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"Fred" Johann Frederich KAU
Born 1 June 1874 in Palmer, South Australia [55]
Son of Peter KAU and Dora BOOK [55]
His parents first met on a ship on their way to Victoria, Australia from Germany during the Victorian gold rush [P15]
Although he was registered at birth as Johann Frederich KAU he later went by the name of Frederick John KAU [19] [55]
Grew up in South Australia and shifted to Western Australia with two of his brothers when he was in his 20s [P15]
Settled in Wagerup, Western Australia where he purchased virgin land [P15]
Grew potatoes in swamp land and worked in a timber mill while clearing and getting his farm into production [P15]
In 1909, along with Baxter and Charles BOTHE, travelled from Wagerup to Coorow to inspect prospective farmland [110]
On 1 October 1911 purchased 650 acres of virgin scrub in Coorow - Victoria Location 6595 [44] [P15]
Farmer of Meadowdale Farm in Coorow 1911-1950 [P15]
On 1 January 1912 purchased an additional 251 acres of virgin land in Coorow - Victoria Location 6605 [44]
Married May Minnie Annie BOTHE in Perth in 1914 [66]
By 1918 had purchased a further 1906 acres in Coorow - Victoria Locations 4864, 5822 and 5848 [44]
Won a cake at the Dance in aid of the Coorow Christmas Tree at the school house in Coorow on 29 November 1919 [9: 5-Dec-1919]
On 21 August 1922 purchased from the Midlands Railway Company another 1350 acres of land in Coorow [27]
The 1350 acres was Lot M1380 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £675, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
During the 1920s increased his farm to a total of 4237 acres with the purchase of Victoria Location 8225 [3]
Also farmed an additional 781 acres owned by his wife May (Victoria Locations 5791, 5792 and 5793) [3] [P15]
Applied with the Carnamah Road Board in November 1928 for a road along the southern boundary of M1380 to be closed [4: 1-Dec-1928]
Sold a bale of wool at 10¼d. per pound through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Perth Wool Sale on 18 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Won 1st prize for a Sheaf of Green Oats for Grain at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Sent in his apologies for not being present at the Ratepayers meeting of the Carnamah Road Board in February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Sold 117 sheep suckers through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at Midland Markets in September, October and November 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
The 117 suckers consisted of 35 sold at 19/4 per head, 25 at 15/10, 35 at 15/4, and 22 at 13/5 per head [5: 11-Oct-1935, 15-Nov-1935]
On 30 October 1935 sold 1 bull for £7/2/6, 1 cow for £4/17/6, 1 heifer for £1/12/6 and 4 steers at £3/6/5 per head [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Sold 12 pigs on 13 November 1935 - 1 for 8/6, 7 at £2/10/- per head, 3 at £2/9/6 per head, and 1 for £2/1/6 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Attended the Ratepayers Meeting of the Carnamah District Road Board in Carnamah on Wednesday 23 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
At 9:30 a.m. on 18 February 1936 telephoned the Carnamah Police Station to report that some of his sheep had been stolen [88]
Tracks revealed a truck had been backed up to his fence and two men had mustered and caught some of the sheep [88]
Constable Alan O. FIEBIG left Carnamah with a tracker at 11 a.m. and on arrival the tracker began following the tracks [88]
The tracks led to the farm of his brother-in-law Charles C. BOTHE, who said he was the one responsible [88]
Charles had been there the previous day to collect a ram belonging to him that Fred had told him about [88]
The matter was dismissed on the grounds of being a misunderstanding [88]
Sold five pigs at £2/13/6 per head and two pigs at £2/2/6 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd on 8 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Sold 23 pigs through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 7 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
They comprised 16 porkers (8 at £2/1/6, £1/18/6) and 7 baconers (3 at £2/18/-, 1 at £2/15/-, 1 at £2/4/-, 1 at £1/10/-, 1 at 17/6) [5]
Sold five bales of wool at 16½d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Perth Wool Sale on 23 November 1936 [5: 27-Nov-1936]
Attended the surprise 75th birthday for his father-in-law Heinrich W. BOTHE in Coorow on Tuesday 13 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Sold 21 pigs through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 5 May 1937: [5: 7-May-1937]
3 baconers (1 at £3/2/6, 2 at £1/18/6) and 18 pigs (3 at £2/9/6, 3 at £2/7/6, 8 at £1/17/6, 2 at £1/16/6, 1 at £1/13/6, 1 at £1/8/6) [5]
Sold 70 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 28 July 1937: [5: 30-Jul-1937]
31 suckers (2 at 22/-, 20 at 17/1, 9 at 8/10), 31 ewes (5 at 25/-, 25 art 22/4, 1 at 15/-) and 8 lambs at 24/- per head [5]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1946 [150]
Father of Olive and Harry [14]
Died 24 March 1950 in Perth; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row E, Plot 7) [1]
Rev. W. J. NORTHERN officiated at his funeral, which was undertaken by H. KNIGHT of Three Springs [1]
Following his death his son Harry inherited his Meadowdale Farm in Coorow [P15]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 1 April 1950:
"Coorow Residents Death - Late Mr. Frederick John Kau - Funeral at Winchester. After an illness extending over a period of many months, the death occurred in Perth on Saturday last of an old and highly respected resident of Coorow in the person of Mr. Frederick John Kau at the age of seventy-six years, the deceased gentleman being survived by his wife and one son (Harry Kau) and one daughter (Mrs. H. Lovell). In the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends of the late Mr. Kau, the funeral took place at the Winchester Cemetery on Monday last with the Rev. J. Northern officiating at the graveside. The chief mourners were the bereaved widow and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kau (son and daughter-in-law) and Mr. and Mrs. G. Lovell (daughter), and the pall-bearers were Messrs. A. A. McGilp, Geo. Greenwood, E. Fowler, S. A. Rudduck, G. B. Raffan and A. Saunders (Perth). The casket carriers were Messrs. J. F. Thomas, E. Chapman, E. A. Long and B. Lampard and the mortuary arrangements were conducted by Mr. H. H. Knight, of Three Springs."
Mrs "Lorna" Loreeta Gertrude KAU
Wife of Harry Frederick Cleaver KAU; see "Lorna" Loreeta Gertrude ULLRICH
Mrs May Minnie Annie KAU
Wife of "Fred" Johann Frederich KAU; see May Minnie Annie BOTHE
Olive Wilhelmina KAU
Born January 1915 at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow, Western Australia [P15]
Daughter of "Fred" Johann Frederich KAU and May Minnie Annie BOTHE [P15]
Resided with her parents and later also brother Harry on Meadowdale Farm in Coorow 1915-1926 [P15]
Student at the Coorow State School until 1926; attended Perth College 1927-1929 and Saint Bridgets in Kalamunda in 1930 [P15]
At the end of 1930 returned to reside with her parents on Meadowdale Farm in Coorow [P15]
Worked for a period in Carnamah with tailor Alfred E. NIND and his assistant Harry ROBINSON [P15]
In July 1932 helped organise a concert in Coorow to support G. RAFFAN in the local Popular Football Competition [5: 15-Jul-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Grand Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 28 July 1932 in a gown of white lace and georgette [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Exhibited and won prizes in two sections of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Won 1st prizes for Decorated Cake, Yeast Buns and 2nd prizes for Fancy Scones, Collection of Jams and Butter [5: 16-Sep-1932]
The next week won 1st prizes for Home-made Bread and Best Decorated Cake at the Carnamah Agricultural Show [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 15 September 1932 in a gown of green chiffon [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Herself and Miss Ivy BINGHAM were good friends and "went around together as two sophisticated young ladies of Coorow" [P84]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1932-33 [5: 17-Mar-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball in Carnamah on 2 September 1933 in black lace over red satin [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Received four 1st and five 2nd prizes at the Second Annual Agricultural Show in Coorow on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
1st: Cream Puffs, Decorated Cake, Marmalade, Butter; 2nd: Biscuits, Yeast Buns, Farmer's Luncheon, Fancy Bread, Butter [5]
The next week, on Thursday 14 September 1933, won three 1st and two 2nd prizes at the Carnamah Agricultural Show [5]
Received 1st prizes for Yeast Buns and Decorated Cake; both 1st and 2nd for Biscuits; and 2nd for White Bread [5: 22-Sep-1933]
Attended the McCabe Academy of Dressmaking in Perth where she obtained dressmaking qualifications [5: 13-Oct-1933]
Returned to Coorow and resided there until commencing a dressmaking business in Carnamah in October 1933 [5: 13-Oct-1933, 20-Oct-1933]
Ran her dressmaking business from a portion of Cowderoy's Buildings at 2 Macpherson Street, Carnamah [4: 2-Dec-1933]
She undertook all classes of dressmaking and children's clothes with a specialty for evening wear [5: 24-Nov-1933]
In addition to working as a dressmaker in Carnamah she also visited neighbouring districts by appointment [4: 2-Dec-1933]
Attended the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball in Three Springs on 12 October 1933 in a dress of blue georgette [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
She was among the 150 who attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on 9 December 1933 [5: 15-Dec-1933]
Later returned to Coorow and once again resided with her parents and brother on Meadowdale Farm [P15]
Arrived back in Coorow in later May 1934 after spending a holiday of several months duration in the Eastern States [5: 1-Jun-1934]
Attended the Roman Catholic Church's Ball in Carnamah on 26 May 1934 in a pretty frock of apple green georgette [5: 1-Jun-1934]
Attended the Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 June 1934 to raise funds for Church organ repairs [5: 6-Jul-1934]
Attended the Dance in aid of the Institute for the Blind held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday evening 18 August 1934 [5: 24-Aug-1934]
Gave a recitation at her BOTHE grandparents Golden Wedding celebration at the Coorow Hotel on 26 February 1935 [5: 1-Mar-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 12-Jul-1935, 19-Jun-1936, 11-Jun-1937]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as a "Senorita" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
She was part of the Best Dressed Set as "Spaniards" with nine others from Coorow dressed as Senoritas, Toreadors and Bulls [5]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 7-Feb-1936, 23-Oct-1936]
Sewing Mistress of the Coorow State School from 1936 to 1940 [73]
Rode her horse from the farm to the Coorow State School once a week to teach the schoolchildren how to sew [P15]
When clothing materials for the school were in short supply she used hessian bags from her grandparents store in Coorow [P15]
As sewing mistress her annual salary in 1936 was £18/16/- and from 1937 to 1940 was £20/-/- [73]
Attended the Mad Hatter's Leap Year Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 29 February 1936 wearing black silk ring velvet [5: 6-Mar-1936]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Helped decorate the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs for the Roman Catholic Church's Annual Ball on 9 July 1936 [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Attended the Anglican Church Mid-Winter Ball in Carnamah on 11 July 1936 in eau de nil georgette with Grecian drapings [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Best Dressed Girl at the Coorow Tennis Club's Back to Childhood Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 22 August 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Financial Member in 1936 and Committee Member in 1939 of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society [150]
One of the prominent prize winners at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park in Coorow on 3 September 1936 [5]
Awarded five 1st prizes for Wedding Cake, Preserved Fruits, Yeast Buns, Embroidered Cushion and Hand-painted Article [5]
Received five 2nd prizes for Decorated Cake, White Bread, Biscuits, Marmalade and Home Made Soap [5: 4 & 11-Sep-1936]
Attended the Show Ball held on the evening of the show at the Coorow Hall wearing "biscuit lace, cape en suite" [5]
Won 1st for Pickles and Decorated Cake and 2nd for Jams at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 10 September 1936 [5]
In the evening attended the Show Ball at the Carnamah Hall dressed in black taffeta and net with silver rope girdle [5: 18-Sep-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]
Following a visit to Perth she returned to Coorow on Monday 5 April 1937 [5: 9-Apr-1937]
Attended the surprise 75th birthday for her grandfather Heinrich W. BOTHE in Coorow on Tuesday 13 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Attended the Coronation Ball in Carnamah on 12 May 1937 in "midnight blue angel skin with silver lame trimmings" [5: 14-May-1937]
Partook in the Empire Parade dressed as India at the Anglican Church's Annual Ball in Three Springs on 17 June 1937 [5: 25-Jun-1937]
She was among the 80 who attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening at the Carnamah Hall on 25 June 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Coorow-Waddy Forest entrant in the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition in aid of the Anglican Church in 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
A successful Mad Hatter's Dance in Waddy Forest in July 1937 raised £4 to further her candidature in the competition [5: 23-Jul-1937]
A Back to Childhood Ball to raise further funds for her candidature was held at the Coorow Hall on 14 August 1937 [5: 13-Aug-1937]
Runner-Up of the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition at a Grand Ball in Three Springs on Tuesday 31 August 1937 [5]
At the Grand Ball the Very Rev. Dean MOORE of Saint George's Cathedral in Perth presented her as the "Duchess of Coorow" [5]
Her 13,184 votes, only 1,882 votes short of the winner, raised £54/18/8 for the Anglican Church [5: 3-Sep-1937]
One of the Judges at the Waddy Forest Children's Fancy Dress Ball in 1938 [0: image 03711]
During a portion of the Second World War she helped her father run Meadowdale Farm as labour was hard to obtain [P15]
Among other help on the farm she drove the tractor at seeding and harvest time during the war [P15]
Resided on Meadowdale Farm in Coorow until her marriage in 1943 [19] [P15]
Married George Henry LOVELL in Perth on 3 March 1943 [0: image 04239] [P15]
After her marriage, but still during the war, she was the Minister for Defence's driver [P15]
After the war her husband remained in the Navy and she resided in Perth, Melbourne VIC, Darwin NT, Sydney NSW and Perth [P15]
Dedicated much of her time to helping raise money for the Spastic Welfare Association [P15]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 5 February 2003; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, NC, 307) [2]
Elizabeth Buchan KAY
Born C.1928 [2]
Married James MACDONALD in Perth in 1950 [66]
Resided in Coorow in 1953 and in Winchester in 1955 and 1956 [19]
Later resided in South Hedland [2]
Died 26 September 1983; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, DC, 236) [2]
"Bob" Robert Smith KEAY
Worked in the wheat and ship districts of Victoria for a few years before returning to Scotland for a holiday [108: page 5]
Before leaving for Scotland he met and spoke with James F. THOMSON about them buying a farm together [108: page 5]
On his return he met up with James F. THOMSON and as a result he travelled to Western Australia to look at farms [108: page 5]
His investigations into farmland in Western Australia resulted in them purchasing a 2,037 acre property in Marchagee [108: page 5]
Farmer of Anster Farm in Marchagee 1928-1933 [19] [108: pages 5, 13]
The farm's 2,037 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 3231, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3240, 3250, 6383 and 7036 [3]
Himself and James F. THOMSON owned and farmed the property in partnership [3] [108: pages 5, 13]
He settled on and began farming the property in 1928 [19] while THOMSON initially remained in Melbourne [108: page 5]
Married Daisy May BRYANT in Perth in 1929 [66]
Resided with his wife in a two roomed gable roofed house on the farm that had verandahs on the front and back [108: page 5]
Half of the back verandah was enclosed for their kitchen, and the house was the typical sort of basic home for the era [108]
His mother-in-law lived with them to assist his wife with their three children under one year of age - a daughter and twins [108]
In 1931 the farm had stables and machinery sheds that were built of bush timber with straw covered rooves [108: page 6]
The only more permanent farm building was the chaff room next to the stables which was made of corrugated iron [108]
They had no shearing shed and took their sheep to be shorn at Frank R. BRYANT's Mamboobie Estate in Marchagee [108]
In May 1931 James F. THOMSON along with James' wife Nellie and son Peter joined them on the farm in Marchagee [108: page 6]
W. KEEPS
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]
Ellen Mary KELLY
Born 1892 in Bindoon, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Bernard KELLY and Mary Ann BUTLER [15]
Married George Lewis KINGMAN in Perth in 1932 [66]
Resided in Gunyidi, where her husband was the local railway ganger, from 1932 until 1941 [6] [19]
Later resided in Muchea [2]
Died 6 November 1965; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Roman Catholic, B, 54) [2]
Mrs Emma KENSIT
Wife of Thomas Hale KENSIT; see Emma GRAY
Thomas Hale KENSIT
Born 1889 in Saint Pancras, London, England [21] [30]
Son of Francis John KENSIT [30]
Departed Antwerpe, Belgium on the steamship Cassel and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 October 1912 [70]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 20 May 1916 [30: item 7371301]
On enlistment he gave his occupation as "Farmer" and his postal address as "C/- Mrs Bunney, Kelmscott, Western Australia" [30]
At the time he was 5 feet 5½ inches tall, weighed 120 pounds and had $brown eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion [30]
Gave his next of kin as his aunt, Mrs Annie Bunney, whose address was Kelmscott, Western Australia [30]
Embarked Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A23 Suffolk on 30 September 1916 [30]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England after further training at Folkestone proceeded to France S.S. Armadale on 1 January 1917 [30]
Sapper 5355 in the Australian Imperial Force's 1st Tunnelling Company in France during the First World War [30]
Hospitalised in France a number of times due to illness and once after being wounded in action (gassed) on 31 October 1917 [30]
Married Emma GRAY on 21 July 1919 at Saint James Church in Clapton, England [30]
Along with his wife embarked from England on the Port Napier on and disembarked in Australia on 2 February 1920 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 27 March 1920; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Worked for Leslie KEAMY on Cardo Farm in Watheroo, Western Australia [30: item 7371301]
While working in Watheroo a piece of wood fell out of the fireplace and burnt down the hessian lined house he was living in [30]
Farmer in Watheroo in 1922 [50]
Farmer in East Marchagee, Western Australia 1925-1938 [2] [19]
His farm was 2,094 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 3151, 3210, 3236, 3237, 3241, 4218, 5794, 5795, 5796 [3]
In 1932 he owned a Chevrolet car and Chevrolet truck with license plates CA-230 and CA-287 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Signatory to a letter sent in January 1934 expressing confidence in the Carnamah Road Board and its South Member [5: 19-Jan-1934]
In June 1934 he applied with the A.I.F. for a new Discharge Paper, as he'd lost his, and everything else, in the fire at Watheroo [30]
Sold 142 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 17 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
The 142 sheep consisted of 73 ewes (42 at 14/4, 31 at 18/4), 62 hoggets (41 at 15/1, 21 at 11/10) and 7 lambs at 15/1 per head [5]
Resided in Marchagee until his death in 1938 [2]
Died 13 November 1938; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta WA (Anglican, LB, 170) [2]
Barry Robert KERR
Farmer in Waddy Forest 1968-1971 [19]
Builder of Lot 79 Slater Street, Carnamah 1972-1977 [7] [19]
Member and later Life Member of the Carnamah Apex Club - was President in 1972 [7: page 181]
Builder of 60 Glenview Street in the Geraldton suburb of Tarcoola in 1978 [19]
Distributor of 82 Mills Road in the Geraldton suburb of Moresby in 1992 [19]
Distributor of 11 Mills Road in the Geraldton suburb of Moresby in 2005 [19]
Resident of Geraldton until his death in 2006 [45]
Husband of Pamela [45]
Father of Christina, Lisa, Toni, Stewart and Steve [45]
Died suddenly on 18 October 2006 in Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia [45]
Herbert Harold KERR
Born C.1880 [2]
Married (1) Minnie May CARDY in 1911 [66]
His wife had departed London, England on the Ophir and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 5 November 1908 [70]
Grocer in Albany 1918-1920 [6]
His wife Minnie passed away at the age of 37 years on 3 November 1919 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [2]
Married (2) Margaret Julia YULE nee NEALL in 1920 [66]
Tea Merchant in White Gum Valley, Beaconsfield and then in Fremantle [P320]
Greengrocer in the Perth suburbs of Claremont and Subiaco, and then a Grocer in East Perth [P320]
In 1926 purchased three blocks of farmland / prospective farmland at Waddy Forest in the Coorow district [27]
Purchased the 1,001 acre Lot M1607 of Victoria Location 2023 from Arthur W. H. PLATELL on 24 February 1926 [27]
Purchased the 1,834 acre Lot M1534 of Victoria Location 2023 from Frederick W. ROBERTS on 19 March 1926 [27]
Purchased 1,000 acre Lot M1555 of Victoria Location 2023 from Ivan S. & Noel V. S. LONGMORE on 27 November 1926 [27]
All three blocks of land still had instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company, which he completed paying [27]
On 13 March 1927 purchased 173 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 173 acres was Lot M1719 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £86.15.0 (10/- per acre), payable by instalments [27]
Completed paying for the 173 acres, which took his land holdings in Waddy Forest to a total of 4,008 acres [27]
In the rate books of the Carnamah District Road Board the property was later listed 13 acres smaller at 3,995 acres [3]
Never resided on his property in Waddy Forest before he sold it to the farming partnership Lannum & Company in 1928 [P84] [P320]
Years later his step-daughter Mrs Dulcie E. HUNTER resided briefly in Waddy Forest and for a number of years in Coorow [P320]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Inglewood [2]
Died 26 May 1951; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 6J, 13) [2]
Hilda Christina KERR
Born 26 July 1913 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [P63]
Daughter of Horace Edward KERR and Margaret Christina SIMPSON [P63]
Married "Bill" William Robert GLOVER on 10 July 1939 [P63]
Resided with her husband in Dumbleyung and then Watheroo before shifting with him to Coorow in mid 1943 [P63]
Resided in Coorow from 1943 until 1990 - initially at Lot 83 Bristol Street and later at Lot 49 Commercial Street [P63]
Member of the Coorow Bowling Club [P63]
Spent her final few months at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs, where she died at the age of 77 years [P63]
Mother of Robert and Margaret [14]
Died 13 December 1990 in Three Springs; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row S, Plot 14) [1]
"Jim" James Philip Mair KERR
Born 10 June 1916 in Avonmouth, Bristol, England [16]
Son of Robert KERR and Christina Logan MAIR [5: 9-Feb-1945]
Departed London, England with his mother and two siblings on the Borda for Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 February 1925 [203]
Later in 1925 his mother married for the second time to Waddy Forest farmer "Billy" William Scott MITCHELL [66]
Resided with her mother, stepfather and siblings on farmland in Waddy Forest [19]
Left Waddy Forest on Tuesday 5 March 1935 to study electrical engineering at university [5: 8-Mar-1935]
Arrived in Waddy Forest for a short holiday on Monday 13 May 1935 and then returned to his studies in Perth [5: 17 & 31-May-1935]
During a break from his studies he returned to his home in Waddy Forest on Saturday 10 August 1935 [5: 16-Aug-1935]
Arrived in Waddy Forest on Saturday 23 November 1935 for several weeks vacation from his studies [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Returned to Perth on Thursday 2 January 1936 to further his studies in engineering [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Arrived in Waddy Forest on Monday night 11 May 1936 to spend another holiday with his parents [5: 15-May-1936]
Returned to Perth to resume his studies at university on Friday 22 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
With an aggregate of 198 out of 210 won the University Trophy for Rifle Shooting over the 300 yard range on 4 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Travelled from Perth to Waddy Forest with Angus A. N. MCGILP on Tuesday 11 August 1936 [5: 14-Aug-1936]
After spending a week with his parents in Waddy Forest he returned to Perth on Monday 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Spent his university holidays with his parents in Waddy Forest in May 1937 [5: 21-May-1937, 4-Jun-1937]
Married Helen Hilda CLAIRS in Perth in 1941 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 15 January 1941 [16]
Lieutenant WX10786 in the Australian Army's 2/4 Field Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 January 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Inglewood [2]
Died 9 March 1998; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 36, 72) [2]
"Maisie" Mary McIntyre Mitchell KERR
Born 1921 in Maybole, Ayr, Scotland [28]
Daughter of Robert KERR and Christina Logan MAIR [5: 9-Feb-1945]
Departed London, England with her mother and brothers on the Borda for Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 February 1925 [203]
Later in 1925 her mother married for the second time to Waddy Forest farmer "Billy" William Scott MITCHELL [66]
Resided with her mother, stepfather and siblings on farmland in Waddy Forest [19]
Travelled from Waddy Forest to Geraldton on Saturday 2 February 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Student at the Geraldton High School, Geraldton in 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Returned to school after spending the May 1936 school holidays with her parents in Waddy Forest [5: 29-May-1936]
Won 2nd for Wildflowers and for Darned Woollen Socks by girl under 16 at the 1936 Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Spent the Easter holidays in March 1937 and school holidays in May 1937 with her parents in Waddy Forest [5: 25-Mar-1937, 7 & 21-May-1937]
Married D. MARTIN [5: 9-Feb-1945]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Died 9 September 1988; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Crematorium R, Burial Plaque, 2, 6) [2]
"Robin" Robert Alexander KERR
Born 23 September 1919 in Maybole, Ayr, Scotland [16]
Son of Robert KERR and Christina Logan MAIR [5: 9-Feb-1945]
Departed London, England with his mother and two siblings on the Borda for Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 February 1925 [203]
Later in 1925 his mother married for the second time to Waddy Forest farmer "Billy" William Scott MITCHELL [66]
Resided with his mother, stepfather and siblings on farmland in Waddy Forest [19]
Student at the Waddy Well State School in Waddy Forest [P12] and then as a boarder at the Geraldton High School [5: 25-May-1934]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Himself and his stepfather were among those from Waddy Forest who travelled to Perth for the Royal Show in 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1939 [4: 29-Jul-1939]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1939 [0: image 03886]
Member of the No. 2 Troop of the "C" Squadron of the 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Militia Regiment in 1939 [P15]
The No. 2 Troop was made of people from the North Midlands and trained in Carnamah once a fortnight [P15]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Army on 9 April 1941 [16]
Sergeant WX11654 in the Australian Army's 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 17 December 1945 [16]
After the war obtained farmland on the Waddy Estate through the Soldier Settlement Scheme [61]
Farmer in Waddy Forest [19]
In February 1943 his engagement to Miss Joan COX of Naraling was announced [0: image 04208]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club 1952-1959 [0: image 04682] [4: 24-Jul-1959]
Retired to 16 Doulton Street in Jurien Bay and resided there until his death in 2002 [1] [90]
Husband of Joan [19]
Father of Beryl, Ian, Colin and Barry [45]
Died 12 November 2002 on the Brand Highway, Geraldton WA; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row H, Plot 10) [1]
William KETT
Farmhand for Paterson & Company on the Mamboobie Estate in Marchagee in 1917 [50]
Kevin KING
Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Coorow [P15]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 24-May-1935, 22-May-1936]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as a "Toreador" [5]
He was part of the Best Set as "Spaniards" with nine others from Coorow dressed as Toreadors, Senoritas and Bulls [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Played for the defeated "The Rest" in a cricket match against Carnamah in Coorow on Sunday 22 March 1936 [5: 27-Mar-1936]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
He was among those from Coorow who spent the Easter holidays in 1936 at Dongara [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Sole Treasurer and Joint Secretary with H. Edward JONES of the Coorow Football Club in 1936 [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Represented the Coorow Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Could be the K. KING of the Mingenew Railway Station who relieved in Carnamah in October-November 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936, 6-Nov-1936]
Mrs Ellen Mary KINGMAN
Wife of George Lewis KINGMAN; see Ellen Mary KELLY
George Lewis KINGMAN
Born 1883 in Saint Helens, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England [20] [21]
