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Mrs Mary Ellen FOGARTY
Resided in Three Springs 1943-1964 [19]
"Norm" Norman Vincent FOGARTY
Born 20 November 1914 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Dick" Richard James Auchinleck FOGARTY and Ruth Henrietta NESBITT [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs, where his father worked as a Contractor [19]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs from February 1920 to December 1924 [98]
From 1925 onwards he was a student at the Three Springs State School in Three Springs [98]
Relieving Manager of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company's store in Carnamah in September 1935 [5: 6-Sep-1935]
Grocer's Assistant in Three Springs 1936-1959 [19]
Won 2nd prizes for Writing, Pencil Drawing and Crayon Drawing at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Member of the Three Springs Boy Scouts in 1930 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1934 and 1936 [5: 31-Aug-1934, 22-May-1936]
Represented the Three Springs section of the amalgamated Coorow-Three Springs Anglican Parish at meetings in 1934 [5: 19-Nov-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Attended the luncheon tendered to Primate of Australia Rev. Henry F. LE FANU in Three Springs on Monday 1 July 1935 [5: 5-Jul-1935]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Attended the Surprise Party for Miss Joyce E. BASTIAN at The Oaks Farm in Three Springs on 12 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Attended the farewell to Josephine M. FITZGERALD at the Carnamah Hotel on Saturday evening 27 March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Married Mary Ellen HOWARD of Three Springs in 1942 [66]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 30 June 1942 [16]
Best man at the wedding of Albert E. ROJO and his sister-in-law Ivy HOWARD in Three Springs on 16 March 1943 [4: 3-Apr-1943]
Himself and five other local soldiers were honoured at a Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Monday 20 September 1943 [4]
Following dancing and speeches himself and the other five soldiers were presented with a cheques for £3 [4: 25-Sep-1943]
Private WX28405 in the Australian Army's 2/48 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 21 December 1945 [16] and returned to Three Springs [19]
Resided in Three Springs until his death in 1959 [2] [19]
Died 10 December 1959; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WD, 156) [2]
Richard Bryan FOGARTY
Born C.1925 [2]
Resided of late in Three Springs [2]
Died 19 May 1925; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, FA, 98) [2]
"Dick" Richard James Auchinleck FOGARTY
Born 1872 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Joseph FOGARTY and Harriet AUCHINLECK [15]
Farmer and Grazier of Bramley Farm in Mingenew 1903-1916 [50] [61]
Wholesale and Retail Butcher in Mingenew in 1911 [9: 21-Jul-1911]
Always had the primest beef and mutton on hand in addition to small goods and promptly attended to orders [9: 21-Jul-1911]
Married Ruth Henrietta NESBITT on 1 January 1913 at the Church of Christ in Queenstown, South Australia [55]
Contractor in Three Springs 1917-1956 [6] [9] [19]
In April and May of 1917 did contract work for the Upper Irwin Road Board worth a total of £84/19/- [9: 4-May-1917]
The £84/19/- was £80 for a culvert and £3 for gravelling in Three Springs and £1/19/- for gravelling Shenton Street in Mingenew [9]
Offered to the Upper Irwin Road Board to look after the windmill in Three Springs for 10/- per quarter in 1919 [9: 21-Feb-1919]
In June 1919 he was the successful tenderer for four works projects with the Upper Irwin Road Board [9: 27-Jun-1919]
Two of the four works were to construct a stone ford for £6/6/- per chain and do gravelling for £2/7/6 per chain in Carnamah [9]
The other two works projects were a footpath in Three Springs at 22/6 per chain and clearing in Three Springs at 4/6 per chain [9]
Repaired 60 chains of road in Three Springs for the Mingenew Road Board, for 35/- per chain, in July 1920 [9: 30-Jul-1920]
Constructed a stone drain in Three Springs for the Mingenew Road Board for £14 in August 1922 [9: 1-Sep-1922]
Secured by tender with the Mingenew Road Board two formations at 25/- per chain and two gravelling at £2/12/6 and £2/15/- [9]
Donated 5/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1919 [124]
Won the Guessing Weight of Sheep competition at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Starter at the Three Springs Race Club's Annual Race Meeting on the Parakalia Race Course on Thursday 3 March 1921 [9: 25-Feb-1921]
Starter at the Picnic Race Meeting held on the Parakalia Race Course in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day 17 March 1922 [124]
Winner of the Stepping 100 Yards competition at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Did contract work in Three Springs and Arrino for the Carnamah District Road Board in 1924 [10: 1-May-1924, 20-Jun-1924]
In May 1924 did work on Dudawa Road in Dudawa, East Arrino and on Page's Road, Three Springs for £33/5/6 [10]
In July gravelled part of Dudawa Road for £2/9/6 per chain, and cut down hump and graded foot of Dudawa Road for £14/5/- [10]
In November 1924 did gravelling on the lake crossings on the Three Springs-Perenjori Road in Three Springs [9: 31-Oct-1924]
The Board supplied the wire and netting and he fenced the town dam in Three Springs in May 1927 [4: 28-May-1927]
Did forming and gravelling for the Board on the Three Springs-Perenjori Road in April 1927 [4: 30-Apr-1927]
He was the owner of Lot 103 of Victoria Location 2022 on the east side of the Three Springs townsite [44]
Won 2nd prize for Jersey Cow in the Cattle section of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Presented the Three Springs Anglican Church with fruit and veg at its Harvest Thanksgiving service on 23 March 1930 [4: 29-Mar-1930]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dance held at the Spring Hostel in Three Springs on Thursday 1 June 1933 [5: 9-Jun-1933]
Received 2/3 a chain for contract clearing done on Kadathinni and Williamson Street in Three Springs town [5: 27-Oct-1933]
His wife, Mrs Ruth Henrietta FOGARTY, passed away on 18 April 1934 and was buried at the Three Springs General Cemetery [24]
In April 1935 successfully obtained permission from the Three Springs Road Board to erect a dairy in Three Springs [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Sanitary Contractor for the Three Springs Road Board in Three Springs 1935-1937 [5: 14-Jun-1935]
In July 1935 unsuccessfully requested that the Three Springs Road Board introduce a compulsory townsite rubbish scheme [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Unsuccessfully tendered with the Three Springs Road Board to clean out the Dudawa Dam in January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Fanny Jane BRIMSON of Three Springs at the Three Springs Cemetery on 29 April 1946 [4: 4-May-1946]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Floreat Park [2]
Father of Norman, Bruce, Ronald, Beryl, Joyce, Joan and Barbara [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Died 20 November 1956; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WB, 98) [2]
Ronald James FOGARTY
Born 1926 [15]
Son of "Dick" Richard James Auchinleck FOGARTY and Ruth Henrietta NESBITT [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Resided in Three Springs with his parents and following his mother's death with his father 1926-1938 [5: 4-Feb-1938] [19]
Won a 2nd prize for a Crayon Drawing at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Died 31 January 1938; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WB, 98) [2]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 4 February 1938:
"Obituary - Late Ronald Fogarty - It is with extreme regret that we record the death of Ronald James, the youngest son of Mr. and the late Mrs. R. J. Fogarty, of Three Springs. The deceased child, who was only 11 years of age passed away on Monday January 31 at Subiaco. A father, two brothers Norman and Bruce, and four sisters Beryl, Joyce, Joan and Barbara are left to mourn their loss. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the place of interment being the Church of England portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery."
Mrs Ruth Henrietta FOGARTY
Wife of "Dick" Richard James Auchinleck FOGARTY; see Ruth Henrietta NESBITT
William Joseph FOGARTY
Born 1870 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Joseph FOGARTY and Harriet AUCHINLECK [15]
Farmer of Bramley Farm in Mingenew 1903-1906 [50]
Tank Sinker in Mingenew 1910-1914 [50]
Tank Sinker in Three Springs 1915-1917 [50]
Teamster in Mingenew later in 1917 [50]
Station-hand in Perenjori in 1919 [50]
In 1920 he was working as a Tank Sinker and living in Spring Street, Mingenew [19]
Station Hand and Farmhand in Perenjori in 1921-1936 [50]
Later resided in Perth [2]
Died 16 April 1959; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WD, 212) [2]
Eileen FOLEY
Born 1903 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of William FOLEY and Mary O'SULLIVAN [15]
Waitress and Housemaid at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1928-1930 [19]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on 11 April 1929 wearing petunia crepe de chine with frilled skirt [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Married "Bill" William Rees HERBERT in Perth in 1930 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1930-1932 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Rossmoyne [2]
Died 26 December 1996; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
William FOLEY
Land Clearer and Labourer in Dudawa, East Arrino 1914-1921 [19] [50]
Ivy Ethel FORMBY
Born C.1914 [2]
Married "Ben" Benjamin James ACKLEY in Perth in 1949 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Arrino 1949-1962 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Forrestfield [2]
Died 29 October 2000; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 18, 32) [2]
Gretchen FORREST
Resided at the School House in Three Springs in 1956 [19]
Robert FORREST
School Teacher in Three Springs in 1955 and 1956 [19]
Resided at the School House in Three Springs [19]
"Bill" William Clyne FORREST
Born 1889 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [30]
Son of Alexander FORREST and Fanny Eliza MARSHALL [32]
Married Blanche Catherine Mary HATCH in the Gascoyne district of Western Australia in 1912 [66]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 2 August 1915 in Geraldton, Western Australia [30: item 4024338]
On enlistment he was noted as 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 157 lbs., with hazel eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion [30]
Stated his next of kin to be his wife Mrs Blanche FORREST, whose address at the time was Carnarvon, Western Australia [30]
After training at the Blackboy Hill military camp he was appointed on 11 October 1915 to 5th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A32 Themistocles on 13 October 1915 [18]
Served with the 112th Battery of the 24th Howitzer Brigade and then with the 12th Field Artillery Brigade in France [30]
Embarked form England on the Somali on 1 June 1919 and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 8 July 1919 [30]
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Received a Mention in Despatches Certificate and Two Oak Leave (one large and one small - the Mention in Despatches Emblem) [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 31 August 1919 [30]
Plumber in Three Springs 1922-1925 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1922 [10: 12-May-1922]
Could be the "Forrest" who was a member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1922-23 [9: 23-Feb-1923]
Later resided in Wararga in the Murchison, where he worked as a Repairer [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Died 17 January 1951; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, DA, 6) [2]
Mrs FORRESTER
Owing to ill-health she left Three Springs during May 1915 for the purpose of having a rest [10: 14-May-1915]
"Fay" Fanny Mabel FORSYTH
Born 1902 in Sussex, England [21]
Married George ANTHONY on 11 May 1935 in Perth, Western Australia [5: 24-May-1935] [66]
Resided with her husband at the School House in Arrino 1935-1937 [5: 24-May-1935] [6] [19]
Member of Arrino's branch of the Country Women's Association in 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
After a pleasant holiday in Perth she returned to her home in Arrino in late August 1935 [5: 30-Aug-1935]
Won 2nd prize for Coffee Rolls exhibited in the Confectionary section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Her mother spent a holiday staying with her in Arrino during part of September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Wembley [2]
Died 2 October 1996; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Edith May FORWARD
Shop Assistant in Three Springs in 1932 [19]
Rev. Gilbert Stanley FOSS
Born 23 September 1909 in Hanover Square, London, England [MSF]
Son of Thomas Percy FOSS and Lilian May WHEELER [MSF]
Educated at Cambridge University and Lincoln Theological College in England [MSF]
Curate of Saint Luke's in Brighton, Sussex, England [MSF]
Married Lidia Ema DA CONCEICAO on 1 August 1936 in Beckenham, Kent, England [MSF]
During the Second World War volunteered as padre in the Army and spent time in North Africa, Italy and Germany [MSF]
In 1946 was invalided out of the Army and travelled with his wife and two children to Western Australia [MSF]
Departed Southampton, England on the Stirling Castle and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 24 September 1946 [63]
Anglican Rector of the North Midlands Parish from 1946 to 1949 [MSF]
During his time as Rector of the North Midlands Parish resided at the rectory in Three Springs [MSF]
Conducted services at Arrino, Three Springs, Inering, Carnamah, Winchester, Billeroo, Waddy Forest, Coorow and Marchagee [MSF]
Regular services were held at Saint George's Hall in Carnamah, at the school in Winchester and at the hall in Billeroo [MSF]
Once a month services were held at Inering at the home of Conrad A. E. BUSSENSCHUTT [MSF]
Also visited the many schools of his parish during the week [MSF]
He was the officiating minister at a number of burials at the Winchester and Three Springs cemeteries [1] [24]
Chairman of the North Midlands Anglican Church Vestry 1947-1949 [167]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 16 July 1948 [96]
Left Three Springs in July 1949 to become Rector of the Wembley-Floreat Park Parish [MSF]
Returned to England in 1952 and was Vicar of Turner's Hill until December 1956 [MSF]
Returned to Western Australia, arriving in February 1957 [MSF]
On arrival in WA was appointed Rector of the Meckering Parish however with deteriorating health only survived one month [MSF]
Father of Mary and Peter [MSF]
Died 9 March 1957 in Meckering WA; ashes scattered on the Rose Garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [MSF]
Memorialised at the Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Padbury WA [MSF]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Friday 15 March 1957:
"Clergyman's Death - The death occurred at Meckering on Saturday last of the Rev. Gilbert Stanley Foss, who some years ago was in residence at Three Springs as Rector of the North Midlands Parish. The funeral of the deceased gentleman, who is survived by a widow, one son and one daughter, took place in the Karrakatta Crematorium on Tuesday last."
Mrs Lidia Ema FOSS
Wife of Rev. Gilbert Stanley FOSS; see Lidea Ema DA CONCEICAO
Rocco FOSSIATI
Clearing Contractor in Three Springs in 1927 [4: 18-Jun-1927]
He was admitted to the Cottage Hospital in Three Springs in May 1927 when a tree fell onto him while he was clearing [4]
Suffering from a broken pelvis and other complications he was an inmate of the hospital for a considerable time [4]
Mrs Annie Eastman FOSTER
Resided in Three Springs in 1949 and 1950 [19]
Henry FOSTER
Resided on Parakalia Farm in Three Springs 1923-1929 [19]
Milton Garnett FOSTER
Bank Manager in Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]
Percy Rolland FOSTER
Baker in Three Springs in 1949 and 1950 [19]
William Hubert FOWLER
Labourer in Arrino in 1913 and 1914 [50]
F. FOX
Postmaster in Three Springs in 1949 [6]
Speaker at the Valedictory Social for stationmaster Herbert E. REYNOLDS in Three Springs during November 1949 [4: 19-Nov-1949]
Joseph FOX
Railway Ganger in Arrino in 1900 and 1901 [6]
Railway Ganger in Yandanooka in 1903-1908 [6] [50]
Railway Fettler in Coomberdale 1908-1910 [19] [50]
Railway Ganger in Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19]
Railway Fettler in Moora 1915-1917 [50]
Railway Fettler in Coomberdale 1919-1921 [50]
Railway Fettler in Mingenew in 1921 and 1922 [6] [19]
Railway Fettler in Winchester 1922-1925 [50]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
Joseph FOX
Labourer in Arrino 1904-1908 [19]
Ernest FOXCRAFT
School Teacher of the Arrino State School in Arrino in 1941 and 1942 [6] [73]
In 1942 received an annual salary of £312 minus £12 rent for fulfilling the duties of sole teacher of the Arrino State School [73]
Alan Hector FRANKLIN
Born 17 June 1916 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN and Ellen Mary ANDERSON [P295]
Grew up on his father's Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs and was educated at the Three Springs State School [P295]
Won 1st prizes for Pencil and Crayon Drawings and 2nd for Mapping at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Passed in Bookkeeping at the City Commercial College on 18 August 1936, presumably having studied by correspondence [P295]
Clerk / Bookkeeper for William G. and Alba JORDAN at their General Store in the Three Springs townsite [P295]
Awarded 1st prizes for Cabbage, White Turnips and Beetroot and 2nd for Carrots at the Three Springs Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
At the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 won 1st for Swede, 2nd prizes for Turnips and Collection of Vegetables [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Very successfully exhibited in the Vegetable section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Won 1st prizes for Lettuce, Swede Turnips, Carrots, Potatoes, Peas and Broad Beans; and both 1st and 2nd for Beetroot [5]
Won five 1st and six 2nd prizes in the Vegetable section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
1st for Lettuce, Onions, Peas; 2nd for Turnips, Carrots, Parsnips, Beetroot; and 1st and 2nd for Cauliflower and Broad Beans [5]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936-37, and a Committee Member in 1936-37 [5: 10-Jul-1936, 2-Jul-1937]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Awarded six 1st and three 2nd prizes at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5]
Won 1st prizes for Sheep Skin, and for Swede Turnips, Carrots, Onions, Bugle Pumpkin and a Collection of Vegetables [5]
Received his three 2nd prizes for White Turnips, Lettuce and Peas in Pod [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Competed at the Annual Prize Meeting of the North-West District Rifle Clubs Union in Geraldton in August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Married "Dot" Dorothy May KENNEDY on 23 August 1941 at the Wesley Church in the Perth suburb of Claremont [P295]
Resided with his wife and later daughters in a house in Slaughter Street in the Three Springs townsite [P295]
Storekeeper in Three Springs in 1941 and 1942, in partnership with "Joe" Albert E. ROJO as "Franklin & Rojo" [6]
Together they had purchased the General Store of William G. and Alba JORDAN which he had worked in as bookkeeper [P295]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 26 February 1942 [16]
Sergeant W205107 in the Australian Army's Advance Ordnance Depot in Northam during the Second World War [16] [P295]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 3 December 1945, and returned to Three Springs [16] [19]
Storekeeper in Three Springs for at least the years 1947-1949, as part of the firm "Franklin & Rojo" [6]
Farmer of Wattle Grove / The Wattles Farm in Three Springs [P295]
Commenced farming Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs with his father on 28 September 1948 [P295]
Continued to live in Slaughter Street, Three Springs until having a house built and shifting out to the farm in 1953 [P295]
Started a Merino Sheep Stud on his farm in Three Springs, which he conducted from 1954 to 1988 [P295]
When he registered and began breeding his stud he changed the name of the farm from Wattle Grove to The Wattles [P295]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1957 [13]
Member of the Three Springs Farmers Union - served as a Secretary [P295]
Member of the Three Springs Order of Buffaloes [P295]
In November 1964, after semi-retiring, himself and his wife shifted to a house in Railway Road in the Three Springs townsite [P295]
Member of the Three Springs Bowling Club - served as President, Secretary, Treasurer, Captain and Committee Member [P295]
Resided in Three Springs until his death in 1994 [P295]
Father of Margaret, Norma and Valerie [P295]
Died 3 November 1994; cremated at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton WA
"Dot" Dorothy May FRANKLIN
Wife of Alan Hector FRANKLIN; see "Dot" Dorothy May KENNEDY
"Ted" Edward Benjamin FRANKLIN
Born C.1876 [55]
Son of George FRANKLIN and Mary MCLEOD [55]
Departed Adelaide, South Australia on the steamship Grosser Kurfurst with his younger brother Evander [70]
They arrived on the steamship Grosser Kurfurst in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 January 1903 [70]
Gardener in Kojarena east-northeast of Geraldton 1903-1906 [50]
With his brothers Charles and Evander took up the 408 acre Lot 3 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs in 1906 [44] [152]
Absentee Farmer in Three Springs in partnership with his brothers Charles and Evander as "Franklin Bros" from 1906 [44] [152]
They started farming with £70 capital and borrowed additional money from the Agricultural Bank [152]
Himself and his brothers were among the first to commence farming in Three Springs [31: 11-Jun-1911] [120: 26-Dec-1929]
The farm in Three Springs was conducted by Charles while himself and Evander continued market gardening at Kojarena [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Evander later joined Charles in Three Springs and he returned to South Australia [4: 24-Nov-1966]
Married Sarah Florence VENNING 22 December 1908 in Willochra, South Australia [55]
His wife gave birth to their son Kenneth Edward FRANKLIN on 17 September 1909 near Cowell in South Australia [55]
Rates for the farm in Three Springs were in the names of himself and his brothers until 1909-10 [44]
From 1910-11 onwards rates for the farm in Three Springs were in the names of just his brothers Charles and Evander [44]
His brother Evander owed a brother £300 in 1916, which may have been to him for buying out his share of the farm [152]
Mrs Ellen Mary FRANKLIN
Second wife of "Charles" George Charles FRANKLIN; see Ellen Mary ANDERSON
Mrs Elma Joyce FRANKLIN
Wife of Evander Lindsay FRANKLIN; see Elma Joyce HUMPHRYS
Mrs Eva Maud FRANKLIN
First wife of "Charles" George Charles FRANKLIN; see Eva Maud TEAKLE
Evander Lindsay FRANKLIN
Born 27 February 1912 in Bootenal, Western Australia [16]
Son of Evander William FRANKLIN and Henrietta BONE [P114]
Resided with his parents on Canowie Farm in Three Springs [P114]
Came 2nd in the 8 to 10 Years Boys Running Race at the Peace Celebrations in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Among those who travelled from Three Springs to the coast for a day in a truck and two cars on Saturday 23 March 1929 [4: 6-Apr-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Won the Flag Race in the Horse Events section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Finalist in the Billiard Tournament conducted at Mr BROWNING's Billiard Saloon in Three Springs in 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 9 December 1933 [4: 16-Dec-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Also attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held on Saturday 14 April 1934 at the Carnamah Hall [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
Playing Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1934, 1935 and 1937 [5: 15-Jun-1934, 24-May-1935, 14-May-1937]
At the end of the 1935 season received the Medal for the Three Springs Football Club's Most Improved Player [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Social Committee Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 8-May-1936, 16-Apr-1937]
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]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Victory Ball held in Three Springs on Tuesday 24 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball in Carnamah on 7 December 1935 as "Bon Rosa Cigars" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1935-36, and a Committee Member in 1936-37 [5: 8-Nov-1935, 18-Sep-1936]
Attended the Surprise Party for Miss Joyce E. BASTIAN at The Oaks Farm in Three Springs on 12 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Married Elma Joyce HUMPHRYS on 25 February 1941 in Mingenew [P114]
In December 1941 was called into camp with the 25th Machine Gun Militia Regiment [0: image 04063]
His neighbouring farmers and some contract carters joined forces and finished his harvest for him [0: image 04063]
Supplier of music at the Valedictory Social for Rev. Charles and Mrs Hilda WALSH in Three Springs on 11 May 1942 [4: 16-May-1942]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 20 June 1942 [16]
Himself and five other local soldiers were honoured at a Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Monday 20 September 1943 [4]
Following dancing and speeches himself and the other five soldiers were presented with a cheques for £3 [4: 25-Sep-1943]
Sergeant WX29727 in the Australian Army's 25 Calvary Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 25 August 1944 [16]
Farmer of Moonlight Farm in Three Springs [P118]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 18 May 1945 [96]
Served on the Board of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs 1948-1974 and was Chairman 1969-1972 [109]
Speaker at the Valedictory Social for stationmaster Herbert E. REYNOLDS in Three Springs during November 1949 [4: 19-Nov-1949]
Speaker at the Farewell Smoke Social tendered to postmaster Jack ARMSTRONG in Three Springs on 12 March 1953 [4: 21-Mar-1953]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Woodlands [2]
Died 8 September 1974; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Sir T. Meagher Gardens, Lawn 5A, 37) [2]
"Ebner" Evander William FRANKLIN
Born 19 March 1879 in Canowie, South Australia [55]
Son of George FRANKLIN and Mary MCLEOD [55]
Departed Adelaide, South Australia on the steamship Grosser Kurfurst with his elder brother Edward [70]
They arrived on the steamship Grosser Kurfurst in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 January 1903 [70]
Gardener in Kojarena east-northeast of Geraldton 1903-1906 [50]
With his brothers Charles and Edward took up the 408 acre Lot 3 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs in 1906 [44] [152]
