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Robert Francis HART
Agricultural Consultant in Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs [19]


Thomas HART
Railway Repairer in Three Springs in 1907 [6]


Margaret Ann HARTLEY
Born C.1885 [203]
Married James BRENNAND in Lancashire, England in 1907 [21]
Departed London, England with her husband on the steamship Belgic for Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 September 1911 [203]
Resided in Arrino 1913-1917 and on Laund Farm in Yandanooka 1917-1925 [6] [19] [44] [50]
Herself and her husband were passengers on the train that went into a washaway near Gunyidi on the night of Monday 23 July 1917 [10]
The disaster was reported as the worst rail accident in the State's history, with three people being killed and 14 injured [10: 27-Jul-1917]


John HARVEY
Miner in Arrino in 1900 and 1901 [6]


Mary HARVEY
Housemaid at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1930 [19]


Lewis Richmond HASELL
Born 1862 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Arthur HASELL and Louisa Eleanor ALLEN [15]
Married Catherine McCulloch DAWSON in 1893 [54]
His wife Catherine passed away at the age of 29 years in the Melbourne suburb of Essendon in 1896 [54]
Proprietor of the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs, Western Australia 1914-1916 [6] [10: 14-Dec-1915]
Attended and donated 5/- at the Westralia Red Cross Day Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on 30 July 1915 [10: 6-Aug-1915]
Foundation Vice President of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1915 [10: 29-Oct-1915]
In October 1916 transferred the Publican's General License for the Commercial Hotel to William H. ANGOVE [10: 17-Oct-1916]
Left the Three Springs district in October 1916 [10: 24-Oct-1916]
In 1925 he was an Investor and was living with his sisters Amy and Mary at Homebush on Williams Road in Gooseberry Hill [50]
Died 1928 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [32]


Mary Eleanor HASELL
Daughter of Arthur HASELL and Louisa Eleanor ALLEN [32]
Housekeeper at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs, which was run by her brother Lewis, 1914-1916 [19] [50]
Housekeeper and living with her brother Lewis and sister Amy at Homebush on Williams Road in Gooseberry Hill in 1925 [50]
Herself and her sister Amy Louisa HASELL were living at 13 Girilang Avenue in the eastern Sydney suburb of Vaucluse in 1936 [50]
Died 1962 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [32]


W. HASELL
Resided in Three Springs in 1917 [10]
He was a passenger on the mail train that went into a washaway near Gunyidi on the night of Monday 23 July 1917 [10: 27-Jul-1917]
The disaster was reported to have been the worst rail accident in the State's history, with three people being killed and 14 injured [10]
Following the accident himself and two others on board the train rendered great assistance in treating the injured [10: 24-Aug-1917]


Mrs Irene Mary HASKETT
Resided in Three Springs 1952-1955 [19]


William John HASKETT
Farmer in Three Springs 1952-1955 [19]


Mrs Dorothy Joan HASLEBY
Resided in Eneabba via Three Springs 1956-1964 [19]


Samuel James HATTERSLEY
Born 3 March 1905 in London, England [16]
Departed London, England on the Orama and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 3 April 1928 [63]
Farmhand in Three Springs 1936-1941 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Resided in Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 16 June 1941 [16]
Corporal WX14227 in the Australian Army's Amenities Service L. Headquarters Pool during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 7 March 1946 [16]
Resided of late in South Perth [2]
Died 22 January 1977; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 24, 63) [2]


Janie HAWKEN
Born 4 February 1861 in Kooringa, South Australia [55]
Daughter of James HAWKEN and Elizabeth GRAY [55]
Married (1) Robert PHILLIPS on 12 November 1880 in Goodwood, South Australia [55]
Married (2) Percy Henry TUNBRIDGE on 11 May 1901 at the Holy Trinity Church in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Resided with her second husband Percy on farmland in Arrino, Western Australia [19]
Herself and her husband Percy returned to Arrino from a holiday in Perth by train on Saturday 24 March 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Along with Percy left Arrino on Tuesday 16 October 1934 and shifted to Perth [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Resided in Perth 1934-1940 [2] [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Mother of Myrtle, Percival James, Leo Serpell, Leonard Austral, Nellie, Ivy, Amy, Clifford Gray and Persis May PHILLIPS [55]
Mother of Arthur Hawken TUNBRIDGE [55]
Died 10 July 1940; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, YC, 90) [2]


Dorothy Maxine HAWKINS
Nursing Aide at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1965 [19]


Stanley Griffith HAWKINS
Labourer in Three Springs in 1932 and 1933 [19]


Margaret Ann HAWLEY
Nurse at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1962 [19]


Stephen Philip HAWLEY
Born 21 April 1908 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Bank Clerk at the National Bank in Three Springs 1930-1932 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club [4: 9-Aug-1930]
Represented the Three Springs Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1930 [4: 3-May-1930]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1930 [4: 30-Aug-1930]
In 1934 married Phyllis N. BARNARD [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Peppermint Grove prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 10 April 1943 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 83126 in the Royal Australian Air Force's Number 2 Squadron during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 11 January 1946 [16]


Mrs Effie Myra HAWORTH
Wife of Gilbert Harold Spriggs HAWORTH; see Effie Myra EARLE


Gilbert Harold Spriggs HAWORTH
Born 12 November 1897 in Yongala, South Australia [55]
Son of Richard HAWORTH and Elizabeth Ann GIDDINGS [55]
Both himself and his brother James resided at Gumbowie Siding in South Australia prior to purchasing land in Three Springs [34]
On 27 March 1925 purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1000 acres of virgin land in Three Springs [27]
The 1000 acres was Lot M1544 of Victoria Location 2021 and cost £625, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
His farm was situated on the north side of the Perenjori-Three Springs Road at its intersection with Inering Road [62]
On the same day his brother Jim had purchased the adjoining Lot M1543 [27]
Married Effie Myra EARLE on 2 March 1927 in Yongala, South Australia [55]
Farmer in Three Springs, Western Australia 1932-1938 [19] [27]
His postal address was Carnamah and he was also enrolled to vote at Carnamah [19]
Signed a guarantee on 8 December 1935 that his daughter would regularly attend the Inering State School [276]
     As a result of his guarantee and that of six other families the closed Inering State School was re-opened on 3 February 1936 [276]
Came 2nd in the Married Men's Race at the Reunion of South Australians in Carnamah on Saturday 26 September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Sold 26 ewes at 10/10 and 10 lambs at 10/7 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market in 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
In January 1937 the Three Springs Road Board received complaints of turnip weed on his farm in Three Springs [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1937 [53]
Completed paying all instalments on his farm and appears to have left Three Springs in or around 1938 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Gosnells [2]
Father of Jean and Harold [276] [278]
Died 29 September 1952; ashes scattered to the wind at Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


"Jim" James Thomas Clarence HAWORTH
Born 27 November 1892 in Yongala, South Australia [55]
Son of Richard HAWORTH and Elizabeth Ann GIDDINGS [55]
Himself and his brother Gilbert resided at Gumbowie Siding in South Australia prior to purchasing land in Three Springs [34]
On 27 March 1925 purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1,201 acres of virgin land in Three Springs for 12/6 per acre [27]
      The 1,201 acres was Lot M1543 of Victoria Location 2021 and cost £750, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
     On the same day his brother Gilbert purchased the adjoining 1,000 acres, Lot M1544 of Victoria Location 2021 [27]
Farmer of Eden Vale Farm in Three Springs, Western Australia 1925-1928 [19] [4: 10-Nov-1928]
     His farm was situated on the north east corner of what is now Weir Road and the Perenjori-Three Springs Road [62]
     Although his farm was in Three Springs he gave his address as Carnamah and was known to be "of Carnamah" [5: 8-Nov-1935] [61]
     He was enrolled to vote at Carnamah and appears to have received his mail from Carnamah [19] [61]
     Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1927 [53]
     It was reported in late 1928 that he had sold his farm for 27/6 an acre to Mary & Elsie MCINTOSH of Melbourne [4: 10-Nov-1928] [27]
Despite having sold his farm he appears to have remained in Three Springs until 1936 [5] [19]
     In 1935 he was working on his brother Gilbert's farm in Three Springs [5: 8-Nov-1935]
     Undertook an extended tour of the Eastern States of Australia in 1935, returning to Carnamah on 24 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
     While stacking hay on his brother's farm on Monday 28 October 1935 he fell from the stack and dislocated his shoulder [5: 8-Nov-1935]
     Received treatment at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs for a fortnight in January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
After a visit to South Australia he arrived back in Western Australia on Friday 25 September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
     Spent the weekend with his brother and sister-in-law in Three Springs before returning to Perth on Tuesday 29 September 1936 [5]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah retiree Robert PALFREYMAN at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 11 August 1938 [4: 20-Aug-1938]
Farmer in Coorow 1946-1952 [3]
     As early as May 1949 also leased the 50 acre Victoria Location 996 in Coorow, which included Curunger Well [34]
     Leased the 50 acre block from the Midland Railway Company until purchasing it during the 1950-51 financial year [34]
     Resided in a small house on his farm that was filled with a vast and impressive collection of rocks and books [P8]
     Rode his bicycle to Coorow town once a week; also rode his bicycle to visit the READ family once a fortnight [RE]
On 6 January 1947 purchased from the Midland Railway Company 3851 acres of cleared and uncleared land in Coorow [27] [3]
      The 3,851 acres consisted of Lots M1387, M1391, M1744 and M1745 of Victoria Location 2023 [27]
      Paid 5/- per acre for the 3,851 acres, a total of £963, payable by instalments over 15 years (which he completed) [27]
The Coorow Rifle Club's rifle range was situated on Lot M1744 of his farm [0: image 04613]
During the 1952-53 financial year either sold or leased the original 3851 acres of his farm to Thomas NIVEN [3]
Retained ownership of his 50 acre Victoria Location 996 [3]
Resided on his Coorow farm until his death in 1977 [RE]
Died October 1977 in Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 4) [1]


Hannah HAWSON
Born C.1896 [2]
Married Arthur Milton WILLIAMSON in Perth in 1934 [66]
Resided with her husband on Wanneranooka Farm in Three Springs [19]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 10-Apr-1936, 25-Jun-1937]
Herself and her husband holidayed in Perth during early February 1937 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Attended the Official Opening of the new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
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 Subiaco [2]
Died 10 August 1975; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 6K, 67) [2]


Mrs Hannah HAWSON
Born C.1964 [2]
Resided in widowhood in Three Springs 1943-1948 [19]
Resident of Three Springs until her death in 1948 [2]
Died 9 October 1948; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, CA, 208) [2]


"Nellie" Ellen Teresa HAYDEN
Born 31 December 1882 in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Daughter of James HAYDEN and "Lizzie" Elizabeth Teresa BYRNE [15] [55]
By 1884 herself and her parents had left South Australia and shifted to Western Australia [15]
Married "Frank" Francis Charles HAGAN in Fremantle in 1904 [15]
Resided with her husband and children in Three Springs, Arrino and again in Three Springs 1914-1916 [10]
After leaving Three Springs in May 1916 they resided for brief periods in Watheroo, Midland Junction and Moora [10]
In June 1917 they shifted back to Arrino, where they resided for the remainder of 1917 and some of 1918 [6] [10]
With her husband and children resided at 210 Aberdeen Street, Perth in 1918; and in Railway Parade, West Perth in 1919 and 1920 [6]
Resided with her husband and children on farmland at Meenaar near Northam 1921 onwards [6]
Resided at 149 James Street in Perth in 1925; and in Turton Street in the Perth suburb of Guildford 1928-1934 [6]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Mother of Phil, Frank, Doll, Tony, Matt, Betty, Sheila, Ursula and Brian [P327]
Died 16 March 1939; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, KA, 213) [2]


Charles H. HAYNES
Farmer in Three Springs in 1910 [6]


Angelina Isabel HAYTER
Born 1904 in Mount Magnet, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Samuel HAYTER and Juanita BUCKNALL [15]
Married Hugh Reginald MCGEACHIN in 1929 [66]
Resided in Dudawa, East Arrino 1935-1937, where her husband was the local School Teacher [6] [19]
Won 1st prize for Cushion Cover in the Fancy Work section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 24 October 1979; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 14A, 267) [2]


