1912 [215]
The school at Coorow was a Regulation Four School which meant it was conducted from a private and not state supplied building [215]
She taught the school from a bush shed on George J. T. BATTERSBY's Wattle Vale Farm from February 1912 to October 1912 [215]
In June 1912 she was conducting the school from her father's home on Dartmouth Farm in Coorow [215]
The bush shed on Wattle Vale became unavailable after 15 October 1912 and the school then had no home for six weeks [215]
It appears that she may have conducted the school from her father's home on Dartmouth Farm in Coorow during its homelessness [215]
The school moved to two rooms freely provided by James MCGILL at Coorow House and reopened on 2 December 1912 [215]
Mrs Eva Harriett FARLEY
Wife of Capt. Philip FARLEY; see Eva Harriett BROWN
James FARLEY
Born 11 October 1900 in Calcutta, Bengal, India [16]
Son of Philip FARLEY and Eva Harriett BROWN [30]
Baptised at the Seamens Church at Hastings in Calcutta, Bengal, India on 13 November 1900 [272]
Departed Calcutta, India with his parents on the steamship Hymettus and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 April 1911 [70]
Resided with his parents on Dartmouth Farm in Coorow, Western Australia 1912-1916 [19] [30] [215]
His name was listed as a prospective student in applications for an assisted State School to be established in Coorow in 1911 [215]
Student at the Coorow State School in 1912, which was a bush shed on Wattle Vale Farm and run by his sister Ellen [215]
By September 1913 he was boarding in Three Springs and attending the Three Springs State School [215]
Student at the Coorow State School at Coorow House on Victoria Location 385 in Coorow in 1914 [215]
Farmhand in Coorow prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in Geraldton on 14 July 1916 [30: item 3548039]
He was noted as 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 144 lbs. and with blue-grey eyes, brown hair and a medium complexion [30]
After brief training at Blackboy Hill he was on 1 November 1916 appointed to the 17th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916 [18]
Private 6075 in the Australian Imperial Force's 28th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
His mother wrote to the Australian Headquarters of the A.I.F. on 24 December 1917 informing them he was underage [30]
A month later an investigation was begun to ascertain his true age, and it was revealed with his admission that he was underage [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 14 January 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
On his return from the war he was tendered a Welcome Home at his parents' home in Coorow on Thursday 10 July 1919 [10: 18-Jul-1919]
The evening was organised by his mother, who with some assistance decorated the room with the colours of his battalion [10]
His Welcome Home was reported to have been "the best and brightest function yet head in that old established place Coorow" [10]
A large crowd from Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs attended, many of whom travelled boggy roads to be present [10]
Farmer in Coorow 1920-1928 [6] [19] [27]
Purchased with cash 517 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company on 16 June 1920 [27]
The 517 acres was Lot M1231 of Victoria Location 2023, and cost £439.13.7 (17/- per acre), less a 20% cash discount [27]
Initially farmed his own land and his father's in partnership with his father and brother Daniel as "Philip Farley & Sons" [44]
By 1924 was farming on his own, and had also become the owner of the 753 acre Lot M1046 of Victoria Location 2023 [44]
Lot M1046 had previously been owned by his father, who had purchased it as virgin land in 1915 for £428/14/0 [27]
By 1931 he appears to have sold his 1,270 acre farm in Coorow (Lots M1046 and M1231) to Charles C. BOTHE of Coorow [3]
Married Lily BROWN in 1921 [66]
Labourer in Perenjori 1929-1935 [19]
Farmer in Bowgada 1938-1942 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 9 April 1942 [16]
Private W64281 in the Australian Army's 5 Garrison Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 19 April 1943 [16]
Farmer in Perenjori 1948-1958 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Died 29 June 1981; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Mrs Lily FARLEY
Wife of James FARLEY; see Lily BROWN
Pearl Frances FARLEY
Stepdaughter of "Dan" Daniel Philip FARLEY; see Pearl Frances SINFIELD
Capt. Philip FARLEY
Born C.1858 [2]
Master Mariner in India [70]
Married Eva Harriett BROWN in 1887 in Bengal, India [171]
Departed Calcutta, India with his wife and children on the Hymettus and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 April 1911 [70]
By September 1911 he had plans to take up land in Coorow [215]
Ahead of them moving to Coorow his daughter Ellen applied to become the teacher of the proposed school in Coorow [215]
He guaranteed to contribute to the teacher's salary if the attendance fell below ten at the proposed Coorow State School in 1911 [215]
Farmer of Dartmouth Farm in Coorow, Western Australia 1912-1925 [19] [27] [215]
On 28 April 1913 signed the contract to purchase from the Midland Railway Company 630 acres of farmland in Coorow [27]
The 630 acres consisted of Lots M947 and M961 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £2992/10/-, payable by instalments [27]
The land was part of the Midland Railway Company's Improved Farm Scheme and was the first farm sold through the scheme [27]
Like others in the Improved Farm Scheme it came with a house in addition to being partly cleared and fenced [34]
M947 and M961 both adjoin the railway line and are on the north and south sides of South Waddy Road respectively [62]
Took out assistance under the Industries Assistance Board while establishing his farm [34]
Signatory to financial guarantees to the Education Department issued on 10 August 1912 and 3 December 1912 [215]
The guarantee was to pay the financial shortfall if attendance at the Coorow State School fell below ten students [215]
By September 1913 his son James was boarding in Three Springs and attending the Three Springs State School [215]
In March 1915 applied to purchase from the Midland Railway Company an adjoining 750 acres for between 8/- and 25/- per acre [34]
Application successful: on 29 June 1915 purchased 753 acres of adjoining virgin land from the Midland Railway Coy for £428 [27]
753 acres was Lot M1046 of Victoria Location 2023 and was adjacent to M947 on the north side of South Waddy Road [27] [62]
During the First World War his sons Daniel and James served in the Australian Imperial Force [30: items 3548039, 3548005]
Sold 331 bags of wheat from his 1915 harvest (108 bags for 4/- and 223 bags for 3/- per bushel) and kept 170 bags for seed wheat [34]
In April 1916 A. J. BARBER, General Manager of the Midland Railway Company in London, England remarked in a letter: [34]
"Captain Farley…has been a good hard worker from all accounts, and was…the first settler who came to our farms" [34]
Seeded 300 acres of crop on his farm in 1916 [34] and had 350 acres of wheat crop in 1917 [10: 19-Jun-1917]
In August 1916 signed a petition which was sent to the Midland Railway Company requesting the price of their farms be reduced [34]
Member of the Carnamah branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association in 1917 [34]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
By 1920 was farming and trading in partnership with his sons Daniel and James as "Philip Farley & Sons" [44]
Himself, his son James and Carl G. B. JENSEN took out a contract to purchase 669 acres in Coorow on 15 September 1922 [27]
The 669 acres was Lot M1387 of Victoria Location 2023 and was being purchased from the Midland Railway Company [27]
Lot M1387 cost £217/13/5 (6/6 per acre) which was payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
On 15 January 1925 they assigned the block to his wife Eva, and on 28 September 1927 sold it to Alfred G. WALLIS [27]
Appears to have left Coorow in 1925, with his Lots M947 and M961 going to his son Daniel and M1046 to his son James [3] [19] [44]
Resided in Mandurah in 1929 and 1930 [6]
Resided at 21 Douglas Avenue, South Perth in 1934 and at 15 Yeovil Crescent in the Perth suburb of Bicton in 1935 and 1936 [6]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Fremantle [2]
Father of Daniel, Ellen, James and Phyllis [30] [70]
Died 19 September 1936; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Anglican, A5, 205) [2]
His wife Eva died two months later on 14 November 1936, aged 66 years and was also buried at the Fremantle Cemetery [2]
Phyllis Eva FARLEY
Daughter of Philip FARLEY and Eva Harriett BROWN [70]
Departed Calcutta, India with her parents on the steamship Hymettus and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 April 1911 [70]
Resided with her parents on Dartmouth Farm in Coorow 1912-1923 [19] [34] [215]
Her name was listed as a prospective student in applications for an assisted State School to be established in Coorow in 1911 [215]
Student at the Coorow State School in 1912, which was run by her sister Ellen S. FARLEY [215]
Came 3rd in the "Belle of the Ball" competition at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday in Three Springs on 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Entrant in the Carnamah Popular Girl Competition conducted by the Carnamah Hall Committee in 1920 and 1921 [10: 1-Apr-1921]
In 1925 she was working as a Nurse and living at 697 Beaufort Street in what was then the Perth suburb of Highgate Hill [50]
Nurse in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia in 1930 [50]
Resided with a Mrs TRAVERS on Charlton Avenue in the Sydney suburb of Summer Hill [50]
Resided at The Maisonette Flats on Challis Avenue in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst [50]
Following her father's death in 1936 herself and her mother were living at 73 Marine Terrace in the Perth suburb of Fremantle [50]
William Arthur FARLEY
Farmhand for Baxter D. BOTHE on Inglewood Farm in Coorow in 1929 and 1930 [19]
Mary Jane FARRELL
Married Charles Frederick STARTLING in Geraldton in 1911 [66]
They resided in Coomberdale in 1914, in Coorow in 1917, and in Carnamah in Carnamah in 1919 and 1920 [6] [19]
Resided in Arrino in 1921 [19]
Came fourth with 5,753 votes in the Ugly Woman Competition conducted in Three Springs for the Y.M.C.A. in May 1917 [9]
Her candidiature in the competition contributed to the raising of £208/17/6 for the war efforts of the Y.M.C.A. [9: 25-May-1917]
Resided in Dongara in 1923 [19]
Resided on Victoria Street in Mingenew in 1929 and 1930 [19]
In early 1932 she was living in Walkaway and in later 1932 and in 1933 she was living in Mullewa [19]
Matthew FARRELL
Contractor in Marchagee in 1909 and 1910 [50]
John FARRELLY
Fettler in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Mrs Winifred Mary FARRELLY
Resided in Latham in 1922 [50]
George Robert Charles FELTON
Farmer in Gunyidi 1929-1933 [19]
Kevin Ringol FENNELL
Born 7 July 1936 [45]
Son of Walter George FENNELL and Alice Christina BRYANT [14]