Son of sea mariner Joseph KINGMAN and his wife Janet [20]
In 1891 was living with his parents and sisters Norah and Alma at Saint Helens Green in Saint Helens, Isle of Wight [20]
Departed London, England on the steamship Armadale bound for Fremantle, Western Australia on 12 November 1910 [203]
Railway Fettler in Moora 1913-1917 [50]
Railway Fettler / Line Repairer in Carnamah 1919-1922 [6] [50]
Sang a song at the farewell to departing railway stationmaster James J. STARLING in Carnamah on 18 June 1921 [9: 8-Jul-1921]
Railway Fettler in Winchester 1922-1930 [19]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dances held fortnightly in Winchester in August and September 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929, 7 & 21-Sep-1929]
Railway Ganger in Gunyidi 1931-1941 [6] [50]
Married Ellen Mary KELLY in Perth in 1932 [66]
Won 1st prize for the Best Pair of Birds in the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
At the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 he was again awarded 1st prize for the Best Pair of Bird [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Awarded 1st prize for male White Leghorn in the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Died 28 February 1971; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Roman Catholic, B, 54) [2]
Leslie Montague KINGSMILL
Selector in Gunyidi in 1910 [50]
James Francis KIRWAN
Teamster in Waddy Forest in 1931 [50]
"Keith" Francis Keith KITSON
Born 31 December 1904 in Albany, Western Australia [16]
Son of John William KITSON and Alice O'CALLAGHAN [15]
Appears to have resided in Three Springs in 1929, however by mid 1930 was living in Coorow [4]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1929 [4: 13-Jul-1929]
Employee of the Carnamah District Road Board [P84] and in 1933 was Foreman of their Coorow Road Gang [5: 13-Oct-1933]
He was also a Vermin Inspector for the Carnamah District Road Board 1932-1937 [4: 19-Dec-1931] [5: 22-Dec-1933, 20-Dec-1935, 24-Dec-1936]
The Carnamah District Road Board appointed him Pound-Keeper for Coorow in September 1933 [5: 6-Oct-1933]
Member of the Coorow Football Club 1930-1937 [4: 3-May-1930, 18-Jul-1931] [5: 20-Apr-1934, 16-Apr-1937]
Member in 1930 and 1931, Committee Member in 1934 and 1937, and Selection Committee Member in 1935 [5: 3-May-1935]
Represented the Coorow Football Club at meeting of the North Midlands Football Association in 1930 [4: 3-May-1930]
Married "Peg" Margaret SIMPSON in Perth in 1934 [66]
Around 1932 purchased Lot 83 in Bristol Street, Coorow from J. F. HARLERY [3]
Employed the services of Clem H. P. GRANT who in August 1933 built a house on his block in Bristol Street [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Resided with his wife Peg at his house at Lot 83 Bristol Street, Coorow [P84]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club from 1932-33 until 1935-36 [5: 17-Mar-1933, 25-Oct-1935]
Committee Member of the Coorow Golf Club 1935-1937 [5: 17-May-1935, 19-Jun-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]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 30-Oct-1936, 29-Jan-1937]
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]
Played for the again defeated Married Men in a cricket match against Single Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Later resided at 201 Heytsbury Road in the Perth suburb of Daglish [3]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 3 August 1943 [16]
Sapper 22540 in the Australian Army's 9 Australian Advance Ammunition Depot during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 March 1946 [16]
Sold his house in Bristol Street, Coorow to Joan CROFT in 1946 [3]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Yokine [2]
Father of Patricia [91]
Died 27 February 1981; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 7, 402) [2]
Mrs Elizabeth KLEIN
Resided in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19]
Resided in Wubin 1914-1932 [19]
M. KLEM
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13-Dec-1930]
LLL
William LABAN
Born C.1900 in Scotland [24]
Labourer in Waddy Forest and Coorow 1927-1929 [19] [24]
Died 30 January 1929 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 1) [24]
Mrs Elizabeth LADD
Resided on Lake View Farm in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1914-1917 [14] [50]
Richard LADD
Farmhand on Lake View Farm in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1914-1917 [19] [50]
Archibald Saunders LAIRD
Farmhand on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow in 1931 [50]
Elizabeth Anderson LAIRD
Housekeeper on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow in 1931 [50]
Eva Victoria LAMBERT
Born 1901 in Saint Leonards, New South Wales, Australia [32]
Daughter of William and Letitia J. LAMBERT [32]
Married "Pat" Aeneas CASEY in 1931 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Resided with her husband Aeneas CASEY on farmland in Coorow [19]
Won 2nd prize for Crochet Doyleys in the Fancy Work section of Coorow's Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Accompanied by her infant daughter she returned to Coorow on 18 November 1933 after being in Perth for some weeks [5: 24-Nov-1933]
In 1936 she was the Coorow agent for Texaco motor oil [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Beginning on Friday 3 April 1936 began advertising her agency for Texaco motor oil in The North Midland Times newspaper [5]
The advertisements were in conjunction Raymond R. WYLIE, who was the Carnamah agent for Texaco motor oil [5]
Their first advertisement, taking up a quarter of the back page read "Keep it under your bonnet for extra trouble free miles" [5]
In October 1936 her sister Letitia G. LAMBERT of Sydney holidayed in Coorow with herself and her brother Gordon [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Their Texaco depot had the greatest increase sales in non-metropolitan Western Australia over the nine months to February 1937 [5]
Her husband, who ran the depot, attributed the success to their valued clients and to the high standard of Texaco products [5]
As a result they won a free holiday in Perth and a bonus for every pound sold in excess of quota [5: 26-Feb-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Pleasant [2]
Died 7 June 1969; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZA, 316) [2]
"Gordon" William Gordon LAMBERT
Born 23 April 1902 in Pymble, New South Wales, Australia [16]
Son of William and Letitia J. LAMBERT [32]
Farmer of Carrawidgy Farm in Coorow, Western Australia 1930-1962 [19] [50]
Initially farmed and jointly owned 2,067 acres of farmland in Coorow in partnership with Aeneas CASEY [3] [19]
The 2,067 acres consisted of Victoria Location 995 and Lots M963, M1232 and M1357 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
In 1932 "Lambert & Casey" had a Ford truck licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-148 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Won 2nd prize for a Strong Wool Merino Ram at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
"Lambert & Casey" began their hay cutting for the 1933 season on Wednesday 27 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
In October 1933 "Lambert & Casey" sold through Westralian Farmers Ltd two bales of wool at 15¼d. per pound [5: 13-Oct-1933]
Himself and his partner did the Midland Railway Company's rabbit poisoning in Coorow in 1935 [34]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 9-Aug-1935, 3-Jul-1936]
Steward of the Horses in Action section at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Shows in 1935 and 1937 [5: 28-Jun-1935, 7-May-1937]
Won 2nd prize for Merino Ewe over 2½ years at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
"Lambert & Casey" sold 15 shorn wethers at 14/10 per head and 45 ewes at 12/4 per head on 29 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Travelled form Coorow to Perth on Friday 28 February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Attended the evening in honour of Mr & Mrs BIRMINGHAM of Perth at the home of Harry EDWARDS on 27 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 and 1937 - was B Grade Champion in 1937 [5: 31-Jul-1936, 2-Jul-1937]
Won 2nd prize for Merino Fleece of Strong Wool at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
"Lambert & Casey" sold 34 wethers at 17/4 and 31 ewes at 15/3 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd in February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Sergeant W72081 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Around 1942 he became the sole owner and farmer of the 2067 acres formerly owned by himself and Aeneas CASEY [3]
Later marginally extended the farm by 10 acres with the purchase of Lots M1831, M1832 and M1834 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Ardross [2]
Died 12 February 1972; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 4, 8)
"Ben" Benjamin William John LAMPARD
Born 4 March 1912 in Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia [P147]
Son of John LAMPARD and Eliza Mabel Perry SMITH [P147]
Arrived in the Coorow district of Western Australia with his parents in 1921 [P147]
Farmer in Waddy Forest [19]
Member of the Waddy Forest Cricket Club 1928-1930 [4: 10-Nov-1928, 25-Oct-1930]
His uncle Clarence O. BAKER and aunt Margaret BAKER (nee LAMPARD) settled on farmland in Winchester in 1929 [P147]
Assisted his uncle on their farm in Winchester when they first arrived and ploughed up 50 acres of virgin land for their first crop [P147]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in 1932-33 [5: 17-Mar-1933] [4: 18-Mar-1933]
Member in 1933 and Committee Member in 1934 of the Coorow Football Club [5: 9-Jun-1933, 20-Apr-1934]
Received a cut over the eye in a football match at Three Springs on Sunday 11 June 1933 [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club from 1933-34 to 1950-51 [5: 3-Nov-1933, 6-Apr-1934] [4: 14-Apr-1951]
While on an extended holiday at the beach in March 1934 he purchased a new B.S.A. motorcycle [5: 6-Apr-1934]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club 1934-1957 [4: 22-Dec-1934, 22-Feb-1957]
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 1935-1958 - was Captain in 1951 [5: 17-May-1935] [4: 9-Aug-1941, 7-Apr-1951, 11-Jul-1958]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club 1935-1959 [5: 1-Nov-1935] [4: 24-Jul-1959]
Represented the Coorow Rifle Club at the annual shoot for the Shearn Cup in Mingenew on Sunday 20 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Presented with the W. G. Morcombe Trophy at the Club's Annual Ball at the Coorow Hall on 28 November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Master of Ceremonies "in his usual capable manner" at the Rifle Club's Presentation Ball in Coorow on 10 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Member of the committee who organised the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance in Coorow on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Master of Ceremonies of the Dance at the Coorow Hall after the Coorow-Waddy Sports on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as a "Toreador" [5]
He was part of the Best Set as "Spaniards" with nine others from Coorow dressed as Toreadors, Senoritas and Bulls [5: 13-Dec-1935]
After an extended holiday in Perth he returned to Waddy Forest on Tuesday night 7 January 1936 [5: 10-Jan-1936]
The following day his parents left for Perth, presumably for a holiday of their own with him home to run the farm [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Travelled from Waddy Forest to Perth on Wednesday night 15 April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Himself and Peter ROBERTS of Waddy travelled to Perth with Roy M. PATTON on Saturday 19 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1937 and 1951 [4: 7-Apr-1951] [150]
After holidaying in Perth he returned to Waddy Forest on Monday night 18 January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Stewards of the Sheep section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show on 2 September 1937 [150]
At the Show tied for 1st prize for Sheaf Tossing in the Rings Events [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Married "Nance" Nancy Selway JOHNSON in Perth in 1938 [66]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 20 July 1945 [96]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Carnamah farmer Carl OLSEN at the Winchester Cemetery on 21 March 1946 [5]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Edith Maude GREENWOOD on 5 April 1947 at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah [5]
Assistant Steward of the Sheep section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Tenth Annual Show in 1947 [150]
Casket carrier at the funeral of Coorow farmer Frederick John KAU at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 March 1950 [4]
Represented the Coorow Tennis Club at meetings of the Coorow Tennis Association in 1950-51 [4: 14-Apr-1951]
In 1954 was the owner of a Custom Line Ford Sedan car with licence plate CA-533 [22]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Morley [2]
Father of Theonie, Claire and Lesley [P147]
Died 10 January 1981; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 17, 140) [2]
Mrs Eliza Mabel Perry LAMPARD
Wife of John LAMPARD; see Eliza Mabel Perry SMITH
John LAMPARD
Born 5 November 1885 in Apsley, Victoria, Australia [P147]
Son of William LAMPARD and Margaret ANDERSON [54]
Married Eliza Mabel Perry SMITH on 16 October 1911 in Dimboola, Victoria, Australia [P147]
Along with his wife and children left Victoria in 1921 and settled on prospective farmland in Waddy Forest, Western Australia [P147]
Farmer in Waddy Forest 1922- [50]
On 20 March 1922 signed a contract to purchase 920 acres of virgin land at Waddy Forest from the Midland Railway Company [27]
His 920 acres was Lot M1277 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £828.5.10 (18/- per acre), payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
During some of the 1920s, prior to definitive boundaries being set, his farm was recorded as being in Winchester [44]
Lived in a hut in the bush, from which his food was sometimes stolen, while clearing his farm with an axe [P129]
Showed his brother-in-law Clarence O. BAKER of Weerup, Victoria prospective land to buy in Winchester in about 1929 [P129]
In 1929 his brother-in-laws Howard H. CHAPPEL and Clarence O. BAKER both left Victoria and settled on land in Winchester [P129]
Himself and his wife were the recipients of a Surprise Party on 24 May 1930, when 50 locals visited them at their home [4: 31-May-1930]
His wife organised a Bazaar which was held on 20 September 1930 in the Coorow Hall in aid of hospital funds [4: 4-Oct-1930]
They hosted a kitchen tea at their home for Mary MORCOMBE and sixty guests on Saturday 11 October 1930 [4: 18-Oct-1930]
A thunderstorm started a fire on his farm in December 1930 and shortly afterwards was extinguished by a shower of rain [4: 20-Dec-1930]
Won 1st prize for a Border Leicester Ram in the Sheep section of Coorow-Waddy's First Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
In 1932 he was the owner of an Essex car and a Chevrolet truck with license plates CA-43 and CA-235 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
At the second annual Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 he won 2nd prize for a Border Leicester Ram [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Received the highest price for lambs sold at the Lamb Market in late June 1934 [5: 6-Jul-1934]
Accompanied by his daughter he drove to Perth on Monday 30 July 1934 to attend a horse sale [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Exhibited in the Grain & Fodder and Sheep section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Received 1st prize for Green Wheat for Hay and 2nd prizes for Border Leicester Ram and Three Lambs Suitable for Export [5]
Himself and his wife departed Coorow on Thursday 8 January 1935 for a holiday trip to Perth and Denmark [4: 11-Jan-1936]
During the May 1935 school holiday his nieces Kitty and Hazel CHAPPEL of Winchester visited them in Waddy Forest [5: 17-May-1935]
Committee Member of the Coorow Golf Club 1935-1937, and Captain 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]
Won 1st for Green Oats for Hay and 2nd for Brown Oats and Oaten Hay at the 1935 Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Came 2nd in the Old Buffers Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Wednesday 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Attended the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Malcolm L. and Irene S. PATTON in Waddy Forest on 1 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Returned the best score off stick at the Carnamah Golf Club's largely attended Opening Day on Sunday 26 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
His parents spent time staying with himself in Waddy Forest and his sisters in Winchester and Carnamah in 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
They left for South Australia in mid May 1936 to visit more relatives, and then returned to their home in Jeparit, Victoria [5]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Sold a chopper pig for £1/19/6 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 8 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1936 [150]
Won 1st prize for male White Turkey in the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-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]
Master of Ceremonies at the Coorow Rifle Club's Annual Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 28 November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
After their son returned from his holiday himself and his wife motored to Perth on Wednesday 20 January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-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]
Sold one chopper at 83/6 through elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 26 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Attended the Silver Wedding Anniversary of Guy & Maude GREENWOOD at Manell Farm in Waddy on 1 June 1937 [5: 4-Jun-1937]
Attended the Surprise Linen Tea for Miss Mary E. GREENWOOD at Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest on 22 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
In August 1937 Miss Nancy JOHNSON of Perth spent a holiday staying with himself and his wife in Waddy Forest [4: 7-Aug-1937]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Exhibited in the Sheep, Poultry and Grain & Fodder sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Awarded 1st prizes for Oaten Chaff, Oaten Hay and Muscovy Duck [5]
Received 2nd prizes for Muscovy Drake, Green Oats for Hay and Three Fat First Cross Lambs in the wool [5]
He was made a Life Member of the Coorow Golf Club on 28 March 1951 [4: 7-Apr-1951]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Brother of Mrs "Bess" Bertha CHAPPEL of Winchester and Mrs Margaret BAKER of Winchester and Carnamah [P147]
Father of Benjamin and Agnes [P147]
Died 26 October 1955; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, B, 103) [2]
"Agnes" Margaret Agnes Abbott LAMPARD
Born 19 August 1914 in Jeparit, Victoria, Australia [P107]
Daughter of John LAMPARD and Eliza Mabel Perry SMITH [P147]
Niece of Mrs Margaret BAKER and of Mrs Bess CHAPPEL, both of Winchester [P147]
Arrived in the Coorow district of Western Australia with her parents in 1921 [P147]
Resided with her aunt Margaret BAKER in Winchester for a month of the year 1931 [4: 30-May-1931]
Won 1st prize for a pair of hand knitted socks at the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
The next week won 2nd prize for a pair of hand knitted socks at the 1932 Carnamah Agricultural Show [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 15 September 1932 in a gown of apricot lace [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Exhibited in the Fancy Work section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on 7 September 1933 [5]
Awarded 1st prize for Embroidered Doyleys and 2nd prizes for both Knitted Socks and a Knitted Woollen Article [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 2 September 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
She was reported to have attended the Monster Ball in "an ankle length dress of orange lace, finished off with large bow at wait" [5]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1933-34 and 1934-35 [5: 20-Oct-1933, 28-Sep-1934]
In July 1934 spent a holiday with her uncle Howard and aunt Bess CHAPPEL on their Marathon Farm in Winchester [5: 20-Jul-1934]
Exhibited in the Fancy Work and Confectionary sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Won 1st prize for a Coloured Toilet Set and 2nd prizes for Embroidered Doyleys, Knitted Socks and Collection of Preserves [5]
After an extended holiday in Cottesloe herself and her mother returned to Waddy Forest in early March 1935 [5: 8-Mar-1935]
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]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
After the Patron hit the first ball the ladies present took off after the ball and she was the lucky one to retrieve it [5]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Along with 70 guests celebrated her 21st birthday at her parents' home in Waddy on Monday evening 19 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Won 1st prize for Crochet Woollen Article and 2nd for Supper Cloth at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 in a gown of salmon pink marocain [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the Ball at the East Marchagee Hall after the Marchagee-Gunyidi Picnic & Sports Day on 14 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 25-Oct-1935, 8-Nov-1935, 20-Nov-1936]
Completed her schooling as a boarder at the Dominican Ladies College in Dongara [P107]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as a "Senorita" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
She was part of the Best Dressed Set as "Spaniards" with nine others from Coorow dressed as Senoritas, Toreadors and Bulls [5]
Herself and Evelyn A. BINGHAM received notice to begin their training at the Perth Hospital in early December 1935 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Trained for three years as a nurse at the Perth Hospital in Perth from December 1935 until qualifying in January 1939 [P107]
Won 2nd prizes for Hand-Knitted Socks and Novelty Article in Wool at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
During late October and November 1936 she spent a holiday with her parents in Waddy Forest [5: 30-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]
Following the conclusion of her holidays she re-commenced her duties at the Perth Hospital in late November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Won 1st and 2nd prizes for Hand-Knitted Socks at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
After completing midwifery training in Melbourne, Victoria she worked as a midwife at the hospital in Warracknabeal, Victoria [P107]
Married Leo DUNNE on 4 October 1941 in Jeparit, Victoria, Australia [P107]
Resided of late in the southern Perth suburb of Shoalwater Bay [2]
Mother of Derek [P147]
Died 10 August 2001; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Fremantle WA (Crematorium N, 3, 2) [2]
Mrs "Nance" Nancy Selway LAMPARD
Wife of "Ben" Benjamin William John LAMPARD; see "Nance" Nancy Selway JOHNSON
"Jenny" Janet McDougall LANG
Born 19 October 1888 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland [28]
Daughter of John LANG and Mary LOCHHEAD [28]
Grew up in Greenock and Kilmacolm in Renfrew, Scotland [P1]
Attended the Glasgow West End School of Cookery and became a qualified school teacher in cookery, laundry and housewifery [P12]
Along with her parents departed London, England on the Otway and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 12 May 1914 [P43]
Settled with her parents in Carnamah shortly after their arrival in Western Australia [P12]
Resided with her parents on Grianaig Farm in Carnamah [P12]
Member of the Carnamah Sunday School in 1914 [7: page 238]
Helped cater for 180 people at the luncheon of the Carnamah Races on Easter Monday 9 April 1917 [9: 27-Apr-1917]
For a period, along with her sister Jean, boarded in Perth where they both worked as school teachers [P12]
Married "Mac" Angus Archibald Nicol MCGILP on 7 April 1920 at Grianaig Farm in Carnamah [P12]
She was given away by her father and wore a charming bridal frock of ivory crepe de chine [10: 16-Apr-1920]
Her veil was Georgette embroidered Brussels net held by orange blossoms; carried a bouquet of Easter lilies and white asters [10]
Best man and bridesmaid at their wedding were Carnamah pioneer Donald MACPHERSON and her sister Mary L. LANG [10]
Resided with her husband on Waddy Waddy Farm and later on Polaris Farm, both in Waddy Forest 1920-1956 [P12]
Attended the Carnamah Race Club's Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 10 April 1924 wearing cream crepe de chene georgette [10: 24-Apr-1924]
Foundation Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest District Agricultural Society 1932-1948 [4: 9-Apr-1932] [150]
Exhibited and won prizes in four sections of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Won 1st prizes for a Collection of Roses, Peas, Shortbread and for a Knitted Woollen Article [5]
Awarded 2nd prizes for Plain Scones, Decorated Cake and Brown Hen Eggs [5]
The next week won 1st prizes for Roses and Peas at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 15 September 1932 [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Successfully exhibited in the Second Annual Coorow Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Won prizes for Fancy Scones and Lemons, and 2nd prizes for Fancy Cakes and a Decorated Cake in Confectionary section [5]
Won 2nd prize for female White Turkey in the Poultry section and 2nd prize for an Embroidered Cushion in the Fancy Work [5]
Herself and Mrs Chris FORRESTER judged the Confectionary section at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Herself and her husband attended the opening of the East Marchagee Hall in Marchagee on Saturday 11 November 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
On 24 January 1934 departed Waddy Forest with her husband and children for their annual holiday at Rockingham [5: 26-Jan-1934]
Exhibited in the Confectionary and Farm Produce sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Won 1st prizes for Decorated Cake, Shortbread, Preserves, Butter and Brown Hen Eggs and 2nd for Fancy Cakes and Biscuits [5]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Along with her husband and children departed Waddy Forest on Wednesday 23 January 1935 for a holiday in Rockingham [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Attended her parents Golden Wedding Celebration at Grianaig Farm in Carnamah on Sunday 18 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Won prizes in the Poultry, Vegetables and Confectionary sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 15-Sep-1935]
In Poultry received 1st prize for Muscovy Drake and 2nd for male Black Orpington; and 2nd for Peas in the Vegetables section [5]
Awarded 1st prizes for Fancy Scones, Shortbread and Marmalade, and 2nd for Coffee Rolls and Lemons in Confectionary [5]
Judged the Confectionary section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show on 20 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Chief mourner at the funeral of her sister "May" Mary L. LANG at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Herself and her husband travelled to Perth on Sunday 8 December 1935 to attend the Scotch College presentation night [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Along with her husband and children motored from Waddy Forest to Perth on Monday 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
After spending a number of weeks in Perth she returned to her home in Waddy Forest on Thursday 27 August 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Judged the Fancy Work section of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1936 [5]
Exhibited in the Farm Produce and Flower sections of the Show, winning 1st prize for Brown Hen Eggs and 2nd for 12 Pansies [5]
Wearing biscuit lace she attended the Show Ball held at the Coorow Hall on the evening of the Show [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Judged the Confectionary section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Show on 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-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]
Travelled to Perth in May 1937 to bid farewell to her mother and brother John before they departed for Scotland [5: 21-May-1937]
With Mrs Henrietta FRANKLIN of Three Springs judged the Confectionary at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Judged the Cookery and Knitting sections of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Shows in 1940 and 1941 [0: image 03897] [13]
President of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Red Cross Society in 1941 and 1942 [0: images 04106 / 7]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Agricultural Society and Patriotic Funds Committee in 1945 [0: image 04319]
Judge of the Flower and Knitting sections at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Victory Show in 1945 [13] [0: image 04367]
Judged the Confectionary section at the Mingenew District Agricultural Society's 1945 show [261]
Judge of the Knitting section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1947 [13]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the R.S.L. Women's Auxiliary in 1951 [4: 7-Apr-1951]
Judged the Handicrafts section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1954 [0: image 04751]
Employed the services of Coorow builder E. Clive HUNTER to build her a house [P320]
Resided in Main Street in the Coorow townsite from 1956 to 1973 [P12]
In 1961 she had Margaret Mary JAMES as a housekeeper at her home in Coorow [19]
Left Coorow and shifted to the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs on 6 October 1973 [147]
Shifted to the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1978, where she died in her 90th year [P12]
Mother of Sandy, Maisie, John and Tups [P12]
Died 31 March 1978 in Three Spring; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row F, Plot 13) [1]
Bernt Andrews LARSON
Labourer in Coorow 1915-1917 [50]
William Henry LARWOOD
Farmer in Coorow 1911-1914 [19] [50]
"Mick" Arthur LATHAM
Born 16 September 1916 in Payne's Find, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Won the 12-14 years Running Race at the Sports Day and Picnic held at Centenary Park, Carnamah on 9 October 1930 [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Himself and James PRICE left Waddy Forest for Carnarvon in a Dodge runabout car on 20 October 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Kangaroo Shooter and Shearing Contractor in Coorow [19] [30: item 6506087]