Henry HAZELWOOD
Miner in Arrino in 1903 [6]


Fred HEADS
Recited "The Man from Snowy River" at the concert in Three Springs in aid of Red Cross funds on 15 January 1915 [10: 22-Jan-1915]
Auctioneer at the Basket Social & Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs in aid of the Red Cross on 30 July 1915 [10]
     During the evening he auctioned donated baskets and was said to have been a "persuasive auctioneer" [10: 6-Aug-1915]


Mrs May HEADS
Resided on farmland in Three Springs 1913-1921 [19] [50]
Doorwoman at the Westralia Red Cross Day Basket Social & Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 30 July 1915 [10]
     The Dance raised funds for the Red Cross and she persuaded many to part with more than the required admission fee [10]
     She also donated poultry and a cushions to be sold during the evening, the proceeds all going to the Red Cross [10]
     During the evening she purchased a donated bag of wheat for 20/- however donated it back so it could be sold again [10: 6-Aug-1915]
In September 1915 she won a large Talbot motor car in a State wide raffle conducted by the Red Cross Society [10: 1-Oct-1915]
     Although delighted she realised such a car could not be used about a farm like an ordinary sulky, so decided to re-raffle the car [10]


"Ned" Robert Edward HEADS
Farmer in Three Springs 1911-1921 [19]
Foundation Member of the East Three Springs Progress Association in 1911 [9: 5-May-1911]
In mid July 1911 called for tenders to excavate 1500 yards for an underground tank on his property [9: 14-Jul-1911]
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]
One of his horses almost won the Pony Race at the annual "Three Springs Day" on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
     His pony was in the lead for the entire race, but during its last stride jumped to the wrong side of the post and was disqualified [10]
Donated the gentleman's prize for the Roman Catholic Church Building Committee's Euchre Party in September 1915 [10: 1-Oct-1915]


Robert William HEADS
Purchased Frederick W. and Elsie M. SLUGGETT's farm in Three Springs in early 1911 [9: 14-Apr-1911]
After purchasing the property he proceeded with improvements such as further clearing [9: 14-Apr-1911]
Farmer in Three Springs 1911-1914 [19]
His farm was 1,490 acres in size and consisted of Lots M828, M829 and M830 of Victoria Location 2020 [44]
Foundation Secretary of the East Three Springs Progress Association in 1911 [9: 5-May-1911]
Helped organise a Concert & Dance in mid 1911, the proceeds of which went to the building of a local Agricultural Hall [9: 2-Jun-1911]
Sold his 1,490 acres of farmland in Three Springs to William PADBURY [27]


James HEALEY
Labourer in Three Springs in 1919 and 1920 [19]


Irwin Francis HEALY
Farmer in Arrino for at least the years 1952-1975 [19]


William Henry HEARL
Farmer in Three Springs 1953-1955 [19]


Mrs Elizabeth Jane HEARN
Wife of John Francis HEARN; see Elizabeth Jane FREEMAN


John Francis HEARN
Born C.1864 [2]
Left Victoria, Australia and shifted to Western Australia C.1895 [9: 15-Jul-1910]
Manager of Frank WITTENOON's Norkawarre Station in the Murchison district and then worked as a sheep dealer [9]
Married Elizabeth Jane FREEMAN in Geraldton in 1902 [15]
Grazier and half owner of Murgoo Station in Murgoo on the Murchison in partnership with H. M. MALONEY [9]
Grazier and sole owner of Gabyon Station also on the Murchison until selling it and embarking on a holiday to England [9]
On returning from England he purchased and took up residence on Woopenatty Station in Arrino [9]
Further to the station leased additional land in Arrino from the Midland Railway Company from 1908 until 1910 [34]
     In 1908 and 1909 leased 1,500 acres (Pastoral Lease 449) and from 1909 onwards leased 2,000 acres (Pastoral Lease 480 [34]
Represented Arrino and served as a member on the Upper Irwin Road Board in 1910 [9: 22-Jul-1910]
Foundation President of the Three Springs Football Club in 1910 [9: 22-Jul-1910]
Father of Kathleen Monica [15]
Died 12 July 1910; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, AA, 79A) [2]
As a token of esteem the Three Springs Football Club wore black bands on their arms at the inaugural match in July 1910 [9: 22-Jul-1910]
In remembrance and esteem the Upper Irwin Road Board adjourned for two weeks their usual monthly meeting in July [9: 5-Aug-1910]


From The Midlands Advertiser newspaper, Friday 15 July 1910:
Shocking Lift Accident - Pastoralist Crushed to Death - Victim Mr John Hearn
"The numerous friends of Mr John Hearn, of Woodphenatty Station, Arrino, on the Midland Railway, were painfully shocked on Tuesday, when they heard that mr Hearn had lost his life early that morning as the result of a lift accident at His Majesty's Hotel, Hay-street, where he had been stopping since Saturday. The deceased left Arrino on Friday with a train load of sheep and took up his residence in the city at His Majesty's Hotel. The sheep were disposed of on Saturday, and Mr Hearn decided to spend Sunday and Monday in he city, and to return to his station by the early train on Tuesday morning. He accordingly was early astir, and having told the hotel porter to place his travelling bags in the lift went in for breakfast. Having breakfast Mr Hearn hurried down to the first floor to secure his baggage and met liftboy, Jos. Billings, standing near the lift door. The boy courteously offered to carry the baggage from the lift to the cab, but Mr Hearn good naturedly waved him aside and said he would get it himself. Billings then opened the lift door and stood near by while Mr Hearn entered to secure his baggage. In doing so he must have accidentally moved the lever with which the electric mechanism is operated, for as he was stepping out with his baggage the lift started to descend. Billings noticed the occurrence and tried unsuccessfully to stop the lift. He cut his hand in his endeavour to prevent the accident, which occurred almost instantaneously with the moving of the lift. The door of the descending lift caught Mr Hearn on the shoulders carrying him off his feat and crushing his head fearfully against the floor. The obstruction caused the safety wire attached to the mechanism to fuse and this arrested the downward progress of the lift, too late, unfortunately to save Mr Hearn's life. Though not killed outright, Mr Hearn only lived a few minutes, for Dr Seed, who was hurriedly summoned, could only upon arrival pronounce life to be extinct. Detective Demsey, who subsequently investigated the case, found that the lift was apparently in good working order when the unfortunate accident occurred, for it had been examined and passed only a few days previously by a Government inspector. Mr M. Daly, the proprietor of the hotel, was a personal friend of the deceased, and was considerably unnerved by the tragic occurrence. He, however, lost no time in telegraphing Mr McPherson, of Arrino, asking him to break the sad news to Mrs Hearn. The late Mr Hearn was 45 years of age, and had been about 15 years in Western Australia. His parents, who were parents in the Mansfield district (Victoria), both died after his arrival in this State. Mr Hearn managed Norkawarra station on the Murchison for Mr Frank Wittenoon for some years. He then engaged in stock dealing, and his efforts were attended with such success that he was enabled in a short time to secure a half-interest in a Murgoo station with the late Mr H M. Maloney. Upon the death of Mr Maloney the station was sold to Mr Chas. Atkins for a substantial sum. Mr Hearn subsequently purchased Gabyon station, on the Murchison, but indifferent health caused him to sell the property Mr W. F. Walkeley (of Fremantle), with his wife went for a trip to England. On returning to Western Australia he secured Woodphenatty station where he has since resided with his wife and only child - a daughter. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs Hearn in her bereavement. An inquiry was formally opened before Mr H. J. Holland, J.P., and a jury, a adjourned to the 19th inst., at 2.30.-"West Australian.""


From The Midlands Advertiser newspaper, Friday 22 July 1910:
"At the adjourned inquest concerning the death of Mr John Hearn of Woodphenatty Station, Arrino, who died as the result of injuries sustained in a lift at His Majesty's Hotel, Perth, on the morning of 12th July, the jury returned a verdict that deceased came to his death through suffocation caused by a lift. They added ta rider to the effect that the starting gear on the lift was not safe, and that the authorities should ensure that all lifts should be made safe for the public."


Kathleen Monica HEARN
Born 1905 in Cottesloe, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of John Francis HEARN and Elizabeth Jane FREEMAN [15]
Resided with her parents on Woopenatty Station in Arrino [9: 15-Jul-1910]
Married James MCALEER in Perth in 1927 [66]
Resided with her husband on Cathedral Avenue in Geraldton [144]
During April 1931 herself and her young daughter spent a holiday staying with her mother at Earra Farm in Arrino [144]
In 1975 herself and her husband were living in retirement on Earra Farm in Arrino [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Died 9 November 1993; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, AA, 79B) [2]


Mr HEBBARD
Sang a comic song at the Social held at the Three Springs State School after a local football match in mid July 1910 [9: 22-Jul-1910]


Alexander Buchan HEBITON
Born 1887 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [28]
Son of saddler James HEBITON and Jane Hannah LANG [20]
His parents had married on 28 November 1878 in West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia [28]
His elder two brothers were born in Sydney and in 1884 his parents and brothers shifted to Scotland [15] [28] [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Resided with his parents and brothers James, William, John and David in the Glasgow suburb of Govan [20]
In 1891 they were living at 43 Saundyfauld Street, Govan and at the time of the 1901 census were at 262 Mathieson Street, Govan [20]
Departed London, England on the Ortova and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 14 February 1907 [70]
Labourer in Three Springs, Western Australia 1908-1910 [19] [50]
Died 1912 [15]


Alisa June HEBITON
Born 31 May 1927 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [84]
Daughter of "Jim" James Kinnear HEBITON Jnr and Ruth COCKING [4: 11-Jun-1927]
Resided with her parents on Oldacres Farm in Three Springs [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Baptised by Rev. Sydney H. S. SAGGERS of the North Midlands Methodist Mission on 20 March 1928 [84]
Student at the Three Springs State School [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Won 1st prize for the Best Calf in the Cattle section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won a 1st prize for Needlework in the Educational section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
At the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 she won a 1st prize for Needlework and 2nd prize for a Crayon Drawing [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Came 2nd in the 9 Years Girls Running Race at the Three Springs District Schools Athletic Championships in 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Married Andrew H. WILSON in Perth in 1951 [66]


From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 11 June 1927:
"The happiest man in the Three Springs district at present is Mr. Jim Hebiton, whose wife presented him with a bonny daughter on May 31st last."