Initially Charles began farming in Three Springs while himself and Edward continued market gardening at Kojarena [79: 23-Aug-1973]
He joined Charles in Three Springs later in 1906 and Edward returned to South Australia [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Farmer in Three Springs in partnership with his brothers Edward and Evander as "Franklin Bros" from 1906 [44] [152]
They started farming with £70 capital and borrowed additional money from the Agricultural Bank [152]
Himself and his brothers were among the first to commence farming in Three Springs [31: 11-Jun-1911] [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Initially farmed as "Franklin Bros" with his brothers Charles and Edward and later just with his brother Charles until C.1916 [44]
Rates for the farm were in all three of their names until 1909-10 and then just in his and Evander's from 1910-11 onwards [44]
"Franklin Bros" purchased a Massey-Harris binder in October 1908 [9: 23-Oct-1908]
They grew 250 acres of crop on their farm in Three Springs in 1910 [9: 17-Jun-1910]
On 18 June 1909 purchased a further 595 acres in Three Springs from The Midland Railway Company for £512/9/9 [27]
The 595 acres consisted of Lots M471 and M472 of Victoria Location 1933, and was payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
They exhibited sheaves of Carmichael wheat, Sullivan's Early wheat and Algerian oats at the Moora Show in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
In 1910 potatoes grown on their Three Springs farm were being sold at Stephen SHERIDAN's store in Three Springs [31: 23-Nov-1910]
During the 1915-16 financial year they purchased the 362 acre Lot 1 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area from Gilford HAINES [44]
In 1917 himself and his brother Charles had 500 acres of crop planted on their farm/s [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Married Henrietta BONE in 1910 [66]
Farmer of Canowie Farm in Three Springs [P114]
After dissolving partnership with his brother he was the owner of 770 acres in Lots 1 and 3 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area [44]
His Lots 1 and 3 consisted of 300 acres of first class land and the rest sandplain and cost 10/- and 14/- per acre [152]
His brother Charles became the owner of their remaining 595 acres in Lots M471 and M472 of Victoria Location 1933 [44]
In 1910 his brother had shifted to his part of their land holdings, which he named Wattle Grove Farm [P295]
Extended his farm to a total of 1,178 acres with the purchase of the 408 acre Lot 2 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area [44]
His early settlement and farming efforts along with others of his time helped prove the potential wealth of Three Springs [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Member of the committee formed in July 1910 to obtain an Agricultural Hall for Three Springs [9: 22-Jul-1910]
In mid 1911 was appointed one of three trustees to make plans for the construction of the Agricultural Hall [9: 2-Jun-1911]
In 1916 he was Chairman of the Three Springs Hall Committee, which oversaw the management of the Hall [10: 25-Aug-1916]
Member of the Hall Committee that managed the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs until at least 1919-20 [9: 29-Aug-1919]
Following the death of John HEARN of Arrino there was an extraordinary election called for the Upper Irwin Road Board [9: 2-Sep-1910]
He was nominated to fill the vacancy, and his candidature was endorsed by the Kadathinni Farmers & Progress Association [9]
At a ratepayers meeting in Three Springs on 25 August 1910 it was unanimously decided to support him in the election [9]
In 1910 wrote to the editor of The Midlands Advertiser outlining Three Springs' need for a second Justice of the Peace [9: 28-Oct-1910]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers & Progress Association - was Secretary in 1910 and 1911 [9: 13-Jan-1911, 24-Mar-1911]
Came 2nd in the 440 Yards Running Race at the Sports Meeting held in Three Springs on Easter Monday 17 April 1911 [9: 21-Apr-1911]
Wrote a letter to the editor of The Midlands Advertiser newspaper about the Agricultural Hall to be built in Three Springs [9: 21-Jul-1911]
Although it would be cheaper to have it built of wood and iron he pointed out that it would not last as long as one of stone [9]
There was also the issue, as he pointed out, that after a few years there would be need for a larger and therefore new hall [9]
Building a larger hall out of stone would cost much more and after building leave the Hall with a debt of probably £330 [9]
The debt could be paid off from within five years which was probably the length of time a small wooden one could be of service [9]
Spoke at the Social & Concert held in Three Springs on 24 April 1914 to welcome Rev. J. W. BAYLISS to the district [10: 1-May-1914]
At the reverend's welcome he also gave a recitation to those present titled "How McDougall Topped the Score" [10: 1-May-1914]
Attended the Concert & Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 6 June 1914, which profited the Methodist Church [10]
During the evening recited "Salt Bush Bill" and "The Travelling Post Office" and sang "The Brave Old Oak" [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Chaired / presided over the Concert held in Three Springs in aid of Red Cross funds on Friday evening 15 January 1915 [10: 22-Jan-1915]
Sang "Mr Booze" at a Concert in aid of Methodist Church Funds at Three Springs on Friday 26 February 1915 [10: 5-Mar-1915]
In 1915 he had 300 acres of his farm cleared and cropped, and in 1916 cropped 270 acres [152]
Sang or gave a recitation at the Westralia Red Cross Day Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on 30 July 1915 [10: 6-Aug-1915]
Attended the lecture "Factors on Wheat Growing" by a professor at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1915 [10: 21-Sep-1915]
Speech giver at the silver wedding anniversary celebration of EK & Isabella BYRNE in Three Springs on 9 October 1915 [10: 15-Oct-1915]
Himself and Frank HAGAN won the Most Amusing Turnout item at the Sports Day in Three Springs on 18/02/1916 [10: 25-Feb-1916]
Inaugural Member of the Arrino Cemetery Board, which managed the Arrino Cemetery, in 1916 [10: 18-Aug-1916]
Made a speech at the Welcome Home held in Three Springs for Corporal. John L. HEBITON on 9 August 1916 [10: 11-Aug-1916]
Wrote a letter to the editor of The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper in later August 1916 [10: 25-Aug-1916]
He wrote responding to earlier remarks made by the newspaper's correspondent about the Three Springs Hall Committee [10]
The correspondent claimed the Committee had put "acid" on the local Red Cross by charging the full hire fee for using the hall [10]
Although they had been charged full hire he rightly and concisely reputed the harsh and spiteful remarks of the correspondent [10]
The Committee had given hire reductions to the Red Cross in the past, however on this instance no reduction request was made [10]
The Hall was managed by a committee and the secretary of the Committee had no authority to issue reductions to anyone [10]
Attended the annual Three Springs Day at Casuarina Park in Three Springs on Wednesday 27 September 1916 [10]
Won 1st prize for a Collection of Vegetables and with his horse Chain Lightening won the Farmers Race [10: 6-Oct-1916]
Sang "The Lone Trail" at the Red Cross Society Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on 22 November 1916 [10: 5-Dec-1916]
Member of the Three Springs Y.M.CA. Committee in 1917 [10: 1-May-1917, 15-Jun-1917]
Chairman of the "Combined Committee" in Three Springs which raised £208/17/6 for the Y.M.C.A. in May 1917 [9: 25-May-1917]
The £208/17/6 was raised through the collective holding of a Basket Social, Dance and Ugly Woman Competition [9]
Entrant in the Ugly Man Competition held in 1917 to raise money to pay for the gas plant at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs [10]
Out of the ten competitors he came seventh, his involvement helping to raise the amount of £42/13/4 [10: 6-Jul-1917]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Member of the Three Springs Honour Board Committee in 1917 [10: 20-Jul-1917]
Won the "Melon Race" and received 1st prize for Cauliflowers at the Three Springs Day held on 26 September 1917 [10: 5-Oct-1917]
He gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of W.A. in Three Springs on 16 December 1916 [152]
He believed farmers were disadvantaged as they had to pay land tax, rates, railway freights and duties on many commodities [152]
He was a supporter of farmers co-operating together to buy and sell goods as one instance had already demonstrated the savings [152]
If he could clear more land he believed he could make a success of farming in Three Springs [152]
In December 1917 he performed double somersaults at the lake left behind in Three Springs by the 1917 floods [9: 21-Dec-1917]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1918 [124]
Clerk of Course of the horse races at their Sports Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1918 and 1919 [124]
Steward of the Picnic Race Meetings held in Three Springs to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1928 [124]
Donated 10/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1925 [124]
Attended and spoke at the unveiling of the Three Springs Honour Board on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Inaugural Secretary of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company in 1919 [9: 27-Jun-1919]
In 1929 he was one of the Directors of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Once again won the Melon Race at the annual picnic meeting, the Three Springs Day, on Thursday 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Won 1st prize for Three Heads of Cauliflower at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE in Three Springs on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Member of the Three Springs Race Club - was Steward at their Annual Race Meetings 1921-1929 [9: 25-Feb-1921] [4: 13-Apr-1929]
One of the leaders of the Three Springs Kangaroo Hunting & Picnic Party of Friday and Saturday 1-2 September 1922 [9]
They camped out overnight with tents and a campfire, and he supplied music with his accordion [9: 15-Sep-1922]
On 16 May 1923 took out a contract to purchase a further 1,774 acres of virgin land in Three Springs for 3/6 an acre [27]
The 1,774 acres was Lot M847 of Victoria Location 2022 and was purchased from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The Company rescinded the sale on 10 June 1924 and later that year sold the block to NAIRN Bros for 5/- per acre [27]
Represented the Three Springs Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1923 [9: 4-May-1923]
Attended and spoke at the farewell to local stationmaster James J. STARLING in Three Springs on Friday 17 July 1925 [9: 24-Jul-1925]
Presided over a gathering organised to show appreciation to Senator LYNCH at the Three Springs Hall on 2 October 1925 [9: 9-Oct-1925]
In the absence of a minister he officiated at a number of the earlier burials at the Three Springs General Cemetery [24]
Presided over a dinner tendered to visiting city pressmen at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in October 1926 [9: 22-Oct-1926]
In 1928 grew 800 acres of wheat crop on his farm [4: 31-Mar-1928]
Inaugural Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928, 17-Sep-1932] [5: 26-May-1933, 13-Apr-1934, 10 & 19-May-1934]
Vice President in 1928, Joint Secretary in 1932, Vice President in 1933, and President for part of 1934 and 1935-1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Proposed one of the toasts at the Official Luncheon of the Society's First Annual Show held on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Representative at meetings of the Victoria District Council of Agricultural Societies in 1936 and 1937 [5: 1-May-1936, 28-May-1937]
In 1936 himself, James K. HEBITON Snr and William M. CARMODY drew up rules and by-laws for the Society [5: 22-May-1936]
Presided over the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Dinner held in Three Springs on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Committee Member and Finance Committee Member in 1937, and Vice President 1939-1948 [4: 14-Aug-1937] [5: 30-Apr-1937] [262]
Donated two trophies for the Best Display Exhibit in the Cut Flowers and Farm & Dairy Produce sections in 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Chief Steward of the Ring Events at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Twelfth Annual Show on 14 September 1939 [262]
Steward of the Vegetable section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Shows in 1947 and 1948 [262]
Won 2nd prizes for 3 Merino Ewe Lambs and 2-tooth Strong Wool Merino Ewe at the First Three Springs Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Show Ball following the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Gave a congratulatory speech at the Dance in Arrino on 2 October 1928 to celebrate the victory of the Arrino Football Club [4: 6-Oct-1928]
Along with Mrs Maude JAMES organised a weekend camping expedition to Lookanooka Swamp in October 1928 [4]
The camping party numbered 14, including herself, and during the weekend bagged 24 kangaroos [4: 27-Oct-1928]
Served on the Carnamah District Road Board representing the Three Springs ward 1928-1929 [7: page 113]
Attended the conference in Three Springs on 2 March 1928 to discuss the formation of a Three Springs Road Board [4: 10-Mar-1928]
Member of a deputation formed to petition the Government for a Road Board for Three Springs, Arrino and Dudawa [39: 3-Jul-1928]
A telegram was received in Three Springs by Randolph BARNHART on 28 June 1928 stating their petition had been successful [39]
Attended his last meeting as a member of the Carnamah District Road Board in January 1929 [4: 26-Jan-1929]
Expressed his thanks for the courtesy and appreciation he had received from the chairman and members of the Road Board [4]
Stated his sojourn as a Carnamah District Road Board member had been a pleasant one [4]
Also revealed he hoped a good relationship would exist between the Carnamah Board and the new Three Springs Road Board [4]
Organised parties of men to thin out the kangaroos on a weekly basis in Three Springs in November 1928 [4: 17-Nov-1928]
In February 1929 purchased a new Oldsmobile car from Carnamah dealer Scott WYLIE [4: 9-Feb-1929]
Among those who travelled from Three Springs to the coast for a day in a truck and two cars on Saturday 23 March 1929 [4: 6-Apr-1929]
He had increased his Canowie Farm to 1,400 acres in size by 1929, in addition to a separate block of 5,000 acres [120: 26-Dec-1929]
In 1929 ran 1,000 sheep on the farm and grew 430 acres of wheat crop [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Progress Association until resigning in May 1929 - was Chairman in 1926 [9: 22-Oct-1926] [4: 25-May-1929]
At a meeting held on 10 August 1929 he was appointed a Trustee of the Three Springs Recreation Reserve No. 12432 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Spoke of 20 years ago at the Centenary Celebrations at the Three Springs State School on Friday 13 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Exhibited in the Cattle and Sheep sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Second Annual Show on 30 September 1929 [4]
Won 1st prize for a Fat Beast in the Cattle section and in the Sheep section won 1st prizes for a Ewe and WA bred Ewe [4]
Won 2nd prizes in the Sheep section for 2-tooth Ewe of Strong Wool, Three Ewes and Three Shorn Fat Wethers [4: 5-Oct-1929]
Attended the funeral of Charles C. MALEY M.L.A. at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 16 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Member of the Committee that built the North Midlands District Hospital Building in Three Springs in 1929 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Inaugural Board Member of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1929 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
In October 1929 wrote to the Three Springs Road Board suggesting they purchase rabbit poisoning carts to hire to settlers [4: 26-Oct-1929]
Elected as the Member for the Kadathinni Ward on the Three Springs District Road Board in April 1930 [4: 19-Apr-1930]
Elected by a majority of 33 votes as a member of the Three Springs Road Board for the Womarden Ward in 1932 [5: 25-Nov-1932]
With a plot of Nabawa wheat came 3rd the Three Springs Agricultural Society's 50 acre crop competition in 1930 [4: 29-Nov-1930]
Himself and his sons went kangaroo shooting in bush west of the Three Springs townsite in early November 1930 [4]
Among the kangaroos they "bagged" was a unique one with white jaws and a white spot on its forehead [4: 15-Nov-1930]
They also raised an unguarded eagle's nest where they found two young eagles, a dead rabbit and the skeleton of a wild turkey [4]
Attended the local reception tendered by the Three Springs Road Board to the Bishop of Geraldton on 8 November 1930 [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Member of the Three Springs branch of the Primary Producers Association - was President 1930-1934 [4: 22-Nov-1930] [5: 23-Mar-1934]
Represented Three Springs at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association 1930-1934 [4: 12-Jul-1930] [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Vice President of the North Midlands Football Association in 1934, 1935 and 1936 [5: 13-Apr-1934, 3-May-1935, 8-May-1936]
Organiser of a Gymkhana held in Three Springs in 1930 to raise funds for the North Midlands District Hospital [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Isabella BYRNE of Three Springs on 2 July 1932 at the Moora Cemetery [5: 8-Jul-1932]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Edith PASCOE of Three Springs on 16 July 1932 at the Three Springs Cemetery [5: 22-Jul-1932]
Attended the Commemoration Dinner held at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on Friday 26 August 1932 [5: 9-Sep-1932]
The dinner was to commemorate Three Springs having the highest average yield for wheat in the State for the 1931-32 season [5]
Won the Swerving Race and 2nd in the Melon Race at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Won 1st prizes for Swedes in the Vegetable section and for a Black & White drawing at the Three Springs Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended "The Official Dinner" of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on the evening of Thursday 22 September 1932 [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Speaker at the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Himself and his wife attended the C.W.A. Husbands' Evening at the Three Springs Hall on Saturday 10 December 1932 [4: 17-Dec-1932]
On 9 February 1933 attended the meeting in Carnamah at which Federal Member A. E. GREEN, M.H.R. was entertained [5: 17-Feb-1933]
Member and Vice President of the Three Springs Road Board in 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
Attended the Farewell Social tendered to Sverre HYTTEN at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in early July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
A sample of Comeback wheat he grew was exhibited at the World Grain Show in Regina, Canada in 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Exhibited a very fine Farm Display at the Sixth Annual Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Won 1st prizes for Jersey Cow and Swede Turnips, and 2nd for Carrots at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Ruth Henrietta FOGARTY at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 19 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Vice President of the Three Springs Football Club in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 10-May-1935, 8-May-1936, 16-Apr-1937]
Local agent Oswald S. SOWERBY held a demonstration of the Sunduke scarifier on his farm on 24 August 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club 1935-1951 - was President in 1937 and 1951 [4: 1-Jun-1935, 7-Apr-1951] [5: 9-Apr-1937]
In 1936 he was a Committee Member and Vice President of the Three Springs Golf Club [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Himself and A. J. Eric BRIDGE won the Men's Foursomes at the opening of the Club's new links on 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Represented the Three Springs Agricultural Society at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Exhibited in the Cattle, Wool and Grain & Fodder sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won 1st prizes for Strong Wool Merino Ram Fleece and Sheep Skin, and 2nd prizes for Dairy Cow and Green Wheat for Hay [5]
Sold 14 bales of wool in November 1935 - 10 bales at 16½d. per pound, two at 15¾d., and two at 15½d. per pound [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Wrote to the TS Road Board in January 1936 suggesting they sell their old poison carts to farmers and purchase new ones [5: 7-Feb-1936]
The Board advised him that it was up to farmers to procure efficient poison carts and destroy their own vermin [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Travelled by ship to South Australia in late January 1936 for several weeks vacation [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Among those who attended the Special Ratepayers Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on Monday 10 March 1936 [5: 13-Mar-1936]
After much discussion it was requested that the Board's members resign and half did causing the Road Board to become defunct [5]
Competitor in the Billiard Tournament held in Three Springs in May 1936 to raise funds for the Hospital in Three Springs [5: 8-May-1936]
One of five ratepayers who attended the ratepayers meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on Saturday 20 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Spoke on behalf of the TS Agricultural Society at the Farewell Social to Harold BARNETT in TS on 14 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
After attending the Perth Royal Show in October 1936 returned to Three Springs by car with Henry W. SMITH [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold 35 shorn lambs at 10/1, 41 shorn ewes at 5/10 and 12 shorn ewes at 5/- per head at the Midland Market in 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
In February 1937 the Three Springs Road Board recommended he be appointed a Justice of the Peace [5: 5-Mar-1937]
Speaker at the Farewell to Him & Hettie HOUSE at the tennis courts in Three Springs on Sunday 21 March 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
He was one of only six who attended the Annual Ratepayers Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on 22 March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Among those from Three Springs who attended the season opening of the Coorow Golf Club in Coorow on Sunday 16 May 1937 [5]
He joked that as a young man he had spent much his time in the bush in South Australia and Western Australia, [5]
and thought he'd finished with it but now that he'd taken up golf he was again spending a lot of time in the "bush" [5: 21-May-1937]
Spoke for the Agricultural Society at the farewell to the CARMODY family in Three Springs on Monday 12 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Speaker at the Farewell held for EK, Les & Dorine BYRNE and Mervyn WILLIAMS in Three Springs on 16 June 1938 [4: 25-Jun-1938]
Spoke for the Golf Club at the Valedictory Dance tendered to Ray and Molly SHAW in Three Springs on 13 March 1941 [4: 22-Mar-1941]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Speaker at the Farewell Function for departing hotel manager William A. DUNCAN in Three Springs on 12 April 1944 [4: 22-Apr-1944]
Spoke on behalf of the Golf Club at the Farewell Social for Bill & Alba JORDAN in Three Springs on 30 March 1946 [4: 6-Apr-1946]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Fanny Jane BRIMSON of Three Springs at the Three Springs Cemetery on 29 April 1946 [4: 4-May-1946]
By 1950 he had been made a Justice of the Peace for the regional Magisterial District [4: 21-Jan-1950] [22]
As a Justice of the Peace presided as Magistrate at criminal and traffic cases that went before the Carnamah Police Court [22]
The Carnamah Police Court dealt with cases involving Carnamah, Winchester, Waddy Forest, Coorow, Marchagee and Gunyidi [22]
Presided over his first case at Carnamah on 25 September 1952, and a further two cases during the remainder of the year [22]
He also presided as Magistrate over cases that went before the Three Springs Police Court [4: 21-Jan-1950]
Pallbearer at the funeral of James K. HEBITON Snr of TS at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 10 November 1951 [4: 17-Nov-1951]
Travelled to Perth in October 1955 to attend the Perth Royal Show [5]
He was one of the directors of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-Operative Company Limited in 1956 [4: 19-Apr-1957]
Member of the Three Springs Bowling Club [P114]
His Canowie Farm in Three Springs was later farmed by his son Evander and then by his grandson Mostyn [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Resided at the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs from 23 July 1973 to 20 August 1973 [147]
Spent his later years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs, where he passed away at the age of 97 years [24]
Died 7 August 1976 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 39) [24]
His wife Henrietta passed away two and a half months later on 25 October 1976, also aged 97 years [24]
From the Progress Report of the Royal Commission on the
Agricultural Industries of Western Australia on the Wheat-Growing Portion of the South-West Division of the State:
Saturday 16 December 1916 at Three Springs
"EVANDER WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Farmer, Three Springs, sworn and examined:
I have been farming for eight years here. In fact, since the land was thrown open. I was a farm hand for seven or eight years in South Australia and New Zealand; at Bruce, Baroota and Ardenvale in South Australia. I have 770 acres of Government land in two blocks priced respectively at 10s. and 14s. There were 300 acres first class and the balance sand plain. I am distant three miles from the railway. I have 300 acres cleared. It is all fenced with a boundary fence and subdivided into five paddocks. The water supply is one small dam of 800 yards 6ft. deep. My well went salt recently. The dam cost 1s. 3d. a yard. It is not covered in. It will not last through the summer. I shall have to cart water this year. I am a married man with two children of my own, as well as a motherless child partly dependant on me. They are too young to go to school. I have an iron and bush timber house lined with hessian, an iron roof stable with timbered sides and two straw-thatched sheds, a set of implements, six working horses, one cow, a few pigs. I and two of my brothers started farming with £70 and borrowed from the Agricultural Bank an amount which has since been transferred to the National Bank, £670. I owe £300 to a brother free of interest.