Won the Throwing at Wicket at the Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Married Elsie GALBRAITH in 1939 [66]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in Coorow on 28 January 1942, and was called up for service on 7 April 1942 [30: item 6506087]
Initially gave his next of kin as his brother George LATHAM of Coorow, but it was later changed to his wife Elsie [30]
Private W20476 in the Australian Army's 13th Training Battalion in Northam during the Second World War [30]
He was declared an "Illegal Absentee" after leaving the 13th Training Battalion in Northam at 6:40 a.m. 7 May 1942 [30]
Surrendered himself to the Australian Army's General Details Depot at 2 p.m. on 5 May 1944 and was detained [30]
A District Court Martial in Claremont on 19 May 1944 sentenced him to 18 months detention over two charges [30]
He was found guilty of absenting himself without leave and for losing his clothing and equipment valued at £5/13/1 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 4 July 1944 and permitted to work as a Shearer in Payne's Find [30]
Legislative Assembly Electoral Rolls list him as a Contractor in Coorow until 1947 [19]
"Ted" Edward LATHAM
Born 1912 [15]
Son of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Resided with his parents in Coorow in 1919 [215]
His name was listed as a prospective student on applications for the reopening of the closed Coorow State School in May 1919 [215]
Labourer in Coorow in 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
The Carnamah Police Court fined him £2 plus £2/6/- costs for driving an unlicensed vehicle without registration in August 1936 [5]
He was also imposed with a £8 car license bringing the overall charge to £12/6/- or in default 27 days imprisonment [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Won the Hop, Step & Jump at the Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
At 9.9 stone competed in the Boxing Tournament before a full house in Carnamah on Saturday evening 28 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Married Kathleen GALBRAITH in 1939 [66]
Contractor in Coorow 1941-1943 [19]
Contractor in Carnamah in 1947 [19]
Contractor in Perenjori 1950-1956 [19]
Farm Manager in Dongara 1958-1980 [19]
Resided of late at Lot 1456 Brand Highway in Dongara [132]
Died 23 April 1990 in Dongara; buried Dongara Cemetery in Dongara, Western Australia (Anglican, Plot 77) [132]
Mrs Elsie LATHAM
Wife of Arthur LATHAM; see Elsie GALBRAITH
"Frank" Francis LATHAM
Born 9 June 1904 in Coorow, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Married Dorothy Margaret NANNUP in 1932 [66]
Shearer in Trayning in 1936 [50]
In 1940 he was working as a Shearer and living on Riley Street in the Perth suburb of Tuart Hill [30: item 6499789]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in Perth on 30 September 1940 [30: item 6499789]
Served with the Australian Army's W/C Ordnance Workshops in Perth, Bushmead and Northam during the Second World War [30]
Began as a Private but was appointed Lance Corporal on 25 May 1942, and promoted to Corporal on 7 October 1942 [30]
He was "Reduced to Ranks" and reverted to Private on 25 October 1943 for giving misleading information to obtain leave [30]
Discharged from the Australian Army in the Perth suburb of Claremont on 13 March 1944 [30]
By 1942 himself and his wife had shifted from Tuart Hill to the Perth hills suburb of Parkerville [84]
Their son Ronald William and daughter Nancy Fay were baptised by Arthur HAWKINS of Mundaring on 19 October 1942 [84]
"Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM
He was from Echuca, Victoria, Australia and served in the Merchant Navy [265]
After often being in fights with sailors and getting punished he jumped ship at Fremantle in Western Australia in about 1892 [265]
He changed his surname to Latham and headed north where he caught a brumby, broke it in and went kangarooing on it [265]
Sold the kangaroo skins while based in Three Springs for a time, and later prospected at Payne's Find [265]
While prospecting at Payne's Find he met Mary OLIVER, the daughter of an English pastoralist and an Aboriginal woman [265]
Their son Richard Oliver LATHAM, who was born in Arrino, drowned in a well at the age of five years in 1905 [15] [265]
Richard was buried on 8 September 1905 in plot 235A of the Anglican section at the Mingenew Cemetery in Mingenew [176]
Kangaroo Hunter in Coorow in 1903 [50]
Farmer in Marchagee 1905-1911 and in Coorow 1911-1914 [19] [44] [50]
From 1906 until 1911 he had a 100 acre leasehold near Jun Jun Spring and Turipa Spring [44]
Francis H. R. THOMAS of Coorow Station was tried but found not guilty of stabbing him in Coorow in 1906 [39: 29-Mar-1906, 8-Sep-1906]
Labourer at Jun Jun in Coorow in 1909 and 1910 [50]
Prior to 1914 he sunk Waddy Well at Waddy Forest in the Coorow district [265]
Married Mary OLIVER in Coorow in 1906 [265]
One day himself and Mary were loading kangaroo skins onto a train at Coorow and getting supplies off [265]
There was a parson on the train and he married them on the platform of the railway station [265]
He cut sandalwood trees in Latham and stacked the wood on a rock with a waterhole he had previously cleaned out [265]
The rock was recorded as Latham Rock in 1909, named in his honour for establishing a watering place for stock being droved [184]
When the railway went through Latham was selected as the name for a nearby railway siding and later townsite [184]
His son George claimed the railway siding was named after him because he was the first to load any goods on the train there [265]
Grazier of Tungaloo Station in Payne's Find in 1916 [50]
Pastoralist & Grazier in Coorow in partnership with Thomas BONHAM as "Bonham & Latham" in 1919 [44] [50]
They farmed 3,523 acres - Victoria Locations 2927, 2997, 3058, 3059, 3350, 3351, 3355, 3370, 3483, 3500, 3502, 3732, 5464 [44]
In 1919 he was living with his wife and children on Victoria Location 2997 in Coorow [215]
He wrote to the Education Department on 29 March 1919 requesting the closed Coorow State School be reopened [215]
Following further correspondence to the Education Department from himself and others the school opened on 19 August 1919 [215]
The school was in a room of Coorow House on Victoria Location 385, which was a one mile journey if his children attended [215]
Through Elder Smith & Co Ltd arranged for an auction to be held on his farm in Coorow on 12 September 1919 [10: 12-Sep-1919]
The auction was to sell his farm, stock and plant however before the sale the property was sold privately as a going concern [10]
The farm in Coorow was sold to John R. LONGMORE and Laurence A. R. BRYANT [44] [265]
After selling the farm he shifted with his wife and children to Moora, where he owned a ten acre block [265]
Grazier of Banna Station south of Payne's Find 1919-1922 [265]
He sunk a well on the station, built a rough shed for a house and made a horse paddock [265]
At the end of 1919 his wife and children moved from Moora up to Banna Station [265]
Purchased 1,000 sheep from Ningham Station and drove them the 60 miles to Banna Station [265]
He carted his wool with horses to Mandiga Station near Bencubbin in 1921, and carted stores on the way back [265]
In 1922 he sold Banna Station, which was later known as Mouroubra Station, to Pavey & Grant [265]
With his wife and children walked 3,000 sheep to Ballidu, where he had ordered a special train [265]
They loaded everything onto the train - the sheep, horses, spring cart, dray and sulky [265]
The sheep were taken off at the saleyards in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction and sold [265]
Resided with his wife and children on a small farm in Eden Hill from 1922 until June 1924 when himself and his wife separated [265]
He worked developing a series of 5,000 acre blocks in Wongan Hills which he then sold to the Agricultural Department [265]
Said to have developed a 5,000 acre block each year, which the Agricultural Department used for their research farms [265]
Farmer of Koralling Farm in Wongan Hills in 1925 [50]
Father of Richard, May, Frank, Violet, Ted, George, Arthur, Molly and Dorothy [265]
"Fred" Frederick LATHAM
Born 1907 [15]
Son of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Student at the Gosnells State School in the Perth suburb of Gosnells in 1913 [215]
Resided with his parents in Coorow in 1919 [215]
His name was listed as a prospective student on applications for the reopening of the closed Coorow State School in May 1919 [215]
Contractor in Coorow 1929-1939 [19]
Married Grace Ann GALBRAITH in 1932 [66]
Farmhand in Waddy Forest in 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 [5: 24-May-1935]
Went before the Moora Local Court in Moora on Friday 15 November 1935 over money owed to Westralian Farmers Ltd [5]
The North Midland Farmers' Co-operative Company had assigned his overdue account to Westralian Farmers Ltd [5]
Westralian Farmers Ltd recovered judgement for £9/5/5 plus 19/6 costs [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Went before the Carnamah Police Court on Friday 22 November 1935 for having driven an unlicensed vehicle [5: 29-Nov-1935]
He pleaded not guilty, provided one witness in his defence and could have provided a further two witnesses if given more time [5]
The Court said they had to go with what information that had and he was fined £1 plus costs of £5/1/8/6 [5]
Himself and his brother George ran into trouble when returning to Waddy Forest from Marchagee on Wednesday 29 January 1936 [5]
Rolled scrub had caught alight and was burning out of control when a change in the wind turned the fire towards their truck [5]
The heat from the fire caused their truck to function improperly and they had no choice but to abandon it and run for their lives [5]
They were both severely burnt around the arms and face, and the newly purchased truck was burnt to cinders [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Peter W. THOMSON of Marchagee found them in a shocked state and conveyed them to their home in Waddy Forest [5]
Supplier of music at the Dance in aid of the Anglican Church held in Waddy Forest on Saturday 20 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Advertised for four months in 1937 to shear up to 10,000 sheep with a two stand plant in late September [5: 18-Jun-1937, 30-Jul-1937, 3-Sep-1937]
In 1939 himself and his brother George began shearing together and shore sheep in Coorow, Dalwallinu and Calingiri [265]
His wife leased 2,322 acres of farmland in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company (Lots M1744 and M1745) in 1939 [34]
In 1939 he farmed his wife's leasehold in Coorow in addition to working away as a shearer [34]
They abandoned their 2,322 leasehold in Coorow during March of 1940 [34]
After an absence shifted back to Coorow in June 1941, and his children attended the Coorow State School [215]
Shearer of Coorow in 1941 and of Waddy Forest in 1943 [215]
Farmer in Morawa in 1950 [19]
Father of Jean, Graham, Ellen and Eric [215]
Died 9 January 1951; buried at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia [26]
George LATHAM
Born 16 September 1914 in Waddy Forest, Western Australia [30: item 6506118]
Son of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
He was born near Waddy Well in the Coorow district, which had previously been sunk by his father [265]
Resided with his parents on Banna Station south of Payne's Find 1919-1922 and then in Eden Hill 1922-1924 [265]
Following the separation of his parents shifted with his mother and siblings to Coorow in 1924 [265]
Their mother was fell ill with rheumatic fever and was taken to Perth by train [265]
During their mother's absence his siblings were taken to a convent however he continually hid from police and wasn't found [265]
Their mother returned in 1925 and himself, his brother Arthur and sister Molly attended the Coorow State School [265]
He later skipped school and instead went out on his horse to catch kangaroos [265]
For a number of years worked looking after "Geoff" Geoffrey G. JOHNS' farm in Coorow when he was away [265]
Worked harvesting for a mate of JOHNS and then got a job seeding with "Bill" William FLANAGAN in Gunyidi [265]
Left Gunyidi to work with his elder brother "Fred" Frederick LATHAM in Waddy Forest [265]
For five months he worked fencing on Ullawarra Station in Carnarvon, and then returned to the Coorow district [265]
Farmhand for Malcolm L. PATTON on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest in 1931 [265]
While working on Longforest Farm he broke in a few a horses and looked after the farm's cattle and sheep [265]
Fell ill in the winter of 1933 and Carnamah doctor Cecil P. ROSENTHAL diagnosed him with appendicitis [265]
Went to the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs where he had his appendix removed [265]
Attended the Annual Meeting of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Football Club on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
At the age of 20 in 1934 he purchased car and went kangarooing in the Gascoyne and also spent time in Perth learning boxing [265]
Purchased a few ponies and was given a six month old foal which he drove from Perth up to Coorow, with the foal following [265]
The foal, named Derby, grew up to be a great horse and won the high jump at a Carnamah Show with a height of 5 feet 3 inches [265]
In 1935 he worked water boring and well sinking in Waddy Forest with his brother Fred, and at times also worked as a farmhand [265]
At 5 feet 3 inches he won the High Jump at the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance in Coorow on 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Came 2nd in both the Hurdle Race and the Obstacle Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting in Coorow on 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Himself and his brother Fred ran into trouble when returning to Waddy Forest from Marchagee on Wednesday 29 January 1936 [5]
Rolled scrub had caught alight and was burning out of control when a change in the wind turned the fire towards their truck [5]
The heat from the fire caused their truck to function improperly and they had no choice but to abandon it and run for their lives [5]
They were both severely burnt around the arms and face, and the newly purchased truck was burnt to cinders [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Peter W. THOMSON of Marchagee found them in a shocked state and conveyed them to their home in Waddy Forest [5]
In 1936 he paid rates for the 4,820 acre Victoria Location 9516 in Coorow, until it was forfeited on 27 November 1936 [3]
Contract bag sewer in Coorow over the harvest of 1936 and then again worked for Malcolm L. PATTON in the winter and spring [265]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 29-May-1936, 28-May-1937]
Worked making concrete tanks with Coorow builder Augustus F. L. CROFT and then went up north mustering stock [265]
In 1939 took up shearing with his brother Fred and they shore sheep in Coorow, Dalwallinu and Calingiri [265]
Won the Sheffield Handicap and the Hurdle Race at the Sports Meeting in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Shearer in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Army in Coorow on 28 January 1942 [30: item 6506118]
Gave his brother Arthur LATHAM of Coorow as his next of kin [30]
He was recorded as being 5 foot 10 inches tall with dark hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion [30]
Private W20476 in the Australian Army's 13th Training Battalion and then 3rd Field Regiment during the Second World War [30]
Without permission he permanently left the 13th Australian Infantry Training Battalion in Northam late at night on 2 May 1942 [30]
A Court of Inquiry on 8 June 1942 declared him an "Illegal Absentee" and a Desertion Warrant was issued on 25 July 1942 [30]
In civilian clothes he surrendered himself the Australian Army's General Details Deport in Claremont on 3 April 1944 [30]
A District Court Martial in Claremont on 17 April 1944 found not guilty of desertion but guilty of absent without leave [30]
He was sentenced to 18 months detention, and was discharged from the Australian Army in Perth on 25 April 1944 [30]
At the time of his discharge he was working on Erribidie Station near Meekatharra and still had to serve his detention [30]
From 1946 he worked mustering stock outside of Carnarvon, and sometimes drove the stock to Mullewa [265]
Musterer, Shearer and Water Diviner on Callytharra Station in the Gascoyne 1950-1988 [265]
Married (1) Grace M. EVANS in 1952 [66]
Leyland Brothers filmed him during their "Wheels Across the Wilderness" film through the middle of Australia in 1966 [265]
Partner of (2) Lorna Robina BLACKWELL nee LIZARS from 1957 [265]
In 1958 purchased a house for £60 from the closed down Big Bell Mine and had it erected on Callytharra Station [265]
Himself and Lorna left Callytharra Station in 1988 and shifted to 100 acres on Bookera East Road in Dongara [265]
Father of Margaret [265]
Died 9 November 2004 [29]
Mrs Grace Ann LATHAM
Wife of "Fred" Frederick LATHAM; see Grace Ann GALBRAITH
Mrs Kathleen LATHAM
Wife of Edward LATHAM; see Kathleen GALBRAITH
Mrs Mary LATHAM
Wife of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM; see Mary OLIVER
May LATHAM
Born C.1902 [2]
Daughter of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Married (1) FREEMAN [3] [P84]
Resided in Coorow 1935-1942 [19]
Owner of the vacant quarter acre Gov Lot 48 on the west side of the Coorow townsite from 1939 until 1949 [3]
Married (2) Gordon Royal Anthony TAMBLYN in 1942 [66]
Resided in Coorow in 1942 and 1943 [19]
During the 1948-49 financial year the Carnamah District Road Board wrote off her Gov Lot 48 for non-payment of rates [3]
Resided in Perenjori 1953-1973 [19]
Later resided at 136 Healy Road in the Perth suburb of Hamilton Hill [2]
Died 18 July 1980; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Crematorium A, A4, 104) [2]
Violet Elsie LATHAM
Born 1906 [215]
Daughter of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Student at the Gosnells State School in the Perth suburb of Gosnells in 1913 [215]
Resided with her parents in Coorow in 1919 [215]
Her name was listed as a prospective student on applications for the reopening of the closed Coorow State School in May 1919 [215]
Married Wilfred James TAYLOR in Perth in 1926 [66]
In 1936 herself and her husband were living at 36 Garden Street in the Perth suburb of Claremont [50]
David LATTO
Born C.1860 [2]
Married Annie VALENTINE [54]
In 1914 resided in Helena Street, Midland Junction and in 1915 was living in Henry Street, Midland Junction [6] [30: item 7378101]
During the First World War shifted to 69 Tower Street in the Perth suburb of Leederville and then to Walkaway [30: item 7378101]
His son John enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and was Killed in Action in Belgium on 1 November 1917 [94]
Railway Fettler in Gunyidi 1922-1925 [50]
Railway Fettler in Winchester in 1925 and 1926 [6] [19]
Resided in Winchester until his death in 1926 [2]
Father of James David Valentine, George Stanley, John Alexander Anderson, Raymond Burbage and Elspeth Dora May [15] [54]
Died 28 February 1926; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, GA, 407) [2]
His wife Annie, late of Mullewa, died at the age of 74 years on 1 July 1936 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [2]
Alexander Cordery LAWRENCE
Farmer in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Malcolm Fenwick LAURIE
Born 1878 in Witham, Essex, England [20] [21]
When the 1881 census was taken he was with his widowed grandmother Catherine LAURIE at Newland Street in Witham, Essex [20]
Ten years later, in 1891, he was a boarding student at the Grammar School in Snettisham, Norfolk, England [20]
Storekeeper in Coorow, Western Australia 1929-1935 [19]
Conducted a business from leased premises in Coorow from 1929 until 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
On the expiration of his lease purchased a block of land in Coorow from the Bank of New South Wales and had a store erected [5]
In 1932 owned an Oldsmobile car and Rugby truck with license plates CA-67 and CA-281 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Attended the Valedictory Dinner tendered to Alexander B. GLOSTER at the Coorow Hotel on Monday 3 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Member of the Coorow Waddy Forest Progress Association - was Secretary in 1933 and 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934] [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Departed Coorow on Friday 12 January 1934 to spend two or three weeks holiday in Perth [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club - was Secretary in 1934 [5: 17-May-1935]
By May 1935 he was no longer living in Coorow [5: 17-May-1935]
Later resided in Mia Mia [2]
Died 2 May 1951; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8D, 1) [2]
Gladys Victoria LAWSON
Married Vernon Eric RANDELL in Perth in 1923
Resided with her husband on Meelyah Farm in Gunyidi 1923-1933 [19]
In 1932 she had a Chevrolet car licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-80 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
John Richard LEADBEATER
Labourer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1913-1923 [19] [50]
"Pat" Patricia Vera LEADBITTER
Born 1928 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Married Jack BATTERSBY on 27 January 1951 [0: images 04602 & 04715]
Resided in Coorow 1951-1978 [19]
Later resided at 29 Koman Way in the Perth suburb of Girrawheen [156]
Member of the Coastal Ladies Golf Club [45]
Long serving executive of the Western Australian Women's Golf League [45]
Mother of Stephen, Susan, Allan and Wayne [45]
Died 17 May 2007; cremated at the Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park in the Perth suburb of Padbury on 24 May 2007 [45]
Nettie LEAF
Born 1883 in Hull, Yorkshire, England [20] [21]
Daughter of Robert LEAF and Anita DIXON [20] [21]
In 1891 was living with her parents and sister Lillian at 8 Drewton Terrace in Southcoates, Yorkshire [20]
Married (1) John GALE in 1907 in Yorkshire, England [21]
Departed London, England with her children on the Ballarat and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 8 December 1923 [70]
Married (2) "Clem" Clement William John LONG in 1925 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Resided with her husband on Samuel B. RUDDUCK's Koobabbie Farm in Coorow [P17]
Sent a wreath for the funeral of Coorow stationmaster William C. Cox at the Karrakatta Cemetery on 4 November 1937 [5: 12-Nov-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Henry [2]
Mother of John GALE and Peggy GALE [70]
Died 13 May 1968; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LE, 226) [2]
Mrs Adelaide LEE
Resided in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1917-1922 [50]
George LEE
Labourer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1919-1922 [50]
"Sam" Samuel Walter Philip LEVETT
Born 4 September 1907 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England [P355]
Son of Samuel Philip LEVETT and Gertrude LEVETT [P355]
Following the death of their father his mother was forced to put himself, his elder sister Ivy and younger sister Nellie into care [P355]
He was bestowed in the care of the children's charity Dr Barnardo's in 1914, after which his mother kept in touch with him [P355]
Aged 15 years he departed London, England on the Largs Bay on 20 February 1923 for Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [203]
In later years he said he was proud to be an Old Barnardo Boy and always endeavoured to explain its good work [230]
In a letter to the charity that had aided him he wrote "...what the Homes have done for me is highly appreciated" [230]
He worked as a Farm Lad in England and after his arrival worked for two years on a diary farm in Leeton, New South Wales [203] [230]
Remaining in New South Wales he then worked on fruit farms for 18 months and on a rice and wheat property for three years [230]
His last employer suffered financial troubles and failed to pay him about £70, although he still valued and respected him [230]
All up he worked for about twelve people in New South Wales, worked hard, saved his money and never got the sack [230]
In 1929 he left New South Wales and shifted to Western Australia [230]
Farmhand for Malcolm L. PATTON on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest, Western Australia in 1929 [230]
Longforest was the largest farm he'd up until that time worked on, being about 5,000 acres in size with 2,500 acres under crop [230]
He was in Waddy Forest by October 1929 and undertook duties on Longforest in connection with hay cutting and harvesting [230]
Farmhand for John BOWMAN on The Home Farm in Carnamah, Western Australia in 1930 [230]
At such time wheat prices had slumped to only 1/9 a bushel and the previous wool clip had been virtually profitless [230]
Farmers couldn't get bags for their wheat, while others weren't going to harvest their crops as it wouldn't cover the expense [230]
To cut down expenses his employer had stopped the tractors and reverted to horse teams to carry out the 1930-31 harvest [230]
Himself and seven others lived in workmen's humpies on the west end of Lot M928 bounding the North Boundary Road [P9] [230]
A cook prepared their meals except for their day off on Sunday when they got their own meals from the cookhouse [230]
By 1930 he was well acclimatised to Australian weather and believed he wouldn't be able to endure an English winter [230]
Although he liked the Australian climate he found the flies to be very bad at Carnamah in both summer and winter [230]
By late 1930 he was likening to the idea of returning to England on the suggestion of his mother and Barnardo's [230]
Resided in England from 1931 until his death at the age of 63 years in 1970 [P355]
Married (1) Marjorie Winifred KNOTT on 14 March 1936 [P355]
Partner of (2) Marjorie Elizabeth Jane PARSLOW [P355]
Father of Terence, Valerie, Jennifer, Philip, Anthony, Catherine and Richard [P355]
Died 9 January 1970 at the Ashford Hospital in Ashford, Middlesex, England [P355]
Mrs LESLIE
Teacher of the Turipa State School on Turipa Farm in Coorow in 1915 [215]
The furniture from the closed Coorow State School was handed over to her at the Turipa State School on 17 July 1915 [215]
Robert Downie LESLIE
Born 1 January 1887 in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland [28]
Son of Robert Downie LESLIE and Frances Ewart TURNBALL [28]
He was born at and resided with his parents at 6 Bonaccord Square in Aberdeen, and his father was a "Advocate in Aberdeen" [20] [28]
Departed London, England on the steamship Otranto and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 February 1911 [70]
Married Violet WILTSHIRE in 1912 [66]
In December 1913 decided to purchase an 856 acre farm in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company [34]
The 856 acres consisted of Lots M964 and M966 of Victoria Location 2023 [27] [34]
On 15 January 1914 signed the contract to purchase the two lots, which were priced at £3564 (payable by instalments) [27]
The farm was part of the Midland Railway Company's Improved Farm Scheme and came partly cleared, fecned and with a house [34]
Farmer of Hillhead Farm in Coorow 1914-1919 [19] [27] [34]
Took out assistance under the Industries Assistance Board to help in establishing his farm [34]
After harvesting his 1915 crop he sold between 200 and 250 bags of wheat, and retained 100 bags for seed wheat [34]
Carted 233 bags of wheat for the Midland Railway Company from Lot M963 to the Coorow Railway Siding, and was paid £6.18.0 [34]
In 1916 obtained a loan of £36 from the Industries Assistance Board to purchase a horse [34]
Planted 200 acres of crop on is farm in 1916 [34]
In August 1916 signed a petition which was sent to the Midland Railway Company requesting the price of their farms be reduced [34]
His wife doesn't appear to have resided on the farm in Coorow and in 1916 she was living at 137 Parry Street in Perth [50]
Member of the Winchester-Carnamah branch of the Farmers & Settlers' Association in 1917 [34]
Advertised in May 1917 that he wanted to buy a reasonably priced second hand horse-works for a chaffcutter [9: 18-May-1917]
The sale on his farm was rescinded by the Midland Railway Company on 1 July 1919 [34]
The Midland Railway Company re-sold the 856 acre farm to James L. LAWSON & Thomas P. HANNAFORD on 16 June 1920 [34]
Later worked as an Agent and lived with his wife at 78 Parry Street in East Perth [50]
Dr. Muriel Alice LESTER
Born 18 April 1899 [P171] in Warrington, Lancashire, England [20]
Daughter of Rev. Henry Arthur LESTER and Alice PERRIN [P171]
In 1901 was living with her parents and three of her father's cousins at Walton House in Walton Road, Walton, Cheshire, England [20]
Married Rev. "Bill" Albert William CURTIS in England [P171]
Prior to her marriage she had trained as a doctor however gave up her profession when she married [P171]
Along with her husband departed Southampton, England on the Jervis Bay in 1930 [63]
Arrived on the Jervis Bay in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 August 1930 [63]
In early September 1930 arrived in Coorow, where her husband had been appointed the Coorow-Carnamah Parish's first Rector [P171]
Resided with her husband in Coorow 1930-1934 [P171]
Intended to practise medicine in Coorow however was unable to after the arrival of children and the depression [P138]
Tendered to medical emergencies in Coorow and nearby [P138]
One of such emergencies was treating local mechanic J. F. PARKER who was found unconscious in Coorow [5: 15-Jul-1932]
Travelled with her husband to the various parts of his parish, which embraced the wider Coorow and Carnamah districts [P171]
Would have accompanied her husband to Gunyidi, Marchagee, Waddy, Billeroo, Winchester, Carnamah and Inering [4: 19-Jul-1930]
She was invited to Kelva BADRICK's Christening reception at 18 Boojerabba Street, Carnamah on 28 September 1930 [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Member for Coorow on the Carnamah-Coorow Anglican Church Vestry in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
In March 1933 in Coorow she gave birth to a son, David Myles, who sadly passed away on 14 July 1933 [P171]
Helped run the Fancywork stall at the Carnamah Anglican Church Bazaar held in Carnamah on Saturday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
In October 1933 spent a few days in Coomberdale staying with Mr and Mrs BULLOCK [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Conducted the Produce & Cakes stall at the Church of England Bazaar held in Coorow on 18 November 1933 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
During their time in Coorow one of her good friends was Mrs Mary C. WOODHOUSE of Winchester [P138]
Herself and her husband were the recipients of a Farewell Evening at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 19 May 1934 [5: 18-May-1934]
About 250 people from Marchagee, Latham, Waddy Forest, Carnamah and Coorow attended their send-off [5: 25-May-1934]
At their farewell they received three presentations, including a silver mounted oak tray from the people of Coorow [5]