"Bob" George Bain HEBITON
Born 1906 [15]
Son of James Kinnear HEBITON and Janet Cochrane BAIN [15]
Resided with his parents in Walkaway 1906-1909 [44] [50]
Resided with his parents on Inverbeg Farm in Three Springs 1910 onwards [19] [44]
Winner for the Boys with 2106 votes in the Popular Girl & Boy Competition conducted in Three Springs in 1917 [10: 2-Nov-1917]
Part of the Three Springs Kangaroo Hunting & Picnic Party of Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd September 1922 [9: 15-Sep-1922]
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]
Won 1st prize for Kangaroo Skins at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Married Evelyn Myra COCKING on Monday 18 February 1929 at the Brisbane Street Methodist Church in Perth [4: 23-Feb-1929]
Farmer on the Mendal Estate in Morawa 1930-1953 [19]
Won 1st and 2nd prizes for Red Poll Cow and 1st for Heifer under 2 year at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Como [2]
Died 17 August 1967; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8D, 80) [2]


Desma Gillian HEBITON
Born 2 March 1959 in Three Springs, Western Australia [84]
Daughter of William Kinnear HEBITON and "Jean" Ellen Jean BARRETT [84]
Resided with her parents on Inverbeg Farm in Three Springs [84]
Baptised on 19 July 1959 in Carnamah by Neville A. THRELFALL of the North Midlands Methodist Mission [84]


"Don" Donald Somerville HEBITON
Born 23 January 1904 in Midland, Western Australia [16]
Son of James Kinnear HEBITON and Janet Cochrane BAIN [15]
Initially resided with his parents on John Street in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [84]
Baptised by Presbyterian minister J. J. GILMORE of Helena Valley on 28 February 1904 [84]
Resided with his parents in Walkaway 1906-1909 and then on Inverbeg Farm in Three Springs 1910 onwards [19] [44] [50]
Farmer in Three Springs 1925-1928 [4] [19]
Part of the Three Springs Kangaroo Hunting & Picnic Party of Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd September 1922 [9: 15-Sep-1922]
Won the Melon Race at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1923 [9: 25-May-1923]
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]
Married Olive Edna COCKING on Saturday 15 February 1929 at the Brisbane Street Methodist Church in Perth [4: 23-Feb-1929]
Farmer on the Mendal Estate in Morawa 1930-1956 [19]
Private W71967 in Mullewa's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Died 29 March 1984; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, CA, 246) [2]


Mrs "Jean" Ellen Jean HEBITON
Wife of William Kinnear HEBITON; see "Jean" Ellen Jean BARRETT


Mrs Ethel Elizabeth HEBITON
Second wife of James Kinnear HEBITON Snr; Ethel Elizabeth COCKING


Grant Kinnear HEBITON
Born 1 October 1956 in Three Springs, Western Australia [84]
Son of William Kinnear HEBITON and "Jean" Ellen Jean BARRETT [84]
Resided with his parents on Inverbeg Farm in Three Springs [84]
Baptised on 15 June 1958 in Three Springs by Neville A. THRELFALL of the North Midlands Methodist Mission [84]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]


James HEBITON
Born C.1853 in Fern, Angus, Scotland [20]
He was raised by his grandmother, seamstress Mrs Margaret KINNEAR, in Brechin, Angus, Scotland [20]
He was living with his grandmother and aunt Mary KINNEAR at 103 Market Street in Brechin in 1861 [20]
By 1871 he was working as saddler and living with his grandmother Mrs Margaret KINNEAR at 63 River Street in Brechin [20]
Also living with them in 1861 was his aunt Mary KINNEAR and his cousins Charles BREMNER and Alexander BUCHAN [20]
In Scotland his surname was recorded as HEBENTON however in Australia and then again in Scotland it was HEBITON [15] [20] [28]
Married Scottish born Jane Hannah LANG on 28 November 1878 in West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia [28]
In 1884 himself, his wife and their two sons, who'd been born in Sydney, left Australia and shifted to Scotland [15] [120: 5-Oct-1933]
While working as a Saddler and Journeyman Saddler resided with his wife and sons in the Glasgow suburb of Govan [20]
In 1891 was living with his wife and their five sons at 43 Saundyfauld Street, Govan in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [20]
His wife passed away from congestion of the liver and kidney at the age of 34 years on 23 February 1892 [28]
Following the death of his wife his unmarried aunt Mary KINNEAR kept house for himself and his sons [20]
In 1901 himself and his sons William, John, Alexander and David were living at 262 Mathieson Street, Govan in Glasgow [20]
Departed London, England on the steamship Ortova and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 14 February 1907 [70]
Farmer in Three Springs, Western Australia 1908-1910 [6] [19] [50]
Presumably resided and worked on his son James' Inverbeg Farm on the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs [--]
Father of James Kinnear, William Lang, John Lang, Alexander Buchan and David Kinnear [15] [28]
Died 1928 [15]


"Jimmy" / "Jamie" James Kinnear HEBITON
Born 1880 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [15]
Son of saddler James HEBITON and Jane Hannah LANG [15] [20]
Resided with his parents in New South Wales until 1884 when he shifted with them to their native Scotland [28] [120: 5-Oct-1933]
He was living with his parents and four brothers at 43 Saundyfauld Street, Govan in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland in 1891 [20]
By 1901 he was working as a Clerk and boarding with a family at 3 West King Street in Helensburgh, Dunbarton, Scotland [20]
Immigrated to Western Australia where he secured employment with the Midland Railway Company as a Railway Guard [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Married (1) Janet Cochrane BAIN in Fremantle in 1902 [15]
His wife Janet passed away on 12 January 1921, aged 47 years, and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [2]
Married (2) Ethel Elizabeth COCKING in Perth in 1924 [66]
Railway Guard in Walkaway 1906-1909 [44] [50]
      He was in Walkaway when he purchased the 482 acre Lot 11 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs [44]
Farmer of Inverbeg Farm in Three Springs 1910-1951 [4: 17-Nov-1951] [19] [44]
     His early settlement and farming efforts along with others of his time helped prove the potential wealth of the district [120: 5-Oct-1933]
     Purchased additional farmland increasing his Inverbeg Farm in Three Springs to 1,500 acres [120: 29-Dec-1929, 5-Oct-1933]
     Also acquired a further 8,000 acres which made up his Bonnie Doon Farm, which was used mainly for the grazing of stock [120]
Grew 150 acres of crop on his farm in Three Springs in 1910 [9: 17-Jun-1910]
     His 1910 crop was "good and regular, and testified to the fertility of the soil, and to a good rainfall" in Three Springs [31: 7-Oct-1910]
     "Hebiton Bros" exhibited a sheaf of Gregson wheat at the Moora Agricultural Society's Annual Show in Moora in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
     His crop was among those inspected when Samuel F. MOORE M.L.A. visited Three Springs on 30 September 1910 [9: 14-Oct-1910]
The Three Springs Race Club's Inaugural Race Meeting was held in one of his cleared paddocks on 9 March 1911 [9: 17-Mar-1911]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers & Progress Association in 1910 and 1911 [9: 28-Oct-1910, 24-Feb-1911]
By 1911 he had been appointed a Justice of the Peace and local Honorary Magistrate [9: 23-Jun-1911] [31: 30-Jun-1911]
In mid 1911 was appointed one of three trustees to make plans for the construction of an Agricultural Hall in Three Springs [9: 2-Jun-1911]
Chaired the Social & Concert held in Three Springs on 24 April 1914 to welcome Rev. J. W. BAYLISS to the district [10: 1-May-1914]
     Also competed in and won the guessing competitions conducted during the evening (with 12 out of 15 correct guesses) [10]
Member of the Hall Committee that managed the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs - was Secretary in 1914-15 [10: 10-Aug-1915]
Played dozens of games of crib at a Surprise Party held at David TODD's home in Three Springs in early February 1915 [10: 5-Feb-1915]
Attended the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting held at the recreation ground in Three Springs on 17 March 1915 [10: 26-Mar-1915]
Attended the lecture "Factors on Wheat Growing" by a professor at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1915 [10: 21-Sep-1915]
Won 2nd prize for a Collection of Vegetables at the "Three Springs Day" on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
One of four men appointed to manage and control the Three Springs Recreation Reserve in 1916 [10: 18-Aug-1916]
     Trustee of the Three Springs Recreation Reserve No. 12432 for at least 13 years, as he was still a Trustee in 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Awarded prizes for entries exhibited in the Wheat sections of the Royal Show held in Perth during October 1916 [10: 20-Oct-1916]
Attended the talk and debate on the issue of conscription held in Three Springs on Tuesday 17 October 1916 [10: 24-Oct-1916]
He gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of W.A. in Three Springs on 16 December 1916 [152]
Provided one of his paddocks as the grounds for the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee's Sports Meeting in 1917 [124]
     Judge of the horse races at the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee's Sports Meeting on Saturday 17 March 1917 [124]
     Vice President of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee's Sports Meetings on 16 March 1918 and 17 March 1919 [124]
Grew 280 acres of wheat crop on his Three Springs property in 1917 [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Won 2nd prize for Wheaten Sheaves at the Three Springs Day on Mrs Minnie M. WATSON's farm on 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Won the Sunday Times Cup for the Best Wheat Exhibit at the Perth Royal Show in 1918 and again in 1919 [10: 24-Oct-1919, 14-Nov-1919]
Inaugural Director of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company in 1919 [9: 27-Jun-1919]
     As early as 1916 he'd tried to get local farmers to co-operate so they could save through bulk purchases, sales and freights [152]
     Manager of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company in Three Springs 1922-1929 [4: 10-Nov-1928] [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Gave a bag of pedigreed wheat to the Basket Social & Dance in Three Springs in aid of Church funds on 10 February 1919 [9: 21-Feb-1919]
On the back of his truck Conveyed a large number of people to the local Sunday School Picnic on 11 October 1919 [10: 17-Oct-1919]
Sold six bales of wool for 15½d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co at the first sale of the season in November 1921 [10: 11-Nov-1921]
As of January 1922 "the record wheat crop of the Three Springs district" was believed to have been a crop he grew [10]
     The crop in question was a 30 acre plot of Sailor's Fortune wheat, which averaged 40 bushels per acre [10: 6-Jan-1922]
The Three Springs Kangaroo Hunting & Picnic Party inspected his crops on the way their hunt of 1-2 September 1922 [9: 15-Sep-1922]
Awarded 1st prize for Bag of Wheat exhibited at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Received 1st prize for an exhibit of Fairback wheat in Class 2 for Zone 2 at the Royal Show in Perth in October 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
By mid 1924 he had acquired 1,825 acres of land adjoining and near the western banks of the Yarra Yarra Lakes in Three Springs [44]
     The 1,825 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 3375, 3406, 3467, 3479, 3480, 4494, 5467 [44]
     Victoria Locations 3375, 3467, 3479, 3480 and 4494 were adjoining and adjoined his brother John's Victoria Location 6613 [44] [62]
     Victoria Locations 3406 and 5467 were adjoining but separate from the other blocks, being a short distance to the south west [62]
     His wife later owned the nearby Victoria Location 4123 which almost adjoins the western banks of the Yarra Yarra Lakes [61] [62]
     This and further land is believed to have made up his 8,00 acre Bonnie Doon Farm in Three Springs [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Attended the conference in Three Springs on 2 March 1928 to discuss the formation of a Road Board in Three Springs [4: 10-Mar-1928]
Attended the wedding dance of Charles ROBERTSON and Winifred LANG at the Carnamah Hall on 27 March 1928 [4: 31-Mar-1928]
In 1928 he grew 500 acres of wheat and carried 1,700 Merino sheep and 100 head of horses and cattle [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Inaugural Committee Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
     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]
     He was the Society's President in 1933, and Vice President 1935-1937 [5: 26-May-1933, 17-May-1935, 1-May-1936, 25-Mar-1937]
     In 1936 himself, William M. CARMODY and Evander W. FRANKLIN drew up rules and by-laws for the Society [5: 22-May-1936]
     Committee Member and Schedule Committee Member of the Society in 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Won 1st prize for Sheep Skins and 2nd for Merino Fleeces at the first annual Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Secretary of the committee that built the North Midlands District Hospital in 1929 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
     Inaugural Board Member of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1929 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Advertised in April 1929 that he had Ruakua and Burt's Early varieties of seed oats for sale for 4/- per bushel [4: 6-Apr-1929]
Managed the North Midlands Farmers' Co-op until May 1929 when he retired to look after his extensive farming interests [4: 18-May-1929]
     During his time as manager of the Co-op his telephone number had been Three Springs-7 [60]
Member of the Three Springs Progress Association in 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Winner of the Fat Beast Guessing Competition held at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1929 [4: 19-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]
With a plot of Nabawa wheat won the Three Springs Agricultural Society's 50 acre crop competition in 1930 [4: 29-Nov-1930]
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]
Exhibited in the Cattle, Wool and Grain-Fodder sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
     Won 1st for Australian Strong White Wheat, Australian Premier Strong White Wheat, Wheaten Chaff, Brown Wheaten Chaff [5]
     Won 2nd for Pure Breed Bull, Best Butter Yield, Medium Wool Merino Fleeces and Australian Premier Strong White Wheat [5]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Justice of the Peace and Local Magistrate at cases that went before the Three Springs Police Court [5: 9-Jun-1933]
A sample of Carrabin wheat he grew was exhibited at the World Grain Show in Regina, Canada in 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Won 1st prize for Wheaten Chaff at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 21 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended and spoke at the send-off to Albert and Elsie STOKES in Three Springs on Saturday 23 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Sold ten bales of wool at 17½d. per pound in Perth at the fourth wool sale of the season in December 1933 [5: 8-Dec-1933]
Received 3rd prize for Zone 1 in the Royal Agricultural Society's 50-acre Crop Competition in 1933 [5: 22-Dec-1933]
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 Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Served on the North Midlands Football Association's Disputes & Protests Board 1935-1937 [5: 3-May-1935, 25-Sep-1936, 30-Apr-1937]
In August 1935 the Three Springs Road Board resumed a small amount of his farmland from Victoria Locations 3479 and 3980 [5]
     The resumed land was for the surveying and establishment of a road on the west side of the Yarra Yarra Lakes [5: 16-Aug-1935]
     The Three Springs Road Board cleared a 22 feet wide road on the resumed land in July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Won 1st prize for "Five Ewes Suitable for Breeding Export Lambs" at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Sold 101 sheep through Westralian Farmers Ltd at a sheep sale at the Midland sale yards on Tuesday 8 October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
     Sold 27 suckers at 15/10, 60 suckers at 17/7, 1 shorn wether for 11/4, 5 shorn lambs at 11/4, and 8 lambs at 16/7 per head [5]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
In December 1935 requested with the Three Springs Road Board for the closure of a road running though Victoria Location 4374 [5]
     As the road led to a dead end in his farm the Board agreed with his request and recommended the road be closed [5: 13-Dec-1935]
A field demonstration of the 1936 Massey Harris 25-40 tractor was held on his farm in Three Springs on Saturday 22 August 1936 [5]
     Pulling a 12-disc Sun general plough and an 18-tyne Sunduke scarifier the tractor easily rooted up hard baked clay [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Speaker at the Farewell Smoke Social to local Co-op manager Harold BARNETT in Three Springs on 14 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Successfully exhibited across six sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5]
     Received prizes for Australian Strong White Wheat (1st), Australian Premium White Wheat (1st & 2nd), Child's Pony (1st), [5]
     Pen of Three Merino Ewes suitable for breeding export lambs (1st & 2nd), Wheatmeal (1st), Two Baconers (1st & 2nd), [5]
     Two Porkers (2nd), Ham (2nd), Dressed Fowls (2nd), Lard (2nd), and milking strain Shorthorn Bull (2nd) [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Sold three wethers at 15/1 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on 21 October 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Speaker at the Social Evening for newlyweds Richard H. S. & Rachel M. A. JAMES in Three Springs on 5 January 1937 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
     Spoke on behalf of the old residents of the district and remarked that if they ever met troubles he hoped they'd be little ones [5]
In March 1937 the Three Springs Road Board were looking into providing a crossing to his Boonie Doon Farm [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]
Spoke on behalf of the Justices of the Peace at the farewell to the CARMODY family in Three Springs on 12 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Speaker at the Valedictory held for Mrs Minnie WATSON & Arthur MORTIMER in Three Springs on 15 February 1938 [4: 19-Feb-1938]
Resided in Three Springs until his death in 1951 [2]
Died 8 November 1951; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, KA, 470) [2]