Married Jetta Margaret DOWNES [P8]
Farmhand in Marchagee [19]
Worked on the farms of Peter W. THOMSON and then John M. STACY in Marchagee [P327]
Continued to live in a house on John M. STACY's farm in Marchagee while he established a local contracting business [P327]
Contract Carrier and Superphosphate Spreader in and around Marchagee [P327]
During the off-season of his business he did all of the maintaining of his trucks, spreaders and equipment [P327]
Later shifted to a house in the Marchagee townsite [P327]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club [45]
During his time at Marchagee he had a beach shack at Green Head [45]
Purchased his father's original 1,400 farm from his brother W. Frank FENNELL in the 1960s or 1970s [P327]
Later resided in Geraldton [45]
Passed away at the age of 70 years at the Saint John of God Hospital in Geraldton [45]
His Funeral Mass was held at Saint Lawrence's Catholic Church in the Geraldton suburb of Bluff Point [45]
Father of Kerry, Peter, Maria, Sharyn, James and Bernard [45]
Died 12 January 2006; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton WA on 17 January 2006 [45]
"Frank" Walter Frank FENNELL
Born 1927 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of Walter George FENNELL and Alice Christina BRYANT [14]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Marchagee [19]
Part of an overland trip to the uninhabited coast at Jurien Bay, which departed on Monday 15 February 1937 [5: 26-Feb-1937]
The 12 other members of the party were Walter G. FENNELL, Frank R. BRYANT and C. Jock BRAYNT of Marchagee; [5]
Baxter D. BOTHE, William J. GAUNT, George HUTRCHRAFT, Donald S. GRANT, David TODD, Fred BINGHAM, [5]
and John S. READ of Coorow; Angus A. N. MCGILP of Waddy Forest; and William A. T. SARGENT of Carnamah [5]
They travelled in two trucks and two cars and from Moora they drove over 54 miles of road and 30 miles of sand [5]
They erected a shed and tables and were able to get good reception on a wireless Fred BINGHAM had taken along [5]
They took a boat with them and fished every day, and paid a visit to caves situated nine miles from their camp at Jurien Bay [5]
The party also visited Sandy Cape and North Head and after an enjoyable stay returned home on Friday 19 February 1937 [5]
Purchased the 1,778 acre Victoria Location 9493 in Marchagee from Frank R. BRYANT in January 1950 [3]
Farmer in Marchagee 1950-1980 [19]
Fisherman of Lot 101 Bristol Street in the Coorow townsite in 1986 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Armadale [2]
Died 15 May 1995; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Walter George FENNELL
Born 4 April 1908 in Busselton, Western Australia [16]
Farmer in Marchagee 1923-1955 [1] [14] [19]
His farm was 1,544 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 3255, 3256 and 5866 [3]
Married Alice Christina BRYANT in Perth in 1926 [14] [66]
Part of an overland trip to the uninhabited coast at Jurien Bay, which departed on Monday 15 February 1937 [5: 26-Feb-1937]
The other members of the party were his son W. Frank FENNELL, Frank R. BRYANT and C. Jock BRAYNT of Marchagee; [5]
Baxter D. BOTHE, William J. GAUNT, George HUTRCHRAFT, Donald S. GRANT, David TODD, Fred BINGHAM, [5]
and John S. READ of Coorow; Angus A. N. MCGILP of Waddy Forest; and William A. T. SARGENT of Carnamah [5]
They travelled in two trucks and two cars and from Moora they drove over 54 miles of road and 30 miles of sand [5]
They erected a shed and tables and were able to get good reception on a wireless Fred BINGHAM had taken along [5]
They took a boat with them and fished every day, and paid a visit to caves situated nine miles from their camp at Jurien Bay [5]
The party also visited Sandy Cape and North Head and after an enjoyable stay returned home on Friday 19 February 1937 [5]
Private W83520 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
On 15 December 1943 was fined £2 at the Carnamah Police Court for drinking at the Coorow Hotel at an hour outside its license [22]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1946 [13]
Father of Frank, Kevin, Barry and Graham [14]
Died 27 February 1955; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row F, Plot 2) [1]
Jeanett Paton FERGUSON
Born 4 December 1899 in Moonta, South Australia [55]
Daughter of John Paton FERGUSON and Frances Amelia MORRIS [55]
Married Milton Jabez TILLY on 28 July 1927 in Weetulta, South Australia [55]
In 1936 shifted with her husband from South Australia to Coorow, Western Australia [P8]
Resided in Coorow from 1936 until 1995 [P8]
Resided in the house on Lot 1142, which her husband leased, on the north side of the Coorow-Latham Road 1936-1940 [P8]
Resided on her husband's Touchna Farm, Lot M1617, between the Midlands Road and Touche Road 1940-1946 [P8]
Purchased the former billiard saloon at Lot 47 Commercial Street in the Coorow townsite from Lloyd WILLIAMS [3]
Resided in the galvanised iron house (former billiard saloon) at Lot 47 Commercial Street, Coorow 1946 onwards [P8]
In July 1946 purchased the vacant and adjacent Lot 48 Commercial Street in Coorow from Mrs Frances E. SCHNEIDER [3]
Later had a new house built which straddled both Lots 47 and 48 Commercial Street, Coorow [P8]
Used both the new and old houses for a number of years and then had the old house pulled down and added to the new one [P8]
Won 1st prize for Fancy Cakes at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park in Coorow on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Exhibited in the Confectionary and Vegetable sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Won 1st prizes for Plain Scones and for Fancy Cakes, and 2nd prize for Carrots [5]
At the Show Ball held in the evening following the Show she received the V. W. Broun Trophy for the best Fancy Cakes [5]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1946 and 1947 [150]
Steward of the Cookery section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Tenth Annual Show in 1947 [150]
Later a member of the North Midlands Agricultural Society [P8]
Member of Coorow's branches of the Red Cross Society, Country Women's Association and R.S.L. Ladies' Auxiliary [P8]
Member of the North Midlands Methodist Church / North Midlands Uniting Church [P8]
Resided on Lots 47 and 48 Commercial Street, Coorow until 1995 when she moved to the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs [P8]
Mother of Jill [P8]
Died 7 March 2003; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth (VC Section, Niche Wall, W5, 41) [2]
Mrs Ivy Evelyn FIEBIG
Wife of Alan Oscar FIEBIG; see Ivy Evelyn ANGEL
Frank FINNISS
Railway Fettler in Latham in 1916 and 1917 [50]
Frederick Ulick Evelyn FIRMSTONE
Born C.1893 [2]
Farmer of Kenilworth Farm in Coomberdale in 1931 [50]
Farmer of Monomeath Farm in Coorow 1932-1935 [4] [5] [19]
Himself and Clement M. WARREN farmed the property in partnership as "Warren & Firmstone" [5: 2-Mar-1934] [19]
The farm was the 1,477 acre Lot M1142 of Victoria Location 2023, which was leased from Dennis J. 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]
It was reported in the local newspaper 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, harros, Dodge runabout, fumigator, Rumley tractor, vice, drilling machine, tools and sundries [5]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Armadale [2]
Died 31 October 1985; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (DA Section, Ground Niche, A, 83) [2]
John FITZPATRICK
Fencer in Coorow 1911-1913 [19] [50]
William FLETCHER
Clearing Contractor in Three Springs 1910-1914 [6] [19] [50]
Farmhand on Carl G. B. JENSEN's Sandringham Farm in Coorow 1914-1916 [19]
Labourer in Coorow in 1917 [50]
Mrs "Fay" Faith Reta FOLLAND
Wife of Gilbert Ridgway FOLLAND; see "Fay" Faith Reta NICHOLLS
Gilbert Ridgway FOLLAND
Born 2 January 1911 in Enfield, South Australia [55]
Son of Stanley Lorraine FOLLAND and Susanna Kate MORCOMBE [55]
Farmer of Enfield Park Farm in Waddy Forest, Western Australia [110]
Member of the Waddy Forest Cricket Club 1928-1930 [4: 10-Nov-1928, 11-Oct-1930]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dance held in Winchester on Saturday 14 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club in 1932 [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Came 2nd in the Coat, Hat and Cigarette Race in the Horse Events at the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club 1933-1951 [4: 2-Dec-1933, 23-Oct-1936, 7-Apr-1951]
Came 1st in the Flag Race and the Swerving Race in the Horse Events at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Master of Ceremonies at the send-off to Tom MORCOMBE at the Waddy Forest Hall on Saturday 13 January 1934 [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Member of the Waddy Forest Group of Toc H in 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Married "Fay" Faith Reta NICHOLLS at the Central Baptist Church in Perth on 17 March 1934 [5: 23-Mar-1934, 6-Apr-1934]
His best man was his cousin Keith MORCOMBE, while groomsman was Fay's brother Max NICHOLLS [5]
Following their wedding himself and his wife arrived to their home Thornborough in Waddy Forest on Saturday 31 March 1934 [5]
Received a small presentation in recognition of his marriage at a meeting of the Waddy Forest Toc H on 25 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Himself and his father travelled to Perth on Sunday 29 July 1934 to attend a horse sale early the next week [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Won the Melon Race in the Ring Events section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Master of Ceremonies during the later portion of the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1935 and 1936, and was B Grade Champion in 1937 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 31-Jul-1936, 16-Jul-1937]
Attended the Coorow Rifle Club's Grand Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 26 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Represented Waddy at meetings of the Carnamah-Winchester-Coorow Tennis Association 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 6-Sep-1935, 18-Sep-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 his sister Nance at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
He was among those from Waddy Forest who travelled to Perth for the Perth Royal Show in October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-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]
Competitor in the Parkinson Tennis Club's Tennis Tournament held in Carnamah on New Year's Day 1 January 1937 [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]
Played for the defeated Married Men in a cricket match against Single Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Master of Ceremonies at the Waddy Forest Tennis Club's Presentation Dance in Waddy Forest in June 1937 [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Attended the Kitchen Tea for Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD at the Waddy Forest Hall on 31 July 1937 [5: 6-Aug-1937]