Along with her husband left Coorow by train on Monday 21 May 1934 on her husband's transfer to York [5: 25-May-1934]
Resided with her husband, and later two children, in York, Western Australia from 1934 to about 1938 [P171]
Her friend Mary WOODHOUSE travelled from Winchester to York to assist her with the birth of her daughter in 1934 [5: 6-Jul-1934] [P138]
Around 1938 shifted with her husband and children to the metropolitan area where they resided in Claremont and then Fremantle [P171]
In 1946 returned to England with her husband and children, eventually settling in Ealing, London where her husband was Vicar [P171]
In the 1970s retired with her husband to Nottingham, England and in the 1980s shifted to Salisbury, England [P171]
Mother of David, Christopher and Rosemary [P171]
Died 27 May 1988 in Salisbury, England [P171]
"Gus" / "Gustav" Freiderich Wilhelm Gustav LIEBE
Born 18 January 1862 in Wittenberg, Saxony, Germany [30: item 747020]
Son of Eduard LIEBE and Louise MATHES [30: item 747020]
He never returned to Germany after leaving in 1878 to escape its military laws [30: item 747020]
Worked as a carpenter before studying at the world famous Technical School at Vienna in Austria [7: page 138]
Assisted in the building of the Budapest Opera House in Hungary and the Sofia Houses of Parliament in Bulgaria [7: page 138]
Entered into partnership with Joseph KLEIN and together they built army barracks, colleges and houses in various parts of Europe [7]
Along with Joseph KLEIN arrived in Adelaide, South Australia in 1885 where they continued working together [7: page 138]
In 1886 dissolved partnership with KLEIN and shifted to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia where he received large amounts of work [7]
He shifted to Perth, Western Australia in 1891, where he continued working as a building contractor [7: page 138]
Among the buildings he built in Perth were His Majesty's Theatre, The Art Gallery, The Queen's Hall (later The Metro Theatre), [7]
The Commercial Bank, Warwick House in Saint George's Terrace and several hotels including the Peninsula Hotel in Maylands [7]
In 1895 he was contracted to build sheds, stations, turntables and other works along the Midland Railway line [7: page 138]
Became a naturalised British subject on 27 July 1900 and was on the Commonwealth Electoral Roll from its inception [30: item 747020]
Built the Commercial Hotel in Dandaragan Street, Moora for George H. HOLMES for £4,600 in 1908 and 1909 [7: page 138] [9: 13-Nov-1908]
In 1908 purchased 16,000 acres of land in Wubin and began farming while continuing to work as a building contractor [7: page 138]
Among his land was some at Nugadong between Wubin and Dalwallinu, which he paid rates for to the Upper Irwin Road Board [44]
Paid rates to the Upper Irwin Road Board for Lots 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 64 and 65 of the Nugadong Agricultural Area [44]
The land was taken up on Conditional Purchase in the names of numerous people as in one name you could only get 1,000 acres [44]
Unsuccessfully requested with the Upper Irwin Road Board for six months to pay his land rates in June 1910 [9: 10-Jun-1910]
In the 1920s began purchasing virgin land and farmland in and near Waddy Forest, Winchester, Bunjil and Latham [7: pages 138-140]
Continued to purchase more land in and near Waddy Forest area until he had 60,456 acres: [7: pages 138-140] [4: 22-Apr-1950]
In 1924 purchased 11,906 virgin acres from the Midland Railway Company for £8,929 (Lot M1511 of Victoria Location 2023) [27]
In 1925 purchased McCANN Bros' farm of 960 acres (Lot M1507 of Victoria Location 2023) [27]
In 1925 also purchased 28,377 virgin acres from the Midland Railway Company for £14,379, between 6/- and 16/- per acre [27]
The 28,377 acres consisted of Lots M1274, M1511, M1524, M1525, M1526, M1550 and M1602 of Victoria Location 2023 [27]
In 1928 purchased Gilbert A. R. GABRIELSON's farm of 1,320 acres (Lot M1721 of Victoria Location 2023) [27]
In 1929 purchased Henry C. DAVIES' farm of 4,078 acres (Lot M1627 of Victoria Location 2023) [27]
In 1935 purchased 13,715 acres of farmland from Frank E. ROBERTS (Lot M1647 of Victoria Location 2023) [27]
His large acreage in Waddy Forest, Winchester, Bunjil and Latham was split into two properties - Waddi and Shannon [4: 22-Apr-1950]
His property was the largest wheat farm in the Commonwealth owned by one man [120: 20-Dec-1928]
He wrote to the Carnamah Road Board in 1927 informing them the new road north of the Waddy School was impassable [9: 19-Aug-1927]
In 1928 he had 10,000 acres of wheat crop and was aiming for a harvest of 50,000 bags of wheat [120: 20-Dec-1928]
The next year, in 1929, he seeded 21,000 acres of wheat crop with 32 tractors and harvested over 100,000 bags of grain [7: pages 139, 140]
Made a private road through his farm to deliver the bags of grain to the Bunjil Railway Siding using 12 trucks [7]
As the trucks went through private property to get to Bunjil Siding he felt he had no reason to have them licensed [7]
The Road Board secretary alerted him that when the trucks crossed the road to the siding they were on public roads [7]
From then onwards he licensed just one large truck which collected the bags of wheat from other trucks on his farm's boundary [7]
Established seven "camps" on his Waddi property and at camp numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 built enormous sheds [7: page 139]
The sheds on camps 1 to 4 had living quarters for the supervisor at one end and accommodation for workers at the other [7]
Camp number 3 boasted the largest shed which measured 103 feet by 120 feet [7]
The camps went as far as seven, however in 1937 "camp number 7 had been closed down" [88]
In 1937 he was living at Camp number 2 on his Waddi Farm, said to have been in Latham [88]
While bringing the farm into production he employed 101 clearers and 40 farmhands; after that time had 20 farmhands [7: page 140]
In the early years travelled from Perth to his property once a fortnight with his accountant Mr MERRYWEATHER [P66]
Water for livestock was supplied by 26 windmills and accompanying tanks [7: page 140]
On 19 May 1926 attended the Midland Railway Company's public auction in Carnamah to sell townsite blocks [9: 21-May-1926]
He purchased Lots 87 & 88 in the Coorow townsite, and for one paid the highest price of £25 for a Coorow block [9: 21-May-1926]
Also purchased Lots 5, 6, 29 & 30 in the Winchester townsite, also paying the highest price of £25 [9: 21-May-1926]
In total he paid £82 for the two Coorow and four Winchester townsite lots, which were all portions of Victoria Location 2023 [27]
Via the transcontinental railway imported 440 ewes and three rams from the Collinsville Stud, South Australia in 1933 [5: 15-Dec-1933]
In 1936 sold 798 sheep and 22 pigs through Elder Smith & Co Ltd with five consignments to the Midland Market [5: 17-Jan-1936]
The sheep comprised 518 wethers (67 at 22/4, 36 at 21/10, 26 at 20/1, 32 at 17/7, 48 at 15/7, 48 at 15/4, 63 at 14/4, 7 at 12/1, [5]
92 at 11/10, 48 at 10/10, 51 at 10/7) and 280 shorn wethers (55 at 15/1, 225 at 14/10); while the 22 pigs consisted of [5]
8 porkers (2 at 41/6, 1 at 36/6, 4 at 33/6, 1 at 25/-), 2 choppers (1 at 86/-, 1 at 70/-), 11 baconers (8 at 55/-, 2 at 58/6, 1 at 50/-) [5]
and 1 sow at 50/- per head [5: 22-May-1936, 9 & 23-Oct-1936, 6-Nov-1936]
Sold 70 bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Sale at the Wool Exchange in Perth on 10 February 1936 [5: 14-Feb-1936]
The bales consisted of 9 at 18¼d., 4 at 18d., 4 at 17½d., 27 at 17¼d., 11 at 17d., 8 at 16¾d., 4 at 16¼d., 3 at 16d. per pound [5]
Applied for permission in April 1936 to erect a fence and gate at the end of a surveyed but uncleared road adjoining his property [5]
The unused road was between the southern boundary of GALLEHAWK Bros' Lot M1469 and his Lot M1602 [5: 24-Apr-1936]
He wanted to erect a vermin proof fence with 12 foot wide netted gate across the western end of the surveyed road [5]
The Carnamah District Road Board withheld a decision pending information to be obtained from GALLEHAWK Bros [5]
By October 1936 permission for the gate on the south east corner of his property had been granted by the Road Board [5: 6-Nov-1936]
Won 1st prize for Merino Ewe in the Sheep section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
In 1937 he had four "All Steel Horse" crude oil tractors at work on his property in Waddy Forest [5: 8-Jan-1937]
He spoke enthusiastically about the tractors especially in regard to their fuel and oil consumption, speed and reserve power [5]
His four of the tractors were used to pull heavy implements that had been specially constructed for him [5]
Sold 340 ewes through Elder Smith & Co Ltd through two consignments to the Midland Market in January and February 1937 [5]
The ewes consisted of 38 at 14/1, 44 at 12/10, 154 at 12/4, 48 at 12/1, 25 at 10/4, and 31 at 9/10 per head [5: 22-Jan-1937, 26-Feb-1937]
A team made up of his employees played against the Billeroo Cricket Club in Billeroo, East Winchester on 7 March 1937 [5: 12-Mar-1937]
Sold 52 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on 21 April 1937 - 27 at 24/4 and 25 and 20/1 [5: 23-Apr-1937]
It took eight shearers about four weeks to shear his 20,000 sheep in 1939 and 1940 [P109]
Prior to 1941 delivered upwards of 250 bales of wool to the Bunjil Railway Siding each year [0: image 04038]
In 1941 ran 12,000 sheep, 4,000 lambs and produced 348 bales of wool [0]
His wool clip of 348 bales in 1941 was one of the largest to be produced by any one person in the world [0]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1941 [13]
His 23,000 sheep produced approximately 465 bales of wool in 1944 [7: page 140]
On 15 January 1950 he had an International utility and an International wagon stolen from part of his Waddi Farm in Winchester [22]
The two stolen vehicles contained license plates CA-300 and PJ-200 however were recovered and the man responsible charged [22]
Died 4 March 1950; buried at Dalwallinu, Western Australia [P206]
In April 1950 his huge properties Waddi and Shannon were sold to the War Service Land Settlement Board for £225,000 [4: 22-Apr-1950]
Also included in the price was all machinery and 13,000 sheep of Collinsville blood [4: 22-Apr-1950]
The two properties were divided into 17 smaller farms which were allocated to ex-serviceman from the Second World War [7: page 141]
These 17 farms collectively were known officially as the Waddy Estate, also often unofficially called the Liebe Estate [7: page 141]
He retained ownership until his death of the four Winchester and two Coorow vacant townsite lots he had purchased in 1926 [3]
From The Western Mail newspaper, Friday 20 December 1928:
Country Towns and Districts - Carnamah-Coorow - Rapid Development - Mr Liebe's Farm
"Mr F. W. G. Liebe's farm, Waddi, of 42,000 acres, is said to be the largest wheat farm in the commonwealth owned by one man. He has 10,000 acres under crop, of which 5,000 are Nabawa, 2,500 Merredin, 1,500 Ford, and 1,000 Yandilla, King, Florence, and Gluyas Early. He aims at a 50,000 bag crop. One patch stripped 36 bushels, and other patches went as low as twelve bushels. The property is of comparatively recent settlement, for this is only the second harvest. Nevertheless it shows how rapidly Mr Liebe is getting his land under the plough and into productivity. This is possible because of his policy of relying on tractors, of which he has 13 in use, and three more about to be introduced. The boundary of the property is eleven miles by road from Coorow, and the farm extends almost to Bunjil. The latter siding is used for sending wheat away. A feature of the equipment of the farm is a group of enormous galvanised iron sheds. Two are completed and in use; the third is under erection, and the main roof supports of the fourth are standing. One end of the first contains the manager's quarters and the dining-room and kitchen for the hands; and the other end is for the men's quarters. The second shed houses plant, and £2,000 worth of superphosphate was stacked in it until it was used up."
Edmund LINES
Contractor on Yarragadee Station in Mingenew in 1910 [50]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19]
Edmund John LINES
Farmer in Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19]
Contractor in Strawberry in 1912 [50]
Farmer in Watheroo in 1913 and 1914 [50]
John Leslie LITTLEY
Vulcaniser in Coorow in 1929 [19]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13-Dec-1930]
Lorna Robina LIZARS
Born 1913 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Alexander David LIZARS and Ellen Maude BELLINGHAM [15] [266]
Her mother gave birth to her brother in the tent they were living in at Pithara in 1922 and then died [266]
In 1934 her sister Patricia married A. George H. STEPHENS formerly of Carnamah [66]
She worked on farms and while doing so met Ted BLACKWELL who was working on the same farm [266]
Married (1) "Ted" Edward Thomas BLACKWELL in 1935 [66]
She borrowed two bags of flour from her stepmother and some bakehouse tins and herself and her husband shifted to Calingiri [266]
They reopened the closed bakehouse in Calingiri but couldn't make a living from it so shifted to Coorow [266]
Resided in Coorow 1936-1949, where her husband was the local baker [5: 6-Nov-1936] [6] [19]
For 13 years she had the mail run to deliver mail from Coorow out to Waddy Forest, and delivered bread at the same time [265]
She used a horse and cart to deliver the mail and bread every Tuesday and Friday, and had a big dog she took with her [P84]
Her aunt Mrs LIZARS of Perth arrived in Coorow to spent a holiday with her on Wednesday evening 14 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
They left Coorow after 13 years and shifted to a small farm in Mount Helena but it didn't pay so they moved to Perth [266]
After getting leukaemia her husband didn't live very long, and died at the age of 48 years on 13 February 1956 [2] [266]
After the death of her husband she wrote to George LATHAM who she had met in Coorow and he travelled to Perth to see her [266]
Returned with George to Callytharra Station in the Gascoyne in January 1957 [265]
Partner of (2) George LATHAM [265]
They resided on Callytharra Station in the Gascoyne from 1957 until 1988 [265]
George had about 80 head of cattle and seven horses and she went everywhere with him on the station, and they built it up and up [266]
Initially they lived on the station in an old Spinifex shed that they added some iron to, and could live off the bush and goats [266]
In 1958 George purchased a house for £60 from the closed down Big Bell Mine and had it erected on Callytharra Station [265]
They left Callytharra Station in 1988 and shifted to 100 acres on Bookera East Road in Dongara [265]
Resided in Dongara from 1988 until her death in 1994 [265]
Died 27 September 1994; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, IC, 474) [2]
Lionel Taylor LLOYD
Contractor at Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1913 [19] [50]
Annie LONG
Resided in Coorow in 1909 [50]
"Clem" Clement William John LONG
Born 1876 in Coorow, Western Australia [30: item 9206290]
Son of William LONG and Sarah GREEN [P17]
He grew up on Coorow Station in Coorow - where his parents had been the first non-indigenous settlers [P17]
Following their father's death himself and his brother Henry J. LONG ran Coorow Station in Coorow 1899-1901 [P16]
They ran the property under the name of "Long Bros" until 1901 when it was lost due to a mortgage with £2,000 owing [P16]
Labourer in Berkshire Valley in 1903 [50]
Farmhand in Coorow in 1904 [19]
Labourer in Watheroo in 1905 and 1906 [50]
Farmer in Coorow 1907-1915 [44] [50]
He was the owner of 120 acres of farmland near Turipa Spring and Jun Jun Spring in Coorow, being Victoria Location 2888 [44]
By the end of the 1914-15 financial year he also owned the adjoining 120 acre Victoria Location 3343 [44]
Himself and his nephew Ernest A. LONG purchased the quarter acre Lot 97 of the Coorow townsite on 25 March 1914 [27]
The block was purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £15 which they paid for by instalments over a year [27]
They paid rates until the 1918-19 financial year on their Lot 97 - which later became the site of the Coorow Hotel [3] [44]
Along with his nephew Ernest A. LONG left Coorow for Yarrabubba Station in Nannine on 29 March 1915 [168]
They were met by his nephew C. Harold NAIRN at Nannine and they arrived at Yarrabubba Station on 3 April 1915 [168]
Labourer for his nephews Edward F. W. NAIRN and C. Harold NAIRN on Yarrabubba Station in Nannine in 1915 [168]
He worked variously on Yarrabubba Station as a Stockman, Shearer, Labourer, Well Sinker and Land Clearer [168]
Applied to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 2 March 1916 [30: item 9206290]
On enlistment he was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed 165 pounds with blue eyes, a ruddy complexion and brown going grey hair [30]
He gave his next of kin as his sister Mrs Jessie N. STONE, who was at that time living at 159 Lord Street in Perth [30]
His application to enlist was accepted however he was subsequently discharged due to having a permanent knee injury [30]
He had received the knee injury the previous year at a cricket match in Nannine, while in the employ of his NAIRN nephews [30]
Farmer and Farmhand in Coorow 1916-1932 [3] [19] [50]
Farmhand for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow in 1916 [P17]
His nephew Ernest A. LONG and niece Irene E. DEE also worked on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow [P17]
His 240 acres in Victoria Locations 2888 and 3342 were rated to himself and his nephew Ernest A. LONG 1916 onwards [44]
The 240 acres, known as Jun Jun Farm, was farmed by his nephew Ernest A. LONG 1916-1969 [P272]
Himself and his nephew Ernest A. LONG purchased the quarter acre Lot 3 of the Coorow townsite on 14 February 1922 [27]
They purchased Lot 3 from the Midland Railway Company for £20 via a deposit of £4 and six instalments of £2/13/4 [27]
Married Nettie GALE nee LEAF in Perth in 1925 [66]
Himself and his wife resided on Samuel B. RUDDUCK's Koobabbie Farm where he worked as a Stockman [P17]
Vermin Inspector in Coorow for the Carnamah District Road Board in 1930 [4: 18-Jan-1930]
During the 1932-33 financial year he held the 2,391 acre lease for Victoria Location 8740 in Coorow [3]
Victoria Location 8740 is on the east side of the Old Geraldton Road and the north side of Hunt Road in Coorow-Marchagee [62]
In 1936 himself and his wife may have been in Perth as she was enrolled to vote with an address of 75 Malcolm Street, West Perth [50]
Sent a wreath for the funeral of Coorow stationmaster William C. Cox at the Karrakatta Cemetery on 4 November 1937 [5: 12-Nov-1937]
After an absence from Coorow he returned and was a Farmhand in Coorow 1938-1941 [19]
Later resided in North Perth [2]
Died 23 June 1945; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LE, 226) [2]
"Ernie" Ernest Alfred LONG
Born 13 April 1890 in Coorow, Western Australia [P17]
Son of Samual RICHINGS and Jessie Norah LONG [15]
He was registered at birth as Alfred Ernest LONG [15]
His grandparents William LONG and Sarah GREEN had been the first non-indigenous settlers in the Coorow district in 1862 [P16]
Labourer in Coorow 1911-1915 [19] [50]
Attended the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports Meeting in Coorow on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
He competed in the sports held during the day and came 2nd in the Sheffield Handicap race [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Along with his uncle "Clem" Clement W. J. LONG left Coorow for Yarrabubba Station in Nannine on 29 March 1915 [168]
They were met by his cousin C. Harold NAIRN at Nannine and they arrived at Yarrabubba Station on 3 April 1915 [168]
Labourer for his cousins Edward F. W. NAIRN and C. Harold NAIRN on Yarrabubba Station in Nannine in 1915 [168]
During his time on Yarrabubba he worked variously as a Stockman, Shearer, Labourer, Well Sinker and Land Clearer [168]
Applied to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force on 2 March 1916 [30: item 8206336]
At the time he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighed 145 pounds and had grey eyes, light brown hair and a dark complexion [30]
He gave his next of kin as his mother Mrs Jessie N. STONE, whose address at that time was 159 Lord Street, Perth [30]
His application to enlist in the A.I.F. was accepted however he was subsequently discharged at his own request [30]
Farmhand for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow 1916-1918 [P17]
Married his first cousin Irene Ellen DEE in Perth on 11 July 1917 [168]
Continued to work for Samuel B. RUDDUCK until early 1918 when he began farming on his own [P17]
Farmer of Jun Jun Farm in Coorow from March 1918 until August 1969 [P272]
Initially the farm was 240 acres in size, consisting of Victoria Locations 2888 and 3343 [44]
Rates for the 240 acres were in the name of himself and his uncle Clement W. J. LONG from 1916 until at least 1924 [44]
The farm was situated south east of the Coorow townsite just back from the north side of Jun Jun Road [62]
Farmer of Lonsdale and Jun Jun Farms in Coorow 1925-1969 [P17]
In the mid 1920s he established another farm of about 2,000 acres on sandplain four miles west of his Jun Jun Farm [P17]
This property included 209 acres in Victoria Locations 3061 and 3393 purchased from his brother-in-law Albyn DOWNES [44]
The remaining acreage of the property, which they named Lonsdale, was made up of Victoria Locations 4078, 7878 and 8086 [44]
Years earlier his grandfather William LONG had run livestock on what became Lonsdale, then known as Beekamarah Thicket [P16]
Lonsdale is on the east side of The Midlands Road and railway line, and on the west side of the Old Geraldton Road [62]
Purchased his first vehicle in 1928 - a one ton Capital Model Chevrolet truck [P17]
Sold 13 bales of wool through Westralian Farmers Ltd at 12½d. per pound at the Perth Wool Sale on 18 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
In 1932 his Chevrolet truck was registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-320 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Sold six bales of wool at 17¾d. per pound in Perth at the fourth wool sale of the season in Perth in December 1933 [5: 8-Dec-1933]
In November 1935 sold three bales of wool at 15¾ d. and one bale at 15¼d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Applied for the Carnamah District Road Board to clear the road from the north-east corner to south-east corner of his farm [5]
The Carnamah District Road Board put off his request for the road to be considered when money was available [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Steward of the Grain & Fodder section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [150]
Leased Victoria Locations 682 and 1096 in Coorow belonging to the late Francis H. R. THOMAS during the 1940-41 financial year [3]
During the 1941-42 financial year purchased the two 40 acre blocks from THOMAS' daughter Mrs Beulah E. MURNANE [3]
Victoria Location 682 contained Nabappie Spring while Victoria Location 1096 contained Jun Jun Spring [P17]
During the 1949-50 financial year sold the 40 acre Victoria Location 682 to Mrs Janet M. TONES of Coorow [3]
Kept the 40 acre Victoria Location 1096 containing Jun Jun Spring, which adjoined his Jun Jun Farm [3] [62]
Casket carrier at the funeral of Coorow farmer Frederick John KAU at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 March 1950 [4]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmer's Union of Western Australia in 1950 [4: 18-Mar-1950]
In his later years his farm was share-cropped and his daughters Vera and Doris managed the livestock on the farms [P17]
In 1967 built a house in Coorow townsite, however retained ownership of Lonsdale and Jun Jun Farms [P17]
Resided at Lot 31 Station Street in the Coorow townsite 1967-1969 [P17]
He had P.O. Box 16 at the Coorow Post Office [167]
Father of Vera and Doris [14]
Died 21 August 1969 at the Moora District Hospital, Moora; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row S, Plot 3) [1]
Harriett Emma LONG
Born 24 July 1860 in Northam, Western Australia [P221]
Daughter of William LONG and Sarah GREEN [15]
Settled with her parents in Coorow in 1862 [P17]
Resided with her parents on Coorow Station, which they pioneered, from 1862 until her marriage in 1877 [P17]
In the earlier years their nearest neighbour would have been James NAIRN and later his son Frank NAIRN at Noolooloo Station [--]
Married Frank Edward NAIRN on 18 December 1877 at the Parish Church in Greenough [40]
Resided with her husband and children on Noolooloo Station in what later became the Carnamah-Winchester district [P3]
Also resided part time with her husband and children on Claremont Farm on Dongara [P3]
Later left her husband and along with their youngest child went to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [P3] [P17]
Obviously later returned to Western Australia as she was buried at Perth's Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
Mother of Charles Harold, Margaret, Amy, Edith Harriett, James William, Bessie Clementina and Frederick [15] [P3]
Also raised Edward Frank William NAIRN who was born in 1873 to her husband Frank NAIRN and her sister Lizzie [P3] [P17]
Died 5 October 1942; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LB, 665) [2]
"Harry" Henry Joseph LONG
Born 25 June 1865 in Coorow, Western Australia [P17]
Son of William LONG and Sarah GREEN [15]
Resided with his parents on Coorow Station in Coorow, where his parents had settled in 1862 [P17]
Following their father's death himself and his younger brother Clement W. J. LONG ran Coorow Station in Coorow 1899-1901 [P16]
Around this period fathered children Bert William LONG and Edith Rose LONG with Aboriginal woman Sarah Mabel BELL [P17]
Ran Coorow Station with his brother as "Long Bros" until 1901 when it was lost due to a mortgage with £2,000 owing [P16]
Labourer in Berkshire Valley in 1903 [50]
Grazier in Mingenew in 1904 [19]
Labourer in Watheroo in 1905 and 1906 [50]
Farmer in Coorow 1907-1909 [44]
From 1907-08 to 1910-11 he paid rates for a 100 acre Conditional Purchase lease near Turipa Spring in Coorow [44]
The 100 acres was Conditional Purchase lease 17279/55 which later became Victoria Location 3342 [44]
During the 1911-12 financial year ownership of his 100 acres in Coorow changed to A. Hamlet JONES of Turipa Farm, Coorow [44]
He worked for Donald MACPHERSON in Carnamah from 1909 until 1929 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Labourer in Carnamah 1909-1913, Overseer in Carnamah 1914-1920 and Boundary Rider in Carnamah 1921-1928 [6] [19]
He lived in one of the rooms in the stone building located a number of metres north east of the Macpherson Homestead [P93]
His son Bert was also in Carnamah before and after serving during the First World War [9: 20-Apr-1917] [10: 29-Aug-1919] [30: item 8206309]
He gave his consent for Bert to enlist for service however Bert's mother at that time was "absent, whereabouts unknown" [30]
His daughter Edith married Charles FEEHAN in 1921 [66] and resided with her husband in Arrino, where she died in 1926 [24]
Donated 2/6 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1920 [124]
Worked for Mrs Mary A. E. RAMSAY on her Meelyah Farm in Gunyidi 1929-1934 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Died of old age on 27 June 1934 in Gunyidi; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row K, Plot 14) [1]
His funeral was undertaken by Henry Parkin & Son of Carnamah [1]
From The North Midlands Times newspaper, Friday 29 June 1934:
"Old Identity - Dies at East Gunyidi. The death occurred on Wednesday morning last at Meelyah, East Gunyidi, of Henry Joseph Long, who was born at Coorow 70 years ago, and who has been well known in the Carnamah and Coorow districts. He was an old-age pensioner, and had been employed for some time at Mrs. Ramsay's farm, where his death occurred. He had been in the employ of the late Donald Macpherson for 20 years, until he left the Carnamah district about five years ago. The body was brought to Carnamah by Constable Carmody, and at the request of the district coroner (Mr. J. K. McDougall) a post mortem examination was conducted by Dr. C. P. Rosenthal yesterday. Death was found to be due to natural causes and an inquest will not be necessary. The funeral took place yesterday."
Mrs Irene Ellen LONG
Wife of "Ernie" Ernest Alfred LONG; see Irene Ellen DEE
Louisa Jane LONG
Born 1 May 1869 in Coorow, Western Australia [P17]
Daughter of Coorow pioneers William LONG and Sarah GREEN [P17]
Resided with her parents on Coorow Station in Coorow [P17]
Married (1) Thomas DOWNES on 17 August 1892 [P391]
Her first husband passed away at the age of 43 years in 1897 [15]
In 1898 she gave birth to twin daughters Irene Ellen and Sarah Louisa whose father was Thomas DEE [15]
Their daughter Sarah Louisa passed away at the age of four weeks later in 1898 [15]
Married (2) Thomas DEE in Mingenew on 12 October 1901 [P17]
Resided with her husband at railway sidings in Strawberry, Mingenew and again in Strawberry [19] [50]
Her second husband passed away at the age of 46 years on 13 April 1912 and his headstone is now at the Winchester Cemetery [14]
She is said to have worked as a cook for her brother-in-law Frank E. NAIRN from 1907 to 1910 [P17]
Resided in Coorow from 1916 until her death in 1950 [4: 2-Dec-1950] [50]
In 1916 and 1917 she was living near Jun Jun Spring in Coorow [19] [50]
Mother of Hilda Amelia, Albyn and Thomas Clement DOWNES [15]
Mother of twins Irene Ellen and Sarah Louisa, William Joseph and Dora May DEE [P17]
Died 21 November 1950 in Moora; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row E, Plot 13) [1]
Rev. W. J. NORTHERN officiated at her funeral which was undertaken by Hugh H. KNIGHT, both of Three Springs [1]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 2 December 1950:
Obituary - Passing of Coorow Pioneer - Death of Mrs. L. J. Dee
"In somewhat sudden circumstances the death of yet another pioneer resident of Coorow in the person of Mrs. Louisa Jane Dee occurred on Wednesday of last week. The deceased lady, who was eighty-two years of age, had not enjoyed normal health during recent months, and a few weeks ago she visited Perth in order to obtain medical attention. Although not having shown any marked improvement in the intervening period, she decided to return to her home at Coorow, and on the journey there was a sudden deterioration in her condition. She was therefore admitted to the Moora Hospital, in which institution she died shortly after admission. The late Mrs. Dee is survived by four daughters in Mrs. McArthur (East Perth), Mrs. E. Long and Miss Dora Dee (Coorow) and two sons in Messrs. Thomas Downes and William Dee (Coorow). The funeral took place on Thursday morning of last week and prior to the departure of the cortege for the Winchester Cemetery a service was conducted in the Coorow Hall by the Rev. W. J. Northern, of Three Springs, who also officiated at the graveside in the presence of quite a large gathering of relatives and friends."