I have 270 acres cropped, no fallow. I believe in fallow but have not had any since 1914. Since then I have been putting in as much as I could with a view to pulling up my arrears. I have 300 acres cleared and if I fallowed the half of it and put in half I would have no hope of paying my working and living expenses. However, I put in 300 acres last year and 270 this year. The land is pretty dirty. Next year I shall put in half and fallow the other half, or try and get land elsewhere and fallow the lot. In 1909 we got 28 bushels over 300 acres but portion of that was on another man's property and we gave him a quarter of the crop. Under ordinary circumstances it would not pay to rent land unless it was strong and clean. Last year from 300 acres I sold 1,160 bags and I retained 67 bags for seed and cut 25 tons of hay, somewhere about four bags [an acre]. This year I have insured it for 14 bushels. At the present time it would take 28s. to 30s. an acre to put in and take off a 15-bushel crop. I sow about one bushel of seed to the acre and about 60lbs. of super. I have only a three-furrow plough. Last year I hired a four-furrow. With six horses I can do four acres a day. I have a 14-disc drill and can do 11 acres a day with it. I have a Sunshine harvester this year. I had a reaper-thresher before. Eight acres would be a fair day's work cultivating. I got a reaper-thresher in 1910. It broke down because it was never a satisfactory machine. It was one of the first three that were introduced into this country. We were offered a concession to introduce it. There are too many wearing parts in it. Last year it broke down and I borrowed a Sunshine from my brother. The machine turned out now is much better than the old one. Bulk handling [of wheat] would undoubtedly reduce our working costs and we would have to convey the grain in a wagon or buy bags and cart it. One bale of bags would do for a year or two. All farmers' machinery should come in free of all duty. It seems to me we are paying too much already and the cost of production is too high. We have to place our produce on the markets of the world and take our chance. There is heavy duty on jute goods also which we should not be asked to pay, as cannot produce the article here.
Last year I had rust. All that I sow after rain I pickle. What I sow before rain I do not pickle. Sowing before rain seems to resist rust. I had smut on that. It was on wet ground. I do not grade the wheat beyond cleaning it in the Sunshine and putting it through the winnower. Vegetables do well here. I put in a few vines but the white ants ate them out. I have not done much with pigs. I started with three sows. I have a couple of acres for a pig paddock, two sows and a boar, and the drought struck so I had to sell the pigs and poultry but I have some poultry again now. I do not employ labour because I cannot afford it, but 30s. to 35s. a week and find it about the ruling rate. Labour is getting less satisfactory. The average farmer is not in the position to employ constant hands as the work is casual and men therefore drift into other avenues of employment. A mixed farmer in this district should have not less than 1,000 acres of land and single-handed he should be able to deal with 300 acres [of crop] annually. Co-operation is an excellent thing. We have tried it to a small extent. It is a melancholy fact that when you ask farmers to co-operate they immediately begin to act individually, but they have never been organised properly and it must gradually come about. We did a little in the way of freights and purchase of bags here. Some of us got a truck of bags and saved 9s 7d. a bale. Another man sent for one bale and it cost him 16s. I do not think the land laws are too bad, but forest land is valueless until it is cleared. I have been paying rent and Road Board rates and land taxes for eight year for land that I have not got a quarter out of. I have not cleared it because I have not had the money to do it with. I am prepared to say that a man should get his land for nothing. I do not think the land laws prevent a man from succeeding. I have not had much concession with regard to my rent but there are other things which require most adjustment. The tricky nature of the railway freights is a problem and so are the protective duties. I used to think the fostering of industries provided a local market for produce, but when you consider we have to pay land tax and income tax, Road Board rates, taxes on bags and machinery and wool packs, it will be easily seen that an undue proportion is the lost of the farmer.
I would like to go in for sheep, and if the Government would supply sheep on extended terms it would suit me. I could carry 100 breeding ewes and possibly more, and they would keep my land clean. Unless you fallow you cannot keep your land clean. In 1914 I had the best fallow in the district, and had to get my neighbour's sheep on it to keep it clean. This is not a dairying district. It is too hot and too far away from the market. I have one cow myself. The winter rains begin in the middle of May and soon after take up. The dry feed is not much good. You would have to feed stock for six months in the year. I have not seen any poison, but I am told there is poison between here and Arrino. I have already referred to the duty on jute goods. Then there are the excessive shipping rates that we suffer from, and the number of hands that our produce passes through, but the present pool scheme looks like an effective organisation. If it could be worked satisfactorily, so much the better, but we should not be left to the whims of speculative buyers. Then, again, the railway freights are far too high. Mixed farming is the only means by which farming can be made to pay. In a new district there is something like £500 to £1,000 in the shape of dams standing between the farmer and development. No doubt a good deal of our trouble may be traceable to the industrial unrest that prevails at present in the shape of strikes and slowing down. They have had the effect of putting up the cost of every commodity that the farmer requires. The way to overcome these difficulties is to educate the people. If coal costs more and iron costs more these costs go to the manufactured machine and finally on to the farmers' costs. I think myself it would be a good idea to compile a standard work on industrial economy and to have it circulated widely, and I think it would prove to be a good investment. These troubles are like an epidemic, and when an epidemic breaks out it is as well to deal with it promptly.
If I had more land cleared I could certainly succeed here."
From The Western Mail newspaper, Thursday 26 December 1929:
Country Towns and Districts - Three Springs and Mingenew - Cereal and Pastoral Wealth - People and Properties
"Born in South Australia, on Canowie Station, afterwards migrating to Maoriland, Mr. Franklin arrived in this State in 1903, and, three years later, he took up land in the Three Springs district with the first pioneers. Mr. Franklin is a director of the North Midlands Co-operative Society, and holds several public offices. He has named his property Canowie Farm, after his birth place. There are 1,400 acres of heavy arable country, and some distance away he owns of 5,000 acres of lighter country. Mr. Franklin is at present building up his flock, which consists of 1,000 head. His grown sheep cut 9¼lb. of wool this year, and at the local show he exhibited the successful West Australian bed merino ewe. He also annexed the first prize in the cattle section for the fat beast. The wheat acreage this year was 430, and for the next season he had 400 acres of fallow, and will also crop 300 acres of oats."
From The Countryman newspaper, Thursday 23 August 1973:
All Roads Lead to North Midlands Show - First Settler Recalls Early Days of District
"One of the oldest pioneers still living in the North Midlands region is Evander Franklin who, with his brothers, took up land west of Three Springs in 1906. Evander is 94 years of age and living in retirement at the new Lady Brand Lodge for the frail aged people alongside the Three Springs Hospital where his 95-year-old wife Henrietta has been for some time. He came to WA from Canowie Station in South Australia in 1903 and took up a small block about 20 miles from Geraldton and started market gardening. His brother Charles came down to farm in the North Midlands while he and another brother Red kept on at the market garden. Ted Franklin went back to South Australia later on but Ted joined his brother Charles in Three Springs on what was then known as the Kadathinni agricultural area west of the township. The original property was carried on by his son Evander Lindsay Franklin and is now run by his grandson Mostyn with his wife and family. Throughout his life Evander has been involved in most community affairs including shire council, sporting clubs and the show society. He is a life member of many of these organisations and this includes honorary life membership of the Royal Justice Association of WA. Evander became a Justice of the Peace in 1936 and was a member of the Three Springs Children's Court for many years. Still reasonably active and keen on taking long walks, he has many memories of the region which read like a chronological history of its development. He had come to the district in the first year land was opened in the area and still maintains it is one of the best farming areas between Perth and Geraldton. Unfortunately his wife Henrietta is too ill to take part in his daily activities but there include twice daily visits to her bedside to chat together. A keen show exhibitor in the early days Evander Franklin views the establishment of the North Midlands show as a realisation of the district's growing prosperity."
Evander William FRANKLIN was a regular judge at local Agricultural Shows:
Himself and Thomas J. BERRIGAN judged the Vegetable section at the "Three Springs Day" on 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Judge of the Vegetable and Grain & Fodder sections at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1929 [4: 28-Sep-1929]
Judged the Vegetable, Grain & Fodder and Dairy Produce sections at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Judge of the Vegetable section at the Carnamah Agricultural Shows in 1932, 1933, and 1934 [5: 23-Sep-1932, 22-Sep-1933, 14-Sep-1934]
Judged the Dairy Produce at the second Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Judged the Farm Produce section at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Shows in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 13-Sep-1935, 11-Sep-1936, 10-Sep-1937]
Judged the Farm Produce and Vegetable sections of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Judged the Farm Produce section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Shows in 1936 and 1937 [5: 18-Sep-1936, 17-Sep-1937]
Judge of the Farm Produce and Vegetable sections at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Victory Show in 1945 [13]
Judge of the Dairy Produce and Fruit & Vegetable sections at the Mingenew District Agricultural Society's 1946 show [261]
Judge of the Farm Produce and Vegetable sections at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1947 [13]
Judged the Farm and Dairy Produce section of the Mingenew Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1958 [4: 26-Sep-1958]
George FRANKLIN
Born C.1831 [55]
Son of Charles FRANKLIN [55]
Married widow Mary MCDONALD nee MCLEOD on 19 October 1870 in Anama, South Australia [55]
His sons Charles, Edward and Evander took up farming in Three Springs, Western Australia in 1906 [44] [152]
Gentleman in Three Springs 1911-1917 [6] [19]
Resided on his son Evander's Canowie Farm in Three Springs in 1916 and 1917 [19]
He could be the George FRANKLIN, late of the Perth suburb of Claremont who died on 29 March 1918 [2]
"Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN
Born C.1874 [24]
Son of George FRANKLIN and Mary MCLEOD [P295]
Gardener in Kojarena east-northeast of Geraldton 1903-1906 [50]
With his brothers Edward and Evander took up the 408 acre Lot 3 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs in 1906 [44] [152]
The three of them had been market gardening at Kojarena and he left first to work their property in Three Springs [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Farmer in Three Springs in partnership with his brothers Edward and Evander as "Franklin Bros" from 1906 [44] [152]
They started farming with £70 capital and borrowed additional money from the Agricultural Bank [152]
Himself and his brothers were among the first to commence farming in Three Springs [31: 11-Jun-1911] [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Initially farmed as "Franklin Bros" with his brothers Edward and Evander and later just with his brother Evander until C.1916 [44]
Rates for the farm were in all three of their names until 1909-10 and then just in his and Evander's from 1910-11 onwards [44]
"Franklin Bros" purchased a Massey-Harris binder in October 1908 [9: 23-Oct-1908]
They grew 250 acres of crop on their farm in Three Springs in 1910 [9: 17-Jun-1910]
On 18 June 1909 they purchased a further 595 acres in Three Springs from The Midland Railway Company for £512/9/9 [27]
The 595 acres consisted of Lots M471 and M472 of Victoria Location 1933, and was payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
They exhibited sheaves of Carmichael wheat, Sullivan's Early wheat and Algerian oats at the Moora Show in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
In 1910 potatoes grown on their Three Springs farm were being sold at Stephen SHERIDAN's store in Three Springs [31: 23-Nov-1910]
During the 1915-16 financial year they purchased the 362 acre Lot 1 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area from Gilford HAINES [44]
In 1917 himself and his brother Charles had 500 acres of crop planted on their farm/s [10: 19-Jun-1917]
After dissolving partnership he was the owner of 595 acres in Lots M471 and M472 of Victoria Location 1933 [44]
His brother Evander became the owner of their remaining 770 acres in Lots 1 and 3 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area [44]
In 1910 he moved onto his own part of the farm which he named Wattle Grove Farm [P295]
Farmer of Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs [61]
Married (1) Eva Maud TEAKLE on 30 March 1909 at the Methodist Church in Gulnare, South Australia [55]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers & Progress Association in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
His and his wife's son Raymond passed away at the age of 11 weeks on 4 April 1910 and was buried at the Mingenew Cemetery [176]
His wife Eva passed away on 24 July 1911 and was buried at the Eastern Road Cemetery in Geraldton [169]
Following his wife's death his daughter Nellie was raised by his sister-in-law and brother Henrietta and Evander W. FRANKLIN [P2]
Humorously recited "Mulga Bill" at the Methodist Church Fund Social held in Three Springs on Thursday 30 July 1914 [10: 21-Aug-1914]
Without anyone knowing he headed south during April 1915, got married, and returned to Three Springs with a wife [10: 11-May-1915]
Married (2) Ellen Mary ANDERSON in Moora on 28 April 1915 [P295]
Won the Stepping 100 Yards competition at the "Three Springs Day" held on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Clerk of Course at the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Wednesday 17 March 1920 [124]
Awarded 1st prize for Bacon at the annual picnic and show, the Three Springs Day, held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Wrote to the Carnamah District Road Board in January 1928 regarding a washaway on the Carnamah-Three Springs Road [4: 14-Jan-1928]
Purchased a new Ampiola player piano from local agent Michael GANNON in September 1928 [4: 22-Sep-1928]
Sold eight bales of wool for 14¾d. per pound through Westralian Farmers Ltd at a wool sale in Perth on 7 October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 19-Jun-1936, 12-Mar-1937]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Returned to Three Springs in mid October 1936 after an extended vacation in South Australia [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 12-Feb-1937]
Donated 10/- to the Three Springs Rifle Club for the Club's most consistent shooter over the first half of 1937 [5: 26-Feb-1937]
Loaned his truck to help cart 80 loads of sand, gravel and stones for the nursing quarters in Three Springs in April 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Farmer in Three Springs until his death in 1951 [19] [24]
Passed away at the age of 77 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [24]
Father of Raymond [24], Nellie, Alan, Olive, Victor and Margaret [P295]
Died 21 June 1951; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 25) [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 30 June 1951:
"Deaths at Three Springs - Two deaths occurred at Three Springs on Thursday of last week, the deceased persons being old and highly respected residents of the district in Mr George Charles Franklin and Mrs Selina May Leonard. The late Mr Franklin, who was one of the early settlers of Three Springs, was seventy seven years of age, and is survived by a widow and three sons and one daughter. The late Mrs Leonard, who is survived by her husband, was the mother of a large family comprising five sons and five daughters, other district relatives being twenty six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Both funerals took place at Three Springs on Saturday last."
Mrs Henrietta FRANKLIN
Wife of Evander William FRANKLIN; see Henrietta BONE
Hettie Isabel FRANKLIN
Born 26 May 1917 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P98]
Daughter of Evander William FRANKLIN and Henrietta BONE [P98]
Grew up and was educated in Three Springs [P98] and then worked as a Shop Assistant in Three Springs 1939-1947 [19]
Won 1st prizes for Writing and Sewing and a 2nd for Mapping at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
At the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1929 won 1st prizes for Wildflowers and Sewing and a 2nd for Mapping [4: 5-Oct-1929]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 as a "Summer's Night" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Won 2nd prizes for a Crayon Drawing and a Pencil Drawing at the Fourth Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Grand Show Ball following the Three Springs Show on 22 September 1932 in frock of apricot satin [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the Anglican Church Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 20 July 1933 in a dress of shell pink crepe de chine [4: 29-Jul-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]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
On 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Opening Ball in a tangerine georgette frock with coffee panels [5: 18-May-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]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball on Saturday 20 October 1934 in a dress of blue marocain [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 in a gown of coral pink velvet [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Herself and Max BARR won the lucky spot dance at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Ball on 4 July 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball in Carnamah on 7 December 1935 as "Bon Rosa Cigars" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1935-36, and a Committee Member in 1936-37 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 18-Sep-1936]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Mad Hatter's Leap Year Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 29 February 1936 [5: 6-Mar-1936]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 10 September 1936 dressed in ivory crepe suede [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Won 2nd prize for Coffee Rolls in the Confectionary section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Wednesday 12 May 1937 in "pleated satin in pillar box red" [5: 14-May-1937]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 3 June 1937 dressed in flame satin [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Dressed as "Ireland" partook in the Empire Parade at the Anglican Church's Annual Ball in Three Springs on 17 June 1937 [5: 25-Jun-1937]
Attended the Annual Catholic Ball at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka on 24 June 1937 dressed in red pleated satin [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Steward of the Fancywork section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Twelfth Annual Show held on 14 September 1939 [262]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1941 [4: 9-Aug-1941]
Married "Bill" Albert Charles BOTHE on 3 February 1948 in Three Springs [P98]
Resided on Clerklands Farm at Billeroo, East Winchester in the Carnamah district 1948-1994 [P98]
Member of the Carnamah Uniting Church Ladies Guild - served as Secretary [P98]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association [P98]
Member of the Carnamah Bowling Club [P98]
Along with her husband left the Carnamah district on 14 February 1994 and shifted to 8 Coode Street in South Perth [P98]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Mother of Allen [P98]
Died 20 October 2006; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Melaleuca Court, Plot 1933) [2]
"Maggie" Margaret Winifred Jean FRANKLIN
Born 15 July 1921 in Perth, Western Australia [P295]
Daughter of "Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN and Ellen Mary ANDERSON [P295]
Resided with her parents on Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs [19] [P295]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 as "Summer" [4: 6-Dec-1930]
In a dress of old gold crepe de chine attended the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball on Thursday 12 October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Won 1st for Writing, Pencil Drawing, Crayon Drawing and Needlework at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
At the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 she was awarded two 1st prizes for a Pencil Drawing and Hobby Work [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won 2nd prize for Collection of Commonwealth Postage Stamps at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Clerk in Three Springs in 1943 [19]
Mostyn Evander FRANKLIN
Son of Evander Lindsay FRANKLIN [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Farmer in Three Springs 1970-1986 [19]
Mostyn Lloyd FRANKLIN
Born 9 December 1913 in Geraldton, Western Australia [16]
Son of Evander William FRANKLIN and Henrietta BONE [84]
Resided with his parents on Canowie Farm in Three Springs [19]
Baptised by Charles H. HAMMER of the Wesley Manse in Dongara on 7 April 1914 [84]
Won a 2nd prize for Writing at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 9 December 1933 [4: 16-Dec-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held on Saturday 14 April 1934 at the Carnamah Hall [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1934-1936 [5: 15-Jun-1934, 24-May-1935, 22-May-1936]
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 Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Dance held at the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 18 July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
During the Dance he was presented with a medal for being the Football Club's Most Improved Player during the 1934 season [5]
Played for the North Midlands Football Association in a match against the Perenjori-Morawa Association on 28 July 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball in Carnamah on 7 December 1935 as "Bon Rosa Cigars" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
In 1937 he was working for the Vacuum Oil Company at their depot in Moora [5: 11-Jun-1937]
During the first weekend of June 1937 he visited his parents in Three Springs [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Perth on 12 September 1940 [16]
Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force's 21 Squadron during the Second World War [16]
Received the Distinguished Flying Medal [16]
He was mentioned in despatches for outstanding courage in the rescue of an airman from a blazing plane carrying explosives [4]
On his return he was tendered a Welcome Home Social at the Three Springs Hall on Saturday evening 1 December 1945 [4: 8-Dec-1945]
His Welcome Home Social was largely attended by residents from Arrino, Three Springs, Perenjori, Carnamah and Coorow [4]
The evening was organised by the Youngest Set of the C.W.A. and included a dance to music supplied by Carter's Orchestra [4]
On behalf of the residents of the district the Chairman of the Three Springs Road Board cordially welcomed him home [4]
According to electoral rolls he resided in Three Springs until 1947 [19]
Nellie May FRANKLIN
Born 1911 [15]
Daughter of "Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN and Eva Maud TEAKLE [P2]
Her mother died later in 1911 and she was raised by her aunt and uncle Henrietta and Evander W. FRANKLIN [P2]
Resided on Canowie Farm in Three Springs [19]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of cerise crepe de chine and taffeta [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Anglican Church's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 27 June 1929 as an "Gipsy" [4: 6-Jul-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Attended the Annual Ball after the TS Show in 1930 in turquoise blue crepe de chine with tea-turning uneven hemline [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Won 2nd prize for a Collection of Fancy Work at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 22 September 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Member of the Younger Set of the Three Springs Country Women's Association - was Treasurer in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in a dress of old gold satin [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Superintendent of the Three Springs Methodist Church Sunday School in 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-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]
In a dress of red marocain attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
In an ivory silk velvet gown attended the Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 10 September 1936 dressed in pink georgette [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Won 1st for Coffee Rolls and 2nd for Victoria Sandwich and Crochet Work at the 1936 Three Springs Agricultural Show [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 dressed in coral pink georgette [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Later travelled to South Australia to meet her mother's relatives, and ended up staying and marrying there [P2]
Olive Saxon FRANKLIN
Born 12 November 1917 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [84]
Daughter of "Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN and Ellen Mary ANDERSON [P295]
Resided with her parents on Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs [P295]
Baptised by Alex W. JAMES of the North Midlands Methodist Mission on 9 April 1919 [84]
Won 2nd prizes for a Pencil Drawing and Sewing at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 28 November 1930, dressed as a "Pansy" [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Won 1st prize for the Best Collection of Commonwealth Postage Stamps at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Died 26 November 1944 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 17) [24]