Private in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Agricultural Society and Patriotic Funds Committee in 1945 [0: image 04319]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 21 September 1945 [96]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1946 [150]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1952 [0: image 04668]
In 1957 was the owner of a motor vehicle with licence plate CA-52 [22]
In 1963 was the owner of a Vauxhall sedan car with licence plate CW-224 and a trailer with licence plate CW-32 [22]
Later resided at 45 Beckenham Place in the Perth suburb of Beckenham [2]
Passed away at the age of 74 years from respiratory failure and emphysema at the Mount Henry Hospital in Como [90]
Father of Kath, Ruth and Maxine [14]
Died 22 January 1985 in the Perth suburb of Como; ashes interred Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Niche Wall) [1] [2]
"Stan" Stanley Lorraine FOLLAND
Born 11 July 1883 in Enfield, South Australia [55]
Son of Charles French FOLLAND and Annie Maria WILLIAMS [55]
Married "Susie" Susanna Kate MORCOMBE on 25 May 1909 in Enfield, South Australia [55]
Settled on prospective farmland at Waddy Forest in the Coorow district of Western Australia in 1924 [P164]
On 27 October 1924 he had purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1,136 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest [27]
The 1,136 acres of virgin land was Lot M1505 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £994/8/9 or 17/6 per acre [27]
The purchase was payable by instalments over 15 years and after extending the repayments to 1944 he completed the purchase [27]
Farmer of Enfield Park Farm in Waddy Forest 1924-1941 [5: 27-Jul-1934] [19] [P164]
In 1928 he grew 630 acres of Nabawa and Gluyas varieties of wheat on his farm in Waddy Forest [120: 20-Dec-1928]
Hail struck his wheat crops in 1928, and the damage done was estimated to have been seven bushels per acre [120: 20-Dec-1928]
Member of the Waddy Forest Cricket Club in 1928-29 [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Competed in the nationwide Bateman Centenary Wheat Growers' Competition in 1929 [4: 17-May-1930]
Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club 1929-1932 [4: 24-Aug-1929, 22-Aug-1931] [5: 22-Jul-1932]
Attended and spoke at the Welcome Home held in Coorow for Dr. W. P. SHANAHAN on 13 September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Represented the Carnamah Rifle Club at the National Rifle Association Prize meeting in 1932 [5: 2-Sep-1932]
In 1932 was the owner of a Hillman car and a Chevrolet truck with license plates CA-185 and CA-204 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
At one stage had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanic Henry Parkin & Son [53]
Foundation Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1932-1936 [4: 9-Apr-1932] [5: 13-Mar-1936] [150]
Attended, exhibited and competed at the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show held in Maley Park, Coorow on 8 September 1932 [5]
Won 1st prize for a Male White Leghorn in the Poultry section and came 2nd in the Flag Race of the Horse Events [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Won 2nd prize for female Black Orpington in the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
In 1933 purchased two bags of seed wheat of the sought after Comeback wheat and reaped 62 bags from ten acres [5: 23-Feb-1934]
In November 1933 himself and Ivor B. ROBERTS proposed a Rifle Club be formed at Coorow [5: 24-Nov-1933]
Founding Member, Chairman and Captain of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1934 [5: 5-Jan-1934] [P15]
Along with Charles BOTHE, Baxter BOTHE and Ivor ROBERTS built the Coorow Rifle Range in July 1934 [5: 20-Jul-1934]
He was once more Captain of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1935-36, 1936-37 and 1937-38 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 31-Jul-1936, 16-Jul-1937, 30-Jul-1937]
Donated trophies to the Coorow Rifle Club in 1935 which were won by John S. READ and F. Keith MORCOMBE [5: 1-Nov-1935]
He presented the trophies at the Coorow Rifle Club's Annual Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 28 November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Himself and his brother-in-law William G. MORCOMBE used to shoot rabbits in Waddy Forest - up to 100 in a day [P32]
Building of a new cement brick house on his farm in Waddy Forest commenced in February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Along with Phil, Stella and Keith MORCOMBE travelled to Perth by car on 16 March 1934 to attend his son's wedding [5: 23-Mar-1934]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Progress Association in 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Had a wireless set (radio) installed at his home on Enfield Park in Waddy Forest towards the end of July 1934 [5: 27-Jul-1934]
Himself, his son Gilbert, daughter-in-law Fay and the NICHOLLS boys travelled to Perth by car on Sunday 29 July 1934 [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Over the first weekend in August 1934 Sister FOLLAND of the Dalwallinu Hospital stayed with them in Waddy Forest [5: 10-Aug-1934]
Exhibited in four sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on Thursday 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Received 1st prize for Yearly Draught Colt or Filly and 2nd for a Draught Stallion in the Horse section [5]
Won 1st prize for male and 2nd for female Black Orpingtons in the Poultry section; and 2nd prizes for Lemons and White Eggs [5]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Rifle Club's Rifle Range on Saturday 8 September 1934 [5: 14-Sep-1934]
A sample of his outstanding wheat was part of the Coastal District Display at the Perth Royal Show in 1934 [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Himself and his brother-in-law Phil MORCOMBE received horses imported form South Australia on 21 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1934-35 [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Owner of the registered four year old draught stallion named Penryn Leader in 1934-35 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
During early July 1935 he was an inmate of the Moora Hospital, during which time his condition "improved favourably" [5: 12-Jul-1935]
After being an inmate of the Moora Hospital for some time he returned to his home in Waddy Forest on 20 July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
Won 1st prize for Australian Strong White Wheat at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 5 September 1935 [5: 13 & 20-Sep-1935]
A week later repeated his success by winning 1st for Australian Strong White Wheat at the Carnamah Agricultural Show [5]
During the second half of September 1935 he was an inmate of the Carnamah Private Hospital and was "improving" [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Left the Carnamah Private Hospital on 12 October 1935 and returned to Waddy Forest well on the road to recovery [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Won 3rd prize for "any other variety of Premier Strong wheat" for Zone 2 at the Royal Show in Perth in 1935 [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Travelled from Waddy Forest to Perth on Monday 21 October 1935 to embark on a health tour and visit relatives [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Departed Fremantle, Western Australia on the Duntroon en route for a holiday in South Australia on 24 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Arrived back to his home in Waddy Forest on Monday night 17 February 1936 "looking very well and fit" [5: 21-Feb-1936]
Competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range in Three Springs on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1936 [150]
He won the majority of the awards in the Horse section at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 3 September 1936 [5]
He was awarded both 1st and 2nd prizes for Draught Mare and for Team of Two Farm Horses in Harness; [5]
1st for Team of Two Farm Horses in Harness bred by exhibitor; 2nd for Brood Mare visibly in or with foal and Draught Stallion [5]
As the most successful exhibitor of the Horse section he won the Hugh Fischer Trophy [5: 4 & 11-Sep-1936]
Received prize money through competing at the meeting of the National Rifle Association of WA in Swanbourne in 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Convened the Social Evening held at the Waddy Forest Hall on Tuesday evening 15 December 1936 [5: 18-Dec-1936]
At the Social Evening a collection was taken to help provide Christmas cheer for the Victoria Park Methodist Children's Home [5]
Most successful exhibitor and winner of the President's Trophy at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Won 1st and 2nd for Team of Two Farm Horses in Harness and for Team of Two Farm Horses in Harness bred by exhibitor [5]
Also won 1st and 2nd for 2-year Gelding and Brood Mare; and 2nd prizes for Draught Mare and Draught Gelding [5]
In the Vegetable section won 1st prizes for Lettuce and Onions and 2nd for Collection of Vegetables [5]
In Grain & Fodder received 1st and 2nd for Wheaten Chaff, 1st for Green Oats for Hay and 2nd for Comeback Wheat [5]
Resided in Waddy Forest until his death in 1941 [6] [19]
Father of Gilbert and Nance [14]
Died 23 August 1941 in Moora; buried Moora Cemetery, Moora [4: 30-Aug-1941]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 30 August 1941:
Obituary - Death of Waddy Forest Resident - Late Mr. S. L. Folland
"The death occurred at Moora on Saturday night last of a well-known resident of Waddy Forest in the person of Mr. S. L. Folland, who has for some years past been an extremely popular figure in the district. The deceased gentleman was keenly interested in public affairs generally, but he was particularly active in rifle shooting, having fulfilled the duties of captain of the Coorow Club since its inception. He was an excellent marksman and was always ready and willing to give other members the benefit of his wide experience. The late Mr. Folland is survived by a widow, one son (Gilbert) and one daughter (Nancy). The funeral took place at Moora on Monday last and was largely attended by friends and relatives, the chief mourners at the graveside being Mrs. S. L. Folland (wife), Miss N. Folland (daughter) and Mr and Mrs G. R. Folland. Members of the Coorow Rifle Club formed a guard of honour at the cemetery and representatives of the Coorow unit of the Home Guard acted as pall-bearers. Amongst those noticed at the graveside were Mr and Mrs P. W. Hunt, Mr and Mrs C. C. Bothe, Mr and Mrs B. D. Bothe, Mr and Mrs B. Lampard, Miss A. Peters, Messrs P. T. Morcombe, W. G. Morcombe, T. Morcombe, A. C. Broun, V. W. Broun, C. M. Broun, G. J. Underwood, E. W. Fowler, T. Read, G. E. Peters, A. Rudduck, A. C. Bierman, J. H. Doney, I. B. Roberts, W. Davies, S. R. Tomkins, J. Hogbin, D. J. McCann, C. H. Gronow, M. L. Gronow, H. T. Melvin, F. Bingham, W. S. Mitchell, G. Lambert, W. J. Gaunt, J. Read, D. E. Fowler, R. Wallace, M. G. Greenwood, E. Chapman and R. Clark."