Born 1 June 1874 in Palmer, South Australia [55]
Son of Peter KAU and Dora BOOK [55]
His parents first met on a ship on their way to Victoria, Australia from Germany during the Victorian gold rush [P15]
Although he was registered at birth as Johann Frederich KAU he later went by the name of Frederick John KAU [19] [55]
Grew up in South Australia and shifted to Western Australia with two of his brothers when he was in his 20s [P15]
Settled in Wagerup, Western Australia where he purchased virgin land [P15]
Grew potatoes in swamp land and worked in a timber mill while clearing and getting his farm into production [P15]
In 1909, along with Baxter and Charles BOTHE, travelled from Wagerup to Coorow to inspect prospective farmland [110]
On 1 October 1911 purchased 650 acres of virgin scrub in Coorow - Victoria Location 6595 [44] [P15]
Farmer of Meadowdale Farm in Coorow 1911-1950 [P15]
On 1 January 1912 purchased an additional 251 acres of virgin land in Coorow - Victoria Location 6605 [44]
Married May Minnie Annie BOTHE in Perth in 1914 [66]
By 1918 had purchased a further 1906 acres in Coorow - Victoria Locations 4864, 5822 and 5848 [44]
Won a cake at the Dance in aid of the Coorow Christmas Tree at the school house in Coorow on 29 November 1919 [9: 5-Dec-1919]
On 21 August 1922 purchased from the Midlands Railway Company another 1350 acres of land in Coorow [27]
The 1350 acres was Lot M1380 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £675, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
During the 1920s increased his farm to a total of 4237 acres with the purchase of Victoria Location 8225 [3]
Also farmed an additional 781 acres owned by his wife May (Victoria Locations 5791, 5792 and 5793) [3] [P15]
Applied with the Carnamah Road Board in November 1928 for a road along the southern boundary of M1380 to be closed [4: 1-Dec-1928]
Sold a bale of wool at 10¼d. per pound through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Perth Wool Sale on 18 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Won 1st prize for a Sheaf of Green Oats for Grain at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Sent in his apologies for not being present at the Ratepayers meeting of the Carnamah Road Board in February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Sold 117 sheep suckers through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at Midland Markets in September, October and November 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
The 117 suckers consisted of 35 sold at 19/4 per head, 25 at 15/10, 35 at 15/4, and 22 at 13/5 per head [5: 11-Oct-1935, 15-Nov-1935]
On 30 October 1935 sold 1 bull for £7/2/6, 1 cow for £4/17/6, 1 heifer for £1/12/6 and 4 steers at £3/6/5 per head [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Sold 12 pigs on 13 November 1935 - 1 for 8/6, 7 at £2/10/- per head, 3 at £2/9/6 per head, and 1 for £2/1/6 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Attended the Ratepayers Meeting of the Carnamah District Road Board in Carnamah on Wednesday 23 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
At 9:30 a.m. on 18 February 1936 telephoned the Carnamah Police Station to report that some of his sheep had been stolen [88]
Tracks revealed a truck had been backed up to his fence and two men had mustered and caught some of the sheep [88]
Constable Alan O. FIEBIG left Carnamah with a tracker at 11 a.m. and on arrival the tracker began following the tracks [88]
The tracks led to the farm of his brother-in-law Charles C. BOTHE, who said he was the one responsible [88]
Charles had been there the previous day to collect a ram belonging to him that Fred had told him about [88]
The matter was dismissed on the grounds of being a misunderstanding [88]
Sold five pigs at £2/13/6 per head and two pigs at £2/2/6 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd on 8 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Sold 23 pigs through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 7 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
They comprised 16 porkers (8 at £2/1/6, £1/18/6) and 7 baconers (3 at £2/18/-, 1 at £2/15/-, 1 at £2/4/-, 1 at £1/10/-, 1 at 17/6) [5]
Sold five bales of wool at 16½d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Perth Wool Sale on 23 November 1936 [5: 27-Nov-1936]
Attended the surprise 75th birthday for his father-in-law Heinrich W. BOTHE in Coorow on Tuesday 13 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Sold 21 pigs through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 5 May 1937: [5: 7-May-1937]
3 baconers (1 at £3/2/6, 2 at £1/18/6) and 18 pigs (3 at £2/9/6, 3 at £2/7/6, 8 at £1/17/6, 2 at £1/16/6, 1 at £1/13/6, 1 at £1/8/6) [5]
Sold 70 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 28 July 1937: [5: 30-Jul-1937]
31 suckers (2 at 22/-, 20 at 17/1, 9 at 8/10), 31 ewes (5 at 25/-, 25 art 22/4, 1 at 15/-) and 8 lambs at 24/- per head [5]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1946 [150]
Father of Olive and Harry [14]
Died 24 March 1950 in Perth; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row E, Plot 7) [1]
Rev. W. J. NORTHERN officiated at his funeral, which was undertaken by H. KNIGHT of Three Springs [1]
Following his death his son Harry inherited his Meadowdale Farm in Coorow [P15]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 1 April 1950:
"Coorow Residents Death - Late Mr. Frederick John Kau - Funeral at Winchester. After an illness extending over a period of many months, the death occurred in Perth on Saturday last of an old and highly respected resident of Coorow in the person of Mr. Frederick John Kau at the age of seventy-six years, the deceased gentleman being survived by his wife and one son (Harry Kau) and one daughter (Mrs. H. Lovell). In the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends of the late Mr. Kau, the funeral took place at the Winchester Cemetery on Monday last with the Rev. J. Northern officiating at the graveside. The chief mourners were the bereaved widow and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kau (son and daughter-in-law) and Mr. and Mrs. G. Lovell (daughter), and the pall-bearers were Messrs. A. A. McGilp, Geo. Greenwood, E. Fowler, S. A. Rudduck, G. B. Raffan and A. Saunders (Perth). The casket carriers were Messrs. J. F. Thomas, E. Chapman, E. A. Long and B. Lampard and the mortuary arrangements were conducted by Mr. H. H. Knight, of Three Springs."
Mrs "Lorna" Loreeta Gertrude KAU
Wife of Harry Frederick Cleaver KAU; see "Lorna" Loreeta Gertrude ULLRICH
Mrs May Minnie Annie KAU
Wife of "Fred" Johann Frederich KAU; see May Minnie Annie BOTHE
Olive Wilhelmina KAU
Born January 1915 at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow, Western Australia [P15]
Daughter of "Fred" Johann Frederich KAU and May Minnie Annie BOTHE [P15]
Resided with her parents and later also brother Harry on Meadowdale Farm in Coorow 1915-1926 [P15]
Student at the Coorow State School until 1926; attended Perth College 1927-1929 and Saint Bridgets in Kalamunda in 1930 [P15]
At the end of 1930 returned to reside with her parents on Meadowdale Farm in Coorow [P15]
Worked for a period in Carnamah with tailor Alfred E. NIND and his assistant Harry ROBINSON [P15]
In July 1932 helped organise a concert in Coorow to support G. RAFFAN in the local Popular Football Competition [5: 15-Jul-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Grand Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 28 July 1932 in a gown of white lace and georgette [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Exhibited and won prizes in two sections of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Won 1st prizes for Decorated Cake, Yeast Buns and 2nd prizes for Fancy Scones, Collection of Jams and Butter [5: 16-Sep-1932]
The next week won 1st prizes for Home-made Bread and Best Decorated Cake at the Carnamah Agricultural Show [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 15 September 1932 in a gown of green chiffon [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Herself and Miss Ivy BINGHAM were good friends and "went around together as two sophisticated young ladies of Coorow" [P84]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1932-33 [5: 17-Mar-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball in Carnamah on 2 September 1933 in black lace over red satin [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Received four 1st and five 2nd prizes at the Second Annual Agricultural Show in Coorow on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
1st: Cream Puffs, Decorated Cake, Marmalade, Butter; 2nd: Biscuits, Yeast Buns, Farmer's Luncheon, Fancy Bread, Butter [5]
The next week, on Thursday 14 September 1933, won three 1st and two 2nd prizes at the Carnamah Agricultural Show [5]
Received 1st prizes for Yeast Buns and Decorated Cake; both 1st and 2nd for Biscuits; and 2nd for White Bread [5: 22-Sep-1933]
Attended the McCabe Academy of Dressmaking in Perth where she obtained dressmaking qualifications [5: 13-Oct-1933]
Returned to Coorow and resided there until commencing a dressmaking business in Carnamah in October 1933 [5: 13-Oct-1933, 20-Oct-1933]
Ran her dressmaking business from a portion of Cowderoy's Buildings at 2 Macpherson Street, Carnamah [4: 2-Dec-1933]
She undertook all classes of dressmaking and children's clothes with a specialty for evening wear [5: 24-Nov-1933]
In addition to working as a dressmaker in Carnamah she also visited neighbouring districts by appointment [4: 2-Dec-1933]
Attended the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball in Three Springs on 12 October 1933 in a dress of blue georgette [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
She was among the 150 who attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on 9 December 1933 [5: 15-Dec-1933]
Later returned to Coorow and once again resided with her parents and brother on Meadowdale Farm [P15]
Arrived back in Coorow in later May 1934 after spending a holiday of several months duration in the Eastern States [5: 1-Jun-1934]
Attended the Roman Catholic Church's Ball in Carnamah on 26 May 1934 in a pretty frock of apple green georgette [5: 1-Jun-1934]
Attended the Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 June 1934 to raise funds for Church organ repairs [5: 6-Jul-1934]
Attended the Dance in aid of the Institute for the Blind held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday evening 18 August 1934 [5: 24-Aug-1934]
Gave a recitation at her BOTHE grandparents Golden Wedding celebration at the Coorow Hotel on 26 February 1935 [5: 1-Mar-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 12-Jul-1935, 19-Jun-1936, 11-Jun-1937]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as a "Senorita" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
She was part of the Best Dressed Set as "Spaniards" with nine others from Coorow dressed as Senoritas, Toreadors and Bulls [5]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 7-Feb-1936, 23-Oct-1936]
Sewing Mistress of the Coorow State School from 1936 to 1940 [73]
Rode her horse from the farm to the Coorow State School once a week to teach the schoolchildren how to sew [P15]
When clothing materials for the school were in short supply she used hessian bags from her grandparents store in Coorow [P15]
As sewing mistress her annual salary in 1936 was £18/16/- and from 1937 to 1940 was £20/-/- [73]
Attended the Mad Hatter's Leap Year Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 29 February 1936 wearing black silk ring velvet [5: 6-Mar-1936]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Helped decorate the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs for the Roman Catholic Church's Annual Ball on 9 July 1936 [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Attended the Anglican Church Mid-Winter Ball in Carnamah on 11 July 1936 in eau de nil georgette with Grecian drapings [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Best Dressed Girl at the Coorow Tennis Club's Back to Childhood Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 22 August 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Financial Member in 1936 and Committee Member in 1939 of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society [150]
One of the prominent prize winners at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park in Coorow on 3 September 1936 [5]
Awarded five 1st prizes for Wedding Cake, Preserved Fruits, Yeast Buns, Embroidered Cushion and Hand-painted Article [5]
Received five 2nd prizes for Decorated Cake, White Bread, Biscuits, Marmalade and Home Made Soap [5: 4 & 11-Sep-1936]
Attended the Show Ball held on the evening of the show at the Coorow Hall wearing "biscuit lace, cape en suite" [5]
Won 1st for Pickles and Decorated Cake and 2nd for Jams at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 10 September 1936 [5]
In the evening attended the Show Ball at the Carnamah Hall dressed in black taffeta and net with silver rope girdle [5: 18-Sep-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]
Following a visit to Perth she returned to Coorow on Monday 5 April 1937 [5: 9-Apr-1937]
Attended the surprise 75th birthday for her grandfather Heinrich W. BOTHE in Coorow on Tuesday 13 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Attended the Coronation Ball in Carnamah on 12 May 1937 in "midnight blue angel skin with silver lame trimmings" [5: 14-May-1937]
Partook in the Empire Parade dressed as India at the Anglican Church's Annual Ball in Three Springs on 17 June 1937 [5: 25-Jun-1937]
She was among the 80 who attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening at the Carnamah Hall on 25 June 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Coorow-Waddy Forest entrant in the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition in aid of the Anglican Church in 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
A successful Mad Hatter's Dance in Waddy Forest in July 1937 raised £4 to further her candidature in the competition [5: 23-Jul-1937]
A Back to Childhood Ball to raise further funds for her candidature was held at the Coorow Hall on 14 August 1937 [5: 13-Aug-1937]
Runner-Up of the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition at a Grand Ball in Three Springs on Tuesday 31 August 1937 [5]
At the Grand Ball the Very Rev. Dean MOORE of Saint George's Cathedral in Perth presented her as the "Duchess of Coorow" [5]
Her 13,184 votes, only 1,882 votes short of the winner, raised £54/18/8 for the Anglican Church [5: 3-Sep-1937]
One of the Judges at the Waddy Forest Children's Fancy Dress Ball in 1938 [0: image 03711]
During a portion of the Second World War she helped her father run Meadowdale Farm as labour was hard to obtain [P15]
Among other help on the farm she drove the tractor at seeding and harvest time during the war [P15]
Resided on Meadowdale Farm in Coorow until her marriage in 1943 [19] [P15]
Married George Henry LOVELL in Perth on 3 March 1943 [0: image 04239] [P15]
After her marriage, but still during the war, she was the Minister for Defence's driver [P15]
After the war her husband remained in the Navy and she resided in Perth, Melbourne VIC, Darwin NT, Sydney NSW and Perth [P15]
Dedicated much of her time to helping raise money for the Spastic Welfare Association [P15]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 5 February 2003; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, NC, 307) [2]
Elizabeth Buchan KAY
Born C.1928 [2]
Married James MACDONALD in Perth in 1950 [66]
Resided in Coorow in 1953 and in Winchester in 1955 and 1956 [19]
Later resided in South Hedland [2]
Died 26 September 1983; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, DC, 236) [2]
"Bob" Robert Smith KEAY
Worked in the wheat and ship districts of Victoria for a few years before returning to Scotland for a holiday [108: page 5]
Before leaving for Scotland he met and spoke with James F. THOMSON about them buying a farm together [108: page 5]
On his return he met up with James F. THOMSON and as a result he travelled to Western Australia to look at farms [108: page 5]
His investigations into farmland in Western Australia resulted in them purchasing a 2,037 acre property in Marchagee [108: page 5]
Farmer of Anster Farm in Marchagee 1928-1933 [19] [108: pages 5, 13]
The farm's 2,037 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 3231, 3232, 3233, 3234, 3235, 3240, 3250, 6383 and 7036 [3]
Himself and James F. THOMSON owned and farmed the property in partnership [3] [108: pages 5, 13]
He settled on and began farming the property in 1928 [19] while THOMSON initially remained in Melbourne [108: page 5]
Married Daisy May BRYANT in Perth in 1929 [66]
Resided with his wife in a two roomed gable roofed house on the farm that had verandahs on the front and back [108: page 5]
Half of the back verandah was enclosed for their kitchen, and the house was the typical sort of basic home for the era [108]
His mother-in-law lived with them to assist his wife with their three children under one year of age - a daughter and twins [108]
In 1931 the farm had stables and machinery sheds that were built of bush timber with straw covered rooves [108: page 6]
The only more permanent farm building was the chaff room next to the stables which was made of corrugated iron [108]
They had no shearing shed and took their sheep to be shorn at Frank R. BRYANT's Mamboobie Estate in Marchagee [108]
In May 1931 James F. THOMSON along with James' wife Nellie and son Peter joined them on the farm in Marchagee [108: page 6]
W. KEEPS
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]
Ellen Mary KELLY
Born 1892 in Bindoon, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Bernard KELLY and Mary Ann BUTLER [15]
Married George Lewis KINGMAN in Perth in 1932 [66]
Resided in Gunyidi, where her husband was the local railway ganger, from 1932 until 1941 [6] [19]
Later resided in Muchea [2]
Died 6 November 1965; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Roman Catholic, B, 54) [2]
Mrs Emma KENSIT
Wife of Thomas Hale KENSIT; see Emma GRAY
Thomas Hale KENSIT
Born 1889 in Saint Pancras, London, England [21] [30]
Son of Francis John KENSIT [30]
Departed Antwerpe, Belgium on the steamship Cassel and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 October 1912 [70]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 20 May 1916 [30: item 7371301]
On enlistment he gave his occupation as "Farmer" and his postal address as "C/- Mrs Bunney, Kelmscott, Western Australia" [30]
At the time he was 5 feet 5½ inches tall, weighed 120 pounds and had $brown eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion [30]
Gave his next of kin as his aunt, Mrs Annie Bunney, whose address was Kelmscott, Western Australia [30]
Embarked Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A23 Suffolk on 30 September 1916 [30]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England after further training at Folkestone proceeded to France S.S. Armadale on 1 January 1917 [30]
Sapper 5355 in the Australian Imperial Force's 1st Tunnelling Company in France during the First World War [30]
Hospitalised in France a number of times due to illness and once after being wounded in action (gassed) on 31 October 1917 [30]
Married Emma GRAY on 21 July 1919 at Saint James Church in Clapton, England [30]
Along with his wife embarked from England on the Port Napier on and disembarked in Australia on 2 February 1920 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 27 March 1920; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Worked for Leslie KEAMY on Cardo Farm in Watheroo, Western Australia [30: item 7371301]
While working in Watheroo a piece of wood fell out of the fireplace and burnt down the hessian lined house he was living in [30]
Farmer in Watheroo in 1922 [50]
Farmer in East Marchagee, Western Australia 1925-1938 [2] [19]
His farm was 2,094 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 3151, 3210, 3236, 3237, 3241, 4218, 5794, 5795, 5796 [3]
In 1932 he owned a Chevrolet car and Chevrolet truck with license plates CA-230 and CA-287 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Signatory to a letter sent in January 1934 expressing confidence in the Carnamah Road Board and its South Member [5: 19-Jan-1934]
In June 1934 he applied with the A.I.F. for a new Discharge Paper, as he'd lost his, and everything else, in the fire at Watheroo [30]
Sold 142 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 17 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
The 142 sheep consisted of 73 ewes (42 at 14/4, 31 at 18/4), 62 hoggets (41 at 15/1, 21 at 11/10) and 7 lambs at 15/1 per head [5]
Resided in Marchagee until his death in 1938 [2]
Died 13 November 1938; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta WA (Anglican, LB, 170) [2]
Barry Robert KERR
Farmer in Waddy Forest 1968-1971 [19]
Builder of Lot 79 Slater Street, Carnamah 1972-1977 [7] [19]
Member and later Life Member of the Carnamah Apex Club - was President in 1972 [7: page 181]
Builder of 60 Glenview Street in the Geraldton suburb of Tarcoola in 1978 [19]
Distributor of 82 Mills Road in the Geraldton suburb of Moresby in 1992 [19]
Distributor of 11 Mills Road in the Geraldton suburb of Moresby in 2005 [19]
Resident of Geraldton until his death in 2006 [45]
Husband of Pamela [45]
Father of Christina, Lisa, Toni, Stewart and Steve [45]
Died suddenly on 18 October 2006 in Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia [45]
Herbert Harold KERR
Born C.1880 [2]
Married (1) Minnie May CARDY in 1911 [66]
His wife had departed London, England on the Ophir and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 5 November 1908 [70]
Grocer in Albany 1918-1920 [6]
His wife Minnie passed away at the age of 37 years on 3 November 1919 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [2]
Married (2) Margaret Julia YULE nee NEALL in 1920 [66]
Tea Merchant in White Gum Valley, Beaconsfield and then in Fremantle [P320]
Greengrocer in the Perth suburbs of Claremont and Subiaco, and then a Grocer in East Perth [P320]
In 1926 purchased three blocks of farmland / prospective farmland at Waddy Forest in the Coorow district [27]
Purchased the 1,001 acre Lot M1607 of Victoria Location 2023 from Arthur W. H. PLATELL on 24 February 1926 [27]
Purchased the 1,834 acre Lot M1534 of Victoria Location 2023 from Frederick W. ROBERTS on 19 March 1926 [27]
Purchased 1,000 acre Lot M1555 of Victoria Location 2023 from Ivan S. & Noel V. S. LONGMORE on 27 November 1926 [27]
All three blocks of land still had instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company, which he completed paying [27]
On 13 March 1927 purchased 173 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 173 acres was Lot M1719 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £86.15.0 (10/- per acre), payable by instalments [27]
Completed paying for the 173 acres, which took his land holdings in Waddy Forest to a total of 4,008 acres [27]
In the rate books of the Carnamah District Road Board the property was later listed 13 acres smaller at 3,995 acres [3]
Never resided on his property in Waddy Forest before he sold it to the farming partnership Lannum & Company in 1928 [P84] [P320]
Years later his step-daughter Mrs Dulcie E. HUNTER resided briefly in Waddy Forest and for a number of years in Coorow [P320]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Inglewood [2]
Died 26 May 1951; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 6J, 13) [2]
Hilda Christina KERR
Born 26 July 1913 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [P63]
Daughter of Horace Edward KERR and Margaret Christina SIMPSON [P63]
Married "Bill" William Robert GLOVER on 10 July 1939 [P63]
Resided with her husband in Dumbleyung and then Watheroo before shifting with him to Coorow in mid 1943 [P63]
Resided in Coorow from 1943 until 1990 - initially at Lot 83 Bristol Street and later at Lot 49 Commercial Street [P63]
Member of the Coorow Bowling Club [P63]
Spent her final few months at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs, where she died at the age of 77 years [P63]
Mother of Robert and Margaret [14]
Died 13 December 1990 in Three Springs; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row S, Plot 14) [1]
"Jim" James Philip Mair KERR
Born 10 June 1916 in Avonmouth, Bristol, England [16]
Son of Robert KERR and Christina Logan MAIR [5: 9-Feb-1945]
Departed London, England with his mother and two siblings on the Borda for Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 February 1925 [203]
Later in 1925 his mother married for the second time to Waddy Forest farmer "Billy" William Scott MITCHELL [66]
Resided with her mother, stepfather and siblings on farmland in Waddy Forest [19]
Left Waddy Forest on Tuesday 5 March 1935 to study electrical engineering at university [5: 8-Mar-1935]
Arrived in Waddy Forest for a short holiday on Monday 13 May 1935 and then returned to his studies in Perth [5: 17 & 31-May-1935]
During a break from his studies he returned to his home in Waddy Forest on Saturday 10 August 1935 [5: 16-Aug-1935]
Arrived in Waddy Forest on Saturday 23 November 1935 for several weeks vacation from his studies [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Returned to Perth on Thursday 2 January 1936 to further his studies in engineering [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Arrived in Waddy Forest on Monday night 11 May 1936 to spend another holiday with his parents [5: 15-May-1936]
Returned to Perth to resume his studies at university on Friday 22 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
With an aggregate of 198 out of 210 won the University Trophy for Rifle Shooting over the 300 yard range on 4 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Travelled from Perth to Waddy Forest with Angus A. N. MCGILP on Tuesday 11 August 1936 [5: 14-Aug-1936]
After spending a week with his parents in Waddy Forest he returned to Perth on Monday 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Spent his university holidays with his parents in Waddy Forest in May 1937 [5: 21-May-1937, 4-Jun-1937]
Married Helen Hilda CLAIRS in Perth in 1941 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 15 January 1941 [16]
Lieutenant WX10786 in the Australian Army's 2/4 Field Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 January 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Inglewood [2]
Died 9 March 1998; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 36, 72) [2]
"Maisie" Mary McIntyre Mitchell KERR
Born 1921 in Maybole, Ayr, Scotland [28]
Daughter of Robert KERR and Christina Logan MAIR [5: 9-Feb-1945]
Departed London, England with her mother and brothers on the Borda for Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 February 1925 [203]
Later in 1925 her mother married for the second time to Waddy Forest farmer "Billy" William Scott MITCHELL [66]
Resided with her mother, stepfather and siblings on farmland in Waddy Forest [19]
Travelled from Waddy Forest to Geraldton on Saturday 2 February 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Student at the Geraldton High School, Geraldton in 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Returned to school after spending the May 1936 school holidays with her parents in Waddy Forest [5: 29-May-1936]
Won 2nd for Wildflowers and for Darned Woollen Socks by girl under 16 at the 1936 Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Spent the Easter holidays in March 1937 and school holidays in May 1937 with her parents in Waddy Forest [5: 25-Mar-1937, 7 & 21-May-1937]
Married D. MARTIN [5: 9-Feb-1945]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Died 9 September 1988; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Crematorium R, Burial Plaque, 2, 6) [2]
"Robin" Robert Alexander KERR
Born 23 September 1919 in Maybole, Ayr, Scotland [16]
Son of Robert KERR and Christina Logan MAIR [5: 9-Feb-1945]
Departed London, England with his mother and two siblings on the Borda for Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 February 1925 [203]
Later in 1925 his mother married for the second time to Waddy Forest farmer "Billy" William Scott MITCHELL [66]
Resided with his mother, stepfather and siblings on farmland in Waddy Forest [19]
Student at the Waddy Well State School in Waddy Forest [P12] and then as a boarder at the Geraldton High School [5: 25-May-1934]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Himself and his stepfather were among those from Waddy Forest who travelled to Perth for the Royal Show in 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1939 [4: 29-Jul-1939]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1939 [0: image 03886]
Member of the No. 2 Troop of the "C" Squadron of the 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Militia Regiment in 1939 [P15]
The No. 2 Troop was made of people from the North Midlands and trained in Carnamah once a fortnight [P15]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Army on 9 April 1941 [16]
Sergeant WX11654 in the Australian Army's 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 17 December 1945 [16]
After the war obtained farmland on the Waddy Estate through the Soldier Settlement Scheme [61]
Farmer in Waddy Forest [19]
In February 1943 his engagement to Miss Joan COX of Naraling was announced [0: image 04208]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club 1952-1959 [0: image 04682] [4: 24-Jul-1959]
Retired to 16 Doulton Street in Jurien Bay and resided there until his death in 2002 [1] [90]
Husband of Joan [19]
Father of Beryl, Ian, Colin and Barry [45]
Died 12 November 2002 on the Brand Highway, Geraldton WA; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row H, Plot 10) [1]
William KETT
Farmhand for Paterson & Company on the Mamboobie Estate in Marchagee in 1917 [50]
Kevin KING
Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Coorow [P15]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 24-May-1935, 22-May-1936]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as a "Toreador" [5]
He was part of the Best Set as "Spaniards" with nine others from Coorow dressed as Toreadors, Senoritas and Bulls [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Played for the defeated "The Rest" in a cricket match against Carnamah in Coorow on Sunday 22 March 1936 [5: 27-Mar-1936]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
He was among those from Coorow who spent the Easter holidays in 1936 at Dongara [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Sole Treasurer and Joint Secretary with H. Edward JONES of the Coorow Football Club in 1936 [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Represented the Coorow Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Could be the K. KING of the Mingenew Railway Station who relieved in Carnamah in October-November 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936, 6-Nov-1936]
Mrs Ellen Mary KINGMAN
Wife of George Lewis KINGMAN; see Ellen Mary KELLY
George Lewis KINGMAN
Born 1883 in Saint Helens, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England [20] [21]
Son of sea mariner Joseph KINGMAN and his wife Janet [20]