From the Progress Report of the Royal Commission on the
               Agricultural Industries of Western Australia on the Wheat-Growing Portion of the South-West Division of the State
:
Saturday 16 December 1916 at Three Springs
"JAMES KINNEAR HEBITON, Farmer, Three Springs, sworn and examined:
     I have been here for seven years and was previously a guard in the Railway Department. I have 482 acres which cost £1 an acre and 300 of them first class land. I have 150 acres of second class land and 30 acres of stone. The property adjoins the town. I have cleared 350 acres which is subdivided into four paddocks [fenced] with three wires. I am a married man with three boys attending school. I have a four-roomed weatherboard and iron house and no stabling. My implement shed cost £150. I have a set of farming implements, seven working horses, four young foals, three cows, three calves, four pigs, some fowls and turkeys. I had £73 when I started. I was on the Agricultural Bank and went to the National Bank afterwards. I owe them about £850.
     I put in 250 acres this year. There was no fallow. I have not enough land to go in for fallow. The highest average yield I had was last year, 19 bushels over 250 acres. I expect 15 bushels this year. To pay the actual cost of putting in and taking off would take 10 bushels. I would expect more than 15 bushels in a normal year if the land was fallowed. Bulk handling would reduce our costs. It is the tariff that hurts us most. If the farmer requires £600 worth of machinery at Fremantle we have to pay 32½ per cent duty and 25 per cent for the man distributing. That would total about £1,000. If the duty was free and he got his 25 per cent it would come down to £750, and that would go a long way to build a decent house for wives and families.
     I had septoria last year at the start. I run my wheat through the winnower and pickle it. No man should hold less than 1,000 acres here and should be able to crop with a little help at harvest time 250 acres with five horses in a three-fallow plough. I do not believe in big terms, but I do believe in co-operation for the purchase of supplies and the marketing of produce. I have been trying to get the farmers in it. Then there are railway freights. Amongst us we got up 12 bales. The fright came to £4 12s. 8d. At the same time there was one bale in the same truck that cost 16s. 10d. Our bales averaged each 9s. That is a small instance of the value of co-operation. Our land laws are very liberal, but as long as the man is improving his land he should have the first five years exempt. So far as the tariff is concerned, if we manufactured here and did not require to import anything vessels would come here empty to take away the grain and the freight would be proportionately increased. As for the railway rates, the further one lives away from the city the more one pays for freight. On the railway it costs £7 5s. 5d. freight on a reaper thresher from Fremantle, £6 9s. 5d. to land a harvester, £4 17s. 6d. to land a motor car. A 2,000 gallon tank costs £6 14s. 9d., four head of cattle cost £2 13s. 11d., one horse costs £2 2s. 6d., and yet each of these items only occupied a [rail] truck. The man who gets his goods in small lots is hit up every time, and the difference is far too big. To show the increase in the railway freights I may point out that B class jumped from 28s. 10d. to 31s. 7d.; C class from 43s. 3d. to 47s. 4d.; first class from 61s. 2d. to 79s. 8d. Groceries come in under this heading. Second class jumped from 80s. 4d. to 104s. 8d., and third class jumped from 99s. 5d. to 129s. Parcels have also gone up slightly. 'Parcels to pay,' if they cost 2s. 6d.m, it amounts to 3s. 9d. here. It is awkward because you do not always know what the cost is. The loading charges: they charge us 3s. for counting 18 bags. The minimum on chaff is £3 10s. on a small [rail] truck. I can only get about 30 bags to the ton. A few years ago the rates were cheaper. I had only 10s. a day when I left the Railway Department and I had no worry while I was on wages. Now I keep going but my life is one long worry. The working man is getting far too high wages and it all reacts on the farmer. If I was in the Railway Department, unless I was forced to become a member of the union I would not do so, and it is not fair that we should be charged one-half as much more in Geraldton for handling as we are in Fremantle. I believe that co-operation is the solution of the whole trouble. The already heavy cost of living in the bush is steadily mounting up. Free trade and co-operation combined are the main factors in prosperity."


From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 23 February 1929:
"Mr. J. K. Hebiton and Mrs. Hebiton have just returned to Three Springs from a visit to Perth, where at the Brisbane Street Methodist Church they attended the weddings of Messrs. Don and Bob Hebiton. On Saturday, February 15, Mr. Don Hebiton was married to Miss Olive Cocking, and on Monday, February 18, Mr. Bob Hebiton and Miss Evelyn Cocking were pronounced man and wife. The Hebiton family must surely hold a record for a father and three sons have now married four sisters. This is a magnificent testimonial to the family from which so many charming brides have been wooed and won."


From The Western Mail newspaper, Thursday 26 December 1929:
Country Towns and Districts - Three Springs and Mingenew - People and Properties
""Prize wheat growing is my hobby." says Mr. J. K. Hebiton, snr., "so perhaps that is why I have been so successful." To be permitted to inspect the many and varied trophies won by Mr. Hebiton in crop and wheat competition is to realise what an outstanding wheat grower he is. On six occasions he has annexed "The Sunday Times" trophy at the [Perth] Royal Show for the champion bag of wheat. The highest yield he has ever obtained was an average of 40 bushels from 50 acres of Major. Mr. Hebiton is at present working on a three-year rotation, but he intends to enlarge the cycle by another year. He has two properties - Inverbeg, consisting of 1,500 acres, which grows most of the champion wheat, and Bonnie Doon, chiefly a grazing property. When a guard on the Midland [railway] line, almost over twenty years ago, he first acquired land in the district. Having been manager of the North Midlands Co-operative Society for eight years, Mr. Hebiton resigned this year. He is a J.P. and as secretary of the hospital building fund he has rendered sterling services."


From The Western Mail newspaper, Thursday 5 October 1933:
Country Towns and Districts - Three Springs and Carnamah - Rich Pastoral and Wheat Lands - A Progressive Community
The Hebiton Family - Some Notable Achievements - The Hebiton family is closely identified with the progress of Three Springs. Mr J. K. Hebiton, sen, the proprietor of Inverbeg. A property that has a State-wide reputation for its prolific wheat yields per acre, is a native of Sydney, New South Wales. At the age of four years he was taken by his parents to Glasgow, Scotland, where he remained until he reached manhood. The early impressions of sunny Australia were ever with him during his long sojourn in the land of fogs and mists, and they eventually determined him to return. Securing employment as a guard with the Midland Railway Company, he had ample opportunity to learn the outstanding value of the land at Three Springs, through which he frequently passed, and he decided when the opportunity offered to avail himself of it. Eventually he selected 482 acres on the conditional purchase system in vogue at that time, and has since augmented this by purchase to a total of 9,600 acres, which includes the Bonnie Doon property of 8,000 acres. Though only cropping 500 acres annually, Mr Hebiton usually wins a yield of seven bags or even more to the acre, and it is on record that he has obtained an average of 40 bushels per acre from a 30-acre block. This splendid result is only one of the many outstanding achievements as a wheat grower achieved by Mr Hebiton. Below is given a more or less detailed record of the prizes he has won in open competition since 1918. His property also carries 1,700 Merinos and 100 head of horses and cattle. Mr Hebiton, notwithstanding his strenuous activities on the farm, also manages to find time to devote to the social improvement of the district. A Committeeman of the original local hospital, he was also one of the originators of the scheme to build the present substantial and useful institution, of which the residents of the district are justly proud, and of which he is one of the financial guarantors. He is president of the local Agricultural Society, a director of the North Midlands Co-op Company, and a member of the Primary Producers' Union since its inception. As far back as 1918 Mr Hebiton, annexed the cup for the champion bag of wheat at the Royal Show, a success which he repeated in 1919 and 1921, and in the latter year he won the gold medal for bushel of wheat open to the Commonwealth. In the wheat yields competition in 1923 he gained first prize, with a yield of 25½ bushels to the acre from 426 acres, and in 1924 he again obtained the Royal champion prize. In that year, too, he won a bronze medal at the British Empire Exhibition for wheat exhibits, a success repeated in the following year. The Royal championship again came his way in the years 1926, 1928, and 1930. In 1930 and 1931 he won first prize in a 50-acre crop competition carried out by the Three Springs Agricultural Society on the first occasion with 31 bushels to the acre and on the second with 40 bushels. In 1931, too, he was the winner of the Royal Crop Competition in Zone 1 of the wheat belt, the yield being 40 bushels, and in 1932 he gained second prize with a yield of 37 bushels. Although he lost the first prize in the royal competition, he gained first in the crop competition conducted by the Three Springs Society. When Mr Hebiton has not been gathering in the trophies his sons have taken his place. Mr J. K. Hebiton, jun, won the Royal championship in 1920, 1929, and 1932, and also the championship prize at the Sydney Royal Show in 1929. Another son (Mr G. B. Hebiton) won the Royal championship in 1931."