Raymond Douglas FRANKLIN
Born 1909 [176]
Son of "Charles" George Charles FRANKLIN and Eva Maud TEAKLE [24]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Three Springs [19]
Died 4 March 1910 in Three Springs; buried Mingenew Cemetery, Mingenew (Methodist, 227B) [176]
Victor Harold FRANKLIN
Born 15 September 1919 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN and Ellen Mary ANDERSON [P295]
Resided with his parents on Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs [19]
Member of the Three Springs Boy Scouts in 1930 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Farmer of Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs [19]
Won 2nd prize for a Strong Wool Merino Fleece at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 12-Jun-1936, 13-Aug-1937]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Trooper in the 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment formed in Carnamah during the Second World War [16]
Married Margaret Ellen Avis Eileen STOKES in February 1943 [161]
Later farmed in Tenindewa, and by 1975 was living at 37 Slaughter Street in Three Springs [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Father of William, George and Doyle [161]
Died 6 June 1997; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
William James Victor FRANKLIN
Born 15 November 1943 [161]
Son of Victor Harold FRANKLIN and Margaret Ellen Avis Eileen STOKES [161]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1965, however by 1968 had shifted to Dalwallinu [19] [24]
Died 12 July 1968 in Dalwallinu; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Row 4, Plot 117) [24]
Alexander George FRASER
Born C.1870 [24]
Contractor in Arrino 1906-1917 [6]
In 1917-18 and 1918-19 he paid rates for the quarter acre Lot 101 of the Arrino townsite [6]
Donated 5/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1919 [124]
Clearing Contractor in Three Springs 1922-1925 [6]
Pensioner in the Arrino townsite 1932-1939 [6] [19] [24]
Resided in a hut built in a clump of jam trees near the railway line in Arrino, about a quarter of a mile north of the Arrino Store [P2]
He later moved his small hut, which had a tin roof and very small rainwater tank, to within 100 yards of the Arrino Store [P2]
Among those who protested in 1935 against the Three Springs Road Board spending their rates on tennis courts in Arrino [5: 27-Sep-1935]
The local storekeeper Jack ALLAN used to keep an eye on him [P2]
Died 20 May 1939 in Arrino; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 35) [24]
Also known as George Alexander FRASER [6] [50]
Mrs Eileen Constance FRASER
Resided in Arrino 1965- [19]
Robert Bruce FRASER
Farmer in Arrino 1965- [19]
Una Dorothy FRASER
Born 5 July 1922 in Hambley Bridge, South Australia [205]
Daughter of Norman Symon Albert FRASER and Lisette Dorothy BROOKS [55]
School Teacher at the small school in Kinnaird on the west coast of South Australia [205]
Married Harry REED on 17 January 1946 at Pirie Street Methodist Church in Adelaide, South Australia [205]
Along with her husband and son left South Australia in 1950 and shifted to Western Australia [205]
They resided in Marchagee for a year and after purchasing farmland shifted to Arrino in 1951 [205]
Resided on York Park Farm in Arrino 1951-1994 [19] [P318]
Member of Arrino's branches of the Country Women's Association and Red Cross Society [P318]
The Arrino State School closed the year before they moved to Arrino, so her children attended the Three Springs State School [P318]
Member of the Three Springs Parents & Citizens Association - served as President [P317]
Coached and umpired netball for the Arrino Netball Club and the Three Springs Netball Club [P318]
Served on the Management Committee of the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs [P318]
Also a very active member of the Friends of the Lady Brand Lodge, and helped run a craft group for the Lodge's residents [P317]
Later an active member of Friends of the North Midlands Health Service [P317]
Helped run the Three Springs Scouts [P318]
Ran Sunday School from the church in Carter Street, Three Springs [P318]
During her time as Sunday School teacher they put on a production of the musical Oliver, which they also performed in Morawa [P318]
Herself and her husband looked after the garden of the Church in Carter Street, Three Springs [P317]
After having a house built herself and her husband shifted from York Park Farm in Arrino to the Three Springs townsite [P318]
Mother of Neill and Christine [205]
Simon FRAWLEY
Labourer in Three Springs in 1921 and 1922 [19]
Elizabeth Jane FREEMAN
Born C.1877 [55]
Daughter of William FREEMAN [55]
Married (1) John Francis HEARN in Geraldton in 1902 [15]
Resided with her husband on Gabyon Station in the Murchison district [9: 15-Jul-1910]
Due to indifferent health her husband sold Gabyon and they embarked on a holiday to England [9]
After returning from England her husband purchased and they settled on Woopenatty Station in Arrino [9]
Her husband passed away in Perth on 12 July 1910 after an accident inside a lift at His Majesty's Hotel [9]
She was not in Perth at the time and learnt of her husband's tragic death after receiving a telegraph [9]
Following her husband's death received a letter of condolence from the local Kadathinni Farmers and Progress Association [9: 22-Jul-1910]
Farmer, Grazier and Owner of Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1910-1927 [6] [9]
Had Woopenatty Station in Arrino managed by her late husband's employee Howard Brydon SMITH [P2]
Donated £3/3/- to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
Patron of the Saint Patrick's Day Picnic Race Meetings in Three Springs on 15 March 1923, 17 March 1924 and 17 March 1925 [124]
On 1 April 1927 sold most of her Woopenatty Station in Arrino to Frank F. WEAVER and his partner of South Australia [144]
Married (2) Howard Brydon SMITH on 7 October 1927 at the residence of the Archbishop in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
In mid 1928 they had a house built on a retained portion of Woopenatty Station in Arrino, which they named Earra Farm [144]
Their new house on Earra Farm was built by stonemason Angelo PETROBONI and carpenter Laurie TONGALI [144]
Resided with her second husband on Earra Farm in Arrino 1928-1950 [19] [144]
During the depression Frank F. WEAVER was unable to complete the purchase of Woopenatty and she regained ownership [P2]
Mother of Kathleen Monica HEARN [15]
George FREEMAN
Farmhand for sharefarmers Herbert B. FAWCETT and John H. G. LORD on Woopenatty Station in Arrino in 1929 [144]
Enid Emily FROST
Resided in Three Springs in 1948 [19]
Francis Robert FROST
Labourer in Three Springs in 1948 [19]
Hubert FROST
Contractor in Arrino in 1908 and 1909 [19] [50]
Contractor on Woopenatty Station in Arrino in 1910 [19]
Solomon FROST
Builder in Arrino 1931-1943 [19] [50]
Reuben FUNNELL
Yardman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1921 [19]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1925 [19]
GGG
Bartolomei GABRIELLO
Did contract clearing on Frank F. WEAVER's Woopenatty Station in Arrino in 1928, for which he was paid £151.4.0 [144]
Florence Jane GADD
Born 1905 in Guildford, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of John Augustus GADD and Bertha May TRUSLOVE [15]
Married Richard Philip HARDWICK in 1926 [66]
Shifted with her husband to Arrino in August 1927, where her husband was the local State School teacher [4: 6-Aug-1927]
Following her husband's transfer they left Arrino in late May 1929 [4: 18-May-1929]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Como [2]
Died 20 July 1996; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Banksia Court, L1B, 122) [2]
Frances Emily GADEN
Born 1875 in Lower Swell, Glocestershire, England [20] [21]
Daughter Thomas Partington GADEN and Joyce SMITH [20] [21]
Her father worked as a road contractor, haulier and then farmer [20]
She was the eldest of seven children with younger siblings Thomas, Charlotte, Robert, William, Sarah and Harry [20]
Resided with her parents and siblings at The Vicarage and later at The Elms in Lower Swell, Gloucestershire, England [20]
Married William Henry Godfrey HOWARD in England in 1905 [21]
Resided with her husband in Mingenew, Western Australia 1928-1942 [16] [19]
Judged the School-work section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Secretary of the Mingenew-Yandanooka branch of the Country Women's Association 1929-1935 [4: 20-Jul-1929, 12-Dec-1931] [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of old rose crepe de chine [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Helped secure a £50 grant from the Medical Department for the appointment of a district nurse in Mingenew in 1930 [4: 15-Feb-1930]
Attended the Annual Ball after the Three Springs Show in 1930 wearing "black silver lace and brilliant buckle" [4: 11-Oct-1930]
One of the Costumes Judges at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Arrino on Tuesday 12 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Attended the quarterly conference of the Northern Section of the C.W.A. in Northampton on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 in midnight blue crepe [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club in 1936 [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Inglewood [2]
Died 12 February 1950; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZI, 45) [2]
Rev. Father Bryan GALLAGHER
Born 21 September 1911 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [187]
Son of Charles Stanislaus GALLAGHER and Mary HORNE [15] [187]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia 1926-1929 [187]
Left for Rome in Italy in 1929, was ordained as a Deacon on 28 October 1934 and a Priest on 22 December 1934 [187]
After obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy he returned to Western Australia to take up an appointment in Geraldton [187]
Departed Port Said on the Mongolia and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 September 1935 [63] [187]
Assistant to the Geraldton Parish and editor of the Geraldton diocesan paper The Cathedral Chronicle 1935-1938 [187]
Administrator and Diocesan Secretary of the Geraldton Parish and of Saint Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Geraldton 1938-1944 [187]
In 1944 he was transferred from Geraldton to Three Springs, where he succeeded Rev. Father Michael LYNCH [4: 5-Feb-1944]
He was farewelled at the Druids Hall in Geraldton on Sunday 30 January 1944 by the Parishioners of Saint Xavier's Cathedral [4]
Priest of Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Three Springs 1944-1952 [4] [6] [19]
During his time in Three Springs he also fulfilled the positions of Diocesan Secretary, Diocesan Consulter, [187]
Official of the Diocesan Tribunal for Matrimonial Causes, Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, [187]
Diocesan Inspector of Schools, and Director of the Roman Catholic Church's Immigration Scheme [187]
Speaker at the Farewell Dance for Christopher & Mildred THOMAS at the Three Springs Hall on 11 September 1944 [4: 16-Sep-1944]
Served on the Board of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs from November 1945 to July 1952 [109]
Speaker at the Farewell Social for Alex & Claire BROWN at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 3 August 1946 [4: 10-Aug-1946]
Speaker at the Farewell for Matron KING held at the lounge of the Hospital Quarters in Three Springs on 29 August 1946 [4: 7-Sep-1946]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1947 and 1948 [262]
In 1949 he had a Morris Oxford car, said to be ideal for trips from Three Springs to Perth [187]
He was named a Domestic Prelate in March 1951, and consecrated a Bishop in Geraldton in June 1952 [187]
Following his consecration he was known as His Lordship Bishop Bryan Gallagher [187]
Celebrated his first Pontifical High Mass at Saint Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Geraldton on 15 June 1952 [187]
He was noted for his "uncomplaining, even temperament, and to his personal generosity to the poor and fellow priests" [187]
Following his consecration left Three Springs to take up the position of Bishop-Elect of the Diocese of Port Pirie, South Australia [187]
Ellen Irene GALLAGHER
Resided in Arrino in 1921 [19]
John Ambrose GALLAGHER
Farmhand in Three Springs 1921-1923 [19]
Thomas Cornelius GALLERY
Farm Manager in Three Springs in 1914 and 1915 [19] [50]
Bobby GALLOPUP
Aboriginal Native of Three Springs [9: 21-Apr-1911]
Won the Hurdle Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting held in Three Springs on Easter Monday 17 April 1911 [9: 21-Apr-1911]
Annie GANE
Cook in Arrino in 1914 [19]
Cook at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1915 and 1916 [50]
Cook at the Hotel in Pithara in 1923 [19]
Mrs Doris GANNON
Wife of Michael GANNON; see Doris POOLE
Michael GANNON
Married Doris POOLE in 1928 [66]
Draper and Mercer in Three Springs in 1928 and 1929 [4] [19]
Proprietor of "The Draper Quality House" in Three Springs, which sold clothing, boots, shoes, mercery, millinery and fancy goods [4]
In 1928 he was the local agent for the Billy Edwards Music Company Ltd and for the "All British" Clynco cars [4: 6-Oct-1928, 10-Nov-1928]
Through his agency for the Billy Edwards Music Coy he sold players, pianos, phonographs, records and all things musical [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Trustees for his estate held a gigantic sale of the stock within his store at Three Springs on Saturday 18 January 1930 [4: 18-Jan-1930]
The premises his store had occupied in Three Springs were later used by "Mick" Clifford F. COFFEY [P2]
"Ina" Williemine GARDEN
Attended the Ball after the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of white silk marocain [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Married Walter Wyndham DURACK in Perth on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934] [66]
Following their marriage they travelled back to Arrino aboard the mail train on Monday 16 April 1934 [5]
Resided with her husband on the Arrino Estate in Arrino [19]
Member of the Arrino Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 15-Nov-1935, 20-Nov-1936]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 3 June 1937 dressed in peach satin [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Mrs Emma Frazer GARDINER
Wife of William Arnold GARDINER; see Emma Frazer JAMES
James GARDINER
Contractor in Three Springs 1909-1912 [6]
Contractor and Labourer in Carnamah 1916-1920 [6] [50]
Molly GARDINER
Barmaid in Three Springs in 1938 [19]
William Arnold GARDINER
Born 22 October 1898 in London, England [16]
Married Emma Frazer JAMES in 1930 [66]
Farmhand in Three Springs 1931-1938 [19] [50]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Queens Park prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 17 July 1941 [16]
Private W26598 in the Australian Army's 9 A.A.A.D. during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 24 August 1948 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Queens Park [2]
Died 25 February 1977; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 13, 170) [2]
A. J. GARDNER
Representative for the Shell Oil Company in Three Springs in 1939 and 1940 [6]
Walter GARLAND
Labourer in Three Springs 1908-1910 [19]
Labourer on Lake View Farm in Three Springs in 1910 [19]
Elizabeth Jean GARNSWORTHY
Nursing Sister at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Married Arthur Henry DARGIN in Perth in 1951 [66]
Resided in Three Springs 1951-1962 [19]
Mr GARTRELL
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1925 [9: 24-Jul-1925]
Albert McKenzie GASMIER
Head Teacher at the State School in Three Springs 1945-1948 [73]
Resided at the School House in Three Springs [19]
Received an annual salary of £406 in 1945 and 1946, £466 in 1947, and £576 in 1948 [73]
Mrs Dorothy Lillian GASMIER
Resided at the School House in Three Springs 1945-1948 [19] [73]
Frederick William GAUNT
Farmhand in Arrino 1931-1935 [19] [50]
T. GAVIN
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1922 [10: 30-Jun-1922] [9: 8-Sep-1922]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1922-23 [9: 12-Jan-1923]
James GAYTON
Clearer in Three Springs 1926-1929 [19]
William McBean GEDDES
Born C.1922 [2]
Resided of late in Three Springs [2]
Died 21 January 1987; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Rose Memorial, RC Section, KQ, 1) [2]
Margaret GEISON
Teacher in Three Springs in 1935 [19]
Miss GELSON
To great applause sang "Idle Dreams" at the Methodist Church Fund Social in Three Springs on 30 July 1914 [10: 21-Aug-1914]
Robert Bruce GEMMELL
Born 7 January 1895 in Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of Archibald Stewart GEMMELL and Elizabeth GORDON [54]
Manager of the Bank of New South Wales in Mingenew, Western Australia 1935-1939 [5] [6] [50]
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 13-Nov-1936]
Represented the North Midlands Cricket Association in a match against the Carnamah District Cricket Association in 1935 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Motored to Perth with Henry H. KENT, manager of the National Bank in Mingenew, on Monday 23 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Speaker at the North Midlands Cricket Association's dinner at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on 21 March 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Attended the Official Opening of the Three Springs Golf Club's new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Married Winifred Isabel PEARCE in Perth in 1937 [66]
Committee Member of the Mingenew Parents & Citizens Association in 1937 [4: 7-Aug-1937]
Committee Member of the Mingenew Hospital Association in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Secretary of the committee who made the preparations for the Mingenew Hospital Association's Annual Ball in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Lieutenant W72011 in the Mount Magent's Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Maylands [2]
Died 21 March 1953; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
"Dot" Dorothy Rose GENGE
Born 1907 [15]
Married "Mac" Murray McErlain WILSON in Perth in 1929 [66]
Resided with her husband on Neereno Farm in Three Springs 1929-1958 [4] [19] [61]
Following their marriage herself and her husband were the guests of honour at a Social in Three Springs on 1 November 1929 [4]
During the evening, which was tendered by the Three Springs Football Club, they were presented with a chime clock [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Costume Judge at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Won 2nd prize for Garden Flowers exhibited at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Awarded 1st prizes for White Hen Eggs and Table Vase of Flowers at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Two years later, at the Three Springs Agricultural Show 1935, once again won 1st for White Hen Eggs and Table Vase of Flowers [5]
At the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 she also received a 2nd prize for Stock [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Exhibited in the Confectionary, Flower and Farm-Dairy Produce sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Won 1st and 2nd for White Hen Eggs; 1st for Table Vase of Flowers, Victoria Sandwich and Swiss Roll, and 2nd for Scones [5]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Mother of John and Donald [P2]
Died 19 December 1992; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, HC, 108) [2]
Colin Leslie GEORGE
Railway Officer in Three Springs for at least the years 1961-1965 [19]
Donald Maxwell GEORGE
Railway Stationmaster in Three Springs for at least the years 1959-1965 [19]
Resided at the Railway Station in Three Springs [19]
Joyce Hannah GEORGE
Resided at the Railway Station in Three Springs for at least the years 1959-1965 [19]
Mrs Lillian Amelia GERSCH
Wife of Edgar Victor GERSCH; see Lillian Amelia LUSCOMBE
Frances Christina GEYER
Married Gustav Franz Benjamin WEISS in Perth in 1902 [15]
Resided on William DEAN's Woodbree Farm in Three Springs 1916-1919 [19] [50]
Thomas Edward GIBBINGS
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1909-1914 [19]
Manager of Cintra Farm in Arrino in 1914 and 1915 [50]
Lionel James GIBBS
Farmhand in Three Springs 1925-1927 [9] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1925-1927 [9: 28-Aug-1925] [4: 7-May-1927]
Miss GIBSON
Sang the songs "The Holy City" and "Bonnie Mary of Argyle" at the Concert & Dance in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Annie GIBSON
Married "Harry" Henry John PAGE in 1910 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Three Springs 1911-1927 [6] [19] [50]
Travelled from Three Springs to Perth for an extended holiday in October 1914 [10: 16-Oct-1914]
Attended the Basket Social & Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs in aid of the Red Cross on Friday 30 July 1915 [10]
During the evening she purchased a donated bag of wheat for 20/- and then donated it back so it could be sold again [10: 6-Aug-1915]
While travelling into the Three Springs townsite one day in June 1917 her horse took fright after the sulky struck a stump [10: 15-Jun-1917]
The horse bolted, overturning the sulky and throwing her out, however fortunately her injuries were only bruises and shock [10]
Won 1st prizes for Green Peas and Butter and 2nd for Eggs at the Three Springs Day on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Vera GIBSON
Born 1901 in Bunbury, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of George GIBSON and Matilda WADDINGHAM [15]
Married John Henry BLAXILL in 1923 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1933-1940 [6] [19]
With George WOLTER won the Jazzing Competition at the Wheatgrowers Ball in Three Springs on 21 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Arthur Reginald GILBERT
Farmhand in Three Springs in 1931 and 1932 [19] [50]
Charles James Tomes GILBERT
Clearing Contractor and Labourer in Three Springs 1922-1932 [6] [19]
The Mingenew Road Board offered him £4 per chain to form and gravel a road in Three Springs in August 1922 [9: 1-Sep-1922]
From February 1923 to July 1924 his sons Clarence and Gerald attended the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
His sons had previously attended the State School in Geraldton, and after July 1924 attended the State School in Three Springs [98]
In 1924 contract gravelled Gull & Strutton's Road in There Springs for the Carnamah Road Board for £3/2/6 per chain [10: 26-Jun-1924]
Sent a wreath to the funeral of Charles C. MALEY M.L.A. at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 16 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
George GILCHRIST
Fencer in Three Springs 1911-1913 [19] [50]
John GILDEA
Labourer in Three Springs in 1910 [50]
Farmer in Three Springs in 1911 [6]
Edward Cecil B. GILES
Manager in Three Springs in 1939 [19]
Leonard Humphrey GILES
Clearer in Arrino in 1950 [19]
Mrs Mary Sinclair GILES
Resided in Three Springs in 1939 [19]
John GILLIAM
Miner in Arrino in 1904 [6]
M. GILLICK
Resided in the Three Springs-Arrino district prior to enlisting in the Armed Forces during the First World War [10]
His name appears on the Three Springs Honour Board, which was unveiled on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Doris May C. GILMORE
Resided at the Police Station in Three Springs 1959-1961 [19]
Fred Cyril W. GILMORE
Police Constable in Three Springs 1959-1961 [19]
A. GIRALT
Resided in Three Springs [4: 16-Aug-1930]
His wife had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1929 [53]
Under instructions from his wife a clearing sale was held on her farm seven miles east of Three Springs on Friday 4 April 1930 [4]
Livestock sold at the sale consisted of 1004 sheep (mostly Merino ewes), 17 farm horses, four cows and one calf [4: 29-Mar-1930]
Machinery sold at the sale included a 15/30 Case tractor, 3½-horsepower New Way engine, 5-horsepower Lister engine, [4]
2-stand Moffat Virtue shearing plant, wool table, wool press, 6-ton wagon, 4-ton wagon, Sunshine 16-run drill cultivator, [4]
spring cart, light spring cart, Linke Noacke buggy, 14-disc Sundercut, 5-furrow Sunshine mouldboard plough, hay rake, [4]
McKay 4-disc plough, 12-foot spring tooth cultivator, Purser T bar roller, two 8-foot Sunshine headers, 20-disc Sunshine drill, [4]
10-foot Sunshine harvester, Hannaford pickler and grader, portable chaffcutter, stationary chaffcutter, new Chevrolet Six truck, [4]
In August 1930 he advertised that he wanted to sell, lease or have share farmed his 3000 acre Dalveen Farm in Carnamah [4: 16-Aug-1930]
Mrs Barbara GISBOURNE
Resided in Arrino in 1958 [19]
Ronald GISBOURNE
Teacher in Arrino in 1958 [19]
Marie GLASKIN
Born 1920 [15]
Probationary Assistant Teacher of the Three Springs State School in 1941, on an annual salary of £187 [73]
Married "Archie" Merlie Edward HOWARD in Perth in 1942 [66]
Resided in Three Springs 1943-1984 [2] [19]
Died 10 May 1984; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Mrs Christine Laura GLADSTONE
Wife of Wilfred Victor GLADSTONE; see Christine Laura BAILE
Wilfred Victor GLADSTONE
Born 1886 in Talbot, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Robert George GLADSTONE and Emily FRY
Farmhand for TRATHAM Bros in Tambellup, Western Australia [50]
He was passed as fit for active service in the Australian Imperial Force in Tambellup on 30 December 1915 [30]
At the time he gave his occupation as Miner and his address care of his father in Wagin [30]
Married Christine Laura BAILE in 1916 [66]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 24 January 1916 [30: item 5099399]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighed 140 pounds and had grey eyes, dark brown hair and a normal complexion [30]
He'd previously served three years with Junior Cadets in Victoria, one and a half years of which he held the rank of Corporal [30]
After training in Bunbury he was appointed to the 16th Reinforcements of the 16th Battalion on 23 March 1916 [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A9 Shropshire on 31 March 1916 [18]
Initially served in Egypt and was transferred to the 4th Cyclists Corps on 18 May 1916 [30]
Embarked Alexandria, Egypt on 29 May 1916 and disembarked in Plymouth, England on 8 June 1916 [30]
Transferred to the 28th Battalion on 7 September 1916, to the 44th Battalion on 23 September 1916 [30]
Proceeded to France on 25 November 1916 where he served until proceeding back to England on 10 December 1917 [30]
Private 5107 in the Australian Imperial Force's 44th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Embarked England for Australia on the H.T. Balmoral Castle on 1 February 1918 due to an injury to his left shoulder [30]
Discharged from the A.I.F. in Perth on 10 April 1918; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Farmer in Yandanooka 1919-1949 [10] [19]
He acquired Lots 2 and 3 of the Yandanooka Estate under the Soldier Settlement Scheme [10: 24-Jan-1919] [61]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club from 1919 until at least 1936-37 [10: 24-Jan-1919] [5: 5-Mar-1937]
In January 1919 he was a new member of the Club and had done a lot for the Club as "a top notch player, and an enthusiast" [10]
Finalist in the North Midlands Easter Tennis Tournament held in Mingenew on 11th, 12th and 13th of April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Attended the Fifth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Dongara on Saturday evening 24 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Watermans Bay [2]
Died 9 September 1960; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZR, 258) [2]
Andrew GLOVER
Teamster in Three Springs 1927-1929 [19]
