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William LITTLE
Born 5 March 1898 in Motherwell, Lanark, Scotland [16]
Miner in Collie, Western Australia in 1916 [94]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 7 August 1916 at Blackboy Hill [30: item 8203972]
On enlistment he was noted at 5 feet 2¼ inches tall with grey eyes, brown hair and fair complexion [30]
Gave his father William LITTLE as his next of kin, his address being Collie Burn in Collie WA [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A34 Persic on 29 December 1916 [94]
After further training in England proceeded to France on 14 June 1917 [30]
Private 6343 in the 18th Reinforcements of the Australian Imperial Force's 28th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Returned to England on 11 August 1917 to be admitted to hospital for trench fever [30]
Following treatment and recovery returned to France on 2 November 1917 and rejoined the 28th Battalion six days later [30]
Arrived back in Australia on the Ormonde on 24 July 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 31 August 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Married Ruby Ivy Grace JONES in 1922 [66]
Farmer in Three Springs 1926-1936 [5] [6]
Won the Diggers Sprint at the R.S.L. Sports Day at the Arrino Recreation Ground on Thursday 5 November 1932 [5: 11-Nov-1932]
Also attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Won 1st prize for a male White Turkey and 2nd for Potatoes at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
He was among those from Three Springs who attended the R.S.L. Reunion Dinner held in Morawa on 28 October 1933 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
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]
Along with five others requested in August 1935 that the Three Springs Road Board close a road near his farm [5: 16-Aug-1935]
Helped run the North Midlands Wheatgrowers Union Annual Picnic and Ball held in Three Springs on 21 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
In October 1935 sold six bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co Ltd - four at 15d. and two at 12¾d. per pound [5: 11-Oct-1935]
He was among the ex-servicemen at the R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Three Springs on Saturday evening 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
In April 1936 sold his farm seven miles east of Three Springs to Arthur M. WILLIAMSON on a walk out walk in basis [5: 24-Apr-1936]
After selling his farm left Three Springs and shifted to Perth [5: 24-Apr-1936]
Resided in the Perth suburb of North Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 15 March 1943 [16]
Class 2 Warrant Officer W13091 in the Australian Army's Reserve Motor Transport Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 July 1947 [16]
Later resided in Maya WA [2]
Died 18 July 1947; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, HA, 751) [2]
Edward Arthur LIVINGS
Yardman in Three Springs in 1914 and 1915 [19] [50]
Audrey May LLOYD
Clerk in Three Springs in 1949 and 1950 [19]
Inez Mary LLOYD
Born 1890 in Carnarvon, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of John Joseph LLOYD and Sarah Sophia GREGORY [15]
Teacher at the Dominican Priory in Dongara 1919-1922 [50]
Teacher in Three Springs 1929-1935 [19]
Resided at the Dominican Convent in Mingenew as an invalid pensioner in 1950, and later at Dongara [2] [19]
Died 23 November 1950; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, DC, 2R) [2]
Also known as Sister Mary Dolores [2]
Lyle Sydney Western Augustine LLOYD
Born 1903 in Subiaco, Western Australia [15]
Son of William LLOYD and Mary Ann RUTTEN [15]
Arrived in Three Springs in July 1928 and commenced business as a chemist [4: 28-Jul-1928]
Chemist/Pharmacist in Three Springs 1928-1933 [4] [5] [19]
His business premises in Three Springs were telephone number Three Springs-9 [4: 1-Aug-1931] [60]
Attended the wedding dance of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN in Carnamah on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Played the saxophone at the largely attended Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on Friday 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Part of the admirable orchestra at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show Ball on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Member of the orchestra that provided the music at the Football Dance held in Arrino on Tuesday 2 October 1928 [4: 6-Oct-1928]
Travelled to Perth in early November 1928 to purchase a large stock of Christmas presents for his chemist's shop [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Following the Arrino Race Club's race meeting attended the evening Ball in the Arrino Hall on Thursday 4 April 1929 [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Part of the orchestra that provided the music at the Ball that followed the Three Springs Races on 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Supplier of music at the Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs in aid of the local Anglican Church on 27 June 1929 [4: 6-Jul-1929]
Provider of music at the Mingenew Younger Set's Fancy Dress Ball held in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Foundation Treasurer, Vice Captain and Committee Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1930 [4: 14-Jun-1930]