Mrs "Susie" Susanna Kate FOLLAND
Wife of "Stan" Stanley Lorraine FOLLAND; see "Susie" Susanna Kate MORCOMBE
Eileen Veronica FORD
Born C.1918 [1]
Resided of late in Coorow [1]
Passed away at the age of 40 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [1]
Died 8 March 1958 in Three Springs; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row G, Plot 14) [1]
"Add" Adeline Blanche FOWLER
Born 1 June 1912 [209]
Daughter of Donnell Edgar FOWLER and Ethel Blanche DRAPER [209]
Resided with her parents in Beverley 1912-1924 and then on farmland in Waddy Forest 1924-1936 [19] [209]
Won 1st prize for White Bread at the inaugural Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Awarded 1st prize for Fruit Cake the second annual Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
One of the suppliers of music at the Coorow Cricket Club's Dance held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Won the C. S. Baty & Coy trophy, which was a cake dish, at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 in a gown of dark red marocain [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening & Play Presentation at the Carnamah Hall on 17 June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Won the Bushells Ltd Trophy for 1st prize for Coffee Sponge Sandwich at the 1936 Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Herself and her father accompanied by Miss Mary ROBERTS travelled to Perth by car on Thursday 1 October 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
After attending the Perth Royal Show herself and her father returned to Waddy Forest [5: 16-Oct-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 Surprise Linen Tea for Miss Mary E. GREENWOOD at Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest on 22 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Attended the Kitchen Tea for Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD at the Waddy Forest Hall on 31 July 1937 [5: 6-Aug-1937]
The guests of honour were presented with kitchen utensils she had purchased with donations collected by herself and her sisters [5]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Motored from Waddy Forest to Perth with her father on Tuesday 7 September 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Won 1st prize for Woollen Knitted Article in the Fancy Work section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
On leaving Waddy Forest she shifted to Perth where she re-met Lox MORAN, who she'd gone to school with in Beverley [P120]
Married "Lox" James Loxley MORAN in Perth on 15 February 1938 [66] [210]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Mother of Donnell and Trevor [209]
Died 3 May 2002; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, PD, 678) [2]
"Viv" Donald Vivian FOWLER
Born 23 August 1922 in Beverley, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Don" Donnell Edgar FOWLER and Ethel Blanche DRAPER [P120]
Resided with his parents in Beverley 1922-1924 and then on farmland in Waddy Forest 1924 onwards [P120]
Educated at the Waddy Forest State School in Waddy Forest [5: 10-May-1935] [P120]
Won a 2nd prize for Handwork in the Educational section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Himself and Norman J. M. PATTON were going home from school bareback on the same horse on 8 May 1935 [5: 10-May-1935]
Suffered slight concussion and fractured his collar bone after they stopped the horse too suddenly and were flung to the ground [5]
Later in the evening he was taken to the Carnamah Private Hospital for attention from Dr. Cecil P. ROSENTHAL [5: 10 & 24-May-1935]
After a few days at the Carnamah Private Hospital he returned to his parents' home in Waddy Forest on Saturday 18 May 1935 [5]
Won a box of sweets at a Dance held at the Waddy Hall in Waddy Forest on Saturday 22 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 dressed as "Oberon" [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Himself and his twin sister Verna celebrated their 13th birthday at Glen Waddi Farm on Saturday 24 August 1935 [5: 30-Aug-1935]
Came 3rd in the 13 years Boys Running Race at the Combined School Sports in Carnamah on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Malcolm L. and Irene S. PATTON in Waddy Forest on 1 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Won 1st prize for Handwork in the Educational section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Shows 1936 and 1937 [5: 11-Sep-1936, 10-Sep-1937]
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 Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Attended the Coorow-Waddy Progress Association's Annual Children's Sports in Coorow on Thursday 12 August 1937 [5]
Won the 14 Years Boys & Girls Race, the Boys Over 9 Years Obstacle Race and the High Jump with a height of 4 feet 2 inches [5]
Came 3rd in the Boys 9 to 12 Years Obstacle Race [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 19 July 1942 [16]
Private WX25384 in the Australian Army's 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
During the war he served initially in New Guinea and then in Borneo [P120]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 17 June 1946 [16]
Returned to Waddy Forest and farmed with his brothers Edgar and Leslie as "Fowler Bros" 1946-1952 [P120]
Farmer in Waddy Forest in partnership with just his brother Edgar as "Fowler Bros" 1952-1979 [P120]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club [P120]
Killed in an accident while on the farm when during stubble chaining the tractor he was driving was pulled over and crushed him [P120]
Died 30 March 1979; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 19) [1]
"Don" Donnell Edgar FOWLER
Born 18 October 1882 in Craneford Flaxmans Valley, South Australia [55]
Son of George FOWLER and Sarah Ann KICK [55]
Resided with his parents in Craneford, Pint Cut Creek and then Truro in South Australia [210]
Along with two of his brothers left South Australia and shifted to Western Australia in the early 1900s [P120]
Worked as a timber cutter in Jarrahdale and then began share-farming [P120]
Married Ethel Blanche DRAPER on 3 June 1908 in Beverley, Western Australia [P120]
Farmer of Jangelling Farm at Balkuling in the Beverley district [P120]
Also farmed a property in Beverley which he leased from his brother-in-law Lewis DRAPER [P120]
His parents later left South Australia and lived with himself and his wife in Beverley [P120]
On 25 February 1921 purchased 1,295 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 1,295 acres was Lot M1300 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £1457/11/7 (22/6 an acre), payable by instalments [27]
A while later shifted to the property in Waddy Forest, began clearing the land and had a good weatherboard house built [P120]
After the house was built his wife and children joined him on the farm in Waddy Forest [P120]
Farmer in Waddy Forest 1924-1948 [P120]
They also had a house in Forrest Street, South Perth where his wife stayed while their children attended nearby schools [P120]
In 1932 he was the owner of a Dodge car registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-51 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1932-1934 & 1936 [5: 23-Dec-1932, 10-Nov-1933, 13-Mar-1936]
Won 2nd prize for a Border Leicester Ram in the Sheep section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Returned to his home in Waddy Forest on 5 March 1934 after an extended holiday visiting relatives in the Eastern States [5: 9-Mar-1934]
Himself and his son Edgar travelled to Perth early in the morning on Sunday 24 June 1934 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
On 8 July 1934 he received at Waddy Forest the sad news that his mother had passed away in York the previous day [5: 13-Jul-1934]
Travelled from Waddy Forest to Perth on Friday 27 July 1934 to receive medical attention for his arm [5: 3-Aug-1934]
In July 1934 he purchased a new Dodge truck, which his son Edgar travelled to Perth to collect [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Exhibited in the Horse, Sheep and Grain & Fodder sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 30 August 1934 [5]
Won 1st prizes for Draught Brood Mare, 2 year old Gelding or Filly bred by Exhibitor and Three Fat Lambs in the Wool [5]
Received 1st prize for Green Oats for Hay and both 1st and 2nd prizes for Cured Wheaten Hay [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Purchased three young horses in Perth, and took delivery of them at Coorow on Saturday 3 November 1934 [5: 9-Nov-1934]
Along with his daughter Addie returned to Coorow on Thursday 24 January 1935 after a trip to Perth [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 [5: 9-Aug-1935]
Between August and October 1935 sold 446 sheep suckers through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market [5]
The 446 suckers consisted of 114 at 17/10, 68 at 17/6, 75 at 16/10, 58 at 15/4, 25 at 15/-, 30 at 13/10, and 76 at 7/7 per head [5]
On 23 October 1935 sold a bull for £9/17/6 and a steer for £7/2/6 [5: 16 & 23-Aug-1935; 13-Sep-1935; 4 & 25-Oct-1935]
Donated a sheep for the Weight Guessing Competition at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
In September 1935 purchased a new McCormick-Deering T20 Caterpillar tractor from local agent W. G. MULLIGAN [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Donated trophies to the Coorow Golf Club in 1935, which were played for in a stroke competition on 8 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Travelled from Waddy to Perth during the second week of October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Sold 17 bales of wool in 1935 - 11 bales at 13d. per pound, four at 12½d. per pound, and two bales at 13¾d. per pound [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Attended the entertainment for the Commonwealth Grants Commission at the Coorow Hotel on 21 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Sold 418 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd with five consignments to the Midland Market between May and September 1936 [5]
The 418 sheep comprised 178 lambs (28 at 24/4, 35 at 23/10, 23 at 22/4, 41 at 20/7, 15 at 19/1, 14 at 18/1, 22 at 16/7), [5]
170 suckers (41 at 21/7, 33 at 20/4, 80 at 18/10, 10 at 17/7, 6 at 15/10), 39 ewes (20 at 29/7, 19 at 26/1), [5]
and 31 wethers (28 at 27/7, 1 at 18/-, 2 at 15/- per head) [5: 29-May-1936, 3-Jul-1936, 17-Jul-1936, 11 & 18-Sep-1936]
He was among those from Waddy Forest who travelled to Perth for the Perth Royal Show in October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold eight bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co Ltd in October 1936 - 4 bales at 14d. and 4 bales at 12½d. per pound [5: 16-Oct-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]
After an extended holiday in the Perth suburb of Como returned to Waddy with four of his children on 19 January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Sold 386 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd with consignments to the Midland Market in January and February 1937 [5: 29-Jan-1937]
The sheep consisted of 235 lambs (42 lambs at 19/4, 94 lambs at 19/1, 74 lambs at 18/7, 25 at 17/7), 2 hoggets at 17/10, [5]
110 ewes (8 at 16/1, 40 at 40/7, 39 at 14/4, 23 at 11/1), 39 wethers (12 at 20/-, 20 at 19/7, 1 at 19/4, 6 at 17/4) [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Motored to Perth accompanied by his daughters Adeline and Dulcie on 4 July 1937 and returned to Waddy a few days later [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Attended the meeting in Coorow to discuss constructing a direct road from Coorow to the coast on 11 September 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
In 1948 his three sons bought him out of Glen Waddi Farm, and himself and his wife retired to their house in South Perth [P120]
Following the death of his wife in 1950 he rented out the house in South Perth and shifted back to Waddy Forest [P120]
After a while in Waddy Forest he went to live with one of his daughters in Perth, where he died of a heart attack [P120]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bayswater [2]
Father of Irene, Adeline, Elsie, Edgar, Dulcie, Leslie, Vivian and Verna [209]