GLYDE Bros
Arthur Dening GLYDE, Samuel Stedman GLYDE and England Gillingham GLYDE [27]
Sons of Samuel Dening GLYDE and Anna Cordelia England GILLINGHAM [55]
Jointly they purchased 910 acres of land in Three Springs from the Midland Railway Company on 18 June 1909 [27]
Their 910 acres consisted of Lots M745, M746, M747 and M748 of Victoria Locations 1933 and 2022 [27]
The land cost a total of £1,292/10/7, was payable by instalments over 15 years, and was priced between 21/3 and 41/- an acre [27]
Farmers in Three Springs 1910-1940 [6]
Grew 150 acres of crop on their farm in 1910 [9: 17-Jun-1910]
Their property in Three Springs was farmed by Arthur from 1910 until his death in 1922 [19]
Samuel and England both resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont, and were respectively an account and insurance inspector [61]
Following Arthur's death their farm in Three Springs was managed by Samuel's son Keith Stedman GLYDE [19]
The farm was later jointly owned by Samuel Stedman GLYDE and his son Keith Stedman GLYDE [61]
Resided in Three Springs 1943-1964 [19]
"Norm" Norman Vincent FOGARTY
Born 20 November 1914 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Dick" Richard James Auchinleck FOGARTY and Ruth Henrietta NESBITT [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs, where his father worked as a Contractor [19]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs from February 1920 to December 1924 [98]
From 1925 onwards he was a student at the Three Springs State School in Three Springs [98]
Relieving Manager of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company's store in Carnamah in September 1935 [5: 6-Sep-1935]
Grocer's Assistant in Three Springs 1936-1959 [19]
Won 2nd prizes for Writing, Pencil Drawing and Crayon Drawing at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Member of the Three Springs Boy Scouts in 1930 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1934 and 1936 [5: 31-Aug-1934, 22-May-1936]
Represented the Three Springs section of the amalgamated Coorow-Three Springs Anglican Parish at meetings in 1934 [5: 19-Nov-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Attended the luncheon tendered to Primate of Australia Rev. Henry F. LE FANU in Three Springs on Monday 1 July 1935 [5: 5-Jul-1935]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Attended the Surprise Party for Miss Joyce E. BASTIAN at The Oaks Farm in Three Springs on 12 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Attended the farewell to Josephine M. FITZGERALD at the Carnamah Hotel on Saturday evening 27 March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Married Mary Ellen HOWARD of Three Springs in 1942 [66]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 30 June 1942 [16]
Best man at the wedding of Albert E. ROJO and his sister-in-law Ivy HOWARD in Three Springs on 16 March 1943 [4: 3-Apr-1943]
Himself and five other local soldiers were honoured at a Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Monday 20 September 1943 [4]
Following dancing and speeches himself and the other five soldiers were presented with a cheques for £3 [4: 25-Sep-1943]
Private WX28405 in the Australian Army's 2/48 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 21 December 1945 [16] and returned to Three Springs [19]
Resided in Three Springs until his death in 1959 [2] [19]
Died 10 December 1959; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WD, 156) [2]
Richard Bryan FOGARTY
Born C.1925 [2]
Resided of late in Three Springs [2]
Died 19 May 1925; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, FA, 98) [2]
"Dick" Richard James Auchinleck FOGARTY
Born 1872 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Joseph FOGARTY and Harriet AUCHINLECK [15]
Farmer and Grazier of Bramley Farm in Mingenew 1903-1916 [50] [61]
Wholesale and Retail Butcher in Mingenew in 1911 [9: 21-Jul-1911]
Always had the primest beef and mutton on hand in addition to small goods and promptly attended to orders [9: 21-Jul-1911]
Married Ruth Henrietta NESBITT on 1 January 1913 at the Church of Christ in Queenstown, South Australia [55]
Contractor in Three Springs 1917-1956 [6] [9] [19]
In April and May of 1917 did contract work for the Upper Irwin Road Board worth a total of £84/19/- [9: 4-May-1917]
The £84/19/- was £80 for a culvert and £3 for gravelling in Three Springs and £1/19/- for gravelling Shenton Street in Mingenew [9]
Offered to the Upper Irwin Road Board to look after the windmill in Three Springs for 10/- per quarter in 1919 [9: 21-Feb-1919]
In June 1919 he was the successful tenderer for four works projects with the Upper Irwin Road Board [9: 27-Jun-1919]
Two of the four works were to construct a stone ford for £6/6/- per chain and do gravelling for £2/7/6 per chain in Carnamah [9]
The other two works projects were a footpath in Three Springs at 22/6 per chain and clearing in Three Springs at 4/6 per chain [9]
Repaired 60 chains of road in Three Springs for the Mingenew Road Board, for 35/- per chain, in July 1920 [9: 30-Jul-1920]
Constructed a stone drain in Three Springs for the Mingenew Road Board for £14 in August 1922 [9: 1-Sep-1922]
Secured by tender with the Mingenew Road Board two formations at 25/- per chain and two gravelling at £2/12/6 and £2/15/- [9]
Donated 5/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1919 [124]
Won the Guessing Weight of Sheep competition at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Starter at the Three Springs Race Club's Annual Race Meeting on the Parakalia Race Course on Thursday 3 March 1921 [9: 25-Feb-1921]
Starter at the Picnic Race Meeting held on the Parakalia Race Course in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day 17 March 1922 [124]
Winner of the Stepping 100 Yards competition at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Did contract work in Three Springs and Arrino for the Carnamah District Road Board in 1924 [10: 1-May-1924, 20-Jun-1924]
In May 1924 did work on Dudawa Road in Dudawa, East Arrino and on Page's Road, Three Springs for £33/5/6 [10]
In July gravelled part of Dudawa Road for £2/9/6 per chain, and cut down hump and graded foot of Dudawa Road for £14/5/- [10]
In November 1924 did gravelling on the lake crossings on the Three Springs-Perenjori Road in Three Springs [9: 31-Oct-1924]
The Board supplied the wire and netting and he fenced the town dam in Three Springs in May 1927 [4: 28-May-1927]
Did forming and gravelling for the Board on the Three Springs-Perenjori Road in April 1927 [4: 30-Apr-1927]
He was the owner of Lot 103 of Victoria Location 2022 on the east side of the Three Springs townsite [44]
Won 2nd prize for Jersey Cow in the Cattle section of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Presented the Three Springs Anglican Church with fruit and veg at its Harvest Thanksgiving service on 23 March 1930 [4: 29-Mar-1930]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dance held at the Spring Hostel in Three Springs on Thursday 1 June 1933 [5: 9-Jun-1933]
Received 2/3 a chain for contract clearing done on Kadathinni and Williamson Street in Three Springs town [5: 27-Oct-1933]
His wife, Mrs Ruth Henrietta FOGARTY, passed away on 18 April 1934 and was buried at the Three Springs General Cemetery [24]
In April 1935 successfully obtained permission from the Three Springs Road Board to erect a dairy in Three Springs [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Sanitary Contractor for the Three Springs Road Board in Three Springs 1935-1937 [5: 14-Jun-1935]
In July 1935 unsuccessfully requested that the Three Springs Road Board introduce a compulsory townsite rubbish scheme [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Unsuccessfully tendered with the Three Springs Road Board to clean out the Dudawa Dam in January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Fanny Jane BRIMSON of Three Springs at the Three Springs Cemetery on 29 April 1946 [4: 4-May-1946]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Floreat Park [2]
Father of Norman, Bruce, Ronald, Beryl, Joyce, Joan and Barbara [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Died 20 November 1956; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WB, 98) [2]
Ronald James FOGARTY
Born 1926 [15]
Son of "Dick" Richard James Auchinleck FOGARTY and Ruth Henrietta NESBITT [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Resided in Three Springs with his parents and following his mother's death with his father 1926-1938 [5: 4-Feb-1938] [19]
Won a 2nd prize for a Crayon Drawing at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Died 31 January 1938; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WB, 98) [2]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 4 February 1938:
"Obituary - Late Ronald Fogarty - It is with extreme regret that we record the death of Ronald James, the youngest son of Mr. and the late Mrs. R. J. Fogarty, of Three Springs. The deceased child, who was only 11 years of age passed away on Monday January 31 at Subiaco. A father, two brothers Norman and Bruce, and four sisters Beryl, Joyce, Joan and Barbara are left to mourn their loss. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the place of interment being the Church of England portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery."
Mrs Ruth Henrietta FOGARTY
Wife of "Dick" Richard James Auchinleck FOGARTY; see Ruth Henrietta NESBITT
William Joseph FOGARTY
Born 1870 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Joseph FOGARTY and Harriet AUCHINLECK [15]
Farmer of Bramley Farm in Mingenew 1903-1906 [50]
Tank Sinker in Mingenew 1910-1914 [50]
Tank Sinker in Three Springs 1915-1917 [50]
Teamster in Mingenew later in 1917 [50]
Station-hand in Perenjori in 1919 [50]
In 1920 he was working as a Tank Sinker and living in Spring Street, Mingenew [19]
Station Hand and Farmhand in Perenjori in 1921-1936 [50]
Later resided in Perth [2]
Died 16 April 1959; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WD, 212) [2]
Eileen FOLEY
Born 1903 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of William FOLEY and Mary O'SULLIVAN [15]
Waitress and Housemaid at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1928-1930 [19]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on 11 April 1929 wearing petunia crepe de chine with frilled skirt [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Married "Bill" William Rees HERBERT in Perth in 1930 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1930-1932 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Rossmoyne [2]
Died 26 December 1996; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
William FOLEY
Land Clearer and Labourer in Dudawa, East Arrino 1914-1921 [19] [50]
Ivy Ethel FORMBY
Born C.1914 [2]
Married "Ben" Benjamin James ACKLEY in Perth in 1949 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Arrino 1949-1962 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Forrestfield [2]
Died 29 October 2000; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 18, 32) [2]
Gretchen FORREST
Resided at the School House in Three Springs in 1956 [19]
Robert FORREST
School Teacher in Three Springs in 1955 and 1956 [19]
Resided at the School House in Three Springs [19]
"Bill" William Clyne FORREST
Born 1889 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [30]
Son of Alexander FORREST and Fanny Eliza MARSHALL [32]
Married Blanche Catherine Mary HATCH in the Gascoyne district of Western Australia in 1912 [66]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 2 August 1915 in Geraldton, Western Australia [30: item 4024338]
On enlistment he was noted as 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 157 lbs., with hazel eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion [30]
Stated his next of kin to be his wife Mrs Blanche FORREST, whose address at the time was Carnarvon, Western Australia [30]
After training at the Blackboy Hill military camp he was appointed on 11 October 1915 to 5th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A32 Themistocles on 13 October 1915 [18]
Served with the 112th Battery of the 24th Howitzer Brigade and then with the 12th Field Artillery Brigade in France [30]
Embarked form England on the Somali on 1 June 1919 and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 8 July 1919 [30]
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Received a Mention in Despatches Certificate and Two Oak Leave (one large and one small - the Mention in Despatches Emblem) [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 31 August 1919 [30]
Plumber in Three Springs 1922-1925 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1922 [10: 12-May-1922]
Could be the "Forrest" who was a member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1922-23 [9: 23-Feb-1923]
Later resided in Wararga in the Murchison, where he worked as a Repairer [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Died 17 January 1951; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, DA, 6) [2]
Mrs FORRESTER
Owing to ill-health she left Three Springs during May 1915 for the purpose of having a rest [10: 14-May-1915]
"Fay" Fanny Mabel FORSYTH
Born 1902 in Sussex, England [21]
Married George ANTHONY on 11 May 1935 in Perth, Western Australia [5: 24-May-1935] [66]
Resided with her husband at the School House in Arrino 1935-1937 [5: 24-May-1935] [6] [19]
Member of Arrino's branch of the Country Women's Association in 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
After a pleasant holiday in Perth she returned to her home in Arrino in late August 1935 [5: 30-Aug-1935]
Won 2nd prize for Coffee Rolls exhibited in the Confectionary section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Her mother spent a holiday staying with her in Arrino during part of September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Wembley [2]
Died 2 October 1996; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Edith May FORWARD
Shop Assistant in Three Springs in 1932 [19]
Rev. Gilbert Stanley FOSS
Born 23 September 1909 in Hanover Square, London, England [MSF]
Son of Thomas Percy FOSS and Lilian May WHEELER [MSF]
Educated at Cambridge University and Lincoln Theological College in England [MSF]
Curate of Saint Luke's in Brighton, Sussex, England [MSF]
Married Lidia Ema DA CONCEICAO on 1 August 1936 in Beckenham, Kent, England [MSF]
During the Second World War volunteered as padre in the Army and spent time in North Africa, Italy and Germany [MSF]
In 1946 was invalided out of the Army and travelled with his wife and two children to Western Australia [MSF]
Departed Southampton, England on the Stirling Castle and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 24 September 1946 [63]
Anglican Rector of the North Midlands Parish from 1946 to 1949 [MSF]
During his time as Rector of the North Midlands Parish resided at the rectory in Three Springs [MSF]
Conducted services at Arrino, Three Springs, Inering, Carnamah, Winchester, Billeroo, Waddy Forest, Coorow and Marchagee [MSF]
Regular services were held at Saint George's Hall in Carnamah, at the school in Winchester and at the hall in Billeroo [MSF]
Once a month services were held at Inering at the home of Conrad A. E. BUSSENSCHUTT [MSF]
Also visited the many schools of his parish during the week [MSF]
He was the officiating minister at a number of burials at the Winchester and Three Springs cemeteries [1] [24]
Chairman of the North Midlands Anglican Church Vestry 1947-1949 [167]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 16 July 1948 [96]
Left Three Springs in July 1949 to become Rector of the Wembley-Floreat Park Parish [MSF]
Returned to England in 1952 and was Vicar of Turner's Hill until December 1956 [MSF]
Returned to Western Australia, arriving in February 1957 [MSF]
On arrival in WA was appointed Rector of the Meckering Parish however with deteriorating health only survived one month [MSF]
Father of Mary and Peter [MSF]
Died 9 March 1957 in Meckering WA; ashes scattered on the Rose Garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [MSF]
Memorialised at the Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Padbury WA [MSF]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Friday 15 March 1957:
"Clergyman's Death - The death occurred at Meckering on Saturday last of the Rev. Gilbert Stanley Foss, who some years ago was in residence at Three Springs as Rector of the North Midlands Parish. The funeral of the deceased gentleman, who is survived by a widow, one son and one daughter, took place in the Karrakatta Crematorium on Tuesday last."
Mrs Lidia Ema FOSS
Wife of Rev. Gilbert Stanley FOSS; see Lidea Ema DA CONCEICAO
Rocco FOSSIATI
Clearing Contractor in Three Springs in 1927 [4: 18-Jun-1927]
He was admitted to the Cottage Hospital in Three Springs in May 1927 when a tree fell onto him while he was clearing [4]
Suffering from a broken pelvis and other complications he was an inmate of the hospital for a considerable time [4]
Mrs Annie Eastman FOSTER
Resided in Three Springs in 1949 and 1950 [19]
Henry FOSTER
Resided on Parakalia Farm in Three Springs 1923-1929 [19]
Milton Garnett FOSTER
Bank Manager in Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]
Percy Rolland FOSTER
Baker in Three Springs in 1949 and 1950 [19]
William Hubert FOWLER
Labourer in Arrino in 1913 and 1914 [50]
F. FOX
Postmaster in Three Springs in 1949 [6]
Speaker at the Valedictory Social for stationmaster Herbert E. REYNOLDS in Three Springs during November 1949 [4: 19-Nov-1949]
Joseph FOX
Railway Ganger in Arrino in 1900 and 1901 [6]
Railway Ganger in Yandanooka in 1903-1908 [6] [50]
Railway Fettler in Coomberdale 1908-1910 [19] [50]
Railway Ganger in Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19]
Railway Fettler in Moora 1915-1917 [50]
Railway Fettler in Coomberdale 1919-1921 [50]
Railway Fettler in Mingenew in 1921 and 1922 [6] [19]
Railway Fettler in Winchester 1922-1925 [50]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
Joseph FOX
Labourer in Arrino 1904-1908 [19]
Ernest FOXCRAFT
School Teacher of the Arrino State School in Arrino in 1941 and 1942 [6] [73]
In 1942 received an annual salary of £312 minus £12 rent for fulfilling the duties of sole teacher of the Arrino State School [73]
Alan Hector FRANKLIN
Born 17 June 1916 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN and Ellen Mary ANDERSON [P295]
Grew up on his father's Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs and was educated at the Three Springs State School [P295]
Won 1st prizes for Pencil and Crayon Drawings and 2nd for Mapping at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Passed in Bookkeeping at the City Commercial College on 18 August 1936, presumably having studied by correspondence [P295]
Clerk / Bookkeeper for William G. and Alba JORDAN at their General Store in the Three Springs townsite [P295]
Awarded 1st prizes for Cabbage, White Turnips and Beetroot and 2nd for Carrots at the Three Springs Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
At the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 won 1st for Swede, 2nd prizes for Turnips and Collection of Vegetables [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Very successfully exhibited in the Vegetable section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Won 1st prizes for Lettuce, Swede Turnips, Carrots, Potatoes, Peas and Broad Beans; and both 1st and 2nd for Beetroot [5]
Won five 1st and six 2nd prizes in the Vegetable section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
1st for Lettuce, Onions, Peas; 2nd for Turnips, Carrots, Parsnips, Beetroot; and 1st and 2nd for Cauliflower and Broad Beans [5]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936-37, and a Committee Member in 1936-37 [5: 10-Jul-1936, 2-Jul-1937]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Awarded six 1st and three 2nd prizes at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5]
Won 1st prizes for Sheep Skin, and for Swede Turnips, Carrots, Onions, Bugle Pumpkin and a Collection of Vegetables [5]
Received his three 2nd prizes for White Turnips, Lettuce and Peas in Pod [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Competed at the Annual Prize Meeting of the North-West District Rifle Clubs Union in Geraldton in August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Married "Dot" Dorothy May KENNEDY on 23 August 1941 at the Wesley Church in the Perth suburb of Claremont [P295]
Resided with his wife and later daughters in a house in Slaughter Street in the Three Springs townsite [P295]
Storekeeper in Three Springs in 1941 and 1942, in partnership with "Joe" Albert E. ROJO as "Franklin & Rojo" [6]
Together they had purchased the General Store of William G. and Alba JORDAN which he had worked in as bookkeeper [P295]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 26 February 1942 [16]
Sergeant W205107 in the Australian Army's Advance Ordnance Depot in Northam during the Second World War [16] [P295]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 3 December 1945, and returned to Three Springs [16] [19]
Storekeeper in Three Springs for at least the years 1947-1949, as part of the firm "Franklin & Rojo" [6]
Farmer of Wattle Grove / The Wattles Farm in Three Springs [P295]
Commenced farming Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs with his father on 28 September 1948 [P295]
Continued to live in Slaughter Street, Three Springs until having a house built and shifting out to the farm in 1953 [P295]
Started a Merino Sheep Stud on his farm in Three Springs, which he conducted from 1954 to 1988 [P295]
When he registered and began breeding his stud he changed the name of the farm from Wattle Grove to The Wattles [P295]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1957 [13]
Member of the Three Springs Farmers Union - served as a Secretary [P295]
Member of the Three Springs Order of Buffaloes [P295]
In November 1964, after semi-retiring, himself and his wife shifted to a house in Railway Road in the Three Springs townsite [P295]
Member of the Three Springs Bowling Club - served as President, Secretary, Treasurer, Captain and Committee Member [P295]
Resided in Three Springs until his death in 1994 [P295]
Father of Margaret, Norma and Valerie [P295]
Died 3 November 1994; cremated at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton WA
"Dot" Dorothy May FRANKLIN
Wife of Alan Hector FRANKLIN; see "Dot" Dorothy May KENNEDY
"Ted" Edward Benjamin FRANKLIN
Born C.1876 [55]
Son of George FRANKLIN and Mary MCLEOD [55]
Departed Adelaide, South Australia on the steamship Grosser Kurfurst with his younger brother Evander [70]
They arrived on the steamship Grosser Kurfurst in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 January 1903 [70]
Gardener in Kojarena east-northeast of Geraldton 1903-1906 [50]
With his brothers Charles and Evander took up the 408 acre Lot 3 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs in 1906 [44] [152]
Absentee Farmer in Three Springs in partnership with his brothers Charles and Evander as "Franklin Bros" from 1906 [44] [152]
They started farming with £70 capital and borrowed additional money from the Agricultural Bank [152]
Himself and his brothers were among the first to commence farming in Three Springs [31: 11-Jun-1911] [120: 26-Dec-1929]
The farm in Three Springs was conducted by Charles while himself and Evander continued market gardening at Kojarena [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Evander later joined Charles in Three Springs and he returned to South Australia [4: 24-Nov-1966]
Married Sarah Florence VENNING 22 December 1908 in Willochra, South Australia [55]
His wife gave birth to their son Kenneth Edward FRANKLIN on 17 September 1909 near Cowell in South Australia [55]
Rates for the farm in Three Springs were in the names of himself and his brothers until 1909-10 [44]
From 1910-11 onwards rates for the farm in Three Springs were in the names of just his brothers Charles and Evander [44]
His brother Evander owed a brother £300 in 1916, which may have been to him for buying out his share of the farm [152]
Mrs Ellen Mary FRANKLIN
Second wife of "Charles" George Charles FRANKLIN; see Ellen Mary ANDERSON
Mrs Elma Joyce FRANKLIN
Wife of Evander Lindsay FRANKLIN; see Elma Joyce HUMPHRYS
Mrs Eva Maud FRANKLIN
First wife of "Charles" George Charles FRANKLIN; see Eva Maud TEAKLE
Evander Lindsay FRANKLIN
Born 27 February 1912 in Bootenal, Western Australia [16]
Son of Evander William FRANKLIN and Henrietta BONE [P114]
Resided with his parents on Canowie Farm in Three Springs [P114]
Came 2nd in the 8 to 10 Years Boys Running Race at the Peace Celebrations in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Among those who travelled from Three Springs to the coast for a day in a truck and two cars on Saturday 23 March 1929 [4: 6-Apr-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Won the Flag Race in the Horse Events section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Finalist in the Billiard Tournament conducted at Mr BROWNING's Billiard Saloon in Three Springs in 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 9 December 1933 [4: 16-Dec-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Also attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held on Saturday 14 April 1934 at the Carnamah Hall [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
Playing Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1934, 1935 and 1937 [5: 15-Jun-1934, 24-May-1935, 14-May-1937]
At the end of the 1935 season received the Medal for the Three Springs Football Club's Most Improved Player [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Social Committee Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 8-May-1936, 16-Apr-1937]
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]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Victory Ball held in Three Springs on Tuesday 24 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball in Carnamah on 7 December 1935 as "Bon Rosa Cigars" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1935-36, and a Committee Member in 1936-37 [5: 8-Nov-1935, 18-Sep-1936]
Attended the Surprise Party for Miss Joyce E. BASTIAN at The Oaks Farm in Three Springs on 12 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Married Elma Joyce HUMPHRYS on 25 February 1941 in Mingenew [P114]
In December 1941 was called into camp with the 25th Machine Gun Militia Regiment [0: image 04063]
His neighbouring farmers and some contract carters joined forces and finished his harvest for him [0: image 04063]
Supplier of music at the Valedictory Social for Rev. Charles and Mrs Hilda WALSH in Three Springs on 11 May 1942 [4: 16-May-1942]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 20 June 1942 [16]
Himself and five other local soldiers were honoured at a Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Monday 20 September 1943 [4]
Following dancing and speeches himself and the other five soldiers were presented with a cheques for £3 [4: 25-Sep-1943]
Sergeant WX29727 in the Australian Army's 25 Calvary Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 25 August 1944 [16]
Farmer of Moonlight Farm in Three Springs [P118]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 18 May 1945 [96]
Served on the Board of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs 1948-1974 and was Chairman 1969-1972 [109]
Speaker at the Valedictory Social for stationmaster Herbert E. REYNOLDS in Three Springs during November 1949 [4: 19-Nov-1949]
Speaker at the Farewell Smoke Social tendered to postmaster Jack ARMSTRONG in Three Springs on 12 March 1953 [4: 21-Mar-1953]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Woodlands [2]
Died 8 September 1974; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Sir T. Meagher Gardens, Lawn 5A, 37) [2]