In 1891 was living with his parents and sisters Norah and Alma at Saint Helens Green in Saint Helens, Isle of Wight [20]
Departed London, England on the steamship Armadale bound for Fremantle, Western Australia on 12 November 1910 [203]
Railway Fettler in Moora 1913-1917 [50]
Railway Fettler / Line Repairer in Carnamah 1919-1922 [6] [50]
Sang a song at the farewell to departing railway stationmaster James J. STARLING in Carnamah on 18 June 1921 [9: 8-Jul-1921]
Railway Fettler in Winchester 1922-1930 [19]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dances held fortnightly in Winchester in August and September 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929, 7 & 21-Sep-1929]
Railway Ganger in Gunyidi 1931-1941 [6] [50]
Married Ellen Mary KELLY in Perth in 1932 [66]
Won 1st prize for the Best Pair of Birds in the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
At the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 he was again awarded 1st prize for the Best Pair of Bird [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Awarded 1st prize for male White Leghorn in the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Died 28 February 1971; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Roman Catholic, B, 54) [2]
Leslie Montague KINGSMILL
Selector in Gunyidi in 1910 [50]
James Francis KIRWAN
Teamster in Waddy Forest in 1931 [50]
"Keith" Francis Keith KITSON
Born 31 December 1904 in Albany, Western Australia [16]
Son of John William KITSON and Alice O'CALLAGHAN [15]
Appears to have resided in Three Springs in 1929, however by mid 1930 was living in Coorow [4]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1929 [4: 13-Jul-1929]
Employee of the Carnamah District Road Board [P84] and in 1933 was Foreman of their Coorow Road Gang [5: 13-Oct-1933]
He was also a Vermin Inspector for the Carnamah District Road Board 1932-1937 [4: 19-Dec-1931] [5: 22-Dec-1933, 20-Dec-1935, 24-Dec-1936]
The Carnamah District Road Board appointed him Pound-Keeper for Coorow in September 1933 [5: 6-Oct-1933]
Member of the Coorow Football Club 1930-1937 [4: 3-May-1930, 18-Jul-1931] [5: 20-Apr-1934, 16-Apr-1937]
Member in 1930 and 1931, Committee Member in 1934 and 1937, and Selection Committee Member in 1935 [5: 3-May-1935]
Represented the Coorow Football Club at meeting of the North Midlands Football Association in 1930 [4: 3-May-1930]
Married "Peg" Margaret SIMPSON in Perth in 1934 [66]
Around 1932 purchased Lot 83 in Bristol Street, Coorow from J. F. HARLERY [3]
Employed the services of Clem H. P. GRANT who in August 1933 built a house on his block in Bristol Street [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Resided with his wife Peg at his house at Lot 83 Bristol Street, Coorow [P84]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club from 1932-33 until 1935-36 [5: 17-Mar-1933, 25-Oct-1935]
Committee Member of the Coorow Golf Club 1935-1937 [5: 17-May-1935, 19-Jun-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]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 30-Oct-1936, 29-Jan-1937]
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]
Played for the again defeated Married Men in a cricket match against Single Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Later resided at 201 Heytsbury Road in the Perth suburb of Daglish [3]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 3 August 1943 [16]
Sapper 22540 in the Australian Army's 9 Australian Advance Ammunition Depot during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 March 1946 [16]
Sold his house in Bristol Street, Coorow to Joan CROFT in 1946 [3]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Yokine [2]
Father of Patricia [91]
Died 27 February 1981; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 7, 402) [2]
Mrs Elizabeth KLEIN
Resided in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19]
Resided in Wubin 1914-1932 [19]
M. KLEM
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13-Dec-1930]
LLL
William LABAN
Born C.1900 in Scotland [24]
Labourer in Waddy Forest and Coorow 1927-1929 [19] [24]
Died 30 January 1929 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 1) [24]
Mrs Elizabeth LADD
Resided on Lake View Farm in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1914-1917 [14] [50]
Richard LADD
Farmhand on Lake View Farm in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1914-1917 [19] [50]
Archibald Saunders LAIRD
Farmhand on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow in 1931 [50]
Elizabeth Anderson LAIRD
Housekeeper on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow in 1931 [50]
Eva Victoria LAMBERT
Born 1901 in Saint Leonards, New South Wales, Australia [32]
Daughter of William and Letitia J. LAMBERT [32]
Married "Pat" Aeneas CASEY in 1931 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Resided with her husband Aeneas CASEY on farmland in Coorow [19]
Won 2nd prize for Crochet Doyleys in the Fancy Work section of Coorow's Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Accompanied by her infant daughter she returned to Coorow on 18 November 1933 after being in Perth for some weeks [5: 24-Nov-1933]
In 1936 she was the Coorow agent for Texaco motor oil [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Beginning on Friday 3 April 1936 began advertising her agency for Texaco motor oil in The North Midland Times newspaper [5]
The advertisements were in conjunction Raymond R. WYLIE, who was the Carnamah agent for Texaco motor oil [5]
Their first advertisement, taking up a quarter of the back page read "Keep it under your bonnet for extra trouble free miles" [5]
In October 1936 her sister Letitia G. LAMBERT of Sydney holidayed in Coorow with herself and her brother Gordon [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Their Texaco depot had the greatest increase sales in non-metropolitan Western Australia over the nine months to February 1937 [5]
Her husband, who ran the depot, attributed the success to their valued clients and to the high standard of Texaco products [5]
As a result they won a free holiday in Perth and a bonus for every pound sold in excess of quota [5: 26-Feb-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Pleasant [2]
Died 7 June 1969; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZA, 316) [2]
"Gordon" William Gordon LAMBERT
Born 23 April 1902 in Pymble, New South Wales, Australia [16]
Son of William and Letitia J. LAMBERT [32]
Farmer of Carrawidgy Farm in Coorow, Western Australia 1930-1962 [19] [50]
Initially farmed and jointly owned 2,067 acres of farmland in Coorow in partnership with Aeneas CASEY [3] [19]
The 2,067 acres consisted of Victoria Location 995 and Lots M963, M1232 and M1357 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
In 1932 "Lambert & Casey" had a Ford truck licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-148 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Won 2nd prize for a Strong Wool Merino Ram at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
"Lambert & Casey" began their hay cutting for the 1933 season on Wednesday 27 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
In October 1933 "Lambert & Casey" sold through Westralian Farmers Ltd two bales of wool at 15¼d. per pound [5: 13-Oct-1933]
Himself and his partner did the Midland Railway Company's rabbit poisoning in Coorow in 1935 [34]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 9-Aug-1935, 3-Jul-1936]
Steward of the Horses in Action section at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Shows in 1935 and 1937 [5: 28-Jun-1935, 7-May-1937]
Won 2nd prize for Merino Ewe over 2½ years at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
"Lambert & Casey" sold 15 shorn wethers at 14/10 per head and 45 ewes at 12/4 per head on 29 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Travelled form Coorow to Perth on Friday 28 February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Attended the evening in honour of Mr & Mrs BIRMINGHAM of Perth at the home of Harry EDWARDS on 27 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 and 1937 - was B Grade Champion in 1937 [5: 31-Jul-1936, 2-Jul-1937]
Won 2nd prize for Merino Fleece of Strong Wool at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
"Lambert & Casey" sold 34 wethers at 17/4 and 31 ewes at 15/3 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd in February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Sergeant W72081 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Around 1942 he became the sole owner and farmer of the 2067 acres formerly owned by himself and Aeneas CASEY [3]
Later marginally extended the farm by 10 acres with the purchase of Lots M1831, M1832 and M1834 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Ardross [2]
Died 12 February 1972; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 4, 8)
"Ben" Benjamin William John LAMPARD
Born 4 March 1912 in Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia [P147]
Son of John LAMPARD and Eliza Mabel Perry SMITH [P147]
Arrived in the Coorow district of Western Australia with his parents in 1921 [P147]
Farmer in Waddy Forest [19]
Member of the Waddy Forest Cricket Club 1928-1930 [4: 10-Nov-1928, 25-Oct-1930]
His uncle Clarence O. BAKER and aunt Margaret BAKER (nee LAMPARD) settled on farmland in Winchester in 1929 [P147]
Assisted his uncle on their farm in Winchester when they first arrived and ploughed up 50 acres of virgin land for their first crop [P147]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in 1932-33 [5: 17-Mar-1933] [4: 18-Mar-1933]
Member in 1933 and Committee Member in 1934 of the Coorow Football Club [5: 9-Jun-1933, 20-Apr-1934]
Received a cut over the eye in a football match at Three Springs on Sunday 11 June 1933 [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club from 1933-34 to 1950-51 [5: 3-Nov-1933, 6-Apr-1934] [4: 14-Apr-1951]
While on an extended holiday at the beach in March 1934 he purchased a new B.S.A. motorcycle [5: 6-Apr-1934]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club 1934-1957 [4: 22-Dec-1934, 22-Feb-1957]
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 1935-1958 - was Captain in 1951 [5: 17-May-1935] [4: 9-Aug-1941, 7-Apr-1951, 11-Jul-1958]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club 1935-1959 [5: 1-Nov-1935] [4: 24-Jul-1959]
Represented the Coorow Rifle Club at the annual shoot for the Shearn Cup in Mingenew on Sunday 20 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Presented with the W. G. Morcombe Trophy at the Club's Annual Ball at the Coorow Hall on 28 November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Master of Ceremonies "in his usual capable manner" at the Rifle Club's Presentation Ball in Coorow on 10 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Member of the committee who organised the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance in Coorow on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Master of Ceremonies of the Dance at the Coorow Hall after the Coorow-Waddy Sports on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as a "Toreador" [5]
He was part of the Best Set as "Spaniards" with nine others from Coorow dressed as Toreadors, Senoritas and Bulls [5: 13-Dec-1935]
After an extended holiday in Perth he returned to Waddy Forest on Tuesday night 7 January 1936 [5: 10-Jan-1936]
The following day his parents left for Perth, presumably for a holiday of their own with him home to run the farm [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Travelled from Waddy Forest to Perth on Wednesday night 15 April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Himself and Peter ROBERTS of Waddy travelled to Perth with Roy M. PATTON on Saturday 19 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1937 and 1951 [4: 7-Apr-1951] [150]
After holidaying in Perth he returned to Waddy Forest on Monday night 18 January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Stewards of the Sheep section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show on 2 September 1937 [150]
At the Show tied for 1st prize for Sheaf Tossing in the Rings Events [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Married "Nance" Nancy Selway JOHNSON in Perth in 1938 [66]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 20 July 1945 [96]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Carnamah farmer Carl OLSEN at the Winchester Cemetery on 21 March 1946 [5]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Edith Maude GREENWOOD on 5 April 1947 at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah [5]
Assistant Steward of the Sheep section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Tenth Annual Show in 1947 [150]
Casket carrier at the funeral of Coorow farmer Frederick John KAU at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 March 1950 [4]
Represented the Coorow Tennis Club at meetings of the Coorow Tennis Association in 1950-51 [4: 14-Apr-1951]
In 1954 was the owner of a Custom Line Ford Sedan car with licence plate CA-533 [22]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Morley [2]
Father of Theonie, Claire and Lesley [P147]
Died 10 January 1981; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 17, 140) [2]
Mrs Eliza Mabel Perry LAMPARD
Wife of John LAMPARD; see Eliza Mabel Perry SMITH
John LAMPARD
Born 5 November 1885 in Apsley, Victoria, Australia [P147]
Son of William LAMPARD and Margaret ANDERSON [54]
Married Eliza Mabel Perry SMITH on 16 October 1911 in Dimboola, Victoria, Australia [P147]
Along with his wife and children left Victoria in 1921 and settled on prospective farmland in Waddy Forest, Western Australia [P147]
Farmer in Waddy Forest 1922- [50]
On 20 March 1922 signed a contract to purchase 920 acres of virgin land at Waddy Forest from the Midland Railway Company [27]
His 920 acres was Lot M1277 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £828.5.10 (18/- per acre), payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
During some of the 1920s, prior to definitive boundaries being set, his farm was recorded as being in Winchester [44]
Lived in a hut in the bush, from which his food was sometimes stolen, while clearing his farm with an axe [P129]
Showed his brother-in-law Clarence O. BAKER of Weerup, Victoria prospective land to buy in Winchester in about 1929 [P129]
In 1929 his brother-in-laws Howard H. CHAPPEL and Clarence O. BAKER both left Victoria and settled on land in Winchester [P129]
Himself and his wife were the recipients of a Surprise Party on 24 May 1930, when 50 locals visited them at their home [4: 31-May-1930]
His wife organised a Bazaar which was held on 20 September 1930 in the Coorow Hall in aid of hospital funds [4: 4-Oct-1930]
They hosted a kitchen tea at their home for Mary MORCOMBE and sixty guests on Saturday 11 October 1930 [4: 18-Oct-1930]
A thunderstorm started a fire on his farm in December 1930 and shortly afterwards was extinguished by a shower of rain [4: 20-Dec-1930]
Won 1st prize for a Border Leicester Ram in the Sheep section of Coorow-Waddy's First Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
In 1932 he was the owner of an Essex car and a Chevrolet truck with license plates CA-43 and CA-235 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
At the second annual Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 he won 2nd prize for a Border Leicester Ram [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Received the highest price for lambs sold at the Lamb Market in late June 1934 [5: 6-Jul-1934]
Accompanied by his daughter he drove to Perth on Monday 30 July 1934 to attend a horse sale [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Exhibited in the Grain & Fodder and Sheep section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Received 1st prize for Green Wheat for Hay and 2nd prizes for Border Leicester Ram and Three Lambs Suitable for Export [5]
Himself and his wife departed Coorow on Thursday 8 January 1935 for a holiday trip to Perth and Denmark [4: 11-Jan-1936]
During the May 1935 school holiday his nieces Kitty and Hazel CHAPPEL of Winchester visited them in Waddy Forest [5: 17-May-1935]
Committee Member of the Coorow Golf Club 1935-1937, and Captain 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]
Won 1st for Green Oats for Hay and 2nd for Brown Oats and Oaten Hay at the 1935 Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Came 2nd in the Old Buffers Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Wednesday 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Attended the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Malcolm L. and Irene S. PATTON in Waddy Forest on 1 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Returned the best score off stick at the Carnamah Golf Club's largely attended Opening Day on Sunday 26 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
His parents spent time staying with himself in Waddy Forest and his sisters in Winchester and Carnamah in 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
They left for South Australia in mid May 1936 to visit more relatives, and then returned to their home in Jeparit, Victoria [5]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Sold a chopper pig for £1/19/6 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 8 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1936 [150]
Won 1st prize for male White Turkey in the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-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]
Master of Ceremonies at the Coorow Rifle Club's Annual Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 28 November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
After their son returned from his holiday himself and his wife motored to Perth on Wednesday 20 January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-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]
Sold one chopper at 83/6 through elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 26 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Attended the Silver Wedding Anniversary of Guy & Maude GREENWOOD at Manell Farm in Waddy on 1 June 1937 [5: 4-Jun-1937]
Attended the Surprise Linen Tea for Miss Mary E. GREENWOOD at Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest on 22 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
In August 1937 Miss Nancy JOHNSON of Perth spent a holiday staying with himself and his wife in Waddy Forest [4: 7-Aug-1937]
Attended Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD's wedding breakfast at the Coorow Hotel on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Exhibited in the Sheep, Poultry and Grain & Fodder sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Awarded 1st prizes for Oaten Chaff, Oaten Hay and Muscovy Duck [5]
Received 2nd prizes for Muscovy Drake, Green Oats for Hay and Three Fat First Cross Lambs in the wool [5]
He was made a Life Member of the Coorow Golf Club on 28 March 1951 [4: 7-Apr-1951]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Brother of Mrs "Bess" Bertha CHAPPEL of Winchester and Mrs Margaret BAKER of Winchester and Carnamah [P147]
Father of Benjamin and Agnes [P147]
Died 26 October 1955; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, B, 103) [2]
"Agnes" Margaret Agnes Abbott LAMPARD
Born 19 August 1914 in Jeparit, Victoria, Australia [P107]
Daughter of John LAMPARD and Eliza Mabel Perry SMITH [P147]
Niece of Mrs Margaret BAKER and of Mrs Bess CHAPPEL, both of Winchester [P147]
Arrived in the Coorow district of Western Australia with her parents in 1921 [P147]
Resided with her aunt Margaret BAKER in Winchester for a month of the year 1931 [4: 30-May-1931]
Won 1st prize for a pair of hand knitted socks at the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
The next week won 2nd prize for a pair of hand knitted socks at the 1932 Carnamah Agricultural Show [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 15 September 1932 in a gown of apricot lace [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Exhibited in the Fancy Work section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on 7 September 1933 [5]
Awarded 1st prize for Embroidered Doyleys and 2nd prizes for both Knitted Socks and a Knitted Woollen Article [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 2 September 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
She was reported to have attended the Monster Ball in "an ankle length dress of orange lace, finished off with large bow at wait" [5]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1933-34 and 1934-35 [5: 20-Oct-1933, 28-Sep-1934]
In July 1934 spent a holiday with her uncle Howard and aunt Bess CHAPPEL on their Marathon Farm in Winchester [5: 20-Jul-1934]
Exhibited in the Fancy Work and Confectionary sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Won 1st prize for a Coloured Toilet Set and 2nd prizes for Embroidered Doyleys, Knitted Socks and Collection of Preserves [5]
After an extended holiday in Cottesloe herself and her mother returned to Waddy Forest in early March 1935 [5: 8-Mar-1935]
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]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
After the Patron hit the first ball the ladies present took off after the ball and she was the lucky one to retrieve it [5]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Along with 70 guests celebrated her 21st birthday at her parents' home in Waddy on Monday evening 19 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Won 1st prize for Crochet Woollen Article and 2nd for Supper Cloth at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 in a gown of salmon pink marocain [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the Ball at the East Marchagee Hall after the Marchagee-Gunyidi Picnic & Sports Day on 14 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 25-Oct-1935, 8-Nov-1935, 20-Nov-1936]
Completed her schooling as a boarder at the Dominican Ladies College in Dongara [P107]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as a "Senorita" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
She was part of the Best Dressed Set as "Spaniards" with nine others from Coorow dressed as Senoritas, Toreadors and Bulls [5]
Herself and Evelyn A. BINGHAM received notice to begin their training at the Perth Hospital in early December 1935 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Trained for three years as a nurse at the Perth Hospital in Perth from December 1935 until qualifying in January 1939 [P107]
Won 2nd prizes for Hand-Knitted Socks and Novelty Article in Wool at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
During late October and November 1936 she spent a holiday with her parents in Waddy Forest [5: 30-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]
Following the conclusion of her holidays she re-commenced her duties at the Perth Hospital in late November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Won 1st and 2nd prizes for Hand-Knitted Socks at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
After completing midwifery training in Melbourne, Victoria she worked as a midwife at the hospital in Warracknabeal, Victoria [P107]
Married Leo DUNNE on 4 October 1941 in Jeparit, Victoria, Australia [P107]
Resided of late in the southern Perth suburb of Shoalwater Bay [2]
Mother of Derek [P147]
Died 10 August 2001; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Fremantle WA (Crematorium N, 3, 2) [2]
Mrs "Nance" Nancy Selway LAMPARD
Wife of "Ben" Benjamin William John LAMPARD; see "Nance" Nancy Selway JOHNSON
"Jenny" Janet McDougall LANG
Born 19 October 1888 in Greenock, Renfrew, Scotland [28]
Daughter of John LANG and Mary LOCHHEAD [28]
Grew up in Greenock and Kilmacolm in Renfrew, Scotland [P1]
Attended the Glasgow West End School of Cookery and became a qualified school teacher in cookery, laundry and housewifery [P12]
Along with her parents departed London, England on the Otway and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 12 May 1914 [P43]
Settled with her parents in Carnamah shortly after their arrival in Western Australia [P12]
Resided with her parents on Grianaig Farm in Carnamah [P12]
Member of the Carnamah Sunday School in 1914 [7: page 238]
Helped cater for 180 people at the luncheon of the Carnamah Races on Easter Monday 9 April 1917 [9: 27-Apr-1917]
For a period, along with her sister Jean, boarded in Perth where they both worked as school teachers [P12]
Married "Mac" Angus Archibald Nicol MCGILP on 7 April 1920 at Grianaig Farm in Carnamah [P12]
She was given away by her father and wore a charming bridal frock of ivory crepe de chine [10: 16-Apr-1920]
Her veil was Georgette embroidered Brussels net held by orange blossoms; carried a bouquet of Easter lilies and white asters [10]
Best man and bridesmaid at their wedding were Carnamah pioneer Donald MACPHERSON and her sister Mary L. LANG [10]
Resided with her husband on Waddy Waddy Farm and later on Polaris Farm, both in Waddy Forest 1920-1956 [P12]
Attended the Carnamah Race Club's Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 10 April 1924 wearing cream crepe de chene georgette [10: 24-Apr-1924]
Foundation Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest District Agricultural Society 1932-1948 [4: 9-Apr-1932] [150]
Exhibited and won prizes in four sections of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Won 1st prizes for a Collection of Roses, Peas, Shortbread and for a Knitted Woollen Article [5]
Awarded 2nd prizes for Plain Scones, Decorated Cake and Brown Hen Eggs [5]
The next week won 1st prizes for Roses and Peas at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 15 September 1932 [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Successfully exhibited in the Second Annual Coorow Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Won prizes for Fancy Scones and Lemons, and 2nd prizes for Fancy Cakes and a Decorated Cake in Confectionary section [5]
Won 2nd prize for female White Turkey in the Poultry section and 2nd prize for an Embroidered Cushion in the Fancy Work [5]
Herself and Mrs Chris FORRESTER judged the Confectionary section at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Herself and her husband attended the opening of the East Marchagee Hall in Marchagee on Saturday 11 November 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
On 24 January 1934 departed Waddy Forest with her husband and children for their annual holiday at Rockingham [5: 26-Jan-1934]
Exhibited in the Confectionary and Farm Produce sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Won 1st prizes for Decorated Cake, Shortbread, Preserves, Butter and Brown Hen Eggs and 2nd for Fancy Cakes and Biscuits [5]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Along with her husband and children departed Waddy Forest on Wednesday 23 January 1935 for a holiday in Rockingham [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Attended her parents Golden Wedding Celebration at Grianaig Farm in Carnamah on Sunday 18 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Won prizes in the Poultry, Vegetables and Confectionary sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 15-Sep-1935]
In Poultry received 1st prize for Muscovy Drake and 2nd for male Black Orpington; and 2nd for Peas in the Vegetables section [5]
Awarded 1st prizes for Fancy Scones, Shortbread and Marmalade, and 2nd for Coffee Rolls and Lemons in Confectionary [5]
Judged the Confectionary section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show on 20 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Chief mourner at the funeral of her sister "May" Mary L. LANG at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Herself and her husband travelled to Perth on Sunday 8 December 1935 to attend the Scotch College presentation night [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Along with her husband and children motored from Waddy Forest to Perth on Monday 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
After spending a number of weeks in Perth she returned to her home in Waddy Forest on Thursday 27 August 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Judged the Fancy Work section of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1936 [5]
Exhibited in the Farm Produce and Flower sections of the Show, winning 1st prize for Brown Hen Eggs and 2nd for 12 Pansies [5]
Wearing biscuit lace she attended the Show Ball held at the Coorow Hall on the evening of the Show [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Judged the Confectionary section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Show on 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-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]
Travelled to Perth in May 1937 to bid farewell to her mother and brother John before they departed for Scotland [5: 21-May-1937]
With Mrs Henrietta FRANKLIN of Three Springs judged the Confectionary at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Judged the Cookery and Knitting sections of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Shows in 1940 and 1941 [0: image 03897] [13]
President of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Red Cross Society in 1941 and 1942 [0: images 04106 / 7]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Agricultural Society and Patriotic Funds Committee in 1945 [0: image 04319]
Judge of the Flower and Knitting sections at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Victory Show in 1945 [13] [0: image 04367]
Judged the Confectionary section at the Mingenew District Agricultural Society's 1945 show [261]
Judge of the Knitting section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1947 [13]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the R.S.L. Women's Auxiliary in 1951 [4: 7-Apr-1951]
Judged the Handicrafts section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1954 [0: image 04751]
Employed the services of Coorow builder E. Clive HUNTER to build her a house [P320]
Resided in Main Street in the Coorow townsite from 1956 to 1973 [P12]
In 1961 she had Margaret Mary JAMES as a housekeeper at her home in Coorow [19]
Left Coorow and shifted to the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs on 6 October 1973 [147]
Shifted to the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1978, where she died in her 90th year [P12]
Mother of Sandy, Maisie, John and Tups [P12]
Died 31 March 1978 in Three Spring; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row F, Plot 13) [1]
Bernt Andrews LARSON
Labourer in Coorow 1915-1917 [50]
William Henry LARWOOD
Farmer in Coorow 1911-1914 [19] [50]
"Mick" Arthur LATHAM
Born 16 September 1916 in Payne's Find, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Won the 12-14 years Running Race at the Sports Day and Picnic held at Centenary Park, Carnamah on 9 October 1930 [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Himself and James PRICE left Waddy Forest for Carnarvon in a Dodge runabout car on 20 October 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Kangaroo Shooter and Shearing Contractor in Coorow [19] [30: item 6506087]