Played the saxophone at the Roman Catholic Church's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 30 October 1930 [4: 1-Nov-1930]
Attended the local reception tendered by the Three Springs Road Board to the Bishop of Geraldton on 8 November 1930 [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Along with Irene A. THOMAS supplied the music at the Popular Girl Dance at the Arrino Hall on Thursday 21 July 1932 [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Played saxophone at the Grand Show Ball following the Three Springs Show on Thursday 22 September 1932 [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Played the saxophone at the dance at the Three Springs Hall after the Arrino R.S.L. Sports Day on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Sold his pharmacy business in Three Springs to William Q. HARRIS in 1933 [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of West Perth [2]
Died 3 October 1948; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, JC, 155) [2]
William Cooper Kears LOCKE
Born 26 September 1906 in Scotland [16]
Yardman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1940-1942 [16] [19]
Trooper W1984 in the local 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment 1940-1942 [16]
Later resided in South Bunbury [2]
Died 15 January 1958; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, JA, 823) [2]
Audrey Mona LODGE
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Robert William LODGE
Miner in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Samuel LONG
Farmhand on Cintra Farm in Arrino in 1917 [19]
Aleta Jean LONGMAN
Born 1917 [15]
Married Leslie Percival PETTIT in 1943 [66]
Resided in Arrino 1947-1953 and in Mingenew 1955-1967 [19]
Resided at Glenfield just north of Geraldton 1968-1973 [19]
George LONGMAN
Manager of Michael BROWN's farm in Three Springs in 1911 [6]
Mary Edith LOOKE
Born 1889 in Dongara, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Henry John LOOKE and Emma Jane ANDERSON [15]
Married "Fred" Frederick MCDERMOTT in 1909 [66]
Resided with her husband and children in Mingenew [19]
Won 1st prizes for Beetroot and Bread at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Mostly comically dressed lady as a "Golfer" at the Fancy Dress Ball in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Won 1st prize for Onions and 2nd for Peas at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Mary J. STEPHEN of Arrino and Mingenew at the Mingenew Cemetery on 15 August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Irwin Henry John LOOKE
Born 1897 in Dongara, Western Australia [15]
Son of Henry John LOOKE and Emma Jane ANDERSON [15]
Labourer in Mingenew in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Married Vera Elizabeth FICKLING in 1924 [66]
Railway Employee in Three Springs in 1943 [19]
Railway Employee in Mingenew 1948-1961 [19]
During his time in Mingenew he resided in Bride Street, Mingenew [19]
Mrs Vera Elizabeth LOOKE
Wife of Irwin Henry John LOOKE; see Vera Elizabeth FICKLING
John Harold Goss LORD
Born 1906 in England [21]
Sharefarmer on Woopenatty Station in Arrino in partnership with Herbert B. FAWCETT as "Fawcett & Lord" 1927-1933 [6] [19] [144]
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]
Sharefarmer of Riverside Farm in Dongara in 1949 [19]
Farmer of Wongoody Farm in Mullewa 1950-1968 [19]
Lucy Ellen LORI
Born 1913 [15]
Married William Alexander DUNCAN in Perth in 1935 [66]
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1942 and 1943 [6] [19]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Mrs Marie LOUZENSKY
Wife of "Denis" Zdenek LOUZENSKY [45]
Resided in Three Springs 1964-2004 [19] [45]
Member of The Rosary Group in Three Springs [45]
Mother of Marie, Anna and Helen [45]
Died 17 August 2004 at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [45]
Privately cremated following a service at the Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Geraldton [45]
"Denis" Zdenek LOUZENSKY
Water Borer in Three Springs for at least the years 1964-1975 [19]
Barbara LOWIN
Housekeeper at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Robert Edward LOWIN
Barman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Mrs Lois Betty LUCAS
Wife of "Stan" Stanley Harold LUCAS; see Lois Betty CARTER
Oscar Carl LUESTNER
Blacksmith in Three Springs 1928-1933 [19]
Catherine Christina LUGG
Born 27 July 1909 in Boulder, Western Australia [P369]
Daughter of Richard Bunt LUGG and Lucy Beatrice BLOXSOME [P369]
Grew up on the goldfields where her father worked as an electrical engineer, mostly on the mines [P369]
Educated at the Boulder Central State School in Boulder and at the Eastern Goldfields High School in Kalgoorlie [P369]
Later a student at the Bunbury High School in Bunbury and then Perth Modern School in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [P369]
Entered the service of the Education Department and attended Claremont Teachers' College from June 1928 to June 1929 [41]
"She manages her school well with a brisk business like manner. She is bright, encouraging & her enthusiasm is reflected [41]
in her pupils. They enjoy working with her. Work is well prepared & presented carefully. She is a good pianist and would [41]
do well with young children. Refined and ladylike. She will have a splendid influence." [41]