"Ebner" Evander William FRANKLIN
Born 19 March 1879 in Canowie, South Australia [55]
Son of George FRANKLIN and Mary MCLEOD [55]
Departed Adelaide, South Australia on the steamship Grosser Kurfurst with his elder brother Edward [70]
They arrived on the steamship Grosser Kurfurst in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 January 1903 [70]
Gardener in Kojarena east-northeast of Geraldton 1903-1906 [50]
With his brothers Charles and Edward took up the 408 acre Lot 3 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs in 1906 [44] [152]
Initially Charles began farming in Three Springs while himself and Edward continued market gardening at Kojarena [79: 23-Aug-1973]
He joined Charles in Three Springs later in 1906 and Edward returned to South Australia [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Farmer in Three Springs in partnership with his brothers Edward and Evander as "Franklin Bros" from 1906 [44] [152]
They started farming with £70 capital and borrowed additional money from the Agricultural Bank [152]
Himself and his brothers were among the first to commence farming in Three Springs [31: 11-Jun-1911] [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Initially farmed as "Franklin Bros" with his brothers Charles and Edward and later just with his brother Charles until C.1916 [44]
Rates for the farm were in all three of their names until 1909-10 and then just in his and Evander's from 1910-11 onwards [44]
"Franklin Bros" purchased a Massey-Harris binder in October 1908 [9: 23-Oct-1908]
They grew 250 acres of crop on their farm in Three Springs in 1910 [9: 17-Jun-1910]
On 18 June 1909 purchased a further 595 acres in Three Springs from The Midland Railway Company for £512/9/9 [27]
The 595 acres consisted of Lots M471 and M472 of Victoria Location 1933, and was payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
They exhibited sheaves of Carmichael wheat, Sullivan's Early wheat and Algerian oats at the Moora Show in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
In 1910 potatoes grown on their Three Springs farm were being sold at Stephen SHERIDAN's store in Three Springs [31: 23-Nov-1910]
During the 1915-16 financial year they purchased the 362 acre Lot 1 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area from Gilford HAINES [44]
In 1917 himself and his brother Charles had 500 acres of crop planted on their farm/s [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Married Henrietta BONE in 1910 [66]
Farmer of Canowie Farm in Three Springs [P114]
After dissolving partnership with his brother he was the owner of 770 acres in Lots 1 and 3 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area [44]
His Lots 1 and 3 consisted of 300 acres of first class land and the rest sandplain and cost 10/- and 14/- per acre [152]
His brother Charles became the owner of their remaining 595 acres in Lots M471 and M472 of Victoria Location 1933 [44]
In 1910 his brother had shifted to his part of their land holdings, which he named Wattle Grove Farm [P295]
Extended his farm to a total of 1,178 acres with the purchase of the 408 acre Lot 2 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area [44]
His early settlement and farming efforts along with others of his time helped prove the potential wealth of Three Springs [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Member of the committee formed in July 1910 to obtain an Agricultural Hall for Three Springs [9: 22-Jul-1910]
In mid 1911 was appointed one of three trustees to make plans for the construction of the Agricultural Hall [9: 2-Jun-1911]
In 1916 he was Chairman of the Three Springs Hall Committee, which oversaw the management of the Hall [10: 25-Aug-1916]
Member of the Hall Committee that managed the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs until at least 1919-20 [9: 29-Aug-1919]
Following the death of John HEARN of Arrino there was an extraordinary election called for the Upper Irwin Road Board [9: 2-Sep-1910]
He was nominated to fill the vacancy, and his candidature was endorsed by the Kadathinni Farmers & Progress Association [9]
At a ratepayers meeting in Three Springs on 25 August 1910 it was unanimously decided to support him in the election [9]
In 1910 wrote to the editor of The Midlands Advertiser outlining Three Springs' need for a second Justice of the Peace [9: 28-Oct-1910]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers & Progress Association - was Secretary in 1910 and 1911 [9: 13-Jan-1911, 24-Mar-1911]
Came 2nd in the 440 Yards Running Race at the Sports Meeting held in Three Springs on Easter Monday 17 April 1911 [9: 21-Apr-1911]
Wrote a letter to the editor of The Midlands Advertiser newspaper about the Agricultural Hall to be built in Three Springs [9: 21-Jul-1911]
Although it would be cheaper to have it built of wood and iron he pointed out that it would not last as long as one of stone [9]
There was also the issue, as he pointed out, that after a few years there would be need for a larger and therefore new hall [9]
Building a larger hall out of stone would cost much more and after building leave the Hall with a debt of probably £330 [9]
The debt could be paid off from within five years which was probably the length of time a small wooden one could be of service [9]
Spoke at the Social & Concert held in Three Springs on 24 April 1914 to welcome Rev. J. W. BAYLISS to the district [10: 1-May-1914]
At the reverend's welcome he also gave a recitation to those present titled "How McDougall Topped the Score" [10: 1-May-1914]
Attended the Concert & Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 6 June 1914, which profited the Methodist Church [10]
During the evening recited "Salt Bush Bill" and "The Travelling Post Office" and sang "The Brave Old Oak" [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Chaired / presided over the Concert held in Three Springs in aid of Red Cross funds on Friday evening 15 January 1915 [10: 22-Jan-1915]
Sang "Mr Booze" at a Concert in aid of Methodist Church Funds at Three Springs on Friday 26 February 1915 [10: 5-Mar-1915]
In 1915 he had 300 acres of his farm cleared and cropped, and in 1916 cropped 270 acres [152]
Sang or gave a recitation at the Westralia Red Cross Day Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on 30 July 1915 [10: 6-Aug-1915]
Attended the lecture "Factors on Wheat Growing" by a professor at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1915 [10: 21-Sep-1915]
Speech giver at the silver wedding anniversary celebration of EK & Isabella BYRNE in Three Springs on 9 October 1915 [10: 15-Oct-1915]
Himself and Frank HAGAN won the Most Amusing Turnout item at the Sports Day in Three Springs on 18/02/1916 [10: 25-Feb-1916]
Inaugural Member of the Arrino Cemetery Board, which managed the Arrino Cemetery, in 1916 [10: 18-Aug-1916]
Made a speech at the Welcome Home held in Three Springs for Corporal. John L. HEBITON on 9 August 1916 [10: 11-Aug-1916]
Wrote a letter to the editor of The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper in later August 1916 [10: 25-Aug-1916]
He wrote responding to earlier remarks made by the newspaper's correspondent about the Three Springs Hall Committee [10]
The correspondent claimed the Committee had put "acid" on the local Red Cross by charging the full hire fee for using the hall [10]
Although they had been charged full hire he rightly and concisely reputed the harsh and spiteful remarks of the correspondent [10]
The Committee had given hire reductions to the Red Cross in the past, however on this instance no reduction request was made [10]
The Hall was managed by a committee and the secretary of the Committee had no authority to issue reductions to anyone [10]
Attended the annual Three Springs Day at Casuarina Park in Three Springs on Wednesday 27 September 1916 [10]
Won 1st prize for a Collection of Vegetables and with his horse Chain Lightening won the Farmers Race [10: 6-Oct-1916]
Sang "The Lone Trail" at the Red Cross Society Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on 22 November 1916 [10: 5-Dec-1916]
Member of the Three Springs Y.M.CA. Committee in 1917 [10: 1-May-1917, 15-Jun-1917]
Chairman of the "Combined Committee" in Three Springs which raised £208/17/6 for the Y.M.C.A. in May 1917 [9: 25-May-1917]
The £208/17/6 was raised through the collective holding of a Basket Social, Dance and Ugly Woman Competition [9]
Entrant in the Ugly Man Competition held in 1917 to raise money to pay for the gas plant at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs [10]
Out of the ten competitors he came seventh, his involvement helping to raise the amount of £42/13/4 [10: 6-Jul-1917]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Member of the Three Springs Honour Board Committee in 1917 [10: 20-Jul-1917]
Won the "Melon Race" and received 1st prize for Cauliflowers at the Three Springs Day held on 26 September 1917 [10: 5-Oct-1917]
He gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of W.A. in Three Springs on 16 December 1916 [152]
He believed farmers were disadvantaged as they had to pay land tax, rates, railway freights and duties on many commodities [152]
He was a supporter of farmers co-operating together to buy and sell goods as one instance had already demonstrated the savings [152]
If he could clear more land he believed he could make a success of farming in Three Springs [152]
In December 1917 he performed double somersaults at the lake left behind in Three Springs by the 1917 floods [9: 21-Dec-1917]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1918 [124]
Clerk of Course of the horse races at their Sports Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1918 and 1919 [124]
Steward of the Picnic Race Meetings held in Three Springs to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1928 [124]
Donated 10/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1925 [124]
Attended and spoke at the unveiling of the Three Springs Honour Board on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Inaugural Secretary of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company in 1919 [9: 27-Jun-1919]
In 1929 he was one of the Directors of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Once again won the Melon Race at the annual picnic meeting, the Three Springs Day, on Thursday 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Won 1st prize for Three Heads of Cauliflower at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE in Three Springs on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Member of the Three Springs Race Club - was Steward at their Annual Race Meetings 1921-1929 [9: 25-Feb-1921] [4: 13-Apr-1929]
One of the leaders of the Three Springs Kangaroo Hunting & Picnic Party of Friday and Saturday 1-2 September 1922 [9]
They camped out overnight with tents and a campfire, and he supplied music with his accordion [9: 15-Sep-1922]
On 16 May 1923 took out a contract to purchase a further 1,774 acres of virgin land in Three Springs for 3/6 an acre [27]
The 1,774 acres was Lot M847 of Victoria Location 2022 and was purchased from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The Company rescinded the sale on 10 June 1924 and later that year sold the block to NAIRN Bros for 5/- per acre [27]
Represented the Three Springs Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1923 [9: 4-May-1923]
Attended and spoke at the farewell to local stationmaster James J. STARLING in Three Springs on Friday 17 July 1925 [9: 24-Jul-1925]
Presided over a gathering organised to show appreciation to Senator LYNCH at the Three Springs Hall on 2 October 1925 [9: 9-Oct-1925]
In the absence of a minister he officiated at a number of the earlier burials at the Three Springs General Cemetery [24]
Presided over a dinner tendered to visiting city pressmen at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in October 1926 [9: 22-Oct-1926]
In 1928 grew 800 acres of wheat crop on his farm [4: 31-Mar-1928]
Inaugural Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928, 17-Sep-1932] [5: 26-May-1933, 13-Apr-1934, 10 & 19-May-1934]
Vice President in 1928, Joint Secretary in 1932, Vice President in 1933, and President for part of 1934 and 1935-1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Proposed one of the toasts at the Official Luncheon of the Society's First Annual Show held on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Representative at meetings of the Victoria District Council of Agricultural Societies in 1936 and 1937 [5: 1-May-1936, 28-May-1937]
In 1936 himself, James K. HEBITON Snr and William M. CARMODY drew up rules and by-laws for the Society [5: 22-May-1936]
Presided over the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Dinner held in Three Springs on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Committee Member and Finance Committee Member in 1937, and Vice President 1939-1948 [4: 14-Aug-1937] [5: 30-Apr-1937] [262]
Donated two trophies for the Best Display Exhibit in the Cut Flowers and Farm & Dairy Produce sections in 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Chief Steward of the Ring Events at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Twelfth Annual Show on 14 September 1939 [262]
Steward of the Vegetable section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Shows in 1947 and 1948 [262]
Won 2nd prizes for 3 Merino Ewe Lambs and 2-tooth Strong Wool Merino Ewe at the First Three Springs Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Show Ball following the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Gave a congratulatory speech at the Dance in Arrino on 2 October 1928 to celebrate the victory of the Arrino Football Club [4: 6-Oct-1928]
Along with Mrs Maude JAMES organised a weekend camping expedition to Lookanooka Swamp in October 1928 [4]
The camping party numbered 14, including herself, and during the weekend bagged 24 kangaroos [4: 27-Oct-1928]
Served on the Carnamah District Road Board representing the Three Springs ward 1928-1929 [7: page 113]
Attended the conference in Three Springs on 2 March 1928 to discuss the formation of a Three Springs Road Board [4: 10-Mar-1928]
Member of a deputation formed to petition the Government for a Road Board for Three Springs, Arrino and Dudawa [39: 3-Jul-1928]
A telegram was received in Three Springs by Randolph BARNHART on 28 June 1928 stating their petition had been successful [39]
Attended his last meeting as a member of the Carnamah District Road Board in January 1929 [4: 26-Jan-1929]
Expressed his thanks for the courtesy and appreciation he had received from the chairman and members of the Road Board [4]
Stated his sojourn as a Carnamah District Road Board member had been a pleasant one [4]
Also revealed he hoped a good relationship would exist between the Carnamah Board and the new Three Springs Road Board [4]
Organised parties of men to thin out the kangaroos on a weekly basis in Three Springs in November 1928 [4: 17-Nov-1928]
In February 1929 purchased a new Oldsmobile car from Carnamah dealer Scott WYLIE [4: 9-Feb-1929]
Among those who travelled from Three Springs to the coast for a day in a truck and two cars on Saturday 23 March 1929 [4: 6-Apr-1929]
He had increased his Canowie Farm to 1,400 acres in size by 1929, in addition to a separate block of 5,000 acres [120: 26-Dec-1929]
In 1929 ran 1,000 sheep on the farm and grew 430 acres of wheat crop [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Progress Association until resigning in May 1929 - was Chairman in 1926 [9: 22-Oct-1926] [4: 25-May-1929]
At a meeting held on 10 August 1929 he was appointed a Trustee of the Three Springs Recreation Reserve No. 12432 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Spoke of 20 years ago at the Centenary Celebrations at the Three Springs State School on Friday 13 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Exhibited in the Cattle and Sheep sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Second Annual Show on 30 September 1929 [4]
Won 1st prize for a Fat Beast in the Cattle section and in the Sheep section won 1st prizes for a Ewe and WA bred Ewe [4]
Won 2nd prizes in the Sheep section for 2-tooth Ewe of Strong Wool, Three Ewes and Three Shorn Fat Wethers [4: 5-Oct-1929]
Attended the funeral of Charles C. MALEY M.L.A. at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 16 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Member of the Committee that built the North Midlands District Hospital Building in Three Springs in 1929 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Inaugural Board Member of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1929 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
In October 1929 wrote to the Three Springs Road Board suggesting they purchase rabbit poisoning carts to hire to settlers [4: 26-Oct-1929]
Elected as the Member for the Kadathinni Ward on the Three Springs District Road Board in April 1930 [4: 19-Apr-1930]
Elected by a majority of 33 votes as a member of the Three Springs Road Board for the Womarden Ward in 1932 [5: 25-Nov-1932]
With a plot of Nabawa wheat came 3rd the Three Springs Agricultural Society's 50 acre crop competition in 1930 [4: 29-Nov-1930]
Himself and his sons went kangaroo shooting in bush west of the Three Springs townsite in early November 1930 [4]
Among the kangaroos they "bagged" was a unique one with white jaws and a white spot on its forehead [4: 15-Nov-1930]
They also raised an unguarded eagle's nest where they found two young eagles, a dead rabbit and the skeleton of a wild turkey [4]
Attended the local reception tendered by the Three Springs Road Board to the Bishop of Geraldton on 8 November 1930 [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Member of the Three Springs branch of the Primary Producers Association - was President 1930-1934 [4: 22-Nov-1930] [5: 23-Mar-1934]
Represented Three Springs at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association 1930-1934 [4: 12-Jul-1930] [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Vice President of the North Midlands Football Association in 1934, 1935 and 1936 [5: 13-Apr-1934, 3-May-1935, 8-May-1936]
Organiser of a Gymkhana held in Three Springs in 1930 to raise funds for the North Midlands District Hospital [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Isabella BYRNE of Three Springs on 2 July 1932 at the Moora Cemetery [5: 8-Jul-1932]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Edith PASCOE of Three Springs on 16 July 1932 at the Three Springs Cemetery [5: 22-Jul-1932]
Attended the Commemoration Dinner held at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on Friday 26 August 1932 [5: 9-Sep-1932]
The dinner was to commemorate Three Springs having the highest average yield for wheat in the State for the 1931-32 season [5]
Won the Swerving Race and 2nd in the Melon Race at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Won 1st prizes for Swedes in the Vegetable section and for a Black & White drawing at the Three Springs Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended "The Official Dinner" of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on the evening of Thursday 22 September 1932 [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Speaker at the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Himself and his wife attended the C.W.A. Husbands' Evening at the Three Springs Hall on Saturday 10 December 1932 [4: 17-Dec-1932]
On 9 February 1933 attended the meeting in Carnamah at which Federal Member A. E. GREEN, M.H.R. was entertained [5: 17-Feb-1933]
Member and Vice President of the Three Springs Road Board in 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
Attended the Farewell Social tendered to Sverre HYTTEN at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in early July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
A sample of Comeback wheat he grew was exhibited at the World Grain Show in Regina, Canada in 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Exhibited a very fine Farm Display at the Sixth Annual Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Won 1st prizes for Jersey Cow and Swede Turnips, and 2nd for Carrots at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Ruth Henrietta FOGARTY at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 19 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Vice President of the Three Springs Football Club in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 10-May-1935, 8-May-1936, 16-Apr-1937]
Local agent Oswald S. SOWERBY held a demonstration of the Sunduke scarifier on his farm on 24 August 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club 1935-1951 - was President in 1937 and 1951 [4: 1-Jun-1935, 7-Apr-1951] [5: 9-Apr-1937]
In 1936 he was a Committee Member and Vice President of the Three Springs Golf Club [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Himself and A. J. Eric BRIDGE won the Men's Foursomes at the opening of the Club's new links on 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Represented the Three Springs Agricultural Society at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Exhibited in the Cattle, Wool and Grain & Fodder sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won 1st prizes for Strong Wool Merino Ram Fleece and Sheep Skin, and 2nd prizes for Dairy Cow and Green Wheat for Hay [5]
Sold 14 bales of wool in November 1935 - 10 bales at 16½d. per pound, two at 15¾d., and two at 15½d. per pound [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Wrote to the TS Road Board in January 1936 suggesting they sell their old poison carts to farmers and purchase new ones [5: 7-Feb-1936]
The Board advised him that it was up to farmers to procure efficient poison carts and destroy their own vermin [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Travelled by ship to South Australia in late January 1936 for several weeks vacation [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Among those who attended the Special Ratepayers Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on Monday 10 March 1936 [5: 13-Mar-1936]
After much discussion it was requested that the Board's members resign and half did causing the Road Board to become defunct [5]
Competitor in the Billiard Tournament held in Three Springs in May 1936 to raise funds for the Hospital in Three Springs [5: 8-May-1936]
One of five ratepayers who attended the ratepayers meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on Saturday 20 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Spoke on behalf of the TS Agricultural Society at the Farewell Social to Harold BARNETT in TS on 14 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
After attending the Perth Royal Show in October 1936 returned to Three Springs by car with Henry W. SMITH [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold 35 shorn lambs at 10/1, 41 shorn ewes at 5/10 and 12 shorn ewes at 5/- per head at the Midland Market in 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
In February 1937 the Three Springs Road Board recommended he be appointed a Justice of the Peace [5: 5-Mar-1937]
Speaker at the Farewell to Him & Hettie HOUSE at the tennis courts in Three Springs on Sunday 21 March 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
He was one of only six who attended the Annual Ratepayers Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on 22 March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Among those from Three Springs who attended the season opening of the Coorow Golf Club in Coorow on Sunday 16 May 1937 [5]
He joked that as a young man he had spent much his time in the bush in South Australia and Western Australia, [5]
and thought he'd finished with it but now that he'd taken up golf he was again spending a lot of time in the "bush" [5: 21-May-1937]
Spoke for the Agricultural Society at the farewell to the CARMODY family in Three Springs on Monday 12 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Speaker at the Farewell held for EK, Les & Dorine BYRNE and Mervyn WILLIAMS in Three Springs on 16 June 1938 [4: 25-Jun-1938]
Spoke for the Golf Club at the Valedictory Dance tendered to Ray and Molly SHAW in Three Springs on 13 March 1941 [4: 22-Mar-1941]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Speaker at the Farewell Function for departing hotel manager William A. DUNCAN in Three Springs on 12 April 1944 [4: 22-Apr-1944]
Spoke on behalf of the Golf Club at the Farewell Social for Bill & Alba JORDAN in Three Springs on 30 March 1946 [4: 6-Apr-1946]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Fanny Jane BRIMSON of Three Springs at the Three Springs Cemetery on 29 April 1946 [4: 4-May-1946]
By 1950 he had been made a Justice of the Peace for the regional Magisterial District [4: 21-Jan-1950] [22]
As a Justice of the Peace presided as Magistrate at criminal and traffic cases that went before the Carnamah Police Court [22]
The Carnamah Police Court dealt with cases involving Carnamah, Winchester, Waddy Forest, Coorow, Marchagee and Gunyidi [22]
Presided over his first case at Carnamah on 25 September 1952, and a further two cases during the remainder of the year [22]
He also presided as Magistrate over cases that went before the Three Springs Police Court [4: 21-Jan-1950]
Pallbearer at the funeral of James K. HEBITON Snr of TS at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 10 November 1951 [4: 17-Nov-1951]
Travelled to Perth in October 1955 to attend the Perth Royal Show [5]
He was one of the directors of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-Operative Company Limited in 1956 [4: 19-Apr-1957]
Member of the Three Springs Bowling Club [P114]
His Canowie Farm in Three Springs was later farmed by his son Evander and then by his grandson Mostyn [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Resided at the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs from 23 July 1973 to 20 August 1973 [147]
Spent his later years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs, where he passed away at the age of 97 years [24]
Died 7 August 1976 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 39) [24]
His wife Henrietta passed away two and a half months later on 25 October 1976, also aged 97 years [24]
From the Progress Report of the Royal Commission on the
Agricultural Industries of Western Australia on the Wheat-Growing Portion of the South-West Division of the State:
Saturday 16 December 1916 at Three Springs
"EVANDER WILLIAM FRANKLIN, Farmer, Three Springs, sworn and examined:
I have been farming for eight years here. In fact, since the land was thrown open. I was a farm hand for seven or eight years in South Australia and New Zealand; at Bruce, Baroota and Ardenvale in South Australia. I have 770 acres of Government land in two blocks priced respectively at 10s. and 14s. There were 300 acres first class and the balance sand plain. I am distant three miles from the railway. I have 300 acres cleared. It is all fenced with a boundary fence and subdivided into five paddocks. The water supply is one small dam of 800 yards 6ft. deep. My well went salt recently. The dam cost 1s. 3d. a yard. It is not covered in. It will not last through the summer. I shall have to cart water this year. I am a married man with two children of my own, as well as a motherless child partly dependant on me. They are too young to go to school. I have an iron and bush timber house lined with hessian, an iron roof stable with timbered sides and two straw-thatched sheds, a set of implements, six working horses, one cow, a few pigs. I and two of my brothers started farming with £70 and borrowed from the Agricultural Bank an amount which has since been transferred to the National Bank, £670. I owe £300 to a brother free of interest.