Died 10 May 1958; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WE, 666) [2]
Mrs Ethel Blanche FOWLER
Wife of "Don" Donnell Edgar FOWLER; see Ethel Blanche DRAPER
Gayle Renee FOWLER
Born C.1972 [2]
Resided of late in Marchagee [2]
Died 14 April 1972; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, VC, 182) [2]
"Rene" Irene Alice FOWLER
Born 27 April 1909 [209]
Daughter of Donnell Edgar FOWLER and Ethel Blanche DRAPER [209]
Resided with her parents in Beverley 1909-1924 and then on farmland in Waddy Forest 1924-1930 [P120]
Married "Pat" John William McCANN in Perth on 4 December 1930 [66] [210]
Resided with her husband on Bellaranga Station in Arrino 1933-1940 [6] [19]
Spent a holiday in Waddy Forest staying with her mother Mrs Ethel B. FOWLER in January 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Along with her young son returned to Arrino on Saturday 17 March 1934 after an extended holiday in Waddy Forest [5: 23-Mar-1934]
Returned to Arrino on Thursday 13 September 1934 after spending another holiday in Waddy Forest with her parents [5: 14-Sep-1934]
Herself and her small son Alwyn spent a short holiday with her parents in Waddy Forest in mid May 1935 [5: 24-May-1935]
Her sister Elsie M. FOWLER returned to Waddy Forest on 7 October 1935 after spending a holiday with her in Arrino [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Along with her son she spent another holiday staying with her parents on their farm in Waddy Forest in November 1935 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Later in November her mother spent a holiday staying with herself, her husband and their young son in Arrino [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Herself and her son stayed with her sisters, the Misses FOWLER, in Waddy Forest in February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Spent another holiday accompanied by her son with her parents on Glen Waddi Farm in Waddy Forest in mid July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
After a few weeks with her parents returned to Arrino on Friday 31 July 1936 [5: 7-Aug-1936]
Herself and her husband resided in Moora 1962-1965 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Morley [2]
Mother of Alwyn and Kerry [209]
Died 3 November 1985; ashes scattered to the winds at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
"Les" Leslie Victor FOWLER
Born 27 April 1920 in York, Western Australia [16]
Son of Donnell Edgar FOWLER and Ethel Blanche DRAPER [209]
Resided with his parents in Beverley 1920-1924 and then on farmland in Waddy Forest 1924 onwards [P120]
Educated at the Waddy Forest State School, and then as a boarder at Geraldton High School in Geraldton [P120] [5: 24-May-1935]
Won 2nd prizes for Handwork and a Crayon Drawing at the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
He was thrown from his horse on Wednesday morning 5 May 1937, after which he was confined to bed for a few days [5: 7-May-1937]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Married Irene RUSS in Perth on 19 August 1941 [66] [210]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 27 July 1942 [16]
Gunner WX28119 in the Australian Army's 2/3 Field Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Served in New Guinea [P120], and was discharged from the Australian Army on 4 January 1946 [16]
Returned to Waddy Forest and farmed in partnership with his brothers Edgar and Vivian as "Fowler Bros" 1946-1952 [P120]
In 1952 they dissolved their partnership with Edgar and Vivian continuing, and himself taking up a farm east of Marchagee [P120]
Later sold his farm in Marchagee to Adrian D. BROUN and purchased a farm in Yandanooka [P120]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of West Leederville [2]
Father of Glenn, Dennis and Vicki [209]
Died 27 October 1985; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (VC Section, Niche Wall, W10, 40) [2]
Mrs Margaret Norma FOWLER
Born C.1947 [2]
Resided on Kelinbar Farm in Marchagee for at least the year 1971-1980 [19]
Resided in Marchagee until her death in 1990 [2]
Died 9 September 1990; ashes interred Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park in the Perth suburb of Padbury (Path, G, 236)
Mrs Ethel Maude FOX
Resided in Latham 1911-1933 [19]
Herbert Thornton FOX
Farmer in Latham 1911-1933 [19]
His address was initially Latham's Rock, Coorow [50]
"Verley" George Verley FRASER
Born 10 November 1900 in Dandaragan, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of John FRASER and Harriett COOK [15]
Farmhand on Mardo Farm in Dandaragan 1922-1929 [19]
Farmhand in Coorow 1929-1941 [4] [19]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dance at the School Hall in Winchester on Saturday 10 August 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Won the Walk Trot and Gallop in the Ring Events of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
By 1942 he was living in Moora [16]
Private W86503 in Moora's local Volunteer Defence Corps (V.D.C.) during the Second World War [16]
When he enlisted in the V.D.C. gave his brother Charles as his next of kin, his mother and father having died in 1930 and 1937 [15] [16]
William George FURNISS
Resided in Port Augusta, South Australia [3] [44]
On 28 June 1922 purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1,000 acres of virgin land at Waddy Forest in Western Australia [27]
The 1,000 acres was Lot M1372 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £800/8/- (16/- per acre), payable by instalments [27]
Retained ownership of his 1,000 acres in Waddy Forest which may have sat idle as it was listed as "vacant" rather than "farm" [3]
Along with his wife and daughter spent a holiday in October 1935 visiting friends in Waddy Forest [5: 11-Oct-1935]
While on his visit he placed a notice in The North Midland Times newspaper that no timber was to be removed from his holding [5]
In 1937 his postal address was PO Box 170, Port Augusta [3]
Sold his 1,000 acre Lot M1372 in Waddy Forest to George E. PETERS of Waddy Forest on 20 January 1937 [3]
GGG
Elsie GALBRAITH
Born 1916 [15]
Married Arthur LATHAM in 1935 [66]
Resided in Coorow 1941-1947 [19]
Grace Ann GALBRAITH
Born 1908 [15]
Married Frederick LATHAM in 1932 [66]
Resided in Waddy Forest and Coorow 1932-1939 [19]
In 1932 she had a Maxwell Runabout car licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-80 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Submitted a tender but was unsuccessful in securing the contract to fence the Coorow West Road in Coorow in 1936 [5: 24-Apr-1936]
Leased 2,322 acres of farmland in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company (Lots M1744 and M1745) in 1939 [34]
Her husband farmed her leasehold in Coorow in addition to working away from home as a Shearer [34]
They abandoned their 2,322 acre leasehold in Coorow during March 1940 [34]
Resided in Morawa in 1950, and in Narngulu in 1967 [19]
Died 14 December 1983; buried at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia [26]
Kathleen GALBRAITH
Born 1914 in Perenjori, Western Australia [15] [132]
Married Edward LATHAM in 1939 [66]
Resided in Coorow 1939-1943 [19] [50]
Resided in Carnamah in 1947 [19]
Resided in Perenjori 1950-1956 [19]
Resided in Dongara 1958-1987 [19] [132]
Died 16 April 1987 at the Geraldton Regional Hospital, Geraldton; buried Dongara Cemetery, Dongara (Anglican, Plot 77) [132]
Mrs Mary Ann GALBRAITH
Wife of Robert John GALBRAITH; see Mary Ann BARRINGTON
Charles John GALE
Farmhand on Meelyah Farm in Gunyidi 1914-1916 [19]
Farmer of Cooleran Farm via Gunyidi in 1917 [50]
Leslie Arthur GARDNER
Born C.1908 [2]
Farmhand in Coorow 1929-1932
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1929-30 and 1930-31 [4: 19-Oct-1929, 13-Dec-1930]
Married Claudia Irene CLEGGETT in Perth in 1932 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Swan View [2]
Died 7 July 1959; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Anglican, I, 37) [2]
Elizabeth Rose GATLEY
Born 1895 in Illogan, Cornwall, England [20] [21]
Daughter of Charles GATLEY and Ellen WILLIAMS [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with her mother and two brothers John and Richard Henry at Trevenson Moor in Illogan, Cornwall, England [20]
Departed London, England on the Oruba and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 May 1902 [70]
Married William Aikenhead ANGELO in 1926 [66]
Resided with her husband on Baxter D. BOTHE's Inglewood Farm in Coorow in 1927 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of North Perth [2]
Died 26 September 1960; ashes dispersed at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Sarah Jane GARDINER
Born C.1875 [2]
Married Harry RODWELL in England in 1903 [21]
They departed London, England on the steamship Armadale on 12 November 1910 bound for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
Resided with her husband and their children at the railway station in Coorow 1911-1914 [19] [215]
She wished to send her eldest daughter to the Coorow State School in 1912 but wasn't able to as it was out of town on a farm [215]
Presumably following her husband's transfer they left Coorow and shifted to Carnamah around August of 1914 [215]
They resided in a small shack at the northern end of the railway station yard in Carnamah 1914-1918 [6] [7: page 151] [19]
During her time in Carnamah she was good friends with Swedish immigrant "Lou" Louis JOHANSEN [30: item 7362892]
When Lou enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1917 he gave her as his next of kin [30: item 7362892]
In a letter to the Australian Imperial Force about Lou she remarked "I have been a mother to him he is like my own" [30]
By April 1918 she had shifted to 32 Parry Street in East Perth [30: item 7362892]
Resided with her husband in Moora 1919-1922 [50]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of East Perth [2]
Mother of Florence and Edith [215]
Died 16 June 1926; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LA, 36) [2]
Mrs Marcia Stella Pangburn GAUNT
Wife of "Bill" William Joseph GAUNT; see Marcia Stella Pangburn GRANVILLE
"Bill" William Joseph GAUNT
Born 1901 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15]
Son of Henry William GAUNT and Mary Jane WATTS [15]
Farmhand in Morawa 1925-1927 [19]
Married Marcia Stella Pangburn GRANVILLE in Perth in 1931 [66]
Clerk for the North Midlands Farmers Co-operative Company Ltd in Three Springs 1927-1929 [4] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1927, and Secretary in 1929 [4: 25-Jun-1927, 18-May-1929, 25-May-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928, and donated £1/1/- to the Committee in 1928 [124]
Relieving Manager of the North Midlands Co-operative Company's store in Carnamah in August 1928 [4: 1-Sep-1928]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Travelled from Three Springs to Perth by train on Monday 15 April 1929 to visit his mother, who was very ill [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Football Smoke Social held in Three Springs on 16 September 1929 to celebrate winning the Premiership [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
North Midlands Football Association gave him a clearance in April 1930 to transfer from Three Springs to Carnamah [4: 19-Apr-1930]
Manager of the North Midlands Co-operative Company's store in Coorow, following its establishment in November 1928 [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club for the 1928-29 season [4: 26-Jan-1929]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Opening Season Ball held at the Carnamah Town Hall on 18 May 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Resided in Carnamah in 1930 and 1931, presumably while employed at the Carnamah branch of the Co-op [4] [50]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1930 and 1931 [4: 19-Jul-1930, 25-Apr-1931]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Smoke Social held in the lounge of the Carnamah Hotel on 9 September 1930 [4: 13-Sep-1930]
Secretary of the North Midlands Football Association in 1930 and 1931 [4: 12-Jul-1930, 18-Apr-1931]
Member of the Carnamah Race Club in 1931 [4: 28-Mar-1931]