From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 17 November 1951:
Late J. K. Hebiton - Public Spirited Citizen - Wide Field of Interests
"The death occurred in the North Midlands District Hospital at Three Springs on Friday of last week of Mr James Kinnear Hebiton, who is survived by his wife and four sons. A public spirited citizen, who gave generously of his time in the interests of his fellow men while endeavouring to further the progress of the district, he led a busy life into which he crowded a wealth of activities indicative of his practical mind and interest in a wide variety of subjects. The late Mr Hebiton, who had resided in Three Springs since 1910, convened the first meeting to construct a new hospital there and became the secretary of the building committee. He had been a director and later chairman of directors of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-Operative Company Limited. Amongst his other activities had been that of chairman of the Northern District Council of the Co-Operative Federation - a post which he occupied for many years. He had also carried out duties on behalf of the Methodist Church in the capacity of secretary and treasurer. Keenly interested in the land, the late Mr Hebiton was a foundation member and a past president of the Three Springs Agricultural Society, in whose annual exhibition he manifested unflagging enthusiasm. In addition, he was a foundation member of the Farmers and Settlers' Association and later a member of the Primary Producers' Association and the Farmers' Union of W.A. He took the chair at the meeting called to form a branch of the Junior Farmers movement at Three Springs - typical of the fact that he always had the welfare of the younger generation at heart. The deceased gentleman acted as auditor for the Northern Division of the Country Women's Association for two years and as auditor for the Three Springs Branch of that Association for thirteen years. He was, too, keenly interested in football, a sport which he assisted by serving for a long time on the disputes committee. The funeral took place last Saturday in the Presbyterian cemetery at Karrakatta, where the last rites were carried out by the State Moderator (Right Rev. James McMaster). The pall bearers were Messrs H. Worthington, R. William, J. Payne, E. Hunt, E. W. Franklin and J. Callagher.


"Jim" / "Jamie" James Kinnear HEBITON Jnr
Born 22 March 1902 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15]
Son of James Kinnear HEBITON and Janet Cochrane BAIN [15]
Farmer of Oldacres Farm in Three Springs [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Married Ruth COCKING in Perth in 1926 [66]
Attended the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting held at the recreation ground in Three Springs on 17 March 1915 [10: 26-Mar-1915]
Won the 10 to 12 Years Boys Running Race at the Annual Sports Meeting at Arrino on Easter Monday 1 April 1915 [10: 9-Apr-1915]
While harvesting his father's crop with a six horse team in late December 1918 he saw a kangaroo going through the crop [10: 3-Jan-1919]
     He stopped the team, pulled out one of the horses, took off after the kangaroo, caught it and took it home where he skinned it [10]
     His father asked him where the team was to which he replied "I clean forgot the team, but ain't he a blithering kangaroo" [10]
Part of the Three Springs Kangaroo Hunting & Picnic Party of Friday 1st and Saturday 2nd September 1922 [9: 15-Sep-1922]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
     Won 1st prize for Sheaves of Wheat and both 1st and 2nd prizes for Wheat in the Grain & Fodder section of the Show [4]
With a sample of Comeback wheat he won the Strong White Wheat Championship at the Royal Show in Sydney in 1929 [4: 24-Aug-1929]
Won 2nd prize for a male Black Orpington in the Poultry section of the Forth Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
A sample of Ford and Florence wheat he grew was exhibited at the World Grain Show in Regina, Canada in 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
His successes in wheat competitions was credited in 1933 as helping to keep Three Springs on the map [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Spent a number of days erecting the sheep yards for the Three Springs Agricultural Society's 1933 Annual Show [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Exhibited in the Farm & Dairy Produce and Grain & Fodder sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
     Won 1st prizes for Middle of Bacon and Green Wheat for Hay, and 2nd for Australian Strong White Wheat and Wheaten Hay [5]
Received the prize for the best Commonwealth grown Bushel of Wheat at the Royal Show in Perth in October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
     Also won a number of other prizes at the 1933 Royal Show, including The Sunday Times Cup for the best variety grown in WA [5]
Came in at 7th in the Royal Agricultural Society's 50-acre Crop Competition for Zone 1 in 1933 [5: 22-Dec-1933]
Won the Senator Lynch Cup for gaining the most points in the agricultural sections at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5]
     Awarded every prize in the Pig section, receiving both 1st and 2nd for Three Porkers, Three Baconers and Three Weaners [5]
     Won 1st and 2nd prizes for Bushel of Australian Strong White Wheat and Bushel of Australian Premium Strong White Wheat [5]
     Received 1st and 2nd for Champion Bushel of Wheat, 1st for Green Wheat for Grain, and 2nd for Wheat Meal [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Sold 33 suckers at 17/7, 14 suckers at 15/7 and 45 shorn lambs at 9/4 per head at the Midland Market in September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Purchased a new Sunshine 6 foot binder from local agent Oswald S. SOWERBY in September 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Received 2nd prize for Merredin wheat for Zone 2 at the Royal Show in Perth in October 1935 [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Winner of the Treasure Hunt during the party held at Mrs Edith E. ROWE's home in Arrino on 11 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Attended the demonstration of the 1936 Massey Harris 25-40 tractor on his father's farm in TS on 22 August 1936 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Exhibited in the Sheep and Pig sections of the Carnamah Agricultural Show at Centenary Park, Carnamah on 10 September 1936 [5]
     Won 1st for three half-bred ewes for breeding export lambs which were "particularly choice ewes, being even, big and roomy" [5]
     In the Pig section he was Awarded both 1st and 2nd prizes for Baconer suitable for export, and 2nd prize for Porker [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society 1936-1939 and also Finance Committee Member in 1937 [5]
     Vice President of the Three Springs Agricultural Socuety 1939-1948 [5: 1-May-1936, 25-Mar-1937, 23-Apr-1937] [262]
Exhibited in the Sheep, Wool and Grain & Fodder sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 17 September 1936 [5]
     Won 1st prize for Five Fat Lambs, 1st for Wheaten Hay, 1st and 2nd for Crossbred Fleece, and 2nd for Oaten Hay [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Successfully exhibited wheat at the Perth Royal Show in Perth in early October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
     For Zone 2 won 1st prize for Nabawa Wheat and 2nd prizes for Merredin Wheat and Australian Standard White Wheat [5]
With a plot of Merredin wheat he came 2nd in the Royal Agricultural Society's 50-acre Crop Competition for Zone 1 in 1936 [5]
    With the same plot he also came 2nd in the Three Springs Agricultural Society's 50-acre Crop Competition in 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Sold 33 lambs at 17/4 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 21 October 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Sold 67 lambs through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on 21 July 1937 - 15 at 24/4, 19 at 23/10, 33 at 23/4 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1937 [13]
     Won 1st for Australia Premier Wheat and early Australian Strong Wheat at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 22 April 1942 [16]
     Private WX27678 in the Australian Army's 108 IBG Ordnance Workshops during the Second World War [16]
     Discharged from the Australian Army on 23 February 1944 [16]
Steward of the Grain and Fodder section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1947 [262]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Pleasant [2]
Died 17 December 1982; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (IC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 2, 109) [2]


From The Western Mail newspaper, Thursday 26 December 1929:
Country Towns and Districts - Three Springs and Mingenew - People and Properties
"At the Sydney Royal Show this year Mr. J. K. Hebiton, Jnr., distinguished himself and advertised his district and State by carrying off the Commonwealth champion prize a bushel of strong white wheat. The successful variety was Comeback. Mr. Hebiton is successfully perpetuating the fame of the Hebiton family, for he has also won two "Sunday Times" cups. Mr. Hebiton is the eldest of two sons and he gained most of his agricultural experience from his father, although he attended the Narrogin Agricultural College for six months. He acquired his property, Oldacres, in 1926, after spending some time at Doodlakine. It consists of 444 acres of heavy chocolate loam and adjoins Inverbeg, his father's homestead property."


Mrs Janet Cochrane HEBITON
First wife of James Kinnear HEBITON Snr; see Janet Cochrane BAIN


"Jack" John Lang HEBITON
Born 17 July 1884 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [28]
Son of James HEBITON and Jane Hannah LANG [28]
His parents had married on 28 November 1878 in West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia [28]
He was born at 43 Sandy Faulds Street in Glasgow, and at the time of his birth his father was working as a Saddler Journeyman [28]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1910 [50]
Manager of his brother "Jim" James K. HEBITON's Inverbeg Farm in Three Springs, Western Australia 1911-1914 [6] [19]
Served on the Three Springs Local Board of Health - was its Honorary Secretary in 1910 [9: 30-Sep-1910]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Geraldton on 19 October 1914 [30: item 5309662]
     On enlistment he was recorded as being 5 feet 7 inches tall, weighing 144 lbs., with grey eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion [30]
     Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. Mashobra on 8 February 1915 [18]
     After further training embarked from Alexandria, Egypt for Gallipoli, Turkey on 16 May 1915 [30]
     Trooper 291 in the Australian Imperial Force's 10th Light Horse Regiment in Gallipoli during the First World War [30]
     Received gunshot wounds to his right arm and face on 30 May 1915 and was returned to Egypt for treatment [30]
     From hospital he wrote to his brother Jim in Three Springs, in which he revealed his teeth had been shattered [10: 13-Aug-1915]
     Returned to duty in Egypt on 3 March 1916, and a few days later was promoted from Trooper to Corporal [30]
     Admitted to hospital on 10 June 1916 suffering mildly from an old bomb shell wound, and later paralysis of his right hand [30]
     Owing to the paralysis he was returned to Australia, embarking from Suez, Egypt on the H.T. Karoola on 5 July 1916 [30]
     Disembarked from the H.T. Karoola in Fremantle, Western Australia on 28 July 1916 [70]
Returned to Three Springs on Wednesday evening 9 August 1916 [10: 11-Aug-1916]
     On his arrival back in Three Springs he was tendered a well attended "Welcome Home" at the Agricultural Hall [10: 11-Aug-1916]
     Discharged from the A.I.F. on 4 October 1916; received the 1914-15 Star, the Victory Medal and the British War Medal [30]
     Up until 14 February 1918, during which time he was in Three Springs, he received a fortnightly pension of 17/- from the A.I.F. [30]
     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]
In January 1918 he was working as a Wheat Lumper or lumping some wheat at the wheat stacks in Three Springs [10: 24-Jan-1919]
Farmer in Three Springs 1918-1926 [6]
     Initially his farmland in Three Springs was the 1,000 acre Victoria Location 6613, which he had acquired by mid 1918 [44]
     Victoria Location 6613 adjoins the western banks of the Yarra Yarra Lakes in Three Springs [62]
     Later acquired a further 906 non-adjoining acres with the purchase of Lots 17 and 19 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area [44]
     His lots 17 and 19 were nearer the Three Springs townsite and both bounded what is now West Yarra Road [62]
     Also purchased the 564 acre Victoria Location 4129 situated a short distance south west of the Three Springs townsite [44] [62]
     His three separate pieces of farmland in Three Springs totalled 2,470 acres [44]
Vice President of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee's Sports Meetings on 16 March 1918 and 17 March 1919 [124]
Married Annie Lily BENTLETT in Perth in 1925 [66]
Farmer of Dolly's Hill Farm in Perenjori 1926-1932 [19] [61]
His wife Annie, late of Perenjori, passed away at the age of 43 years on 16 April 1932 [2]
After a long absence returned and again resided in Three Springs 1952-1971 [19]
In 1967 he was living with Maxwell K. & Judith A. HEBITON in Three Springs [30: item 5309662]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Hollywood [2]
Died 13 December 1972; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WA, 168) [2]


Mrs Judith Ann HEBITON
Resided on Carramar Farm in Three Springs 1961-1986 [19]


Mark Kinnear HEBITON
Born 13 April 1961 [84]
Son of Maxwell Kinnear and Judith Ann HEBITON [84]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs [84]
Baptised on 19 November 1961 in Three Springs by Robert J. WATTS of the North Midlands Methodist Mission [84]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]


Maxwell Kinnear HEBITON
Born 30 July 1931 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [84]
Son of James Kinnear HEBITON Jnr and Ruth COCKING [84]
Resided with his parents on Oldacres Farm in Three Springs [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Baptised by Methodist minister J. E. STONE at the Wesley Church in Perth on 1 April 1932 [84]
Farmer in Three Springs 1953-1986 [19]
Later resided at 11 Ingleby Crescent in Gingin [19]
Father of Mark [84]
Died 27 January 2009; cremated at the Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park in the Perth suburb of Padbury [2]