I have 270 acres cropped, no fallow. I believe in fallow but have not had any since 1914. Since then I have been putting in as much as I could with a view to pulling up my arrears. I have 300 acres cleared and if I fallowed the half of it and put in half I would have no hope of paying my working and living expenses. However, I put in 300 acres last year and 270 this year. The land is pretty dirty. Next year I shall put in half and fallow the other half, or try and get land elsewhere and fallow the lot. In 1909 we got 28 bushels over 300 acres but portion of that was on another man's property and we gave him a quarter of the crop. Under ordinary circumstances it would not pay to rent land unless it was strong and clean. Last year from 300 acres I sold 1,160 bags and I retained 67 bags for seed and cut 25 tons of hay, somewhere about four bags [an acre]. This year I have insured it for 14 bushels. At the present time it would take 28s. to 30s. an acre to put in and take off a 15-bushel crop. I sow about one bushel of seed to the acre and about 60lbs. of super. I have only a three-furrow plough. Last year I hired a four-furrow. With six horses I can do four acres a day. I have a 14-disc drill and can do 11 acres a day with it. I have a Sunshine harvester this year. I had a reaper-thresher before. Eight acres would be a fair day's work cultivating. I got a reaper-thresher in 1910. It broke down because it was never a satisfactory machine. It was one of the first three that were introduced into this country. We were offered a concession to introduce it. There are too many wearing parts in it. Last year it broke down and I borrowed a Sunshine from my brother. The machine turned out now is much better than the old one. Bulk handling [of wheat] would undoubtedly reduce our working costs and we would have to convey the grain in a wagon or buy bags and cart it. One bale of bags would do for a year or two. All farmers' machinery should come in free of all duty. It seems to me we are paying too much already and the cost of production is too high. We have to place our produce on the markets of the world and take our chance. There is heavy duty on jute goods also which we should not be asked to pay, as cannot produce the article here.
Last year I had rust. All that I sow after rain I pickle. What I sow before rain I do not pickle. Sowing before rain seems to resist rust. I had smut on that. It was on wet ground. I do not grade the wheat beyond cleaning it in the Sunshine and putting it through the winnower. Vegetables do well here. I put in a few vines but the white ants ate them out. I have not done much with pigs. I started with three sows. I have a couple of acres for a pig paddock, two sows and a boar, and the drought struck so I had to sell the pigs and poultry but I have some poultry again now. I do not employ labour because I cannot afford it, but 30s. to 35s. a week and find it about the ruling rate. Labour is getting less satisfactory. The average farmer is not in the position to employ constant hands as the work is casual and men therefore drift into other avenues of employment. A mixed farmer in this district should have not less than 1,000 acres of land and single-handed he should be able to deal with 300 acres [of crop] annually. Co-operation is an excellent thing. We have tried it to a small extent. It is a melancholy fact that when you ask farmers to co-operate they immediately begin to act individually, but they have never been organised properly and it must gradually come about. We did a little in the way of freights and purchase of bags here. Some of us got a truck of bags and saved 9s 7d. a bale. Another man sent for one bale and it cost him 16s. I do not think the land laws are too bad, but forest land is valueless until it is cleared. I have been paying rent and Road Board rates and land taxes for eight year for land that I have not got a quarter out of. I have not cleared it because I have not had the money to do it with. I am prepared to say that a man should get his land for nothing. I do not think the land laws prevent a man from succeeding. I have not had much concession with regard to my rent but there are other things which require most adjustment. The tricky nature of the railway freights is a problem and so are the protective duties. I used to think the fostering of industries provided a local market for produce, but when you consider we have to pay land tax and income tax, Road Board rates, taxes on bags and machinery and wool packs, it will be easily seen that an undue proportion is the lost of the farmer.
I would like to go in for sheep, and if the Government would supply sheep on extended terms it would suit me. I could carry 100 breeding ewes and possibly more, and they would keep my land clean. Unless you fallow you cannot keep your land clean. In 1914 I had the best fallow in the district, and had to get my neighbour's sheep on it to keep it clean. This is not a dairying district. It is too hot and too far away from the market. I have one cow myself. The winter rains begin in the middle of May and soon after take up. The dry feed is not much good. You would have to feed stock for six months in the year. I have not seen any poison, but I am told there is poison between here and Arrino. I have already referred to the duty on jute goods. Then there are the excessive shipping rates that we suffer from, and the number of hands that our produce passes through, but the present pool scheme looks like an effective organisation. If it could be worked satisfactorily, so much the better, but we should not be left to the whims of speculative buyers. Then, again, the railway freights are far too high. Mixed farming is the only means by which farming can be made to pay. In a new district there is something like £500 to £1,000 in the shape of dams standing between the farmer and development. No doubt a good deal of our trouble may be traceable to the industrial unrest that prevails at present in the shape of strikes and slowing down. They have had the effect of putting up the cost of every commodity that the farmer requires. The way to overcome these difficulties is to educate the people. If coal costs more and iron costs more these costs go to the manufactured machine and finally on to the farmers' costs. I think myself it would be a good idea to compile a standard work on industrial economy and to have it circulated widely, and I think it would prove to be a good investment. These troubles are like an epidemic, and when an epidemic breaks out it is as well to deal with it promptly.
If I had more land cleared I could certainly succeed here."
From The Western Mail newspaper, Thursday 26 December 1929:
Country Towns and Districts - Three Springs and Mingenew - Cereal and Pastoral Wealth - People and Properties
"Born in South Australia, on Canowie Station, afterwards migrating to Maoriland, Mr. Franklin arrived in this State in 1903, and, three years later, he took up land in the Three Springs district with the first pioneers. Mr. Franklin is a director of the North Midlands Co-operative Society, and holds several public offices. He has named his property Canowie Farm, after his birth place. There are 1,400 acres of heavy arable country, and some distance away he owns of 5,000 acres of lighter country. Mr. Franklin is at present building up his flock, which consists of 1,000 head. His grown sheep cut 9¼lb. of wool this year, and at the local show he exhibited the successful West Australian bed merino ewe. He also annexed the first prize in the cattle section for the fat beast. The wheat acreage this year was 430, and for the next season he had 400 acres of fallow, and will also crop 300 acres of oats."
From The Countryman newspaper, Thursday 23 August 1973:
All Roads Lead to North Midlands Show - First Settler Recalls Early Days of District
"One of the oldest pioneers still living in the North Midlands region is Evander Franklin who, with his brothers, took up land west of Three Springs in 1906. Evander is 94 years of age and living in retirement at the new Lady Brand Lodge for the frail aged people alongside the Three Springs Hospital where his 95-year-old wife Henrietta has been for some time. He came to WA from Canowie Station in South Australia in 1903 and took up a small block about 20 miles from Geraldton and started market gardening. His brother Charles came down to farm in the North Midlands while he and another brother Red kept on at the market garden. Ted Franklin went back to South Australia later on but Ted joined his brother Charles in Three Springs on what was then known as the Kadathinni agricultural area west of the township. The original property was carried on by his son Evander Lindsay Franklin and is now run by his grandson Mostyn with his wife and family. Throughout his life Evander has been involved in most community affairs including shire council, sporting clubs and the show society. He is a life member of many of these organisations and this includes honorary life membership of the Royal Justice Association of WA. Evander became a Justice of the Peace in 1936 and was a member of the Three Springs Children's Court for many years. Still reasonably active and keen on taking long walks, he has many memories of the region which read like a chronological history of its development. He had come to the district in the first year land was opened in the area and still maintains it is one of the best farming areas between Perth and Geraldton. Unfortunately his wife Henrietta is too ill to take part in his daily activities but there include twice daily visits to her bedside to chat together. A keen show exhibitor in the early days Evander Franklin views the establishment of the North Midlands show as a realisation of the district's growing prosperity."
Evander William FRANKLIN was a regular judge at local Agricultural Shows:
Himself and Thomas J. BERRIGAN judged the Vegetable section at the "Three Springs Day" on 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Judge of the Vegetable and Grain & Fodder sections at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1929 [4: 28-Sep-1929]
Judged the Vegetable, Grain & Fodder and Dairy Produce sections at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Judge of the Vegetable section at the Carnamah Agricultural Shows in 1932, 1933, and 1934 [5: 23-Sep-1932, 22-Sep-1933, 14-Sep-1934]
Judged the Dairy Produce at the second Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Judged the Farm Produce section at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Shows in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 13-Sep-1935, 11-Sep-1936, 10-Sep-1937]
Judged the Farm Produce and Vegetable sections of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Judged the Farm Produce section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Shows in 1936 and 1937 [5: 18-Sep-1936, 17-Sep-1937]
Judge of the Farm Produce and Vegetable sections at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Victory Show in 1945 [13]
Judge of the Dairy Produce and Fruit & Vegetable sections at the Mingenew District Agricultural Society's 1946 show [261]
Judge of the Farm Produce and Vegetable sections at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1947 [13]
Judged the Farm and Dairy Produce section of the Mingenew Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1958 [4: 26-Sep-1958]
George FRANKLIN
Born C.1831 [55]
Son of Charles FRANKLIN [55]
Married widow Mary MCDONALD nee MCLEOD on 19 October 1870 in Anama, South Australia [55]
His sons Charles, Edward and Evander took up farming in Three Springs, Western Australia in 1906 [44] [152]
Gentleman in Three Springs 1911-1917 [6] [19]
Resided on his son Evander's Canowie Farm in Three Springs in 1916 and 1917 [19]
He could be the George FRANKLIN, late of the Perth suburb of Claremont who died on 29 March 1918 [2]
"Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN
Born C.1874 [24]
Son of George FRANKLIN and Mary MCLEOD [P295]
Gardener in Kojarena east-northeast of Geraldton 1903-1906 [50]
With his brothers Edward and Evander took up the 408 acre Lot 3 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs in 1906 [44] [152]
The three of them had been market gardening at Kojarena and he left first to work their property in Three Springs [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Farmer in Three Springs in partnership with his brothers Edward and Evander as "Franklin Bros" from 1906 [44] [152]
They started farming with £70 capital and borrowed additional money from the Agricultural Bank [152]
Himself and his brothers were among the first to commence farming in Three Springs [31: 11-Jun-1911] [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Initially farmed as "Franklin Bros" with his brothers Edward and Evander and later just with his brother Evander until C.1916 [44]
Rates for the farm were in all three of their names until 1909-10 and then just in his and Evander's from 1910-11 onwards [44]
"Franklin Bros" purchased a Massey-Harris binder in October 1908 [9: 23-Oct-1908]
They grew 250 acres of crop on their farm in Three Springs in 1910 [9: 17-Jun-1910]
On 18 June 1909 they purchased a further 595 acres in Three Springs from The Midland Railway Company for £512/9/9 [27]
The 595 acres consisted of Lots M471 and M472 of Victoria Location 1933, and was payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
They exhibited sheaves of Carmichael wheat, Sullivan's Early wheat and Algerian oats at the Moora Show in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
In 1910 potatoes grown on their Three Springs farm were being sold at Stephen SHERIDAN's store in Three Springs [31: 23-Nov-1910]
During the 1915-16 financial year they purchased the 362 acre Lot 1 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area from Gilford HAINES [44]
In 1917 himself and his brother Charles had 500 acres of crop planted on their farm/s [10: 19-Jun-1917]
After dissolving partnership he was the owner of 595 acres in Lots M471 and M472 of Victoria Location 1933 [44]
His brother Evander became the owner of their remaining 770 acres in Lots 1 and 3 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area [44]
In 1910 he moved onto his own part of the farm which he named Wattle Grove Farm [P295]
Farmer of Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs [61]
Married (1) Eva Maud TEAKLE on 30 March 1909 at the Methodist Church in Gulnare, South Australia [55]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers & Progress Association in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
His and his wife's son Raymond passed away at the age of 11 weeks on 4 April 1910 and was buried at the Mingenew Cemetery [176]
His wife Eva passed away on 24 July 1911 and was buried at the Eastern Road Cemetery in Geraldton [169]
Following his wife's death his daughter Nellie was raised by his sister-in-law and brother Henrietta and Evander W. FRANKLIN [P2]
Humorously recited "Mulga Bill" at the Methodist Church Fund Social held in Three Springs on Thursday 30 July 1914 [10: 21-Aug-1914]
Without anyone knowing he headed south during April 1915, got married, and returned to Three Springs with a wife [10: 11-May-1915]
Married (2) Ellen Mary ANDERSON in Moora on 28 April 1915 [P295]
Won the Stepping 100 Yards competition at the "Three Springs Day" held on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Clerk of Course at the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Wednesday 17 March 1920 [124]
Awarded 1st prize for Bacon at the annual picnic and show, the Three Springs Day, held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Wrote to the Carnamah District Road Board in January 1928 regarding a washaway on the Carnamah-Three Springs Road [4: 14-Jan-1928]
Purchased a new Ampiola player piano from local agent Michael GANNON in September 1928 [4: 22-Sep-1928]
Sold eight bales of wool for 14¾d. per pound through Westralian Farmers Ltd at a wool sale in Perth on 7 October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 19-Jun-1936, 12-Mar-1937]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Returned to Three Springs in mid October 1936 after an extended vacation in South Australia [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 12-Feb-1937]
Donated 10/- to the Three Springs Rifle Club for the Club's most consistent shooter over the first half of 1937 [5: 26-Feb-1937]
Loaned his truck to help cart 80 loads of sand, gravel and stones for the nursing quarters in Three Springs in April 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Farmer in Three Springs until his death in 1951 [19] [24]
Passed away at the age of 77 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [24]
Father of Raymond [24], Nellie, Alan, Olive, Victor and Margaret [P295]
Died 21 June 1951; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 25) [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 30 June 1951:
"Deaths at Three Springs - Two deaths occurred at Three Springs on Thursday of last week, the deceased persons being old and highly respected residents of the district in Mr George Charles Franklin and Mrs Selina May Leonard. The late Mr Franklin, who was one of the early settlers of Three Springs, was seventy seven years of age, and is survived by a widow and three sons and one daughter. The late Mrs Leonard, who is survived by her husband, was the mother of a large family comprising five sons and five daughters, other district relatives being twenty six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Both funerals took place at Three Springs on Saturday last."
Mrs Henrietta FRANKLIN
Wife of Evander William FRANKLIN; see Henrietta BONE
Hettie Isabel FRANKLIN
Born 26 May 1917 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P98]
Daughter of Evander William FRANKLIN and Henrietta BONE [P98]
Grew up and was educated in Three Springs [P98] and then worked as a Shop Assistant in Three Springs 1939-1947 [19]
Won 1st prizes for Writing and Sewing and a 2nd for Mapping at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
At the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1929 won 1st prizes for Wildflowers and Sewing and a 2nd for Mapping [4: 5-Oct-1929]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 as a "Summer's Night" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Won 2nd prizes for a Crayon Drawing and a Pencil Drawing at the Fourth Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Grand Show Ball following the Three Springs Show on 22 September 1932 in frock of apricot satin [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the Anglican Church Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 20 July 1933 in a dress of shell pink crepe de chine [4: 29-Jul-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]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
On 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Opening Ball in a tangerine georgette frock with coffee panels [5: 18-May-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]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball on Saturday 20 October 1934 in a dress of blue marocain [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 in a gown of coral pink velvet [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Herself and Max BARR won the lucky spot dance at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Ball on 4 July 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball in Carnamah on 7 December 1935 as "Bon Rosa Cigars" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1935-36, and a Committee Member in 1936-37 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 18-Sep-1936]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Mad Hatter's Leap Year Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 29 February 1936 [5: 6-Mar-1936]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 10 September 1936 dressed in ivory crepe suede [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Won 2nd prize for Coffee Rolls in the Confectionary section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Wednesday 12 May 1937 in "pleated satin in pillar box red" [5: 14-May-1937]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 3 June 1937 dressed in flame satin [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Dressed as "Ireland" partook in the Empire Parade at the Anglican Church's Annual Ball in Three Springs on 17 June 1937 [5: 25-Jun-1937]
Attended the Annual Catholic Ball at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka on 24 June 1937 dressed in red pleated satin [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Steward of the Fancywork section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Twelfth Annual Show held on 14 September 1939 [262]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1941 [4: 9-Aug-1941]
Married "Bill" Albert Charles BOTHE on 3 February 1948 in Three Springs [P98]
Resided on Clerklands Farm at Billeroo, East Winchester in the Carnamah district 1948-1994 [P98]
Member of the Carnamah Uniting Church Ladies Guild - served as Secretary [P98]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association [P98]
Member of the Carnamah Bowling Club [P98]
Along with her husband left the Carnamah district on 14 February 1994 and shifted to 8 Coode Street in South Perth [P98]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Mother of Allen [P98]
Died 20 October 2006; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Melaleuca Court, Plot 1933) [2]
"Maggie" Margaret Winifred Jean FRANKLIN
Born 15 July 1921 in Perth, Western Australia [P295]
Daughter of "Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN and Ellen Mary ANDERSON [P295]
Resided with her parents on Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs [19] [P295]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 as "Summer" [4: 6-Dec-1930]
In a dress of old gold crepe de chine attended the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball on Thursday 12 October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Won 1st for Writing, Pencil Drawing, Crayon Drawing and Needlework at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
At the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 she was awarded two 1st prizes for a Pencil Drawing and Hobby Work [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won 2nd prize for Collection of Commonwealth Postage Stamps at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Clerk in Three Springs in 1943 [19]
Mostyn Evander FRANKLIN
Son of Evander Lindsay FRANKLIN [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Farmer in Three Springs 1970-1986 [19]
Mostyn Lloyd FRANKLIN
Born 9 December 1913 in Geraldton, Western Australia [16]
Son of Evander William FRANKLIN and Henrietta BONE [84]
Resided with his parents on Canowie Farm in Three Springs [19]
Baptised by Charles H. HAMMER of the Wesley Manse in Dongara on 7 April 1914 [84]
Won a 2nd prize for Writing at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 9 December 1933 [4: 16-Dec-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held on Saturday 14 April 1934 at the Carnamah Hall [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1934-1936 [5: 15-Jun-1934, 24-May-1935, 22-May-1936]
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 Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Dance held at the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 18 July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
During the Dance he was presented with a medal for being the Football Club's Most Improved Player during the 1934 season [5]
Played for the North Midlands Football Association in a match against the Perenjori-Morawa Association on 28 July 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball in Carnamah on 7 December 1935 as "Bon Rosa Cigars" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
In 1937 he was working for the Vacuum Oil Company at their depot in Moora [5: 11-Jun-1937]
During the first weekend of June 1937 he visited his parents in Three Springs [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Perth on 12 September 1940 [16]
Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force's 21 Squadron during the Second World War [16]
Received the Distinguished Flying Medal [16]
He was mentioned in despatches for outstanding courage in the rescue of an airman from a blazing plane carrying explosives [4]
On his return he was tendered a Welcome Home Social at the Three Springs Hall on Saturday evening 1 December 1945 [4: 8-Dec-1945]
His Welcome Home Social was largely attended by residents from Arrino, Three Springs, Perenjori, Carnamah and Coorow [4]
The evening was organised by the Youngest Set of the C.W.A. and included a dance to music supplied by Carter's Orchestra [4]
On behalf of the residents of the district the Chairman of the Three Springs Road Board cordially welcomed him home [4]
According to electoral rolls he resided in Three Springs until 1947 [19]
Nellie May FRANKLIN
Born 1911 [15]
Daughter of "Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN and Eva Maud TEAKLE [P2]
Her mother died later in 1911 and she was raised by her aunt and uncle Henrietta and Evander W. FRANKLIN [P2]
Resided on Canowie Farm in Three Springs [19]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of cerise crepe de chine and taffeta [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Anglican Church's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 27 June 1929 as an "Gipsy" [4: 6-Jul-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Attended the Annual Ball after the TS Show in 1930 in turquoise blue crepe de chine with tea-turning uneven hemline [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Won 2nd prize for a Collection of Fancy Work at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 22 September 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Member of the Younger Set of the Three Springs Country Women's Association - was Treasurer in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in a dress of old gold satin [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Superintendent of the Three Springs Methodist Church Sunday School in 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-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]
In a dress of red marocain attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
In an ivory silk velvet gown attended the Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 10 September 1936 dressed in pink georgette [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Won 1st for Coffee Rolls and 2nd for Victoria Sandwich and Crochet Work at the 1936 Three Springs Agricultural Show [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 dressed in coral pink georgette [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Later travelled to South Australia to meet her mother's relatives, and ended up staying and marrying there [P2]
Olive Saxon FRANKLIN
Born 12 November 1917 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [84]
Daughter of "Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN and Ellen Mary ANDERSON [P295]
Resided with her parents on Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs [P295]
Baptised by Alex W. JAMES of the North Midlands Methodist Mission on 9 April 1919 [84]
Won 2nd prizes for a Pencil Drawing and Sewing at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 28 November 1930, dressed as a "Pansy" [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Won 1st prize for the Best Collection of Commonwealth Postage Stamps at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Died 26 November 1944 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 17) [24]
Raymond Douglas FRANKLIN
Born 1909 [176]
Son of "Charles" George Charles FRANKLIN and Eva Maud TEAKLE [24]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Three Springs [19]
Died 4 March 1910 in Three Springs; buried Mingenew Cemetery, Mingenew (Methodist, 227B) [176]
Victor Harold FRANKLIN
Born 15 September 1919 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Charlie" George Charles FRANKLIN and Ellen Mary ANDERSON [P295]
Resided with his parents on Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs [19]