Manager of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company store in Coorow [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Resided with his wife and children in the old boarding house on the west side of the railway line in the Coorow townsite [P361]
Founding Secretary and Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1932-1939 [4: 9-Apr-1932] [150]
As Secretary he was the main organiser of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Resigned as Secretary due to ill-health in November 1936, but took up the position again after six months [5: 20-Nov-1936, 7-May-1937]
Member of the Coorow Football Club 1932-1935 - was Auditor in 1934 and Treasurer in 1935 [4: 28-May-1932] [5: 20-Apr-1934, 3-May-1935]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club - Secretary 1932-33 and 1933-34, and Captain 1940-41 [4: 29-Mar-1941] [5: 14-Oct-1932] [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Member of Coorow's Maley Park Management Committee in 1933 [5: 23-Dec-1932]
Represented Coorow at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1933, 1935, 1936 [5: 7-Jul-1933, 3-May-1935, 10-Apr-1936]
Played the position of goalie for the Coorow Football Club until dislocating his collar bone at the match on 2 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
In October 1933 he became the Coorow correspondent for The North Midland Times newspaper [5: 20-Oct-1933]
He was among those who attended the official opening of the East Marchagee Hall on Saturday 11 November 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Smoke Social held in Carnamah on Thursday 26 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Member of the Coorow Waddy Forest Progress Association in 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Attended the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in Carnamah on Thursday 6 September 1934 [5: 14-Sep-1934]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1934-35 and 1936-37 [4: 22-Dec-1934] [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club - was Acting Secretary for four months over late 1934 and early 1935 [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Attended and spoke at the Coorow Football Club's Annual Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 1 June 1935 [5: 7-Jun-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club [5]
Secretary in 1935, Joint Secretary-Treasurer in 1936 and Secretary-Treasurer in 1937 [5: 17-May-1935, 27-Mar-1936, 16-Apr-1937]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
He "took such an active and leading part in all sporting and business activities for the good of the district" [5: 17-May-1935]
Coorow Distributor of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Show Schedules in 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
In 1935 he was also the Coorow Distributor of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Show Schedules [5: 9-Aug-1935]
Represented the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Gave a witness statement to Contsable Alan F. FIEBIG in connection with a motor accident he encountered near Coorow [88]
Travelled to Perth on Monday 30 September 1935 to give evidence at the trial of the man charged over the accident [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Attended the entertainment for the Commonwealth Grants Commission at the Coorow Hotel on 21 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Represented the Carnamah District Cricket Association in a match against the North Midlands on 1 December 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Represented the Coorow Tennis Club at meetings of the Carnamah-Winchester-Coorow Tennis Association in 1935-36 [5: 20-Dec-1935]
Organised for the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Society a Sports Meeting in Coorow on Wednesday 1 January 1936 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Attended the public meeting on the question of Saturday Afternoon Closing in Carnamah on Thursday 19 March 1936 [5: 27-Mar-1936]
The proposition was to replace the half-day holiday on Thursday afternoons with a half-day holiday on Saturday afternoons [5]
The driving force was local sporting bodies who wanted to play their organised sport on Saturdays instead of Sundays [5]
His opinion was that organised sport couldn't be played unless businesses were closed as the business people were sports [5]
He added that for Saturday closing to work the Mail Train would need to arrive Saturday mornings and not in the evening [5]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
During mid April 1936 it was reported that he was absent from Coorow on account of spending a holiday in Perth [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Came in at third place in the Carnamah Golf Club's largely attended Opening Day on Sunday 26 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Runner-up in the 18 hole handicap singles at the Season Opening of the Coorow Golf Club on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Collapsed in the main street of Coorow on Sunday 24 May 1936, following which Dr Cecil P. ROSENTHAL was summoned [5]
The doctor conveyed him to the Carnamah Private Hospital where he underwent a critical operation for a ruptured appendix [5]
Five days later The North Midland Times newspaper reported his condition as "favourable" [5: 29-May-1936, 12 & 26-Jun-1936]
Another week on he was making good progress towards recovery, and after almost a month in hospital he returned home [5]
Attended the Bucks Party for George A. RAFFAN and Eric J. BRADLEY in Coorow on Wednesday 7 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Played for the Married Men who almost defeated the Single Men in a cricket match in Coorow on 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
President / Chairman of the Carnamah-Winchester-Coorow Tennis Association in 1936-37 [5: 18-Sep-1936, 29-Jan-1937]
Part of an overland trip to the uninhabited coast at Jurien Bay, which departed on Monday 15 February 1937 [5: 26-Feb-1937]
The 12 members of the party were Angus A. N. MCGILP of Waddy Forest; and William A. T. SARGENT of Carnamah; [5]
Frank R. BRYANT, Walter G. FENNELL, W. Frank FENNELL and C. Jock BRAYNT of Marchagee; David TODD, [5]
Baxter D. BOTHE, Donald S. GRANT, George HUTCHCRAFT, Fred BINGHAM and John S. READ of Coorow [5]
They travelled in two trucks and two cars and from Moora they drove over 54 miles of road and 30 miles of sand [5]
They erected a shed and tables and were able to get good reception on a wireless Fred BINGHAM had taken along [5]
They fished every day, visited caves nine miles from their camp at Jurien Bay and visited Sandy Cape and North Head [5]
Himself, Baxter D. BOTHE and Angus A. N. MCGILP returned home in MCGILP's car on Thursday 18 February 1937 [5]
Played for the defeated Married Men in a cricket match against Single Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Attended and competed at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
He was admitted to the Carnamah Private Hospital on Saturday 4 September 1937 and was still a patient a week later [5: 10-Sep-1937]
District Representative for Coorow for the Coastal Districts' Display at the Perth Royal Show in 1939 [150]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
During a portion of the Second World War managed the North Midlands Co-op store in Carnamah [0: images 04165, 04330]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Graylands [2]
Father of Stella, Gay and Kevin [P361]
Died 21 August 1978; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 20, 138) [2]
Mrs Gertrude GEDGE
Wife of William Benjamin GEDGE; see Gertrude HARVEY
Sylvia Gertrude GEDGE
Born 1896 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia [54]
Daughter of William Benjamin GEDGE and Gertrude HARVEY [54]
Resided with her parents in Carnamah 1904-1906 and in Coorow in 1911 [6] [19] [215]
Her name was listed as a prospective student in applications for an assisted State School to be established in Coorow in 1911 [215]
Married surname ANDERSON [2]
Resident of Wattleglen, Victoria, Australia in 1997 [2]
Passed away at the age of 100 years; her ashes were buried in the same grave as her late mother, who had died in 1943 [2]
Died 13 October 1997; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WG, 165) [2]
William Benjamin GEDGE
Born in London, England [54]
Married Gertrude HARVEY in 1890 in Victoria, Australia [54]
Railway Employee in Carnamah, Western Australia in 1904 [19]
Stationmaster / Officer in Charge of the Midland Railway Company's Railway Station in Carnamah in 1905 and 1906 [6] [50]
Stationmaster of the Coorow Railway Station in Coorow 1911-1914 [19] [50]
In June 1911 the Education Department sent him an application form and information on sparsely populated district schools [215]
It was the first correspondence about the establishment of the Coorow State School, which opened for the first time in 1912 [215]
Father of Vera May, Eva Perley and Sylvia Gertrude [54]
"Gwen" Gwenneth GEORGE
Born 4 November 1922 in Subiaco, Western Australia [P328]
Married Leo Augustus CROFT in Perth in 1942 [P328]
Resided in Gingin prior to enlisting in the Australian Army in Perth on 14 December 1942 [16]
Private WF93582 in the Australian Women's Army Service during the Second World War [16] as a Signals Operator [P328]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 9 August 1944 [16]
Resided in Coorow 1945-1981, where she was a devoted wife and mother [P328]
In 1981 herself and her husband left Coorow and shifted to the Australian state of Queensland [P328]
Mother of Estelle, Gregory, Milton, Rex, Jacey and Tonia [P328]
Died 13 October 1996 [P328]
John GILFILLAN
Farmhand for Rupert C. HYDE on Waddy Park Farm in Coorow in 1931 [50]
William Arnold GILLARD
Born C.1911 [4: 1-Feb-1930]
Departed London, England on the Orontes and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 November 1929 [63]
Farmhand for F. W. G. LIEBE at Waddy Waddy in early 1930 [4: 1-Feb-1930]
Following an explosion of a kerosene tin he was severely burnt and died at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [4]
Died 29 January 1930 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 2) [4: 1-Feb-1930] [24]
The interment book for the Three Springs General Cemetery incorrectly lists his name as Arthur J. GALLARD [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 1 February 1930:
"A farm worker named William Arnold Gillard, aged 19 years, employed by Mr Liebe, Waddy Waddy, met with his death under tragic circumstances on Wednesday. It appears from inquiries made by Constable Street, of Three Springs, that the young man was handling a tin of kerosene, and was smoking at the time, when an explosion occurred. He was immediately enveloped in flames and all his clothing was burned off him. Assistance was promptly rendered, and the unfortunate man, who had received terrible injuries, was hurried to the Three Springs Hospital. He was met at Carnamah by Dr. Mayrhofer and Matron Coffey, who rendered immediate attention, and on arrival at Three Springs everything was done for him. No hope was, however, entertained from the first, owing to his extensive and serious injuries. He remained conscious practically to the last, but died a few hours after admission to the hospital. Two Italians, who were working about half a mile away, told Constable Street that they heard a sudden report, and immediately after saw a dense column of black smoke. When this had cleared away they saw Gillard fall to the ground with his arms outstretched. A subsequent examination at the spot of the tin of kerosene showed there was a small nail hole in it, through which it is supposed gas, generated by the heat of the sun, had escaped, and, coming into contact with Gillard's cigarette - it is supposed he was smoking a cigarette - had become ignited, causing the explosion. An inquest was afterwards held at Three Springs, at which a verdict of accidental death was returned. The funeral took place in the Three Springs cemetery. Deceased had only been in Western Australia about two months. He is understood to have a brother living in Devonshire, but so far as can be ascertained, he had no relatives in the State."