Mrs Ruth HEBITON
Wife of James Kinnear HEBITON Jnr; see Ruth COCKING


William Kinnear HEBITON
Born 11 July 1925 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 9 October 1943 [16]
Aircraftman 1 441549 in the Royal Australian Air Force's Works T Unit Lara during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 18 November 1944 [16]
Farmer of Inverbeg Farm in Three Springs in 1947 [19]
Married "Jean" Ellen Jean BARRETT in Perth in 1948 [66]
Farmer in Three Springs until 1986 [19]
Father of Grant and Desma [84]


Sylvia Olivier L. HEDGER
Cook at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs 1955-1962 [19]


Gladys Maxine HEDGES
Housemaid at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]


Mrs Dorothy Harriett Maude HEELAN
Wife of Michael John HEELN; see Dorothy Harriett Maude MURTHA


"Pat" / "Paddy" Patrick HEHIR
Farmhand for Frederick E. S. JAMES on Coodawa Farm in Three Springs in 1914 [50]
Being from Ireland he was referred to by Three Springs farmer Fred JAMES as the "local Vice Consul for Ireland" [10: 29-Sep-1914]
Farm Labourer in Dudawa, East Arrino 1914-1916 [19]


Ida Esther Miller HEIMANN
Born 30 August 1871 in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Daughter of Henry Miller Joseph HEIMANN and Elizabeth Todd WADDELL [55]
Her father died at the age of 39 years in 1878 and in 1880 her mother married John Waterhouse PADMAN [55]
Married Percy Thomas BRIDGE on 26 October 1892 in Bridgewater, South Australia [55]
Their first daughter was born in Crafers, South Australia in 1893 and their second in Myponga, South Australia in 1894 [55]
By 1896 they had moved to Western Australia with their third daughter born that year at Cue and their fourth at Cue in 1898 [15]
Her sister Laura Henrietta Miller HEIMANN married her husband's brother Charles Edward BRIDGE in 1892 [55]
Resided in Mingenew, Western Australia 1911-1941, where her husband was a Store Manager and then Storekeeper [4: 17-Jan-1942] [19]
Costume Judge at the Anglican Church's Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on Friday 27 November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 18 August 1961; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, HC, 9) [2]


Mrs Bertha Alice HELLEWELL
Wife of Leslie James HELLEWELL; see Bertha Alice SMOKER


Dorothy Lois HELLEWELL
Born 21 July 1935 in Moora, Western Australia [5]
Daughter of "Les" Leslie James HELLEWELL and Bertha Alice SMOKER [5: 26-Jul-1935]
Following her birth in Moora she arrived in Arrino with her mother during the third week of August 1935 [5: 30-Aug-1935]
Resided with her parents in Arrino 1935-1939 [5: 26-Jul-1935] [19]
Herself and her brother Robert were baptised on 22 September 1935 by Rev. Arthur R. COOPER of the Three Springs [84]


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 26 July 1935:
"Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Hellewell, of Arrino, on the arrival of a daughter. The birth took place at the Moora Hospital on Saturday last."


"Les" Leslie James HELLEWELL
Born 9 August 1906 in Sutton Coldfield, Warwick, England [P24]
Son of "Ted" Edward HELLEWELL and Emily Louisa PROBERT [P24]
Left London, England with his parents on the steamship Australind and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 8 May 1911 [70]
Initially resided in Moora with his parents, who in 1927 shifted to Carnamah [P24]
     Came 2nd in the 12-15 Boys Running Race at the Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations in Moora on 17 March 1919 [10: 28-Mar-1919]
Employee of the Midland Railway Company [P24]
Travelled from Perth to Carnamah to spend Christmas with his parents in 1927 [4: 7-Jan-1928]
Relieving Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Arrino in October 1928, due to the illness of Eric H. R. LINTHORNE [4: 13-Oct-1928]
Assistant Stationmaster of the Mingenew Railway Station in Mingenew in 1929 and 1930 [4] [19]
     Member of the Mingenew Golf Club in 1929 [4: 2-Nov-1929]
     Married Bertha Alice SMOKER in Midland in 1930 [JU]
Assistant Stationmaster of the Moora Railway Station in Moora 1931-1935 [5: 31-May-1935] [50]
     Foundation Member of the Moora Hospital Talkies Committee [5: 31-May-1935]
     Returned to Moora by train on Monday 13 August 1934 after spending a few days in Carnamah staying with his parents [5: 17-Aug-1934]
     He was bid farewell and presented with a silver cigarette case in Moora on Saturday 25 May 1935 [5: 31-May-1935]
     Transferred to Arrino in May 1935 following the death of the resident stationmaster, Eric H. R. LINTHORNE [5: 31-May-1935]
Stationmaster of the Arrino Railway Station in Arrino 1935-1939 [19]
     Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
     Pallbearer at the funeral of Arrino resident Robert Walter CONNOLLY at the Three Springs Cemetery on 25 July 1938 [4: 30-Jul-1938]
     Member of the Arrino Football Club - was Secretary in 1937 [5: 23-Apr-1937]
     Represented the Arrino Football Club at some meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1937 [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Later resided in Gingin and the Perth suburb of Sorrento [2] [16]
Father of Robert and Dorothy [84]
Died 8 November 1974; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 3, 22) [2]


Mrs Margaret Hunter HELLEWELL
Resided with her husband Herb in Arrino 1949-1955 [19]


Robert Edward HELLEWELL
Born 19 March 1933 [84]
Son of Leslie James HELLEWELL and Bertha Alice SMOKER [84]
Resided with his parents in Arrino [84]
Himself and his sister Dorothy were baptised on 22 September 1935 by Rev. Arthur R. COOPER of Three Springs [84]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Riverton [2]
Died 21 November 1977; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn 5, Niche Wall, W8, 238) [2]


Arthur Henry HENDERSON
Married Louisa RALPH in Coolgardie in 1903 [15]
Railway Ganger in Three Springs 1914-1916 [6] [19] [50]
Donated vegetables to be sold at a Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs in aid of the Red Cross on 30 July 1915 [10: 6-Aug-1915]
Foundation Committee Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1915 [10: 29-Oct-1915]


Ethel Sarah May HENDERSON
Born 1911 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Married Lloyd Denne HILLER [2] [15] [19]
Resided in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Resided of late in Falcon WA [2]
Died 6 February 1990; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]


George HENDERSON
Contractor in Three Springs in 1911 [6]


Mrs Louisa HENDERSON
Wife of Arthur Henry HENDERSON; see Louisa RALPH


Rita Kathleen HENDERSON
Born 1900 in Kaiapoi, New Zealand [P353]
Daughter of Charles HENDERSON and Cecilia DRUMMONG [P353]
Her mother died when she was 18 months old after giving birth to twins Cecilia Castlemaine and Charles Julius [P353]
Following their mother's death herself and her surviving twin sibling Cecilia went to live with their maternal grandparents [P353]
Resided with her grandparents Peter DRUMMOND and Sarah Elizabeth nee STILWELL in Motueka, New Zealand [P353]
She was educated at Motueka and later shifted with her grandmother from Motueka to Nelson, New Zealand [P353]
Their next door neighbour in Nelson was Rev. Father P. James TYMONS, who sometimes gave her a ride to work [P353]
Departed New Zealand with Rev. Father P. James TYMONS on the Westralia and arrived in Victoria, Australia in March 1920 [42]
Resided in Three Springs, Western Australia [19]
Believed to have resided in Three Springs with Rev. Father P. James TYMONS who was the local Priest in 1923 and 1924 [6] [19]
Departed London, England on the Berrima for Cape, South Africa on 12 March 1925 [203]


Walter HENDERSON
School Teacher of the Dudawa State School in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1924 [73]
In 1924 received an annual salary of £192 for fulfilling the duties of sole teacher of the Dudawa State School [73]


Mary Ann Letitia HENNELL
Born 27 June 1884 in Kensington, London, England [P389]
Daughter of George HENNELL and Martha Elizabeth HALL [P389]
Initially resided with her parents at 19 Stoneleigh Street in Kensington [268]
She was baptised on 20 July 1884 at Saint Clement's Church in Kensington [268]
In 1891 was living with her parents and sisters Charlotte and Eliza at 29 Saint Anne's Road in Kensington [20]
Departed London, England on the steamship Orvieto on 1 August 1913 bound for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
Servant of 58 Kings Park Road in the Perth suburb of West Perth in 1916 [50]
Laundress and Cook in Three Springs in 1919 and 1920 [19] [50]
In February 1920 her engagement to Three Springs farmer and widower Gilford HAINES was announced [10: 13-Feb-1920]
Married "Gillie" Gilford HAINES on 3 March 1920 at the residence of Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs [P389]
Witnesses to their marriage were local farmer Frederick E. S. JAMES and her husband's son W. Christie H. HAINES [P389]
Resided in Three Springs, Arrino and again in Three Springs 1920-1949 [19] [24] [50]
Died 26 October 1949 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 67) [24]


Phoebe Alma HENRY
Born 1904 in Cottesloe, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Charles Frederick Alexander HENRY and Charlotte DOUST [15] [50]
Married (1) "Eddie" Edmund Keen BYRNE in 1921 [66]
Resided with her husband on Slaughter Street in the Three Springs townsite [50]
Their daughter Sybil passed away at the age of three years in Three Springs on 16 December 1926 [4: 1-Jan-1927] [24]
Married (2) Robert Henry JOHNSON in Perth in 1928 [66]
Married (3) Leslie Henry DON in 1933 [66]
In 1936 her husband was working as a Labourer and they were living at 332 Fitzgerald Street in Northam [50]
Her son Desmond Keen BYRNE lived with his grandfather on Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs [5: 12-Oct-1934]
Married (4) John ARMSTRONG in 1942 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 18 February 1970; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, PC, 738) [2]


Annie Mary HERBERT
Born 12 April 1906 [84]
Daughter of Frank HERBERT and Nina May CRIDDLE [84]
Resided with her parents in Dongara, and was baptised on 13 May 1906 [84]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
     Won 1st prizes for Jams, Gent's Buttonhole and Sweet Peas, and 2nd prizes for Garden Flowers and Collection of Fancy Work [4]
Won 1st prize for White Table Cloth in the Fancy Work section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Died 10 July 1988; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


Mrs Eileen HERBERT
Wife of "Bill" William Rees HERBERT; see Eileen FOLEY


Maud Rachel HERBERT
Born 1885 in Mingenew, Western Australia [15] [24]
Daughter of Henry HERBERT and Leah HUNT [15]
Married "Paddy" Patrick Samuel HOWARD in 1907 [66]
They resided in Mingenew in 1909 [50]
Purchased Lot 114 of Victoria Location 2022 on the east side of the Three Springs townsite on 9 February 1910 [27]
Lot 144 was just over one acre in size and was purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £15 payable over two years [27]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1910-1941, where he worked as a Fettler and Clearing Contractor [4: 29-Nov-1941] [6] [19] [44]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
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]
Following her husband's death in 1941 she continued to reside in Three Springs [19]
Passed away at the age of 73 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [24]
Died 22 August 1958; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Row 2, Plot 52) [24]


"Bill" William Rees HERBERT
Born 26 October 1903 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [16]
Son of John Rees HERBERT and Eva Evermore BUZZA [15]
Shop Assistant in Three Springs 1929-1932 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Attended the Anglican Church's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 27 June 1929 as a "Caricature Scotch" [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]
Received burns to his hand in early January 1930 while extinguishing a burning bag at the North Midlands Co-op store [4: 11-Jan-1930]
Married Eileen FOLEY in Perth in 1930 [66]
Represented the Three Springs Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1931 [4: 6-Jun-1931]
Resided in Kalgoorlie prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 30 April 1941 [16]
Sergeant 38568 in the Royal Australian Air Force's Darwin SPU during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 4 March 1946 [16]


Marjorie HERMAN
Resided in Three Springs 1935-1939 [19]


John HERRING
Labourer in Arrino in 1922 and 1923 [19]