Member of the Three Springs Boy Scouts in 1930 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Farmer of Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs [19]
Won 2nd prize for a Strong Wool Merino Fleece at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 12-Jun-1936, 13-Aug-1937]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Trooper in the 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment formed in Carnamah during the Second World War [16]
Married Margaret Ellen Avis Eileen STOKES in February 1943 [161]
Later farmed in Tenindewa, and by 1975 was living at 37 Slaughter Street in Three Springs [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Father of William, George and Doyle [161]
Died 6 June 1997; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
William James Victor FRANKLIN
Born 15 November 1943 [161]
Son of Victor Harold FRANKLIN and Margaret Ellen Avis Eileen STOKES [161]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1965, however by 1968 had shifted to Dalwallinu [19] [24]
Died 12 July 1968 in Dalwallinu; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Row 4, Plot 117) [24]
Alexander George FRASER
Born C.1870 [24]
Contractor in Arrino 1906-1917 [6]
In 1917-18 and 1918-19 he paid rates for the quarter acre Lot 101 of the Arrino townsite [6]
Donated 5/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1919 [124]
Clearing Contractor in Three Springs 1922-1925 [6]
Pensioner in the Arrino townsite 1932-1939 [6] [19] [24]
Resided in a hut built in a clump of jam trees near the railway line in Arrino, about a quarter of a mile north of the Arrino Store [P2]
He later moved his small hut, which had a tin roof and very small rainwater tank, to within 100 yards of the Arrino Store [P2]
Among those who protested in 1935 against the Three Springs Road Board spending their rates on tennis courts in Arrino [5: 27-Sep-1935]
The local storekeeper Jack ALLAN used to keep an eye on him [P2]
Died 20 May 1939 in Arrino; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 35) [24]
Also known as George Alexander FRASER [6] [50]
Mrs Eileen Constance FRASER
Resided in Arrino 1965- [19]
Robert Bruce FRASER
Farmer in Arrino 1965- [19]
Una Dorothy FRASER
Born 5 July 1922 in Hambley Bridge, South Australia [205]
Daughter of Norman Symon Albert FRASER and Lisette Dorothy BROOKS [55]
School Teacher at the small school in Kinnaird on the west coast of South Australia [205]
Married Harry REED on 17 January 1946 at Pirie Street Methodist Church in Adelaide, South Australia [205]
Along with her husband and son left South Australia in 1950 and shifted to Western Australia [205]
They resided in Marchagee for a year and after purchasing farmland shifted to Arrino in 1951 [205]
Resided on York Park Farm in Arrino 1951-1994 [19] [P318]
Member of Arrino's branches of the Country Women's Association and Red Cross Society [P318]
The Arrino State School closed the year before they moved to Arrino, so her children attended the Three Springs State School [P318]
Member of the Three Springs Parents & Citizens Association - served as President [P317]
Coached and umpired netball for the Arrino Netball Club and the Three Springs Netball Club [P318]
Served on the Management Committee of the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs [P318]
Also a very active member of the Friends of the Lady Brand Lodge, and helped run a craft group for the Lodge's residents [P317]
Later an active member of Friends of the North Midlands Health Service [P317]
Helped run the Three Springs Scouts [P318]
Ran Sunday School from the church in Carter Street, Three Springs [P318]
During her time as Sunday School teacher they put on a production of the musical Oliver, which they also performed in Morawa [P318]
Herself and her husband looked after the garden of the Church in Carter Street, Three Springs [P317]
After having a house built herself and her husband shifted from York Park Farm in Arrino to the Three Springs townsite [P318]
Mother of Neill and Christine [205]
Simon FRAWLEY
Labourer in Three Springs in 1921 and 1922 [19]
Elizabeth Jane FREEMAN
Born C.1877 [55]
Daughter of William FREEMAN [55]
Married (1) John Francis HEARN in Geraldton in 1902 [15]
Resided with her husband on Gabyon Station in the Murchison district [9: 15-Jul-1910]
Due to indifferent health her husband sold Gabyon and they embarked on a holiday to England [9]
After returning from England her husband purchased and they settled on Woopenatty Station in Arrino [9]
Her husband passed away in Perth on 12 July 1910 after an accident inside a lift at His Majesty's Hotel [9]
She was not in Perth at the time and learnt of her husband's tragic death after receiving a telegraph [9]
Following her husband's death received a letter of condolence from the local Kadathinni Farmers and Progress Association [9: 22-Jul-1910]
Farmer, Grazier and Owner of Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1910-1927 [6] [9]
Had Woopenatty Station in Arrino managed by her late husband's employee Howard Brydon SMITH [P2]
Donated £3/3/- to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
Patron of the Saint Patrick's Day Picnic Race Meetings in Three Springs on 15 March 1923, 17 March 1924 and 17 March 1925 [124]
On 1 April 1927 sold most of her Woopenatty Station in Arrino to Frank F. WEAVER and his partner of South Australia [144]
Married (2) Howard Brydon SMITH on 7 October 1927 at the residence of the Archbishop in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
In mid 1928 they had a house built on a retained portion of Woopenatty Station in Arrino, which they named Earra Farm [144]
Their new house on Earra Farm was built by stonemason Angelo PETROBONI and carpenter Laurie TONGALI [144]
Resided with her second husband on Earra Farm in Arrino 1928-1950 [19] [144]
During the depression Frank F. WEAVER was unable to complete the purchase of Woopenatty and she regained ownership [P2]
Mother of Kathleen Monica HEARN [15]
George FREEMAN
Farmhand for sharefarmers Herbert B. FAWCETT and John H. G. LORD on Woopenatty Station in Arrino in 1929 [144]
Enid Emily FROST
Resided in Three Springs in 1948 [19]
Francis Robert FROST
Labourer in Three Springs in 1948 [19]
Hubert FROST
Contractor in Arrino in 1908 and 1909 [19] [50]
Contractor on Woopenatty Station in Arrino in 1910 [19]
Solomon FROST
Builder in Arrino 1931-1943 [19] [50]
Reuben FUNNELL
Yardman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1921 [19]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1925 [19]
GGG
Bartolomei GABRIELLO
Did contract clearing on Frank F. WEAVER's Woopenatty Station in Arrino in 1928, for which he was paid £151.4.0 [144]
Florence Jane GADD
Born 1905 in Guildford, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of John Augustus GADD and Bertha May TRUSLOVE [15]
Married Richard Philip HARDWICK in 1926 [66]
Shifted with her husband to Arrino in August 1927, where her husband was the local State School teacher [4: 6-Aug-1927]
Following her husband's transfer they left Arrino in late May 1929 [4: 18-May-1929]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Como [2]
Died 20 July 1996; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Banksia Court, L1B, 122) [2]
Frances Emily GADEN
Born 1875 in Lower Swell, Glocestershire, England [20] [21]
Daughter Thomas Partington GADEN and Joyce SMITH [20] [21]
Her father worked as a road contractor, haulier and then farmer [20]
She was the eldest of seven children with younger siblings Thomas, Charlotte, Robert, William, Sarah and Harry [20]
Resided with her parents and siblings at The Vicarage and later at The Elms in Lower Swell, Gloucestershire, England [20]
Married William Henry Godfrey HOWARD in England in 1905 [21]
Resided with her husband in Mingenew, Western Australia 1928-1942 [16] [19]
Judged the School-work section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Secretary of the Mingenew-Yandanooka branch of the Country Women's Association 1929-1935 [4: 20-Jul-1929, 12-Dec-1931] [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of old rose crepe de chine [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Helped secure a £50 grant from the Medical Department for the appointment of a district nurse in Mingenew in 1930 [4: 15-Feb-1930]
Attended the Annual Ball after the Three Springs Show in 1930 wearing "black silver lace and brilliant buckle" [4: 11-Oct-1930]
One of the Costumes Judges at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Arrino on Tuesday 12 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Attended the quarterly conference of the Northern Section of the C.W.A. in Northampton on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 in midnight blue crepe [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club in 1936 [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Inglewood [2]
Died 12 February 1950; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZI, 45) [2]
Rev. Father Bryan GALLAGHER
Born 21 September 1911 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [187]
Son of Charles Stanislaus GALLAGHER and Mary HORNE [15] [187]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia 1926-1929 [187]
Left for Rome in Italy in 1929, was ordained as a Deacon on 28 October 1934 and a Priest on 22 December 1934 [187]
After obtaining the degree of Doctor of Philosophy he returned to Western Australia to take up an appointment in Geraldton [187]
Departed Port Said on the Mongolia and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 September 1935 [63] [187]
Assistant to the Geraldton Parish and editor of the Geraldton diocesan paper The Cathedral Chronicle 1935-1938 [187]
Administrator and Diocesan Secretary of the Geraldton Parish and of Saint Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Geraldton 1938-1944 [187]
In 1944 he was transferred from Geraldton to Three Springs, where he succeeded Rev. Father Michael LYNCH [4: 5-Feb-1944]
He was farewelled at the Druids Hall in Geraldton on Sunday 30 January 1944 by the Parishioners of Saint Xavier's Cathedral [4]
Priest of Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Three Springs 1944-1952 [4] [6] [19]
During his time in Three Springs he also fulfilled the positions of Diocesan Secretary, Diocesan Consulter, [187]
Official of the Diocesan Tribunal for Matrimonial Causes, Director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, [187]
Diocesan Inspector of Schools, and Director of the Roman Catholic Church's Immigration Scheme [187]
Speaker at the Farewell Dance for Christopher & Mildred THOMAS at the Three Springs Hall on 11 September 1944 [4: 16-Sep-1944]
Served on the Board of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs from November 1945 to July 1952 [109]
Speaker at the Farewell Social for Alex & Claire BROWN at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 3 August 1946 [4: 10-Aug-1946]
Speaker at the Farewell for Matron KING held at the lounge of the Hospital Quarters in Three Springs on 29 August 1946 [4: 7-Sep-1946]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1947 and 1948 [262]
In 1949 he had a Morris Oxford car, said to be ideal for trips from Three Springs to Perth [187]
He was named a Domestic Prelate in March 1951, and consecrated a Bishop in Geraldton in June 1952 [187]
Following his consecration he was known as His Lordship Bishop Bryan Gallagher [187]
Celebrated his first Pontifical High Mass at Saint Francis Xavier's Cathedral in Geraldton on 15 June 1952 [187]
He was noted for his "uncomplaining, even temperament, and to his personal generosity to the poor and fellow priests" [187]
Following his consecration left Three Springs to take up the position of Bishop-Elect of the Diocese of Port Pirie, South Australia [187]
Ellen Irene GALLAGHER
Resided in Arrino in 1921 [19]
John Ambrose GALLAGHER
Farmhand in Three Springs 1921-1923 [19]
Thomas Cornelius GALLERY
Farm Manager in Three Springs in 1914 and 1915 [19] [50]
Bobby GALLOPUP
Aboriginal Native of Three Springs [9: 21-Apr-1911]
Won the Hurdle Race at the Athletic Sports Meeting held in Three Springs on Easter Monday 17 April 1911 [9: 21-Apr-1911]
Annie GANE
Cook in Arrino in 1914 [19]
Cook at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1915 and 1916 [50]
Cook at the Hotel in Pithara in 1923 [19]
Mrs Doris GANNON
Wife of Michael GANNON; see Doris POOLE
Michael GANNON
Married Doris POOLE in 1928 [66]
Draper and Mercer in Three Springs in 1928 and 1929 [4] [19]
Proprietor of "The Draper Quality House" in Three Springs, which sold clothing, boots, shoes, mercery, millinery and fancy goods [4]
In 1928 he was the local agent for the Billy Edwards Music Company Ltd and for the "All British" Clynco cars [4: 6-Oct-1928, 10-Nov-1928]
Through his agency for the Billy Edwards Music Coy he sold players, pianos, phonographs, records and all things musical [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Trustees for his estate held a gigantic sale of the stock within his store at Three Springs on Saturday 18 January 1930 [4: 18-Jan-1930]
The premises his store had occupied in Three Springs were later used by "Mick" Clifford F. COFFEY [P2]
"Ina" Williemine GARDEN
Attended the Ball after the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of white silk marocain [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Married Walter Wyndham DURACK in Perth on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934] [66]
Following their marriage they travelled back to Arrino aboard the mail train on Monday 16 April 1934 [5]
Resided with her husband on the Arrino Estate in Arrino [19]
Member of the Arrino Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 15-Nov-1935, 20-Nov-1936]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 3 June 1937 dressed in peach satin [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Mrs Emma Frazer GARDINER
Wife of William Arnold GARDINER; see Emma Frazer JAMES
James GARDINER
Contractor in Three Springs 1909-1912 [6]
Contractor and Labourer in Carnamah 1916-1920 [6] [50]
Molly GARDINER
Barmaid in Three Springs in 1938 [19]
William Arnold GARDINER
Born 22 October 1898 in London, England [16]
Married Emma Frazer JAMES in 1930 [66]
Farmhand in Three Springs 1931-1938 [19] [50]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Queens Park prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 17 July 1941 [16]
Private W26598 in the Australian Army's 9 A.A.A.D. during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 24 August 1948 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Queens Park [2]
Died 25 February 1977; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 13, 170) [2]
A. J. GARDNER
Representative for the Shell Oil Company in Three Springs in 1939 and 1940 [6]
Walter GARLAND
Labourer in Three Springs 1908-1910 [19]
Labourer on Lake View Farm in Three Springs in 1910 [19]
Elizabeth Jean GARNSWORTHY
Nursing Sister at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Married Arthur Henry DARGIN in Perth in 1951 [66]
Resided in Three Springs 1951-1962 [19]
Mr GARTRELL
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1925 [9: 24-Jul-1925]
Albert McKenzie GASMIER
Head Teacher at the State School in Three Springs 1945-1948 [73]
Resided at the School House in Three Springs [19]
Received an annual salary of £406 in 1945 and 1946, £466 in 1947, and £576 in 1948 [73]
Mrs Dorothy Lillian GASMIER
Resided at the School House in Three Springs 1945-1948 [19] [73]
Frederick William GAUNT
Farmhand in Arrino 1931-1935 [19] [50]
T. GAVIN
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1922 [10: 30-Jun-1922] [9: 8-Sep-1922]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1922-23 [9: 12-Jan-1923]
James GAYTON
Clearer in Three Springs 1926-1929 [19]
William McBean GEDDES
Born C.1922 [2]
Resided of late in Three Springs [2]
Died 21 January 1987; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Rose Memorial, RC Section, KQ, 1) [2]
Margaret GEISON
Teacher in Three Springs in 1935 [19]
Miss GELSON
To great applause sang "Idle Dreams" at the Methodist Church Fund Social in Three Springs on 30 July 1914 [10: 21-Aug-1914]
Robert Bruce GEMMELL
Born 7 January 1895 in Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of Archibald Stewart GEMMELL and Elizabeth GORDON [54]
Manager of the Bank of New South Wales in Mingenew, Western Australia 1935-1939 [5] [6] [50]
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 13-Nov-1936]
Represented the North Midlands Cricket Association in a match against the Carnamah District Cricket Association in 1935 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Motored to Perth with Henry H. KENT, manager of the National Bank in Mingenew, on Monday 23 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Speaker at the North Midlands Cricket Association's dinner at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on 21 March 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Attended the Official Opening of the Three Springs Golf Club's new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Married Winifred Isabel PEARCE in Perth in 1937 [66]
Committee Member of the Mingenew Parents & Citizens Association in 1937 [4: 7-Aug-1937]
Committee Member of the Mingenew Hospital Association in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Secretary of the committee who made the preparations for the Mingenew Hospital Association's Annual Ball in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Lieutenant W72011 in the Mount Magent's Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Maylands [2]
Died 21 March 1953; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
"Dot" Dorothy Rose GENGE
Born 1907 [15]
Married "Mac" Murray McErlain WILSON in Perth in 1929 [66]
Resided with her husband on Neereno Farm in Three Springs 1929-1958 [4] [19] [61]
Following their marriage herself and her husband were the guests of honour at a Social in Three Springs on 1 November 1929 [4]
During the evening, which was tendered by the Three Springs Football Club, they were presented with a chime clock [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Costume Judge at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Won 2nd prize for Garden Flowers exhibited at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Awarded 1st prizes for White Hen Eggs and Table Vase of Flowers at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Two years later, at the Three Springs Agricultural Show 1935, once again won 1st for White Hen Eggs and Table Vase of Flowers [5]
At the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 she also received a 2nd prize for Stock [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Exhibited in the Confectionary, Flower and Farm-Dairy Produce sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Won 1st and 2nd for White Hen Eggs; 1st for Table Vase of Flowers, Victoria Sandwich and Swiss Roll, and 2nd for Scones [5]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Mother of John and Donald [P2]
Died 19 December 1992; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, HC, 108) [2]
Colin Leslie GEORGE
Railway Officer in Three Springs for at least the years 1961-1965 [19]
Donald Maxwell GEORGE
Railway Stationmaster in Three Springs for at least the years 1959-1965 [19]
Resided at the Railway Station in Three Springs [19]
Joyce Hannah GEORGE
Resided at the Railway Station in Three Springs for at least the years 1959-1965 [19]
Mrs Lillian Amelia GERSCH
Wife of Edgar Victor GERSCH; see Lillian Amelia LUSCOMBE
Frances Christina GEYER
Married Gustav Franz Benjamin WEISS in Perth in 1902 [15]
Resided on William DEAN's Woodbree Farm in Three Springs 1916-1919 [19] [50]
Thomas Edward GIBBINGS
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1909-1914 [19]
Manager of Cintra Farm in Arrino in 1914 and 1915 [50]
Lionel James GIBBS
Farmhand in Three Springs 1925-1927 [9] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1925-1927 [9: 28-Aug-1925] [4: 7-May-1927]
Miss GIBSON
Sang the songs "The Holy City" and "Bonnie Mary of Argyle" at the Concert & Dance in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Annie GIBSON
Married "Harry" Henry John PAGE in 1910 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Three Springs 1911-1927 [6] [19] [50]
Travelled from Three Springs to Perth for an extended holiday in October 1914 [10: 16-Oct-1914]
Attended the Basket Social & Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs in aid of the Red Cross on Friday 30 July 1915 [10]
During the evening she purchased a donated bag of wheat for 20/- and then donated it back so it could be sold again [10: 6-Aug-1915]
While travelling into the Three Springs townsite one day in June 1917 her horse took fright after the sulky struck a stump [10: 15-Jun-1917]
The horse bolted, overturning the sulky and throwing her out, however fortunately her injuries were only bruises and shock [10]
Won 1st prizes for Green Peas and Butter and 2nd for Eggs at the Three Springs Day on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Vera GIBSON
Born 1901 in Bunbury, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of George GIBSON and Matilda WADDINGHAM [15]
Married John Henry BLAXILL in 1923 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1933-1940 [6] [19]
With George WOLTER won the Jazzing Competition at the Wheatgrowers Ball in Three Springs on 21 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Arthur Reginald GILBERT
Farmhand in Three Springs in 1931 and 1932 [19] [50]
Charles James Tomes GILBERT
Clearing Contractor and Labourer in Three Springs 1922-1932 [6] [19]
The Mingenew Road Board offered him £4 per chain to form and gravel a road in Three Springs in August 1922 [9: 1-Sep-1922]
From February 1923 to July 1924 his sons Clarence and Gerald attended the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
His sons had previously attended the State School in Geraldton, and after July 1924 attended the State School in Three Springs [98]
In 1924 contract gravelled Gull & Strutton's Road in There Springs for the Carnamah Road Board for £3/2/6 per chain [10: 26-Jun-1924]
Sent a wreath to the funeral of Charles C. MALEY M.L.A. at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 16 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
George GILCHRIST
Fencer in Three Springs 1911-1913 [19] [50]
John GILDEA
Labourer in Three Springs in 1910 [50]
Farmer in Three Springs in 1911 [6]
Edward Cecil B. GILES
Manager in Three Springs in 1939 [19]
Leonard Humphrey GILES
Clearer in Arrino in 1950 [19]
Mrs Mary Sinclair GILES
Resided in Three Springs in 1939 [19]
John GILLIAM
Miner in Arrino in 1904 [6]
M. GILLICK
Resided in the Three Springs-Arrino district prior to enlisting in the Armed Forces during the First World War [10]
His name appears on the Three Springs Honour Board, which was unveiled on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Doris May C. GILMORE
Resided at the Police Station in Three Springs 1959-1961 [19]
Fred Cyril W. GILMORE
Police Constable in Three Springs 1959-1961 [19]
A. GIRALT
Resided in Three Springs [4: 16-Aug-1930]
His wife had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1929 [53]
Under instructions from his wife a clearing sale was held on her farm seven miles east of Three Springs on Friday 4 April 1930 [4]
Livestock sold at the sale consisted of 1004 sheep (mostly Merino ewes), 17 farm horses, four cows and one calf [4: 29-Mar-1930]
Machinery sold at the sale included a 15/30 Case tractor, 3½-horsepower New Way engine, 5-horsepower Lister engine, [4]
2-stand Moffat Virtue shearing plant, wool table, wool press, 6-ton wagon, 4-ton wagon, Sunshine 16-run drill cultivator, [4]
spring cart, light spring cart, Linke Noacke buggy, 14-disc Sundercut, 5-furrow Sunshine mouldboard plough, hay rake, [4]
McKay 4-disc plough, 12-foot spring tooth cultivator, Purser T bar roller, two 8-foot Sunshine headers, 20-disc Sunshine drill, [4]
10-foot Sunshine harvester, Hannaford pickler and grader, portable chaffcutter, stationary chaffcutter, new Chevrolet Six truck, [4]
In August 1930 he advertised that he wanted to sell, lease or have share farmed his 3000 acre Dalveen Farm in Carnamah [4: 16-Aug-1930]
Mrs Barbara GISBOURNE
Resided in Arrino in 1958 [19]
Ronald GISBOURNE
Teacher in Arrino in 1958 [19]
Marie GLASKIN
Born 1920 [15]
Probationary Assistant Teacher of the Three Springs State School in 1941, on an annual salary of £187 [73]
Married "Archie" Merlie Edward HOWARD in Perth in 1942 [66]
Resided in Three Springs 1943-1984 [2] [19]
Died 10 May 1984; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Mrs Christine Laura GLADSTONE
Wife of Wilfred Victor GLADSTONE; see Christine Laura BAILE
Wilfred Victor GLADSTONE
Born 1886 in Talbot, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Robert George GLADSTONE and Emily FRY
Farmhand for TRATHAM Bros in Tambellup, Western Australia [50]
He was passed as fit for active service in the Australian Imperial Force in Tambellup on 30 December 1915 [30]
At the time he gave his occupation as Miner and his address care of his father in Wagin [30]
Married Christine Laura BAILE in 1916 [66]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 24 January 1916 [30: item 5099399]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighed 140 pounds and had grey eyes, dark brown hair and a normal complexion [30]
He'd previously served three years with Junior Cadets in Victoria, one and a half years of which he held the rank of Corporal [30]
After training in Bunbury he was appointed to the 16th Reinforcements of the 16th Battalion on 23 March 1916 [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A9 Shropshire on 31 March 1916 [18]
Initially served in Egypt and was transferred to the 4th Cyclists Corps on 18 May 1916 [30]
Embarked Alexandria, Egypt on 29 May 1916 and disembarked in Plymouth, England on 8 June 1916 [30]
Transferred to the 28th Battalion on 7 September 1916, to the 44th Battalion on 23 September 1916 [30]
Proceeded to France on 25 November 1916 where he served until proceeding back to England on 10 December 1917 [30]
Private 5107 in the Australian Imperial Force's 44th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Embarked England for Australia on the H.T. Balmoral Castle on 1 February 1918 due to an injury to his left shoulder [30]
Discharged from the A.I.F. in Perth on 10 April 1918; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Farmer in Yandanooka 1919-1949 [10] [19]
He acquired Lots 2 and 3 of the Yandanooka Estate under the Soldier Settlement Scheme [10: 24-Jan-1919] [61]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club from 1919 until at least 1936-37 [10: 24-Jan-1919] [5: 5-Mar-1937]
In January 1919 he was a new member of the Club and had done a lot for the Club as "a top notch player, and an enthusiast" [10]
Finalist in the North Midlands Easter Tennis Tournament held in Mingenew on 11th, 12th and 13th of April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Attended the Fifth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Dongara on Saturday evening 24 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Watermans Bay [2]
Died 9 September 1960; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZR, 258) [2]
Andrew GLOVER
Teamster in Three Springs 1927-1929 [19]
GLYDE Bros
Arthur Dening GLYDE, Samuel Stedman GLYDE and England Gillingham GLYDE [27]
Sons of Samuel Dening GLYDE and Anna Cordelia England GILLINGHAM [55]
Jointly they purchased 910 acres of land in Three Springs from the Midland Railway Company on 18 June 1909 [27]
Their 910 acres consisted of Lots M745, M746, M747 and M748 of Victoria Locations 1933 and 2022 [27]
The land cost a total of £1,292/10/7, was payable by instalments over 15 years, and was priced between 21/3 and 41/- an acre [27]
Farmers in Three Springs 1910-1940 [6]
Grew 150 acres of crop on their farm in 1910 [9: 17-Jun-1910]
Their property in Three Springs was farmed by Arthur from 1910 until his death in 1922 [19]
Samuel and England both resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont, and were respectively an account and insurance inspector [61]
Following Arthur's death their farm in Three Springs was managed by Samuel's son Keith Stedman GLYDE [19]
The farm was later jointly owned by Samuel Stedman GLYDE and his son Keith Stedman GLYDE [61]