Norman Henry GILLETT
Labourer on Kulmbah Farm in Coorow in 1913 and 1914 [19] [50]
Colin Robert GLEN
Born C.1936 [2]
Resided of late in Coorow [2]
Died 28 January 1957; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZK, 506) [2]
Alexander Burns GLOSTER
Born 1875 in Seymour, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of James GLOSTER and Margaret Jane DOBINSON [2] [15]
By 1897 he had left Victoria and was living in the goldmining town of Yalgoo in Western Australia [6]
Aerated Water Manufacturer in Yalgoo in partnership with Thomas R. JAMES as "James & Co." 1897-1901 [6]
In 1900 and 1901 he was also the Secretary of the Miner's Institute in Yalgoo [6]
Storekeeper in the goldmining town of Field's Find in partnership with Thomas R. JAMES as "James & Gloster" 1901-1903 [6]
Storekeeper in Field's Find 1904-1908, and from 1905 to 1908 was also the Hotelkeeper of the Field's Find Hotel [6]
Storekeeper in Harvey in partnership with his brother James D. GLOSTER 1909-1911 [6]
Hotelkeeper of the Freemasons Hotel in Busselton 1913-1916 [6] [30]
Visited Moora by car on 20 April 1915, however didn't arrive until late after receiving numerous punctures on the way [10: 23-Apr-1915]
Married Grace Edgar JAMES nee MCMASTER in Perth in 1916 [15] [66]
Grace had been married to his former business partner Thomas R. JAMES, who had died aged 50 years on 18 March 1915 [2] [15]
Passed as fit for service in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 22 January 1916 [30: item 4770004]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 1 March 1916 [30]
On enlistment he was 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 176 lbs., and had grey eyes, dark to grey hair and a dark complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill he was appointed on 12 September 1916 to the 21st Reinforcements of the 16th Battalion [30]
Embarked Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A39 Port Macquarie on 13 October 1916 [30]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England and after further training proceeded to France on the Princess Victoria on 16 January 1917 [30]
Private 6458 in the Australian Imperial Force's 16th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
He was one of five of the 16th Battalion who were taken Prisoners of War by German forces at Riencourt, France 11/04/1917 [30]
They had run out of bombs, were surrounded, and after another officer raised a white flag had been obliged to surrender [30]
The five of them were searched and questioned at German headquarters and then made to work as part of working parties [30]
One of the other four men was Willie E. YEO, who'd previously been in Three Springs as Railway Night Officer [10: 19-Jun-1914] [30]
They worked under harsh conditions and for the first six months their captors didn't give them their Red Cross parcels or letters [30]
Worked in camps in France and Germany, during which time he wrote to a cousin in England asking for help [30: items 3454811, 4770004]
Requested that his cousin Mrs A. WESTLAKE inform his wife he was a Prisoner of War, and to send food parcels [30]
Following the signing of the Armistice they were sent to Copenhagen, Denmark and were then repatriated to England by ship [30]
Embarked from England on the H.T. Ascanius and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 17 March 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 2 May 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Hotelkeeper of the Freemason's Hotel in Busselton 1919-1921 [6]
Hotelkeeper of the Commercial Hotel in Moora 1923-1929 [6] [10: 22-Jun-1923]
Took over the Commercial Hotel in Moora in April 1923 from its previous lessee Charles J. L. BREWER [9: 20-Apr-1923]
It was reported that himself and his wife were former residents of Moora on their return in April 1923 [9: 20-Apr-1923]
Attended the Racing Club Conference held at his Commercial Hotel in Moora on Thursday 20 September 1923 [9: 28-Sep-1923]
Visited Carnamah on 12 April 1925 to attend a meeting about the road over the sandplain from Watheroo to Carnamah [9: 17-Apr-1925]
After the meeting he wrote to Federal Members pointing out the importance of the road in regards to national defence [9: 24-Apr-1925]
Member of the Moora Trotting Club - was Vice President, Timekeeper and a Committee Member in 1925 [9: 24-Jul-1925]
Member of the Moora and District Progress Association in 1925 and 1926 - was Vice Chairman in 1926 [9: 17-Apr-1925, 22-Jan-1926]
During the 1929-30 financial year he purchased two acres of blocks in the Moora townsite (Lots 34 to 37, and Lots 52 to 55) [34]
Secured the licence for a new hotel in Coorow with a tender of £1,750 at the Licensing Court on 17 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
He also had to pay a £1,000 guarantee that the terms of the building plans and licence were to be adhered to [4]
In partnership himself and P. A. CONNOLLY had the Coorow Hotel built at a cost of £14,000 plus the cost of furnishings [4]
Besides a select few items unobtainable locally the hotel's furnishings down the cutlery were all West Australian made [4]
The two stories of the hotel were built predominantly out of concrete bricks and jarrah wood by A. G. WOODS of Guildford [4]
The hotel consisted of a dining room, bars, smoking room, commercial room, kitchen, pantry, 24 bedrooms and balconies [4]
An engine room contained an electric lighting plant, while a furnace room created hot water for the hotel's bathrooms [4]
The hotel was supplied with water from six 4,000 gallon rainwater tanks and a well fitted with a windmill and engine [4: 23-Aug-1930]
Licensee and Manager of the Coorow Hotel in Coorow 1930-1933 [4: 4-Oct-1930] [5: 11-Nov-1932] [19]
Advertised the Coorow Hotel in The Irwin Index newspaper "The Most Modern Country Hotel in the West" [4: 13-Sep-1930, 4-Oct-1930]
The hotel boasted superior accommodation, hot and cold water, service in all bedrooms, electric light and lock-up garages [4]
During his time as licensee the Coorow Hotel was telephone number Coorow-15 [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Progress Association - was Secretary in 1931 and 1933 [4: 13-Dec-1930] [5: 9-Jun-1933]
Made a donation of £1/1/- to the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1932 [13]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Carnamah Hotel licensee Charles J. L. BREWER on 9 July 1932 at the Winchester Cemetery [4]
In October 1932 the Coorow Hotel was broken into via a window and a quantity of beer, wine and spirits stolen [5: 28-Oct-1932]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1932 and 1933 [5: 23-Dec-1932]
Member of Coorow's Maley Park Management Committee in 1933 [5: 23-Dec-1932]
About 35 friends gathered at the Coorow Hotel on Monday 3 July 1933 to attend a complimentary dinner in his honour [5: 7-Jul-1933]
The dinner was held to tender him a farewell as he was leaving Coorow; among those present were: [5]
Angus MCGILP, Phil MORCOMBE, Rupert LAFFAN, William MORCOMBE, Charles METTAM, Malcolm LAURIE, [5]
Richard GELL, Charles BOTHE, Frank BRYANT, Robert WELLS, Baxter BOTHE, Arnold BIERMANN, George RAFFAN, [5]
Don WALKER, William COX, Gordon RAFFAN, Ivor ROBERTS, Joe REDHALL, Augustus CROFT and Chitter BROWN [5]
Left Coorow in July 1933 and shifted back to Moora; on his departure the hotel in Coorow was managed by a Mr SMITH [5: 7-Jul-1933]
On his return to Moora he resumed management of the Commercial Hotel [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Hotelkeeper of the Commercial Hotel in Moora 1933-1940 [5: 18-Aug-1933] [6]
Returned to Coorow on Thursday 7 September 1933 to attend the Second Annual Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Along with his wife left Moora on an extended holiday in February 1934, after recovering from a bed confining illness [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Himself and her wife returned to Moora in May 1934, after a holiday to the Eastern States of Australia [5: 18-May-1934]
Speaker at the farewell to Rev. Frederick W. GUNNING at the Moora Hall on Friday 28 June 1935 [5: 19-Jul-1935]
Attended the Fourth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Three Springs on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1936 [150]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Carnamah retiree John James ANGEL at the Moora Cemetery on 27 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936] [12: 31-Jul-1936]
His stepson Hector T. A. JAMES managed his Coorow Hotel from February 1936 to January 1937 [5: 28-Feb-1936, 29-Jan-1937]
In January 1937 his Coorow Hotel was taken over by Thomas C. BOGUE formerly of the Savoy Hotel in Perth [5: 29-Jan-1937]
By September 1937 the proprietors of the Coorow Hotel were "Connolly and Gloster" [150]
"Connolly and Gloster" donated £5 to the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society for their Annual Show in 1937 [150]
His wife passed away at the age of 60 years on 4 June 1937 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [2]
Resided in Moora until his death in 1948 [2]
Died 27 February 1948; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, AA, 76A) [2]
From The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper, Friday 22 June 1923:
"Sympathy has been expressed with the Mr and Mrs Alex. B. Gloster, of the Commercial Hotel, Moora, at the news from Perth of the death of Mr Gloster's mother at the ripe age of 80. The old lady had been ailing for some time, and Mr Gloster had only just returned from a visit to his mother when the sad news came through that she had quietly passed away, necessitating his return to Perth by motor."