HESFORD Bros
James HESFORD Jnr, Arthur John HESFORD, William Patrick HESFORD and Leslie Allan HESFORD [50] [61]
Farmers in Perenjori 1911-1949 [6] [19] [152]
     Between them they took up 4,240 acres, half of which was forest, in five blocks which cost on average about 11/- per acre [152]
     They settled with very little experience of farming between them, with one of them a carpenter and another a shop assistant [152]
     Initially the nearest railway siding was at Carnamah and their postal address was Carnamah until 1914 [6]
     They settled in Perenjori with £900 capital and by 1916 had borrowed a further £840 from the Agricultural Bank [152]
     Also received assistance from the Industries Assistance Board (I.A.B.) to buy stores and in 1916 owed them about £250 [152]
     The I.A.B. took over their accounts of about £400 in 1916, which included £140 they owed their sister [152]
     By 1916 they had cleared 1,000 acres of their property, had scrub rolled a further 200 acres and had fenced in 1,000 acres [152]
     They had a good well of stock water in 1916, ten working horses, four other horses and almost all necessary implements [152]
     In 1916 they grew 700 acres of crop expected to average 12 bushels an acre, 140 acres of which they would cut for hay [152]
     At the time they had a 8-foot Sunshine Harvester which they pulled with seven horses, and a 10-dsc Shearer cultivator plough [152]
     They had no poisonous plants on the farm and in 1916 rabbits were increasing despite there being very few in 1915 [152]
     In 1916 they had some cattle and hoped to eventually get sheep when their fencing was better [152]
     They had a large number of poultry in 1916, and easily sold the excess eggs to others around Perenjori [152]
Arthur gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of W.A. in Perenjori on 25 November 1916 [152]
     He believed the average rainfall in Perenjori to be eleven inches, which mostly fell during the growing season [152]
     They thought they needed their crop to average 12 bushels to pay all their usual expenses and their wages [152]
     He added that 12 wouldn't really pay as they'd gone backwards over the previous four years with an eight bushel average [152]
     He had no doubt that the bulk handling of wheat would reduce their expenses and that there was too much tax on implements [152]
     He said "all the time we have been battling" and suggested that land rents be delayed for the first few years on new land [152]
Members of the Three Springs Football Club in 1923 [10: 19-Jul-1923]
Sold 12 bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co in October 1929 (four each for 12¼d., 11½d., and 10¾d. per pound) [4: 19-Oct-1929]


Eric Naylor HEWITT
Manager of the National Bank in Three Springs in 1958 and 1959 [19]


Mrs Gwenyth HEWITT
Resided in Three Springs in 1958 and 1959 [19]


William John HEYHOE
Wheelwright in Three Springs 1916-1921 [6] [19]


Henry HIBBERD
Contractor in Three Springs in 1911 [6]


B. HICK
School Teacher in Three Springs in 1923 and 1924 [6]
Contributed to the entertainment at the Footballers Smoke Social held at the Carnamah Hall on Tuesday 23 January 1923 [9: 2-Feb-1923]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1923-24 [9: 23-Mar-1923]


Kathleen Violet HICKEY
Born C.1901 [2]
Married Leslie John CARTER in Perth in 1925 [19]
Resided in Three Springs 1936-1948 [5: 10-Apr-1936] [19]
Initially herself and their children stayed with relatives in Armadale as they had trouble securing a house in Three Springs [5: 24-Apr-1936]
In mid April 1936 spent a few days in Three Springs with her husband before returning to Armadale [5: 24-Apr-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 17-Jul-1936, 18-Jun-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club - was Ladies Champion in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936, 19-Mar-1937]
Competed in the Carnamah Tennis Club's Easter Tennis Tournament at Centenary Park in Carnamah in March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Winner of Bridge at the Card Party at the home of Douglas THOMSON in Three Springs on Tuesday 27 April 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Won the Ladies Singles at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Golf Club's new golf links on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Later resided in London [2]
Died 20 November 1954; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, HA, 892) [2]


Ben HICKS
Sharefarmer on the Woopenatty Estate in Arrino in 1927 [4: 28-May-1927]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1928 [4: 19-May-1928]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1928-29 [4: 13-Oct-1928]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1929 [4: 13-Jul-1929]


Emily Jane HILL
Born 1916 [15]
Married Alfred James YOUNG in Perth in 1937 [66]
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1939-1965 [19]


Kevin Max HILL
Sharefarmer in Three Springs in 1955 and 1956 [19]


Leslie Thomas HILL
Born 9 February 1920 in Fremantle, Western Australia [16]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 18 July 1940 [16]
Flight Lieutenant 406074 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 86 Operational Base Unit during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 8 January 1946 [16]
Railway Clerk in Three Springs for at least the years 1958-1965 [19]


Ralph Bathurst HILL
Born 1907 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Religious Minister in Three Springs in 1928 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Maylands in 1929 [2]
Died 4 May 1929; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, EA, 575) [2]


Mrs Ethel Sarah May HILLER
Wife of Lloyd Denne HILLER; see Ethel Sarah May HENDERSON


Lloyd Denne HILLER
Born 13 March 1912 in Mundijong, Western Australia [16]
Son of Ethelbert HILLER and Ethel Amelia SWINBOURN [15] [16]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 16 July 1941 [16]
Corporal WX15075 in the Australian Army's 2/4 Australian Light Ack Ack Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 2 May 1946 [16]
Married Ethel Sarah May HENDERSON [2] [15] [19]
Farmhand for Arthur M. WILLIAMSON on Waneranooka Farm in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Resided of late in the southern coastal Perth suburb of Mandurah [2]
Died 5 January 1995; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


Lawrence W. HINDLE
Resided in Arrino in 1900 [6]


"Ern" Ernest HIRSCHAUER
Born 9 October 1882 in Magill, South Australia [55]
Son of Frank HIRSCHAUER and Mary McCAHILL [55]
Railway Labourer in Coorow, Western Australia 1903-1906 [50]
Railway Employee in 1906 and Railway Ganger 1909-1913 in Three Springs, Western Australia [6]
     He was in charge of railway operations in Three Springs until 1910 when an Officer in Charge was appointed [9: 17-Jun-1910]
     During the year 1910 his sister Miss Una HIRSCHAUER stayed with him in Three Springs on a visit from Melbourne [9: 12-Aug-1910]
Farmer in Perenjori and a Railway Ganger in Pintharuka on the Wongan Hills railway line in 1916 [30] [50]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) in Perth on 19 May 1916 [30: item 5451974]
     On enlistment was 5 feet 8½ inches tall, weighed 125 lbs., and had light blue eyes, brown hair and a dark complexion [30]
     Gave his mother as his next of kin, her address at the time being 2 Prince's Street, Fitzroy in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [30]
     Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. Port Melbourne 30 October 1916 [30]
     Disembarked in Devonport, England and after further training proceeded to France the S.S. Victoria on 4 February 1917 [30]
     Private 2682 in the Australian Imperial Force's 48th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
     Received a gunshot wound to his left leg on 11 April 1917 and was returned to England on the hospital ship Saint George [30]
     Embarked from England on the H.T. Port Lyttleton on 19 October 1917 and disembarked in Australia on 5 December 1917 [30]
     Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 10 April 1918; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
     From 11 April 1918 he received a pension from the Australian Imperial Force of 30/- per fortnight [30]
Farmer in Perenjori, Western Australia 1918-1925 [19] [50]
Caretaker of Pax Hill near Ballarat in Victoria, Australia in 1948 [P292]
Passed away just short of his 66th birthday from the effects of myocardial degeneration and a peptic ulcer [P292]
Died 24 September 1948 at the Base Hospital in Ballarat; buried Ballarat New Cemetery in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia [P292]


Una HIRSCHAUER
Born 1886 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia [15]
Daughter of Frank HIRSCHAUER and Mary McCAHILL [15]
Resided in Three Springs briefly in 1910 while visiting her brother Ernest HIRSCHAUER [9: 12-Aug-1910]
Played her phonograph at the Social held at the Three Springs State School after a local football match in mid July 1910 [9: 22-Jul-1910]
Helped with the supper at Charlie and Winifred THOMAS' social at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 30 July 1910 [9: 12-Aug-1910]
At the social she once more played songs on phonograph, and it was said her dress of pale pink silk was the prettiest at the social [9]


"Charlie" Charles HOAR
Labourer and Contractor in Three Springs [19]
Said to have come from England, and was a good worker, quite a gentleman and always very well dressed [P2]
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]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Played for the North Midlands Cricket Association when they defeated the Perenjori-Morawa Association in January 1929 [4: 26-Jan-1929]
Won the Sheffield Handicap and the Motorcycle Race at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in TS on 18 March 1929 [4: 30-Mar-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1930-31 and 1934-35 [4: 22-Nov-1930] [4: 15-Dec-1934]
Married "Freeda" Winifred Maud COUSINS in Perth in 1932 [66]
Came 2nd in Putting the Weight at the R.S.L. Sports Day at the Arrino Recreation Ground on 5 November 1932 [5: 11-Nov-1932]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1933-1935 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 15-Jun-1934, 24-May-1935]
Won 2nd prize for male Bronzewing Turkey at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 21 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Played for "The Rest" who lost at cricket to a team of local R.S.L. men in Three Springs on Sunday 2 December 1934 [5: 7-Dec-1934]
Member of both the Three Springs Cricket Club and the Arrino Cricket Club in 1934-35 [5: 8-Mar-1935, 19-Apr-1935]
Won the Handicap Bike Race at the Saint Patrick's Day Picnic & Sports Meeting in Three Springs on 18 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Won 2nd prize for male Bronzewing Turkey at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 15-Nov-1935, 20-Nov-1936]
Himself and his sister-in-law Eunice COUSINS won the Spot Waltz at the Leap Year Ball held in TS on 21 February 1936 [5: 6-Mar-1936]
Central Umpire for the North Midlands Football Association of local football matches in 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Prominent prize winner in the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1936 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
     Won 1st prize for Best Table Bird, 1st for male Rhode Island Red, and 2nd prize for female Rhode Island Red [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Won 2nd prize for a male Plymouth Rock in the Poultry section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Played for the North Midlands Cricket Association in their victory against the Morawa Association on 10 January 1937 [5: 15-Jan-1937]
Played for the "Railways" in their lost cricket match against the Three Springs Cricket Club on Sunday 21 February 1937 [5: 26-Feb-1937]
In early 1937 he was employed by the Three Springs Road Board to work with the Water Boring Plant they had hired [5: 23-Apr-1937]
Resided in Three Springs until 1941 [19] and on leaving moved to Wiluna [P2]
After a number of years in Wiluna they shifted to Perth [P2]
Father of Charles, Marina, Donald, Judith, Garry and Graham [P2]


Mrs "Freeda" Winifred Maud HOAR
Wife of "Charlie" Charles HOAR; see "Freeda" Winifred Maud COUSINS


William HOARE
Labourer in Arrino 1911-1916 [19]


Harry HODGE
Labourer in Arrino 1914-1919 [19] [50]


Dorothy HODGKINS
Resided at the School House in Three Springs in 1965 [19]


John Harold HODGKINS
Teacher of the Three Springs State School in 1965 [19]
Resided at the School House in Three Springs [19]


"Jack" John Edward HODGKISS
Born 1910 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of George and Eleanor HODGKISS [2]
Bank Employee at the English Scottish & Australian (E. S. & A.) Bank in Three Springs 1932-1934 [5: 25-Jan-1935] [19]
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]
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 Three Springs Golf Club - was Secretary in 1933 and 1934 [5: 20-Oct-1933, 13-Apr-1934]
Attended the 21st birthday of Gladys BASTIAN at her parents' home in Three Springs on Sunday 22 October 1933 [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1933-34 and 1934-35 [5: 10-Nov-1933, 16-Nov-1934]
Member of the committee that organised the Three Springs Bush Fire Brigade's Fundraising Ball on 20 November 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Spent some of his Christmas holidays at the end of 1933 staying at Dongara Beach [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]
Best man at the wedding of Hugh MCKENZIE-MCHARG and Gladys BASTIAN in Three Springs on 5 June 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Represented the Three Springs section of the amalgamated Coorow-Three Springs Anglican Parish at meetings in 1934 [5: 16-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]
Himself and the BICKELL family, who were also leaving Three Springs, were farewelled at a function on Monday 21 January 1935 [5]
He said he "deeply regretted leaving his friends of Three Springs and would always carry happy memories of his stay in their midst" [5]
Left Three Springs in January 1935 after being transferred to Merredin [5: 11 & 25-Jan-1935]
By later 1935 he was an Employee at the E. S. & A. Bank in Norseman [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Spent a holiday visiting friends in Three Springs during late October and early November 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Resided in Norseman until his death in 1936 [2]
Died 13 November 1936; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LE, 616) [2]