Probationary Assistant Teacher at the Collie State School in Collie from 4 June 1929 until the end of 1930 [41]
Head Teacher of the Claymore State School in Claymore near Busselton throughout 1931 and the start of 1932 [41]
Head Teacher of the Pickering Brook State School at Pickering Brook in the Perth hills from 15 April 1932 until resigning [41]
Married Neil Rudolph GROSVENOR on 6 May 1933 at the Congregational Church in the Perth suburb of West Leederville [P369]
Resided with her husband and later children at Wamenusking 1933-1935 and then at Buntine 1935-1937 [41]
During their sojourn at Wamenusking her husband was the school's Head Teacher and she was its Sewing Mistress [41]
They resided at the School House in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1938 and at the School House in Yandanooka 1939-1948 [19] [41]
Sewing Mistress of the Yandanooka State School from 1939 to 1941 and for periods of 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947 and 1948 [41]
Her husband was called up for full time Home Defence on 7 April 1942 [41] and later enlisted in the Australian Army [16]
Filled in for her husband as Head Teacher on Supply of the Yandanooka State School from 8 April 1942 to 15 October 1943 [41]
Her husband briefly returned to Yandanooka and resumed teaching before being granted leave without pay for war service [41]
She was once again Head Teacher on Supply of the Yandanooka State School from 1 February 1944 to 21 March 1944 [41]
During the war she obtained permission to close the school and briefly left Yandanooka to stay with relatives in Cowaramup [P369]
Following her husband's discharge and return to Yandanooka he took over the teaching of the school on 23 March 1944 [41]
Presumably during an illness or absence of her husband she was Head Teacher on Supply for two days in November 1946 [41]
Member of the Yandanooka branch of the Country Women's Association [P369]
Member of the Yandanooka Tennis Club [P369]
She was a pianist and played the piano at dances held in Yandanooka [P369]
In 1949 her husband was Head Teacher and she was Sewing Mistress at Group Settlement 39 on the Peel Estate [41]
They resided in Geraldton from 1950 to 1953 [41]
For six weeks in 1951 she was an Assistant Teacher on Supply of the Geraldton State School [41]
She was later in charge of the Geraldton Kindergarten and prior to shifting to Perth taught at the Geraldton High School [P369]
Resided in the Perth suburb of East Fremantle from 1954 until her death in 2003 [P369]
Mistress on Supply at Girdlestone High School in Perth in 1954 [41]
Mistress on Supply at Princess May High School in the Perth suburb of Fremantle in 1955 and 1956 [41]
Mistress on Supply at John Curtin High School in the Perth suburb of Fremantle in 1957 and 1958 [41]
Mistress on Supply at the Applecross High School in the Perth suburb of Applecross in early 1959 [41]
Mistress on Supply at the Tuart Hill High School in the Perth suburb of Tuart Hill from 9 March 1959 until the end of 1959 [41]
Mistress on Supply at the Kent Street High School in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park in early 1960 [41]
Mistress on Supply at the Applecross High School in the Perth suburb of Applecross from 28 May 1960 until the end of 1960 [41]
Following the death of her husband she was a Mistress at the Applecross High School from 1961 until resigning in June 1968 [41]
Despite resigning she worked as a Temporary Mistress at various schools in 1968, 1969 and 1970 [41]
Temporary Mistress at Attadale, Spearwood, Guildford, South Fremantle High, Medina, Coogee South and Beaconsfield [41]
Mistress at the Applecross Senior High School in the Perth suburb of Applecross 1971-1973 [73]
Mother of daughters Lalage, Lethne and Lianwe [P369]
Died 14 May 2003; memorialised at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Crematorium C, Garden Plaque, 57) [2]
"Charlie" Charles Edward LUSCOMBE
Born 1885 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of William Henry LUSCOMBE and Sarah EARLE [15]
By 1913 he was a Postal Official in Three Springs, Western Australia [50]
Postmaster of the Post Office in Three Springs 1914-1946 [6] [19]
Before Three Springs he had been stationed in Sandstone, and initially hoped to be later transferred to Perth [P42]
Initially solely conducted the Post Office, however later in 1914 it was claimed business was so great an assistant was needed [10]
In early March 1914 it was reported that he was suffering from sore eyes [10: 3-Apr-1914]
In addition to the post office he also conducted the telephone exchange following its introduction in June 1914 [10: 10-Jul-1914]
Within Three Springs Notes in a regional newspaper he was referred to as "The ever popular and general Charlie" [10: 3-Nov-1914]
Left Three Springs on Friday 30 October 1914 to catch a boat to Victoria for a two month holiday in Ballarat [10: 3-Nov-1914]
After three months absence he returned to Three Springs and his duties as Postmaster towards the end of January 1915 [10: 26-Jan-1915]
Went "right out in the back blocks where letters, papers, stamps and money orders are unknown" during his leave in 1916 [10: 6-Jun-1916]
Married Mary Amelia CARROLL in Fremantle in June 1917 [10: 15-Jun-1917] [66]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club - was Secretary in 1917 [10: 22-Jun-1917]