Won the Throwing at Wicket at the Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Married Elsie GALBRAITH in 1939 [66]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in Coorow on 28 January 1942, and was called up for service on 7 April 1942 [30: item 6506087]
Initially gave his next of kin as his brother George LATHAM of Coorow, but it was later changed to his wife Elsie [30]
Private W20476 in the Australian Army's 13th Training Battalion in Northam during the Second World War [30]
He was declared an "Illegal Absentee" after leaving the 13th Training Battalion in Northam at 6:40 a.m. 7 May 1942 [30]
Surrendered himself to the Australian Army's General Details Depot at 2 p.m. on 5 May 1944 and was detained [30]
A District Court Martial in Claremont on 19 May 1944 sentenced him to 18 months detention over two charges [30]
He was found guilty of absenting himself without leave and for losing his clothing and equipment valued at £5/13/1 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 4 July 1944 and permitted to work as a Shearer in Payne's Find [30]
Legislative Assembly Electoral Rolls list him as a Contractor in Coorow until 1947 [19]
"Ted" Edward LATHAM
Born 1912 [15]
Son of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Resided with his parents in Coorow in 1919 [215]
His name was listed as a prospective student on applications for the reopening of the closed Coorow State School in May 1919 [215]
Labourer in Coorow in 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
The Carnamah Police Court fined him £2 plus £2/6/- costs for driving an unlicensed vehicle without registration in August 1936 [5]
He was also imposed with a £8 car license bringing the overall charge to £12/6/- or in default 27 days imprisonment [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Won the Hop, Step & Jump at the Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
At 9.9 stone competed in the Boxing Tournament before a full house in Carnamah on Saturday evening 28 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Married Kathleen GALBRAITH in 1939 [66]
Contractor in Coorow 1941-1943 [19]
Contractor in Carnamah in 1947 [19]
Contractor in Perenjori 1950-1956 [19]
Farm Manager in Dongara 1958-1980 [19]
Resided of late at Lot 1456 Brand Highway in Dongara [132]
Died 23 April 1990 in Dongara; buried Dongara Cemetery in Dongara, Western Australia (Anglican, Plot 77) [132]
Mrs Elsie LATHAM
Wife of Arthur LATHAM; see Elsie GALBRAITH
"Frank" Francis LATHAM
Born 9 June 1904 in Coorow, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Married Dorothy Margaret NANNUP in 1932 [66]
Shearer in Trayning in 1936 [50]
In 1940 he was working as a Shearer and living on Riley Street in the Perth suburb of Tuart Hill [30: item 6499789]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in Perth on 30 September 1940 [30: item 6499789]
Served with the Australian Army's W/C Ordnance Workshops in Perth, Bushmead and Northam during the Second World War [30]
Began as a Private but was appointed Lance Corporal on 25 May 1942, and promoted to Corporal on 7 October 1942 [30]
He was "Reduced to Ranks" and reverted to Private on 25 October 1943 for giving misleading information to obtain leave [30]
Discharged from the Australian Army in the Perth suburb of Claremont on 13 March 1944 [30]
By 1942 himself and his wife had shifted from Tuart Hill to the Perth hills suburb of Parkerville [84]
Their son Ronald William and daughter Nancy Fay were baptised by Arthur HAWKINS of Mundaring on 19 October 1942 [84]
"Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM
He was from Echuca, Victoria, Australia and served in the Merchant Navy [265]
After often being in fights with sailors and getting punished he jumped ship at Fremantle in Western Australia in about 1892 [265]
He changed his surname to Latham and headed north where he caught a brumby, broke it in and went kangarooing on it [265]
Sold the kangaroo skins while based in Three Springs for a time, and later prospected at Payne's Find [265]
While prospecting at Payne's Find he met Mary OLIVER, the daughter of an English pastoralist and an Aboriginal woman [265]
Their son Richard Oliver LATHAM, who was born in Arrino, drowned in a well at the age of five years in 1905 [15] [265]
Richard was buried on 8 September 1905 in plot 235A of the Anglican section at the Mingenew Cemetery in Mingenew [176]
Kangaroo Hunter in Coorow in 1903 [50]
Farmer in Marchagee 1905-1911 and in Coorow 1911-1914 [19] [44] [50]
From 1906 until 1911 he had a 100 acre leasehold near Jun Jun Spring and Turipa Spring [44]
Francis H. R. THOMAS of Coorow Station was tried but found not guilty of stabbing him in Coorow in 1906 [39: 29-Mar-1906, 8-Sep-1906]
Labourer at Jun Jun in Coorow in 1909 and 1910 [50]
Prior to 1914 he sunk Waddy Well at Waddy Forest in the Coorow district [265]
Married Mary OLIVER in Coorow in 1906 [265]
One day himself and Mary were loading kangaroo skins onto a train at Coorow and getting supplies off [265]
There was a parson on the train and he married them on the platform of the railway station [265]
He cut sandalwood trees in Latham and stacked the wood on a rock with a waterhole he had previously cleaned out [265]
The rock was recorded as Latham Rock in 1909, named in his honour for establishing a watering place for stock being droved [184]
When the railway went through Latham was selected as the name for a nearby railway siding and later townsite [184]
His son George claimed the railway siding was named after him because he was the first to load any goods on the train there [265]
Grazier of Tungaloo Station in Payne's Find in 1916 [50]
Pastoralist & Grazier in Coorow in partnership with Thomas BONHAM as "Bonham & Latham" in 1919 [44] [50]
They farmed 3,523 acres - Victoria Locations 2927, 2997, 3058, 3059, 3350, 3351, 3355, 3370, 3483, 3500, 3502, 3732, 5464 [44]
In 1919 he was living with his wife and children on Victoria Location 2997 in Coorow [215]
He wrote to the Education Department on 29 March 1919 requesting the closed Coorow State School be reopened [215]
Following further correspondence to the Education Department from himself and others the school opened on 19 August 1919 [215]
The school was in a room of Coorow House on Victoria Location 385, which was a one mile journey if his children attended [215]
Through Elder Smith & Co Ltd arranged for an auction to be held on his farm in Coorow on 12 September 1919 [10: 12-Sep-1919]
The auction was to sell his farm, stock and plant however before the sale the property was sold privately as a going concern [10]
The farm in Coorow was sold to John R. LONGMORE and Laurence A. R. BRYANT [44] [265]
After selling the farm he shifted with his wife and children to Moora, where he owned a ten acre block [265]
Grazier of Banna Station south of Payne's Find 1919-1922 [265]
He sunk a well on the station, built a rough shed for a house and made a horse paddock [265]
At the end of 1919 his wife and children moved from Moora up to Banna Station [265]
Purchased 1,000 sheep from Ningham Station and drove them the 60 miles to Banna Station [265]
He carted his wool with horses to Mandiga Station near Bencubbin in 1921, and carted stores on the way back [265]
In 1922 he sold Banna Station, which was later known as Mouroubra Station, to Pavey & Grant [265]
With his wife and children walked 3,000 sheep to Ballidu, where he had ordered a special train [265]
They loaded everything onto the train - the sheep, horses, spring cart, dray and sulky [265]
The sheep were taken off at the saleyards in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction and sold [265]
Resided with his wife and children on a small farm in Eden Hill from 1922 until June 1924 when himself and his wife separated [265]
He worked developing a series of 5,000 acre blocks in Wongan Hills which he then sold to the Agricultural Department [265]
Said to have developed a 5,000 acre block each year, which the Agricultural Department used for their research farms [265]
Farmer of Koralling Farm in Wongan Hills in 1925 [50]
Father of Richard, May, Frank, Violet, Ted, George, Arthur, Molly and Dorothy [265]
"Fred" Frederick LATHAM
Born 1907 [15]
Son of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Student at the Gosnells State School in the Perth suburb of Gosnells in 1913 [215]
Resided with his parents in Coorow in 1919 [215]
His name was listed as a prospective student on applications for the reopening of the closed Coorow State School in May 1919 [215]
Contractor in Coorow 1929-1939 [19]
Married Grace Ann GALBRAITH in 1932 [66]
Farmhand in Waddy Forest in 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 [5: 24-May-1935]
Went before the Moora Local Court in Moora on Friday 15 November 1935 over money owed to Westralian Farmers Ltd [5]
The North Midland Farmers' Co-operative Company had assigned his overdue account to Westralian Farmers Ltd [5]
Westralian Farmers Ltd recovered judgement for £9/5/5 plus 19/6 costs [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Went before the Carnamah Police Court on Friday 22 November 1935 for having driven an unlicensed vehicle [5: 29-Nov-1935]
He pleaded not guilty, provided one witness in his defence and could have provided a further two witnesses if given more time [5]
The Court said they had to go with what information that had and he was fined £1 plus costs of £5/1/8/6 [5]
Himself and his brother George ran into trouble when returning to Waddy Forest from Marchagee on Wednesday 29 January 1936 [5]
Rolled scrub had caught alight and was burning out of control when a change in the wind turned the fire towards their truck [5]
The heat from the fire caused their truck to function improperly and they had no choice but to abandon it and run for their lives [5]
They were both severely burnt around the arms and face, and the newly purchased truck was burnt to cinders [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Peter W. THOMSON of Marchagee found them in a shocked state and conveyed them to their home in Waddy Forest [5]
Supplier of music at the Dance in aid of the Anglican Church held in Waddy Forest on Saturday 20 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Advertised for four months in 1937 to shear up to 10,000 sheep with a two stand plant in late September [5: 18-Jun-1937, 30-Jul-1937, 3-Sep-1937]
In 1939 himself and his brother George began shearing together and shore sheep in Coorow, Dalwallinu and Calingiri [265]
His wife leased 2,322 acres of farmland in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company (Lots M1744 and M1745) in 1939 [34]
In 1939 he farmed his wife's leasehold in Coorow in addition to working away as a shearer [34]
They abandoned their 2,322 leasehold in Coorow during March of 1940 [34]
After an absence shifted back to Coorow in June 1941, and his children attended the Coorow State School [215]
Shearer of Coorow in 1941 and of Waddy Forest in 1943 [215]
Farmer in Morawa in 1950 [19]
Father of Jean, Graham, Ellen and Eric [215]
Died 9 January 1951; buried at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia [26]
George LATHAM
Born 16 September 1914 in Waddy Forest, Western Australia [30: item 6506118]
Son of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
He was born near Waddy Well in the Coorow district, which had previously been sunk by his father [265]
Resided with his parents on Banna Station south of Payne's Find 1919-1922 and then in Eden Hill 1922-1924 [265]
Following the separation of his parents shifted with his mother and siblings to Coorow in 1924 [265]
Their mother was fell ill with rheumatic fever and was taken to Perth by train [265]
During their mother's absence his siblings were taken to a convent however he continually hid from police and wasn't found [265]
Their mother returned in 1925 and himself, his brother Arthur and sister Molly attended the Coorow State School [265]
He later skipped school and instead went out on his horse to catch kangaroos [265]
For a number of years worked looking after "Geoff" Geoffrey G. JOHNS' farm in Coorow when he was away [265]
Worked harvesting for a mate of JOHNS and then got a job seeding with "Bill" William FLANAGAN in Gunyidi [265]
Left Gunyidi to work with his elder brother "Fred" Frederick LATHAM in Waddy Forest [265]
For five months he worked fencing on Ullawarra Station in Carnarvon, and then returned to the Coorow district [265]
Farmhand for Malcolm L. PATTON on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest in 1931 [265]
While working on Longforest Farm he broke in a few a horses and looked after the farm's cattle and sheep [265]
Fell ill in the winter of 1933 and Carnamah doctor Cecil P. ROSENTHAL diagnosed him with appendicitis [265]
Went to the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs where he had his appendix removed [265]
Attended the Annual Meeting of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Football Club on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
At the age of 20 in 1934 he purchased car and went kangarooing in the Gascoyne and also spent time in Perth learning boxing [265]
Purchased a few ponies and was given a six month old foal which he drove from Perth up to Coorow, with the foal following [265]
The foal, named Derby, grew up to be a great horse and won the high jump at a Carnamah Show with a height of 5 feet 3 inches [265]
In 1935 he worked water boring and well sinking in Waddy Forest with his brother Fred, and at times also worked as a farmhand [265]
At 5 feet 3 inches he won the High Jump at the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance in Coorow on 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Came 2nd in both the Hurdle Race and the Obstacle Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting in Coorow on 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Himself and his brother Fred ran into trouble when returning to Waddy Forest from Marchagee on Wednesday 29 January 1936 [5]
Rolled scrub had caught alight and was burning out of control when a change in the wind turned the fire towards their truck [5]
The heat from the fire caused their truck to function improperly and they had no choice but to abandon it and run for their lives [5]
They were both severely burnt around the arms and face, and the newly purchased truck was burnt to cinders [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Peter W. THOMSON of Marchagee found them in a shocked state and conveyed them to their home in Waddy Forest [5]
In 1936 he paid rates for the 4,820 acre Victoria Location 9516 in Coorow, until it was forfeited on 27 November 1936 [3]
Contract bag sewer in Coorow over the harvest of 1936 and then again worked for Malcolm L. PATTON in the winter and spring [265]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 29-May-1936, 28-May-1937]
Worked making concrete tanks with Coorow builder Augustus F. L. CROFT and then went up north mustering stock [265]
In 1939 took up shearing with his brother Fred and they shore sheep in Coorow, Dalwallinu and Calingiri [265]
Won the Sheffield Handicap and the Hurdle Race at the Sports Meeting in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Shearer in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Army in Coorow on 28 January 1942 [30: item 6506118]
Gave his brother Arthur LATHAM of Coorow as his next of kin [30]
He was recorded as being 5 foot 10 inches tall with dark hair, brown eyes and a dark complexion [30]
Private W20476 in the Australian Army's 13th Training Battalion and then 3rd Field Regiment during the Second World War [30]
Without permission he permanently left the 13th Australian Infantry Training Battalion in Northam late at night on 2 May 1942 [30]
A Court of Inquiry on 8 June 1942 declared him an "Illegal Absentee" and a Desertion Warrant was issued on 25 July 1942 [30]
In civilian clothes he surrendered himself the Australian Army's General Details Deport in Claremont on 3 April 1944 [30]
A District Court Martial in Claremont on 17 April 1944 found not guilty of desertion but guilty of absent without leave [30]
He was sentenced to 18 months detention, and was discharged from the Australian Army in Perth on 25 April 1944 [30]
At the time of his discharge he was working on Erribidie Station near Meekatharra and still had to serve his detention [30]
From 1946 he worked mustering stock outside of Carnarvon, and sometimes drove the stock to Mullewa [265]
Musterer, Shearer and Water Diviner on Callytharra Station in the Gascoyne 1950-1988 [265]
Married (1) Grace M. EVANS in 1952 [66]
Leyland Brothers filmed him during their "Wheels Across the Wilderness" film through the middle of Australia in 1966 [265]
Partner of (2) Lorna Robina BLACKWELL nee LIZARS from 1957 [265]
In 1958 purchased a house for £60 from the closed down Big Bell Mine and had it erected on Callytharra Station [265]
Himself and Lorna left Callytharra Station in 1988 and shifted to 100 acres on Bookera East Road in Dongara [265]
Father of Margaret [265]
Died 9 November 2004 [29]
Mrs Grace Ann LATHAM
Wife of "Fred" Frederick LATHAM; see Grace Ann GALBRAITH
Mrs Kathleen LATHAM
Wife of Edward LATHAM; see Kathleen GALBRAITH
Mrs Mary LATHAM
Wife of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM; see Mary OLIVER
May LATHAM
Born C.1902 [2]
Daughter of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Married (1) FREEMAN [3] [P84]
Resided in Coorow 1935-1942 [19]
Owner of the vacant quarter acre Gov Lot 48 on the west side of the Coorow townsite from 1939 until 1949 [3]
Married (2) Gordon Royal Anthony TAMBLYN in 1942 [66]
Resided in Coorow in 1942 and 1943 [19]
During the 1948-49 financial year the Carnamah District Road Board wrote off her Gov Lot 48 for non-payment of rates [3]
Resided in Perenjori 1953-1973 [19]
Later resided at 136 Healy Road in the Perth suburb of Hamilton Hill [2]
Died 18 July 1980; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Crematorium A, A4, 104) [2]
Violet Elsie LATHAM
Born 1906 [215]
Daughter of "Frank" Francis Arthur LATHAM and Mary OLIVER [265]
Student at the Gosnells State School in the Perth suburb of Gosnells in 1913 [215]
Resided with her parents in Coorow in 1919 [215]
Her name was listed as a prospective student on applications for the reopening of the closed Coorow State School in May 1919 [215]
Married Wilfred James TAYLOR in Perth in 1926 [66]
In 1936 herself and her husband were living at 36 Garden Street in the Perth suburb of Claremont [50]
David LATTO
Born C.1860 [2]
Married Annie VALENTINE [54]
In 1914 resided in Helena Street, Midland Junction and in 1915 was living in Henry Street, Midland Junction [6] [30: item 7378101]
During the First World War shifted to 69 Tower Street in the Perth suburb of Leederville and then to Walkaway [30: item 7378101]
His son John enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force and was Killed in Action in Belgium on 1 November 1917 [94]
Railway Fettler in Gunyidi 1922-1925 [50]
Railway Fettler in Winchester in 1925 and 1926 [6] [19]
Resided in Winchester until his death in 1926 [2]
Father of James David Valentine, George Stanley, John Alexander Anderson, Raymond Burbage and Elspeth Dora May [15] [54]
Died 28 February 1926; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, GA, 407) [2]
His wife Annie, late of Mullewa, died at the age of 74 years on 1 July 1936 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [2]
Alexander Cordery LAWRENCE
Farmer in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Malcolm Fenwick LAURIE
Born 1878 in Witham, Essex, England [20] [21]
When the 1881 census was taken he was with his widowed grandmother Catherine LAURIE at Newland Street in Witham, Essex [20]
Ten years later, in 1891, he was a boarding student at the Grammar School in Snettisham, Norfolk, England [20]
Storekeeper in Coorow, Western Australia 1929-1935 [19]
Conducted a business from leased premises in Coorow from 1929 until 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
On the expiration of his lease purchased a block of land in Coorow from the Bank of New South Wales and had a store erected [5]
In 1932 owned an Oldsmobile car and Rugby truck with license plates CA-67 and CA-281 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Attended the Valedictory Dinner tendered to Alexander B. GLOSTER at the Coorow Hotel on Monday 3 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Member of the Coorow Waddy Forest Progress Association - was Secretary in 1933 and 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934] [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Departed Coorow on Friday 12 January 1934 to spend two or three weeks holiday in Perth [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club - was Secretary in 1934 [5: 17-May-1935]
By May 1935 he was no longer living in Coorow [5: 17-May-1935]
Later resided in Mia Mia [2]
Died 2 May 1951; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8D, 1) [2]
Gladys Victoria LAWSON
Married Vernon Eric RANDELL in Perth in 1923
Resided with her husband on Meelyah Farm in Gunyidi 1923-1933 [19]
In 1932 she had a Chevrolet car licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-80 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
John Richard LEADBEATER
Labourer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1913-1923 [19] [50]
"Pat" Patricia Vera LEADBITTER
Born 1928 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Married Jack BATTERSBY on 27 January 1951 [0: images 04602 & 04715]
Resided in Coorow 1951-1978 [19]
Later resided at 29 Koman Way in the Perth suburb of Girrawheen [156]
Member of the Coastal Ladies Golf Club [45]
Long serving executive of the Western Australian Women's Golf League [45]
Mother of Stephen, Susan, Allan and Wayne [45]
Died 17 May 2007; cremated at the Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park in the Perth suburb of Padbury on 24 May 2007 [45]
Nettie LEAF
Born 1883 in Hull, Yorkshire, England [20] [21]
Daughter of Robert LEAF and Anita DIXON [20] [21]
In 1891 was living with her parents and sister Lillian at 8 Drewton Terrace in Southcoates, Yorkshire [20]
Married (1) John GALE in 1907 in Yorkshire, England [21]
Departed London, England with her children on the Ballarat and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 8 December 1923 [70]
Married (2) "Clem" Clement William John LONG in 1925 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Resided with her husband on Samuel B. RUDDUCK's Koobabbie Farm in Coorow [P17]
Sent a wreath for the funeral of Coorow stationmaster William C. Cox at the Karrakatta Cemetery on 4 November 1937 [5: 12-Nov-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Henry [2]
Mother of John GALE and Peggy GALE [70]
Died 13 May 1968; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LE, 226) [2]
Mrs Adelaide LEE
Resided in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1917-1922 [50]
George LEE
Labourer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1919-1922 [50]
"Sam" Samuel Walter Philip LEVETT
Born 4 September 1907 in Sevenoaks, Kent, England [P355]
Son of Samuel Philip LEVETT and Gertrude LEVETT [P355]
Following the death of their father his mother was forced to put himself, his elder sister Ivy and younger sister Nellie into care [P355]
He was bestowed in the care of the children's charity Dr Barnardo's in 1914, after which his mother kept in touch with him [P355]
Aged 15 years he departed London, England on the Largs Bay on 20 February 1923 for Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [203]
In later years he said he was proud to be an Old Barnardo Boy and always endeavoured to explain its good work [230]
In a letter to the charity that had aided him he wrote "...what the Homes have done for me is highly appreciated" [230]
He worked as a Farm Lad in England and after his arrival worked for two years on a diary farm in Leeton, New South Wales [203] [230]
Remaining in New South Wales he then worked on fruit farms for 18 months and on a rice and wheat property for three years [230]
His last employer suffered financial troubles and failed to pay him about £70, although he still valued and respected him [230]
All up he worked for about twelve people in New South Wales, worked hard, saved his money and never got the sack [230]
In 1929 he left New South Wales and shifted to Western Australia [230]
Farmhand for Malcolm L. PATTON on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest, Western Australia in 1929 [230]
Longforest was the largest farm he'd up until that time worked on, being about 5,000 acres in size with 2,500 acres under crop [230]
He was in Waddy Forest by October 1929 and undertook duties on Longforest in connection with hay cutting and harvesting [230]
Farmhand for John BOWMAN on The Home Farm in Carnamah, Western Australia in 1930 [230]
At such time wheat prices had slumped to only 1/9 a bushel and the previous wool clip had been virtually profitless [230]
Farmers couldn't get bags for their wheat, while others weren't going to harvest their crops as it wouldn't cover the expense [230]
To cut down expenses his employer had stopped the tractors and reverted to horse teams to carry out the 1930-31 harvest [230]
Himself and seven others lived in workmen's humpies on the west end of Lot M928 bounding the North Boundary Road [P9] [230]
A cook prepared their meals except for their day off on Sunday when they got their own meals from the cookhouse [230]
By 1930 he was well acclimatised to Australian weather and believed he wouldn't be able to endure an English winter [230]
Although he liked the Australian climate he found the flies to be very bad at Carnamah in both summer and winter [230]
By late 1930 he was likening to the idea of returning to England on the suggestion of his mother and Barnardo's [230]
Resided in England from 1931 until his death at the age of 63 years in 1970 [P355]
Married (1) Marjorie Winifred KNOTT on 14 March 1936 [P355]
Partner of (2) Marjorie Elizabeth Jane PARSLOW [P355]
Father of Terence, Valerie, Jennifer, Philip, Anthony, Catherine and Richard [P355]
Died 9 January 1970 at the Ashford Hospital in Ashford, Middlesex, England [P355]
Mrs LESLIE
Teacher of the Turipa State School on Turipa Farm in Coorow in 1915 [215]
The furniture from the closed Coorow State School was handed over to her at the Turipa State School on 17 July 1915 [215]
Robert Downie LESLIE
Born 1 January 1887 in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland [28]
Son of Robert Downie LESLIE and Frances Ewart TURNBALL [28]
He was born at and resided with his parents at 6 Bonaccord Square in Aberdeen, and his father was a "Advocate in Aberdeen" [20] [28]
Departed London, England on the steamship Otranto and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 February 1911 [70]
Married Violet WILTSHIRE in 1912 [66]
In December 1913 decided to purchase an 856 acre farm in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company [34]
The 856 acres consisted of Lots M964 and M966 of Victoria Location 2023 [27] [34]
On 15 January 1914 signed the contract to purchase the two lots, which were priced at £3564 (payable by instalments) [27]
The farm was part of the Midland Railway Company's Improved Farm Scheme and came partly cleared, fecned and with a house [34]
Farmer of Hillhead Farm in Coorow 1914-1919 [19] [27] [34]
Took out assistance under the Industries Assistance Board to help in establishing his farm [34]
After harvesting his 1915 crop he sold between 200 and 250 bags of wheat, and retained 100 bags for seed wheat [34]
Carted 233 bags of wheat for the Midland Railway Company from Lot M963 to the Coorow Railway Siding, and was paid £6.18.0 [34]
In 1916 obtained a loan of £36 from the Industries Assistance Board to purchase a horse [34]
Planted 200 acres of crop on is farm in 1916 [34]
In August 1916 signed a petition which was sent to the Midland Railway Company requesting the price of their farms be reduced [34]
His wife doesn't appear to have resided on the farm in Coorow and in 1916 she was living at 137 Parry Street in Perth [50]
Member of the Winchester-Carnamah branch of the Farmers & Settlers' Association in 1917 [34]
Advertised in May 1917 that he wanted to buy a reasonably priced second hand horse-works for a chaffcutter [9: 18-May-1917]
The sale on his farm was rescinded by the Midland Railway Company on 1 July 1919 [34]
The Midland Railway Company re-sold the 856 acre farm to James L. LAWSON & Thomas P. HANNAFORD on 16 June 1920 [34]
Later worked as an Agent and lived with his wife at 78 Parry Street in East Perth [50]
Dr. Muriel Alice LESTER
Born 18 April 1899 [P171] in Warrington, Lancashire, England [20]
Daughter of Rev. Henry Arthur LESTER and Alice PERRIN [P171]
In 1901 was living with her parents and three of her father's cousins at Walton House in Walton Road, Walton, Cheshire, England [20]
Married Rev. "Bill" Albert William CURTIS in England [P171]
Prior to her marriage she had trained as a doctor however gave up her profession when she married [P171]
Along with her husband departed Southampton, England on the Jervis Bay in 1930 [63]
Arrived on the Jervis Bay in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 August 1930 [63]
In early September 1930 arrived in Coorow, where her husband had been appointed the Coorow-Carnamah Parish's first Rector [P171]
Resided with her husband in Coorow 1930-1934 [P171]
Intended to practise medicine in Coorow however was unable to after the arrival of children and the depression [P138]
Tendered to medical emergencies in Coorow and nearby [P138]
One of such emergencies was treating local mechanic J. F. PARKER who was found unconscious in Coorow [5: 15-Jul-1932]
Travelled with her husband to the various parts of his parish, which embraced the wider Coorow and Carnamah districts [P171]
Would have accompanied her husband to Gunyidi, Marchagee, Waddy, Billeroo, Winchester, Carnamah and Inering [4: 19-Jul-1930]
She was invited to Kelva BADRICK's Christening reception at 18 Boojerabba Street, Carnamah on 28 September 1930 [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Member for Coorow on the Carnamah-Coorow Anglican Church Vestry in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
In March 1933 in Coorow she gave birth to a son, David Myles, who sadly passed away on 14 July 1933 [P171]
Helped run the Fancywork stall at the Carnamah Anglican Church Bazaar held in Carnamah on Saturday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
In October 1933 spent a few days in Coomberdale staying with Mr and Mrs BULLOCK [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Conducted the Produce & Cakes stall at the Church of England Bazaar held in Coorow on 18 November 1933 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
During their time in Coorow one of her good friends was Mrs Mary C. WOODHOUSE of Winchester [P138]
Herself and her husband were the recipients of a Farewell Evening at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 19 May 1934 [5: 18-May-1934]
About 250 people from Marchagee, Latham, Waddy Forest, Carnamah and Coorow attended their send-off [5: 25-May-1934]
At their farewell they received three presentations, including a silver mounted oak tray from the people of Coorow [5]
Along with her husband left Coorow by train on Monday 21 May 1934 on her husband's transfer to York [5: 25-May-1934]