Olive HOEGH
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1913 [50]


Lorna Evelyn HOFFMAN
Born 1920 in Subiaco, Western Australia [15] [24]
Married Sydney Benjamin STOKES [161]
Resided with her husband and children on farmland in Arrino and later in Three Springs [19] [24]
Mother of Bethany, Annette, Marion, Murray, Kathleen and Jillian [161]
Died 27 September 1981; ashes buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 192) [24]
Also memorialised at the Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park in Perth WA (Acacia Court, Plot 892) [2]


James Martin HOGAN
Married Catherine Mary CANNEEN in Boulder in 1905 [15]
Farmer in Dudawa, East Arrino 1908-1917 [6] [19]
His farm was the 538 acre Lot 5 of the Dudawa Estate in Dudawa, East Arrino [44]


William HOGAN
Married Nora CONNELLY in 1908 [66]
Railway Repairer in Three Springs in 1908 and 1909 [6] [19]
By later 1909 himself and his wife were living in Irwin where he was working as a Labourer [19]


Mrs Doreen Jean HOGBEN
Resided in Arrino 1950-1959 [19]


"Ted" Edward Percy HOGBEN
Born 10 March 1899 in Swingfield, Kent, England [16] [20]
Son of George Coleman HOGBEN and Elizabeth Bass BELSEY [20] [21]
His twin brother's name was Percy Edward HOGBEN, the reversal of his given names [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with his parents and siblings John, George, Judith, Frederick, Percy and Robert at Smezzel Farm in Swingfield [20]
His father worked as a Farm Labourer and Horseman [20], and he himself later also worked as a Horseman in England [70]
Departed London, England on the Oronsay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 March 1925 [70]
Teamster in Arrino, Western Australia 1933-1935 [19]
During the same period his younger brother Robert Ernest HOGBEN was a farmhand in Arrino [19]
Worked for William MUTTER on Noalimba Farm in Arrino [P331]
During his employment with the MUTTER family he resided with them in their home on Noalimba Farm in Arrino [P331]
Married Clarice M. WILMOTT in Perth in 1936 [66]
Private W84097 in Wickepin's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]


Robert Ernest HOGBEN
Born 7 June 1900 in Swingfield, Kent, England [16]
Son of George Coleman HOGBEN and Elizabeth Bass BELSEY [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with his parents and siblings John, George, Judith, Frederick, Edward and Percy at Smezzel Farm in Swingfield [20]
Departed London, England on the Otranto and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 5 February 1929 [63]
Farmhand in Arrino, Western Australia 1933-1935 [19]
For a time worked as a Teamster for William MUTTER on Noalimba Farm in Arrino [P331]
His elder brother "Ted" Edward Percy HOGBEN also resided and worked in Arrino 1933-1935 [19]
In 1942 was living in Manmanning near Wongan Hills [16]
Private W82994 in Wongan Hills local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]


Sydney Mervyn HOGBEN
Proprietor and Storekeeper of the General Store and Post Office in Arrino 1948-1959 [6]


Mrs Hazel Bell HOLLIS
Resided on farmland in Eneabba via Three Springs 1961-1964 [19]


Thomas William W. HOLLIS
Farmer in Eneabba via Three Springs 1961-1964 [19]


HOLMES Bros
In the early 1890s purchased about 13,000 acres of virgin bush at what became Dudawa, East Arrino [120: 5-Oct-1933]
About two thirds of land was of first class quality and the remainder was good grazing country with a covering of natural grasses [120]
They later disposed of their land at Dudawa to the Mitchell Government who subdivided into lots comprising the Dudawa Estate [120]


Alice HOLMES
Born 1879 in Humbleton, Yorkshire, England [20] [21]
Daughter of agricultural and dock labourer Abraham HOLMES and Fanny NOTON [20] [21]
She was had ten elder siblings in William, Robert, Mary, Thomas, John, George, Arthur, twins Rhoda and Sarah, and Abraham [20]
In 1881 was living with her parents and elder siblings William, George, Rhoda, Sarah and Abraham in Humbleton Village [20]
She was living with her parents, sister Rhoda and brother Abraham on Witham Union Court in Sutton, Yorkshire, England in 1891 [20]
Her brother George H. HOLMES immigrated to Western Australia in 1892 and later took up land in Moora [114: page 43]
Departed London, England on the steamship Ortona and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 14 November 1901 [70]
Also on board the same voyage of the Ortona was her brother Abraham HOLMES and his wife Ellen [203]
Married Jacob HOLST on 6 May 1904 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [114: page 44]
Resided in Three Springs in 1905 and 1906 [50]
Resided on Greenwood Farm in Wannamal 1906-1917 [6] [50] [114: page 117]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of East Victoria Park [2]
Aunt of Mrs "Annie" Ann Elizabeth BYRNE who resided in Three Springs in the 1920s and 1930s [P116]
Died 6 September 1962; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Baptist, CA, 387) [2]


Elizabeth HOLMES
Resided on Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1935-1943 [19]


Mrs Rani Virginia HOLMES
Resided in Arrino in 1964 [19]


William Arthur HOLMES
Farmhand in Arrino in 1964 [19]


Mrs Alice HOLST
Wife of Jacob HOLST; see Alice HOLMES


Jacob HOLST
Born C.1870 in Norway [2] [114: page 43]
Went to sea at an early age and later served with the United States Navy [114: page 43]
Following his naval service he worked as the driver of a horse-drawn ambulance in New York [114: page 43]
Immigrated to Australia - initially to the Eastern States and then to Western Australia [114: page 44]
Worked for George H. HOLMES on the Elsternwick Estate in Moora around 1900 [114: pages 43, 44]
Railway Fettler in Wannamal in 1902 [114: page 44]
Railway Fettler in Carnamah in 1904 [114: page 44]
Married Alice HOLMES in Perth on 6 May 1904 [114: page 44]
Railway Fettler in Three Springs in 1905 and 1906 [50]
Farmer of Greenwood Farm in Wannamal 1906-1917 [6] [50]
Railway Fettler in Wannamal 1912-1917 [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Died 6 June 1942; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Baptist, CA, 387) [2]


Miss Emily HOMER
Resided on Begulba Farm in Three Springs in 1915 and 1916 [50]


Clement Wilfred HONNER
Born 2 October 1905 in Fremantle, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Dick" Richard Joseph HONNER and Eleanor Iris MCMAHON [15]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs 1913-1918, where his father was the local Police Constable [87]
Student at the Three Springs State School until March 1917 and then a Student at the Dominican Convent School, Three Springs [98]
Himself and his brothers, who were enrolled at the Convent School on 26 March 1917, were its 5th, 6th and 7th pupils [98]
During early December 1915 he went kangaroo hunting in Three Springs with a party of local men including his father [10: 7-Dec-1915]
     After hunting with the group for a while he wanted to get a roo on his own, so slipped away from the group and galloped away [10]
     Later he tried to find the group and searched for them until dusk, and then proceeded to his home in the Three Springs townsite [10]
     Described as a "natural bushman" as he was 12 miles from home in 30,000 acres of sandplain country he'd never seen before [10]
     Meanwhile the hunting party were searching for him, his father returning home at 2 a.m. to find him in his bed asleep [10]
Performed in the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert held in Three Springs on 20 November 1918 [10: 29-Nov-1918]
Farmer in Dalwallinu 1926-1945 [6]
Married Rita Amelia KLEIN in 1930 [66]
Corporal W75410 in Dalwallinu's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Later resided in Narrogin [2]
Died 30 December 1993; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, K, 225) [2]


Corentin Valery HONNER
Born 1902 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15]
Son of Richard Joseph HONNER and Eleanor Iris MCMAHON [15]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs 1913-1917 [10: 14-Dec-1917] [87]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs in 1917 [98]
After securing a scholarship in late 1917 he attended the Narrogin Farm School in Narrogin in 1918 [10: 14-Dec-1917] [98]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Forrestfield [2]
Died 12 June 1988; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, OC, 157) [2[


Mrs Eleanor Iris HONNER
Wife of "Dick" Richard Joseph HONNER; see Eleanor Iris MCMAHON


Forrest St Alban HONNER
Born 12 December 1906 in Fremantle, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Dick" Richard Joseph HONNER and Eleanor Iris MCMAHON [98]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs 1913-1918 [87]
Student at the Three Springs State School until March 1917 and then a Student at the Dominican Convent School, Three Springs [98]
Himself and his brothers, who were enrolled at the Convent School on 26 March 1917, were its 5th, 6th and 7th pupils [98]
Married Kathleen A. BARRETT in Perth in 1928 [66]
Resided in Wiluna prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 26 April 1940 [16]
Private WX2480 in the Australian Army's 2/11 Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 21 August 1945, and had been a Prisoner of War [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Died 21 May 1963; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 3, 39) [2]


"Mollie" Mary S. HONNER
Born 22 June 1909 in Fremantle, Western Australia [98]
Daughter of "Dick" Richard Joseph HONNER and Eleanor Iris MCMAHON [98]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs 1913-1918 [87]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Her brother was driving her in a light spring cart in Three Springs on Sunday 9 December 1917, when the back-strap broke [10]
The horse took fright when the back-strap broke, and on galloping away herself and her brother were thrown out of the cart [10]
Apart from a severe shaking herself and her brother fortunately escaped injury, however the cart was badly damaged [10: 14-Dec-1917]
Came 2nd in the Children's Highland Fling Competition at the Red Cross Gala Day in Three Springs on 23 May 1918 [10: 31-May-1918]
Along with her parents left Three Springs in September 1918 and shifted to Dalwallinu [10] [87]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
In September 1934 she spent a holiday staying with Mrs Sara T. MALEY on Parakalia Farm in Three Springs [4: 22-Sep-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball on 20 October 1934 in a dress of white organdie [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Back to Childhood & Nursery Rhyme Ball held in Three Springs on 6 November 1934 as a "Bridesmaid" [5: 9-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]
A year later, in September 1935 she spent a holiday with friends in Carnamah and Three Springs [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Spent an "extended holiday" with friends in Carnamah and Three Springs during September of 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Agricultural Show Ball on 10 September 1936 dressed in dove grey silk net over black taffeta [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Resided in Dalwallinu until at least 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]


"Dick" Richard Aniceti HONNER
Born 17 April 1903 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of "Dick" Richard Joseph HONNER and Eleanor Iris MCMAHON [15]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs from 1913 to 1915 [10: 14-Dec-1917] [87]
Student at the Three Springs State School until 1915, when he obtained a scholarship to attend the James Street School in Perth [10]
Attended the James Street School in 1916 and 1917, and then on another scholarship attended Perth Modern School for five years [10]
Farmer in Watheroo in 1926 [61]
Labourer in Three Springs 1927-1935 [4] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1927-1929 [4: 25-Jun-1927, 19-May-1929, 13-Jul-1929]
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]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [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]
Attended the Ball in Carnamah in aid of the local Roman Catholic Church's building fund on Thursday 24 May 1930 [4: 31-May-1930]
Married Nell A. STOCKS in Perth in 1931 [66]
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]
Secretary of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1933 [4: 4-Mar-1933]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1933 and 1934 [5: 25-Aug-1933, 27-Jul-1934]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Won a prize for bridge at the Bridge and Euchre Party held on Monday 21 August 1933 at the Convent in Three Springs [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 10-Nov-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 and sang a song at the Carnamah Golf Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-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]
Resided in the Perth suburb of East Fremantle prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 15 May 1940 [16]
Corporal WX2642 in the Australian Army's 2/16 Battalion 7 Division during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 13 March 1943 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Rivervale [2]
Died 27 October 1972; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, PB, 644) [2]