From the Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 6 March 1948:
"Mr Alex. B. Gloster, who for many years conducted the Commercial Hotel at Moora, passed away at Claremont last week after a somewhat protracted illness. The late Mr Gloster, who was also a part-owner of the Coorow Hotel, served with the 16th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Forces in World War I, and for many years after his return to civilian life he was the victim of abnormal health conditions as the result of privations endured as a prisoner after having been captured at Bullecourt. The late Mr Gloster's wife predeceased him through a fatal accident which occurred whilst on a holiday visit to London."
Mrs Grace Edgar GLOSTER
Wife of Alexander Burns GLOSTER; see Grace Edgar MCMASTER
Mrs Hilda Christina GLOVER
Wife of "Bill" William Robert GLOVER; see Hilda Christina KERR
"Bill" William Robert GLOVER
Born 15 November 1909 in Belfast, Ireland [P63]
Son of William GLOVER and Margaret MACHINNEY [P63]
Worked in shipyards in Belfast, Ireland [P63]
Arrived in Albany, Western Australia on the Europodese on 1 April 1925 though a Salvation Army Scheme [P63]
Worked on farms in the Dumbleyung area before managing a Mrs KELLY's farm in Dumbleyung [P63]
Married Hilda Christina KERR on 10 July 1939 [P63]
Shifted to Watheroo where he was initially a farmhand and then an employee of Co-operative Bulk Handling (CBH) [P63]
In mid 1943 shifted from Watheroo to Coorow, where he worked as a Bin Attendant for CBH [P63]
Resided in Coorow for over 55 years - initially at Lot 83 Bristol Street and later at Lot 49 Commercial Street [P63]
CBH Bin Attendant and later Supervisor in the North Midlands [P63]
Member of the Coorow Football Club [P63] - was their Gatekeeper in 1951 [0: image 04607]
Member of the Coorow Bowling Club [P63]
Left Coorow and shifted to Perth to be nearer his children a few years before his death [P63]
In 2002 he was living at the James Brown Hostel at 21/171 Albert Street in the Perth suburb of Osborne Park [90]
Father of Robert and Margaret [14]
Died 20 July 2002; ashes buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row S, Plot 13) [14] [90]
John Thomas GLOWREY
Born C.1858 [2]
Married (1) Nora YOULDEN in Victoria, Australia [54]
Married (2) Hannah Marion RYAN in 1890 in Victoria, Australia [54]
By 1897 he had left Victoria and was living in Coolgardie, Western Australia [6]
Proprietor of the Royal Hotel in Bayley Street, Coolgardie 1898-1900 [6]
He was living in Forrest Street, Coolgardie and working as a Sharebroker in Maritana Street, Kalgoorlie in 1901
Sharebroker in both Maritana Street, Kalgoorlie and at 27 Bennett Street, Perth in 1902 [6]
By 1902 he was a Member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia, and by 1903 was also a Justice of the Peace [6]
Proprietor of the Palace Hotel in Saint George's Terrace in Perth from as early as 1903 until his death in 1921 [2] [6]
By 1913 himself, his wife, and his children Lindsay, Evelyn and Irene owned 5,990 acres of land in Nugadong, East Gunyidi [44]
Their 5,990 acres in Nugadong consisted of Lots 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 33, 35, 37 and 38 of the Nugadong Agricultural Area [44]
During his time at the Palace Hotel in Perth he was the absentee owner of a 1,559 acre farm in Gunyidi [10: 12-Aug-1921] [44]
His 1,559 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 3482, 3484, 3485 and 3947 (Leases 6790/56, 6789/56, 6791/56 and 4418/68) [10] [44]
Wrote to the Upper Irwin Road Board in 1910 requesting the clearing and improvement of roads near his farm in Gunyidi [9: 5-Aug-1910]
By 1921 had cleared 870 acres of his Gunyidi farm, which was fenced with two to three wires, and subdivided into three paddocks [10]
His property also boasted a four roomed iron house with outbuildings, rainwater tanks totalling 3,500 gallons, and dams and soaks [10]
In 1921 he had 330 acres of the farm in Gunyidi under crop, and owed only £231 to the Crown to make the land freehold [10]
His livestock in 1921 included horses (a stallion, Mare, colt, and six geldings), a cow and calf, and a number of fowls [10]
Plant and machinery in use on his farm in Gunyidi in the early 1920s included a spring cart, winnower, two harvesters, cultivator, [10]
chaffcutters, plough, rake, binder, horseworks, eight sets of plough harnesses, cart harness, pump, wire rope, and an incubator [10]
Resided at the Palace Hotel in Saint George's Terrace, Perth until his death at the age of 63 years in 1921 [2]
Father of John Tracey, James Henry, Evelyn, Lindsay Gordon and Irene Eliza [54]
Died 12 June 1921; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, BC, 166A) [2]
His executors were to sell his Gunyidi farm including crop, stock and plant at the Palace Hotel in Perth on 15 September 1921 [10]
The terms to purchase the farm were £600 deposit, £300 on 1 March 1922, and the balance by four equal annual payments at 7% [10]
The farm obviously failed to sell on 15 September 1921, as it was again offered for sale by his executors on 27 January 1922 [10]
By this time its crop had likely been harvested, and the property was to be sold separately from livestock and plant/machinery [10]
Terms to purchase the farm were £500 cash deposit and the balance in four equal annual payments at 6% interest per annum [10]
The whole of his livestock, plant, machinery, sundries, seed wheat and haystack were to have been sold for cash [10: 6-Jan-1922]
It appears as though his farm in Gunyidi was sold to John Fitzgerald THOMAS of Coorow [44]
Henry GOLDRING
Bushman in Coorow 1911-1925 [19]
Harold GOLDSWORTHY
Postmaster in Coorow in 1931 and 1932 [19] [50]
Joseph GOODHILL
Married Nellie BELL in 1915 [66]
On 26 and 27 January 1921 he purchased 2,991 acres of farmland and virgin land in Coorow [27]
The land was purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £3692/13/5, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
The 2,991 acres consistes of Lots M968, M969, M970, M1235, M1236 and M1333 of Victoria Location 2023 [27]
Farmer of New Dayton Farm in Coorow 1921-1923 [19] [27] [61]
Sold a windmill from his Lot M970 to Coorow farmers Lawrence A. R. BRYANT and John R.LONGMORE [34]
In June 1923 he sold 1,165 acres of his farm in Lots M968, M969, M1235 and M1236 to John READ [27]
The Midland Railway Company rescinded the sale on his remaining land in Coorow during June 1923 [27]
His former Lots M970 and M1333 were sold by the Midland Railway Company to John N. LEACH on 7 September 1923 [27]
John Currie GORDON
Railway Fettler in Coorow 1911-1914 [19]
Ruby Elaine GRAHAM
Born 1904 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Ernest Joseph GRAHAM and Nora Mignon FLOYD [15]
Married Norman Francis HYDE in Perth in 1926 [66]
Resided with her husband on Waddy Waddy Farm in Waddy Forest [19]
During mid August 1935 her mother, Mrs N. GRAHAM of North Perth, spent a holiday staying with her in Waddy Forest [5: 16-Aug-1935]
After spending a few days in Perth herself, her husband and their sons returned to Waddy on Monday 14 October 1935 [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Along with her husband and sons departed Waddy Forest for an extended beachside holiday on Friday 3 January 1936 [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Won 1st prize for Iceland Poppies and 2nd for Bowl of Garden Flowers at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Along with her husband and sons spent a couple of weeks holiday in Perth in September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Leederville [2]
Mother of Graham and Colin [P361]
Died 7 February 1984; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 20C, 57) [2]
"Alex" Alexander Ray Porter GRANT
Born 2 July 1868 in Bowden, South Australia [55]
Son of John GRANT and Ann Maitland PORTER [55]
Married Sarah BONHAM on 10 November 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Saddler of 16 Laura Street in Stepney, South Australia in 1915 [30]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 27 September 1915 in Adelaide, South Australia [30: item 4669839]
On enlistment was 5 feet 5¾ inches tall, weighed 124 pounds, and had hazel eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion [30]
Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the Transport A67 Orsova on 12 November 1915 [94]
Private 676 in the Australian Imperial Force's 1st Remount Unit during the First World War [94]
Returned to Australia on 12 November 1917; received 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [94]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia 1922- [50]
On 3 July 1922 purchased 701 acres of land in Coorow, Western Australia from George J. BATTERSBY and Sydney MUSTO [27]
The 701 acres was Lot M1121 of Victoria Location 2023 and still had instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company [27]
On 5 August 1922 took out a contract with the Midland Railway Company to purchase 860 acres of virgin land in Coorow [27]
The 860 acres was Lot M1391 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £279 (6/6 per acre), payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Sold Lot M1121 to Mrs Daisy FARLEY on 12 June 1925, and Lot M1391 to Alfred G. WALLIS on 8 November 1926 [27]
During the 1920s he went to jail for six weeks for shooting his son Clem in the ankle during an argument about the farm [P196]
By 1931 he was farming 2,814 acres in Coorow belonging to his wife Sarah (Victoria Locations 8283 and 8734) [3]
They appear to have sold the 2,814 acres to "Harry" W. J. Heinrich ULLRICH and he acquired another 1,953 acres in Coorow [3]
His 1,953 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 2732, 2997, 3059, 3350, 3351, 3397, 3500, 3502 and 5464 [3]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 27-Nov-1936]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Sold 17 lambs at 14/8 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 14 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Following his wife's death in 1938 his son Clem left Three Springs and shifted to Coorow to help him on the farm [P196]
Resided in Coorow and farmed his 1,953 acres until at least 1944 [3]
On retirement he left Coorow and shifted to Perth [P196]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Father of Clem Hunter Porter, Roy Percival Marcus and Jack McDonald GRANT [55]
Died 14 June 1947; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LB, 156) [2]