Resided with her husband, and later two children, in York, Western Australia from 1934 to about 1938 [P171]
Her friend Mary WOODHOUSE travelled from Winchester to York to assist her with the birth of her daughter in 1934 [5: 6-Jul-1934] [P138]
Around 1938 shifted with her husband and children to the metropolitan area where they resided in Claremont and then Fremantle [P171]
In 1946 returned to England with her husband and children, eventually settling in Ealing, London where her husband was Vicar [P171]
In the 1970s retired with her husband to Nottingham, England and in the 1980s shifted to Salisbury, England [P171]
Mother of David, Christopher and Rosemary [P171]
Died 27 May 1988 in Salisbury, England [P171]
"Gus" / "Gustav" Freiderich Wilhelm Gustav LIEBE
Born 18 January 1862 in Wittenberg, Saxony, Germany [30: item 747020]
Son of Eduard LIEBE and Louise MATHES [30: item 747020]
He never returned to Germany after leaving in 1878 to escape its military laws [30: item 747020]
Worked as a carpenter before studying at the world famous Technical School at Vienna in Austria [7: page 138]
Assisted in the building of the Budapest Opera House in Hungary and the Sofia Houses of Parliament in Bulgaria [7: page 138]
Entered into partnership with Joseph KLEIN and together they built army barracks, colleges and houses in various parts of Europe [7]
Along with Joseph KLEIN arrived in Adelaide, South Australia in 1885 where they continued working together [7: page 138]
In 1886 dissolved partnership with KLEIN and shifted to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia where he received large amounts of work [7]
He shifted to Perth, Western Australia in 1891, where he continued working as a building contractor [7: page 138]
Among the buildings he built in Perth were His Majesty's Theatre, The Art Gallery, The Queen's Hall (later The Metro Theatre), [7]
The Commercial Bank, Warwick House in Saint George's Terrace and several hotels including the Peninsula Hotel in Maylands [7]
In 1895 he was contracted to build sheds, stations, turntables and other works along the Midland Railway line [7: page 138]
Became a naturalised British subject on 27 July 1900 and was on the Commonwealth Electoral Roll from its inception [30: item 747020]
Built the Commercial Hotel in Dandaragan Street, Moora for George H. HOLMES for £4,600 in 1908 and 1909 [7: page 138] [9: 13-Nov-1908]
In 1908 purchased 16,000 acres of land in Wubin and began farming while continuing to work as a building contractor [7: page 138]
Among his land was some at Nugadong between Wubin and Dalwallinu, which he paid rates for to the Upper Irwin Road Board [44]
Paid rates to the Upper Irwin Road Board for Lots 41, 42, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 51, 64 and 65 of the Nugadong Agricultural Area [44]
The land was taken up on Conditional Purchase in the names of numerous people as in one name you could only get 1,000 acres [44]
Unsuccessfully requested with the Upper Irwin Road Board for six months to pay his land rates in June 1910 [9: 10-Jun-1910]
In the 1920s began purchasing virgin land and farmland in and near Waddy Forest, Winchester, Bunjil and Latham [7: pages 138-140]
Continued to purchase more land in and near Waddy Forest area until he had 60,456 acres: [7: pages 138-140] [4: 22-Apr-1950]
In 1924 purchased 11,906 virgin acres from the Midland Railway Company for £8,929 (Lot M1511 of Victoria Location 2023) [27]
In 1925 purchased McCANN Bros' farm of 960 acres (Lot M1507 of Victoria Location 2023) [27]
In 1925 also purchased 28,377 virgin acres from the Midland Railway Company for £14,379, between 6/- and 16/- per acre [27]
The 28,377 acres consisted of Lots M1274, M1511, M1524, M1525, M1526, M1550 and M1602 of Victoria Location 2023 [27]
In 1928 purchased Gilbert A. R. GABRIELSON's farm of 1,320 acres (Lot M1721 of Victoria Location 2023) [27]
In 1929 purchased Henry C. DAVIES' farm of 4,078 acres (Lot M1627 of Victoria Location 2023) [27]
In 1935 purchased 13,715 acres of farmland from Frank E. ROBERTS (Lot M1647 of Victoria Location 2023) [27]
His large acreage in Waddy Forest, Winchester, Bunjil and Latham was split into two properties - Waddi and Shannon [4: 22-Apr-1950]
His property was the largest wheat farm in the Commonwealth owned by one man [120: 20-Dec-1928]
He wrote to the Carnamah Road Board in 1927 informing them the new road north of the Waddy School was impassable [9: 19-Aug-1927]
In 1928 he had 10,000 acres of wheat crop and was aiming for a harvest of 50,000 bags of wheat [120: 20-Dec-1928]
The next year, in 1929, he seeded 21,000 acres of wheat crop with 32 tractors and harvested over 100,000 bags of grain [7: pages 139, 140]
Made a private road through his farm to deliver the bags of grain to the Bunjil Railway Siding using 12 trucks [7]
As the trucks went through private property to get to Bunjil Siding he felt he had no reason to have them licensed [7]
The Road Board secretary alerted him that when the trucks crossed the road to the siding they were on public roads [7]
From then onwards he licensed just one large truck which collected the bags of wheat from other trucks on his farm's boundary [7]
Established seven "camps" on his Waddi property and at camp numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 built enormous sheds [7: page 139]
The sheds on camps 1 to 4 had living quarters for the supervisor at one end and accommodation for workers at the other [7]
Camp number 3 boasted the largest shed which measured 103 feet by 120 feet [7]
The camps went as far as seven, however in 1937 "camp number 7 had been closed down" [88]
In 1937 he was living at Camp number 2 on his Waddi Farm, said to have been in Latham [88]
While bringing the farm into production he employed 101 clearers and 40 farmhands; after that time had 20 farmhands [7: page 140]
In the early years travelled from Perth to his property once a fortnight with his accountant Mr MERRYWEATHER [P66]
Water for livestock was supplied by 26 windmills and accompanying tanks [7: page 140]
On 19 May 1926 attended the Midland Railway Company's public auction in Carnamah to sell townsite blocks [9: 21-May-1926]
He purchased Lots 87 & 88 in the Coorow townsite, and for one paid the highest price of £25 for a Coorow block [9: 21-May-1926]
Also purchased Lots 5, 6, 29 & 30 in the Winchester townsite, also paying the highest price of £25 [9: 21-May-1926]
In total he paid £82 for the two Coorow and four Winchester townsite lots, which were all portions of Victoria Location 2023 [27]
Via the transcontinental railway imported 440 ewes and three rams from the Collinsville Stud, South Australia in 1933 [5: 15-Dec-1933]
In 1936 sold 798 sheep and 22 pigs through Elder Smith & Co Ltd with five consignments to the Midland Market [5: 17-Jan-1936]
The sheep comprised 518 wethers (67 at 22/4, 36 at 21/10, 26 at 20/1, 32 at 17/7, 48 at 15/7, 48 at 15/4, 63 at 14/4, 7 at 12/1, [5]
92 at 11/10, 48 at 10/10, 51 at 10/7) and 280 shorn wethers (55 at 15/1, 225 at 14/10); while the 22 pigs consisted of [5]
8 porkers (2 at 41/6, 1 at 36/6, 4 at 33/6, 1 at 25/-), 2 choppers (1 at 86/-, 1 at 70/-), 11 baconers (8 at 55/-, 2 at 58/6, 1 at 50/-) [5]
and 1 sow at 50/- per head [5: 22-May-1936, 9 & 23-Oct-1936, 6-Nov-1936]
Sold 70 bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Sale at the Wool Exchange in Perth on 10 February 1936 [5: 14-Feb-1936]
The bales consisted of 9 at 18¼d., 4 at 18d., 4 at 17½d., 27 at 17¼d., 11 at 17d., 8 at 16¾d., 4 at 16¼d., 3 at 16d. per pound [5]
Applied for permission in April 1936 to erect a fence and gate at the end of a surveyed but uncleared road adjoining his property [5]
The unused road was between the southern boundary of GALLEHAWK Bros' Lot M1469 and his Lot M1602 [5: 24-Apr-1936]
He wanted to erect a vermin proof fence with 12 foot wide netted gate across the western end of the surveyed road [5]
The Carnamah District Road Board withheld a decision pending information to be obtained from GALLEHAWK Bros [5]
By October 1936 permission for the gate on the south east corner of his property had been granted by the Road Board [5: 6-Nov-1936]
Won 1st prize for Merino Ewe in the Sheep section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
In 1937 he had four "All Steel Horse" crude oil tractors at work on his property in Waddy Forest [5: 8-Jan-1937]
He spoke enthusiastically about the tractors especially in regard to their fuel and oil consumption, speed and reserve power [5]
His four of the tractors were used to pull heavy implements that had been specially constructed for him [5]
Sold 340 ewes through Elder Smith & Co Ltd through two consignments to the Midland Market in January and February 1937 [5]
The ewes consisted of 38 at 14/1, 44 at 12/10, 154 at 12/4, 48 at 12/1, 25 at 10/4, and 31 at 9/10 per head [5: 22-Jan-1937, 26-Feb-1937]
A team made up of his employees played against the Billeroo Cricket Club in Billeroo, East Winchester on 7 March 1937 [5: 12-Mar-1937]
Sold 52 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on 21 April 1937 - 27 at 24/4 and 25 and 20/1 [5: 23-Apr-1937]
It took eight shearers about four weeks to shear his 20,000 sheep in 1939 and 1940 [P109]
Prior to 1941 delivered upwards of 250 bales of wool to the Bunjil Railway Siding each year [0: image 04038]
In 1941 ran 12,000 sheep, 4,000 lambs and produced 348 bales of wool [0]
His wool clip of 348 bales in 1941 was one of the largest to be produced by any one person in the world [0]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1941 [13]
His 23,000 sheep produced approximately 465 bales of wool in 1944 [7: page 140]
On 15 January 1950 he had an International utility and an International wagon stolen from part of his Waddi Farm in Winchester [22]
The two stolen vehicles contained license plates CA-300 and PJ-200 however were recovered and the man responsible charged [22]
Died 4 March 1950; buried at Dalwallinu, Western Australia [P206]
In April 1950 his huge properties Waddi and Shannon were sold to the War Service Land Settlement Board for £225,000 [4: 22-Apr-1950]
Also included in the price was all machinery and 13,000 sheep of Collinsville blood [4: 22-Apr-1950]
The two properties were divided into 17 smaller farms which were allocated to ex-serviceman from the Second World War [7: page 141]
These 17 farms collectively were known officially as the Waddy Estate, also often unofficially called the Liebe Estate [7: page 141]
He retained ownership until his death of the four Winchester and two Coorow vacant townsite lots he had purchased in 1926 [3]
From The Western Mail newspaper, Friday 20 December 1928:
Country Towns and Districts - Carnamah-Coorow - Rapid Development - Mr Liebe's Farm
"Mr F. W. G. Liebe's farm, Waddi, of 42,000 acres, is said to be the largest wheat farm in the commonwealth owned by one man. He has 10,000 acres under crop, of which 5,000 are Nabawa, 2,500 Merredin, 1,500 Ford, and 1,000 Yandilla, King, Florence, and Gluyas Early. He aims at a 50,000 bag crop. One patch stripped 36 bushels, and other patches went as low as twelve bushels. The property is of comparatively recent settlement, for this is only the second harvest. Nevertheless it shows how rapidly Mr Liebe is getting his land under the plough and into productivity. This is possible because of his policy of relying on tractors, of which he has 13 in use, and three more about to be introduced. The boundary of the property is eleven miles by road from Coorow, and the farm extends almost to Bunjil. The latter siding is used for sending wheat away. A feature of the equipment of the farm is a group of enormous galvanised iron sheds. Two are completed and in use; the third is under erection, and the main roof supports of the fourth are standing. One end of the first contains the manager's quarters and the dining-room and kitchen for the hands; and the other end is for the men's quarters. The second shed houses plant, and £2,000 worth of superphosphate was stacked in it until it was used up."
Edmund LINES
Contractor on Yarragadee Station in Mingenew in 1910 [50]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19]
Edmund John LINES
Farmer in Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19]
Contractor in Strawberry in 1912 [50]
Farmer in Watheroo in 1913 and 1914 [50]
John Leslie LITTLEY
Vulcaniser in Coorow in 1929 [19]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13-Dec-1930]
Lorna Robina LIZARS
Born 1913 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Alexander David LIZARS and Ellen Maude BELLINGHAM [15] [266]
Her mother gave birth to her brother in the tent they were living in at Pithara in 1922 and then died [266]
In 1934 her sister Patricia married A. George H. STEPHENS formerly of Carnamah [66]
She worked on farms and while doing so met Ted BLACKWELL who was working on the same farm [266]
Married (1) "Ted" Edward Thomas BLACKWELL in 1935 [66]
She borrowed two bags of flour from her stepmother and some bakehouse tins and herself and her husband shifted to Calingiri [266]
They reopened the closed bakehouse in Calingiri but couldn't make a living from it so shifted to Coorow [266]
Resided in Coorow 1936-1949, where her husband was the local baker [5: 6-Nov-1936] [6] [19]
For 13 years she had the mail run to deliver mail from Coorow out to Waddy Forest, and delivered bread at the same time [265]
She used a horse and cart to deliver the mail and bread every Tuesday and Friday, and had a big dog she took with her [P84]
Her aunt Mrs LIZARS of Perth arrived in Coorow to spent a holiday with her on Wednesday evening 14 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
They left Coorow after 13 years and shifted to a small farm in Mount Helena but it didn't pay so they moved to Perth [266]
After getting leukaemia her husband didn't live very long, and died at the age of 48 years on 13 February 1956 [2] [266]
After the death of her husband she wrote to George LATHAM who she had met in Coorow and he travelled to Perth to see her [266]
Returned with George to Callytharra Station in the Gascoyne in January 1957 [265]
Partner of (2) George LATHAM [265]
They resided on Callytharra Station in the Gascoyne from 1957 until 1988 [265]
George had about 80 head of cattle and seven horses and she went everywhere with him on the station, and they built it up and up [266]
Initially they lived on the station in an old Spinifex shed that they added some iron to, and could live off the bush and goats [266]
In 1958 George purchased a house for £60 from the closed down Big Bell Mine and had it erected on Callytharra Station [265]
They left Callytharra Station in 1988 and shifted to 100 acres on Bookera East Road in Dongara [265]
Resided in Dongara from 1988 until her death in 1994 [265]
Died 27 September 1994; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, IC, 474) [2]
Lionel Taylor LLOYD
Contractor at Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1913 [19] [50]
Annie LONG
Resided in Coorow in 1909 [50]
"Clem" Clement William John LONG
Born 1876 in Coorow, Western Australia [30: item 9206290]
Son of William LONG and Sarah GREEN [P17]
He grew up on Coorow Station in Coorow - where his parents had been the first non-indigenous settlers [P17]
Following their father's death himself and his brother Henry J. LONG ran Coorow Station in Coorow 1899-1901 [P16]
They ran the property under the name of "Long Bros" until 1901 when it was lost due to a mortgage with £2,000 owing [P16]
Labourer in Berkshire Valley in 1903 [50]
Farmhand in Coorow in 1904 [19]
Labourer in Watheroo in 1905 and 1906 [50]
Farmer in Coorow 1907-1915 [44] [50]
He was the owner of 120 acres of farmland near Turipa Spring and Jun Jun Spring in Coorow, being Victoria Location 2888 [44]
By the end of the 1914-15 financial year he also owned the adjoining 120 acre Victoria Location 3343 [44]
Himself and his nephew Ernest A. LONG purchased the quarter acre Lot 97 of the Coorow townsite on 25 March 1914 [27]
The block was purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £15 which they paid for by instalments over a year [27]
They paid rates until the 1918-19 financial year on their Lot 97 - which later became the site of the Coorow Hotel [3] [44]
Along with his nephew Ernest A. LONG left Coorow for Yarrabubba Station in Nannine on 29 March 1915 [168]
They were met by his nephew C. Harold NAIRN at Nannine and they arrived at Yarrabubba Station on 3 April 1915 [168]
Labourer for his nephews Edward F. W. NAIRN and C. Harold NAIRN on Yarrabubba Station in Nannine in 1915 [168]
He worked variously on Yarrabubba Station as a Stockman, Shearer, Labourer, Well Sinker and Land Clearer [168]
Applied to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 2 March 1916 [30: item 9206290]
On enlistment he was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed 165 pounds with blue eyes, a ruddy complexion and brown going grey hair [30]
He gave his next of kin as his sister Mrs Jessie N. STONE, who was at that time living at 159 Lord Street in Perth [30]
His application to enlist was accepted however he was subsequently discharged due to having a permanent knee injury [30]
He had received the knee injury the previous year at a cricket match in Nannine, while in the employ of his NAIRN nephews [30]
Farmer and Farmhand in Coorow 1916-1932 [3] [19] [50]
Farmhand for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow in 1916 [P17]
His nephew Ernest A. LONG and niece Irene E. DEE also worked on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow [P17]
His 240 acres in Victoria Locations 2888 and 3342 were rated to himself and his nephew Ernest A. LONG 1916 onwards [44]
The 240 acres, known as Jun Jun Farm, was farmed by his nephew Ernest A. LONG 1916-1969 [P272]
Himself and his nephew Ernest A. LONG purchased the quarter acre Lot 3 of the Coorow townsite on 14 February 1922 [27]
They purchased Lot 3 from the Midland Railway Company for £20 via a deposit of £4 and six instalments of £2/13/4 [27]
Married Nettie GALE nee LEAF in Perth in 1925 [66]
Himself and his wife resided on Samuel B. RUDDUCK's Koobabbie Farm where he worked as a Stockman [P17]
Vermin Inspector in Coorow for the Carnamah District Road Board in 1930 [4: 18-Jan-1930]
During the 1932-33 financial year he held the 2,391 acre lease for Victoria Location 8740 in Coorow [3]
Victoria Location 8740 is on the east side of the Old Geraldton Road and the north side of Hunt Road in Coorow-Marchagee [62]
In 1936 himself and his wife may have been in Perth as she was enrolled to vote with an address of 75 Malcolm Street, West Perth [50]
Sent a wreath for the funeral of Coorow stationmaster William C. Cox at the Karrakatta Cemetery on 4 November 1937 [5: 12-Nov-1937]
After an absence from Coorow he returned and was a Farmhand in Coorow 1938-1941 [19]
Later resided in North Perth [2]
Died 23 June 1945; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LE, 226) [2]
"Ernie" Ernest Alfred LONG
Born 13 April 1890 in Coorow, Western Australia [P17]
Son of Samual RICHINGS and Jessie Norah LONG [15]
He was registered at birth as Alfred Ernest LONG [15]
His grandparents William LONG and Sarah GREEN had been the first non-indigenous settlers in the Coorow district in 1862 [P16]
Labourer in Coorow 1911-1915 [19] [50]
Attended the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports Meeting in Coorow on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
He competed in the sports held during the day and came 2nd in the Sheffield Handicap race [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Along with his uncle "Clem" Clement W. J. LONG left Coorow for Yarrabubba Station in Nannine on 29 March 1915 [168]
They were met by his cousin C. Harold NAIRN at Nannine and they arrived at Yarrabubba Station on 3 April 1915 [168]
Labourer for his cousins Edward F. W. NAIRN and C. Harold NAIRN on Yarrabubba Station in Nannine in 1915 [168]
During his time on Yarrabubba he worked variously as a Stockman, Shearer, Labourer, Well Sinker and Land Clearer [168]
Applied to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force on 2 March 1916 [30: item 8206336]
At the time he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighed 145 pounds and had grey eyes, light brown hair and a dark complexion [30]
He gave his next of kin as his mother Mrs Jessie N. STONE, whose address at that time was 159 Lord Street, Perth [30]
His application to enlist in the A.I.F. was accepted however he was subsequently discharged at his own request [30]
Farmhand for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow 1916-1918 [P17]
Married his first cousin Irene Ellen DEE in Perth on 11 July 1917 [168]
Continued to work for Samuel B. RUDDUCK until early 1918 when he began farming on his own [P17]
Farmer of Jun Jun Farm in Coorow from March 1918 until August 1969 [P272]
Initially the farm was 240 acres in size, consisting of Victoria Locations 2888 and 3343 [44]
Rates for the 240 acres were in the name of himself and his uncle Clement W. J. LONG from 1916 until at least 1924 [44]
The farm was situated south east of the Coorow townsite just back from the north side of Jun Jun Road [62]
Farmer of Lonsdale and Jun Jun Farms in Coorow 1925-1969 [P17]
In the mid 1920s he established another farm of about 2,000 acres on sandplain four miles west of his Jun Jun Farm [P17]
This property included 209 acres in Victoria Locations 3061 and 3393 purchased from his brother-in-law Albyn DOWNES [44]
The remaining acreage of the property, which they named Lonsdale, was made up of Victoria Locations 4078, 7878 and 8086 [44]
Years earlier his grandfather William LONG had run livestock on what became Lonsdale, then known as Beekamarah Thicket [P16]
Lonsdale is on the east side of The Midlands Road and railway line, and on the west side of the Old Geraldton Road [62]
Purchased his first vehicle in 1928 - a one ton Capital Model Chevrolet truck [P17]
Sold 13 bales of wool through Westralian Farmers Ltd at 12½d. per pound at the Perth Wool Sale on 18 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
In 1932 his Chevrolet truck was registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-320 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Sold six bales of wool at 17¾d. per pound in Perth at the fourth wool sale of the season in Perth in December 1933 [5: 8-Dec-1933]
In November 1935 sold three bales of wool at 15¾ d. and one bale at 15¼d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Applied for the Carnamah District Road Board to clear the road from the north-east corner to south-east corner of his farm [5]
The Carnamah District Road Board put off his request for the road to be considered when money was available [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Steward of the Grain & Fodder section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [150]
Leased Victoria Locations 682 and 1096 in Coorow belonging to the late Francis H. R. THOMAS during the 1940-41 financial year [3]
During the 1941-42 financial year purchased the two 40 acre blocks from THOMAS' daughter Mrs Beulah E. MURNANE [3]
Victoria Location 682 contained Nabappie Spring while Victoria Location 1096 contained Jun Jun Spring [P17]
During the 1949-50 financial year sold the 40 acre Victoria Location 682 to Mrs Janet M. TONES of Coorow [3]
Kept the 40 acre Victoria Location 1096 containing Jun Jun Spring, which adjoined his Jun Jun Farm [3] [62]
Casket carrier at the funeral of Coorow farmer Frederick John KAU at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 March 1950 [4]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmer's Union of Western Australia in 1950 [4: 18-Mar-1950]
In his later years his farm was share-cropped and his daughters Vera and Doris managed the livestock on the farms [P17]
In 1967 built a house in Coorow townsite, however retained ownership of Lonsdale and Jun Jun Farms [P17]
Resided at Lot 31 Station Street in the Coorow townsite 1967-1969 [P17]
He had P.O. Box 16 at the Coorow Post Office [167]
Father of Vera and Doris [14]
Died 21 August 1969 at the Moora District Hospital, Moora; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row S, Plot 3) [1]
Harriett Emma LONG
Born 24 July 1860 in Northam, Western Australia [P221]
Daughter of William LONG and Sarah GREEN [15]
Settled with her parents in Coorow in 1862 [P17]
Resided with her parents on Coorow Station, which they pioneered, from 1862 until her marriage in 1877 [P17]
In the earlier years their nearest neighbour would have been James NAIRN and later his son Frank NAIRN at Noolooloo Station [--]
Married Frank Edward NAIRN on 18 December 1877 at the Parish Church in Greenough [40]
Resided with her husband and children on Noolooloo Station in what later became the Carnamah-Winchester district [P3]
Also resided part time with her husband and children on Claremont Farm on Dongara [P3]
Later left her husband and along with their youngest child went to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [P3] [P17]
Obviously later returned to Western Australia as she was buried at Perth's Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
Mother of Charles Harold, Margaret, Amy, Edith Harriett, James William, Bessie Clementina and Frederick [15] [P3]
Also raised Edward Frank William NAIRN who was born in 1873 to her husband Frank NAIRN and her sister Lizzie [P3] [P17]
Died 5 October 1942; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LB, 665) [2]
"Harry" Henry Joseph LONG
Born 25 June 1865 in Coorow, Western Australia [P17]
Son of William LONG and Sarah GREEN [15]
Resided with his parents on Coorow Station in Coorow, where his parents had settled in 1862 [P17]
Following their father's death himself and his younger brother Clement W. J. LONG ran Coorow Station in Coorow 1899-1901 [P16]
Around this period fathered children Bert William LONG and Edith Rose LONG with Aboriginal woman Sarah Mabel BELL [P17]
Ran Coorow Station with his brother as "Long Bros" until 1901 when it was lost due to a mortgage with £2,000 owing [P16]
Labourer in Berkshire Valley in 1903 [50]
Grazier in Mingenew in 1904 [19]
Labourer in Watheroo in 1905 and 1906 [50]
Farmer in Coorow 1907-1909 [44]
From 1907-08 to 1910-11 he paid rates for a 100 acre Conditional Purchase lease near Turipa Spring in Coorow [44]
The 100 acres was Conditional Purchase lease 17279/55 which later became Victoria Location 3342 [44]
During the 1911-12 financial year ownership of his 100 acres in Coorow changed to A. Hamlet JONES of Turipa Farm, Coorow [44]
He worked for Donald MACPHERSON in Carnamah from 1909 until 1929 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Labourer in Carnamah 1909-1913, Overseer in Carnamah 1914-1920 and Boundary Rider in Carnamah 1921-1928 [6] [19]
He lived in one of the rooms in the stone building located a number of metres north east of the Macpherson Homestead [P93]
His son Bert was also in Carnamah before and after serving during the First World War [9: 20-Apr-1917] [10: 29-Aug-1919] [30: item 8206309]
He gave his consent for Bert to enlist for service however Bert's mother at that time was "absent, whereabouts unknown" [30]
His daughter Edith married Charles FEEHAN in 1921 [66] and resided with her husband in Arrino, where she died in 1926 [24]
Donated 2/6 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1920 [124]
Worked for Mrs Mary A. E. RAMSAY on her Meelyah Farm in Gunyidi 1929-1934 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Died of old age on 27 June 1934 in Gunyidi; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row K, Plot 14) [1]
His funeral was undertaken by Henry Parkin & Son of Carnamah [1]
From The North Midlands Times newspaper, Friday 29 June 1934:
"Old Identity - Dies at East Gunyidi. The death occurred on Wednesday morning last at Meelyah, East Gunyidi, of Henry Joseph Long, who was born at Coorow 70 years ago, and who has been well known in the Carnamah and Coorow districts. He was an old-age pensioner, and had been employed for some time at Mrs. Ramsay's farm, where his death occurred. He had been in the employ of the late Donald Macpherson for 20 years, until he left the Carnamah district about five years ago. The body was brought to Carnamah by Constable Carmody, and at the request of the district coroner (Mr. J. K. McDougall) a post mortem examination was conducted by Dr. C. P. Rosenthal yesterday. Death was found to be due to natural causes and an inquest will not be necessary. The funeral took place yesterday."
Mrs Irene Ellen LONG
Wife of "Ernie" Ernest Alfred LONG; see Irene Ellen DEE
Louisa Jane LONG
Born 1 May 1869 in Coorow, Western Australia [P17]
Daughter of Coorow pioneers William LONG and Sarah GREEN [P17]
Resided with her parents on Coorow Station in Coorow [P17]
Married (1) Thomas DOWNES on 17 August 1892 [P391]
Her first husband passed away at the age of 43 years in 1897 [15]
In 1898 she gave birth to twin daughters Irene Ellen and Sarah Louisa whose father was Thomas DEE [15]
Their daughter Sarah Louisa passed away at the age of four weeks later in 1898 [15]
Married (2) Thomas DEE in Mingenew on 12 October 1901 [P17]
Resided with her husband at railway sidings in Strawberry, Mingenew and again in Strawberry [19] [50]
Her second husband passed away at the age of 46 years on 13 April 1912 and his headstone is now at the Winchester Cemetery [14]
She is said to have worked as a cook for her brother-in-law Frank E. NAIRN from 1907 to 1910 [P17]
Resided in Coorow from 1916 until her death in 1950 [4: 2-Dec-1950] [50]
In 1916 and 1917 she was living near Jun Jun Spring in Coorow [19] [50]
Mother of Hilda Amelia, Albyn and Thomas Clement DOWNES [15]
Mother of twins Irene Ellen and Sarah Louisa, William Joseph and Dora May DEE [P17]
Died 21 November 1950 in Moora; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row E, Plot 13) [1]
Rev. W. J. NORTHERN officiated at her funeral which was undertaken by Hugh H. KNIGHT, both of Three Springs [1]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 2 December 1950:
Obituary - Passing of Coorow Pioneer - Death of Mrs. L. J. Dee
"In somewhat sudden circumstances the death of yet another pioneer resident of Coorow in the person of Mrs. Louisa Jane Dee occurred on Wednesday of last week. The deceased lady, who was eighty-two years of age, had not enjoyed normal health during recent months, and a few weeks ago she visited Perth in order to obtain medical attention. Although not having shown any marked improvement in the intervening period, she decided to return to her home at Coorow, and on the journey there was a sudden deterioration in her condition. She was therefore admitted to the Moora Hospital, in which institution she died shortly after admission. The late Mrs. Dee is survived by four daughters in Mrs. McArthur (East Perth), Mrs. E. Long and Miss Dora Dee (Coorow) and two sons in Messrs. Thomas Downes and William Dee (Coorow). The funeral took place on Thursday morning of last week and prior to the departure of the cortege for the Winchester Cemetery a service was conducted in the Coorow Hall by the Rev. W. J. Northern, of Three Springs, who also officiated at the graveside in the presence of quite a large gathering of relatives and friends."