Presided over May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [10: 19-Sep-1919]
His horse Nancy received 1st prize for Child's Hack in the ring events at the Three Springs Day on 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE at the Three Springs Hall on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Donated 2/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1925 [124]
Attended Charles ROBERTSON and Winifred LANG's wedding dance on 27 March 1928 at the Carnamah Hall [4: 31-Mar-1928]
Travelled to the Eastern States of Australia during his annual holidays in September 1928 [4: 22-Sep-1928]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Three Springs resident Mrs Isabella BYRNE at the Moora Cemetery on 2 July 1932 [4: 19-Jul-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Husbands Evening at the Three Springs Hall on Saturday 10 December 1932 [4: 17-Dec-1932]
Auditor for the Three Springs Agricultural Society 1933-1937 [5: 26-May-1933, 17-May-1935, 1-May-1936, 25-Mar-1937]
Spoke on behalf of the townspeople at the send-off to Albert and Elsie STOKES in Three Springs on 23 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended and spoke at the send-off to Miss Mary LYNCH in Three Springs on Wednesday 31 January 1934 [5: 2-Feb-1934]
In October 1935 signed a petition in support of the Three Springs Road Board constructing new tennis courts in Arrino [5: 1-Nov-1935]
In 1937 provided a reference for the naturalisation of Greek born Boris J. PASKOS of the Strand Café in Three Springs [30: item 1771804]
Speaker at the Farewell to Him & Hettie HOUSE at the tennis courts in Three Springs on Sunday 21 March 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Speaker at the Farewell held for EK, Les & Dorine BYRNE and Mervyn WILLIAMS in Three Springs on 16 June 1938 [4: 25-Jun-1938]
Retired in 1946, after which he continued to reside in Three Springs until 1957 [4: 7-Oct-1960]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 16 September 1960; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, GA, 496) [2]
His wife, late of Victoria Park WA, died at the age of 88 years on 12 June 1968 and was also buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Friday 7 October 1960:
Death of Old Three Springs Postmaster Back in 1912, before the Government railway to Mullewa via Wongan Hills was built, Three Springs was the last mail distribution point for a number of towns including Morawa and Perenjori, to which centres the mail was sent by road. It was during this era that the late Mr. Charles Edward Luscombe who recently passed peacefully away in Mt. Lawley was posted to Three Springs Post Office. The late Mr. Luscombe was born at Geelong in Victoria and joined the Postmaster-General's Department in Bunbury at the age of 21. He was transferred from Sandstone to Three Springs in 1912. He remained at the last mentioned centre until he retired as postmaster in 1946, and, having established firm "roots" during that long period, he elected to remain there for his years of leisure. However in 1957 ill-health enforced a move to the metropolitan area. The deceased gentleman is survived by his widow, one son (Mr. W. Luscombe) and a daughter (Mrs E. Gersch of Bowgada). The funeral took place in the Methodist portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery with the Rev. S. Saggers officiating and the pall bearers were Messrs W. J. Turner, A. Mortimer, R. Shaw, F. Hall, T. R. Weidon and T. S. Byrne."
"Lilly" Lillian Amelia LUSCOMBE
Born 15 July 1921 in Moora, Western Australia [98]
Daughter of Charles Edward LUSCOMBE and Mary Amelia CARROLL [4: 7-Oct-1960]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs, where her father was the local Postmaster [19]
Began her schooling in February 1927 at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 as a "Nurse" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Member of the Three Springs Methodist Church Sunday School in 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 21 December 1933 as a "Tennis Girl" [4: 23-Dec-1933]
Won 2nd prize for "Distant Farm Life" in the Photography section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Performed a tap dance at the Annual Concert of the Dominican Convent School held in Three Springs on 21 August 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Competed at the Three Springs District Schools Athletic Championships in Three Springs on Saturday 26 September 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
She came 3rd in the 14 Years Girls Running Race, 14 Years & Over Girls Flag Race and 14 Years & Over Girls Time Skip [5]
Attended the Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 dressed in pale blue marocain trimmed with pink [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Played the piano at the farewell to William M. and Margaret K. CARMODY in Three Springs on Monday 12 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Telephonist and later Postal Assistant in Three Springs 1943-1947 [19] [P42]
Member of the Younger Set of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association in 1943 [4: 25-Sep-1943]
Supplier of music at the Farewell Dance for George & Nellie MEYER in Three Springs on Saturday 13 February 1943 [4: 20-Feb-1943]
Bridesmaid at the wedding of her lifelong friend Ivy M. HOWARD to Albert E. ROJO in Three Springs on 16 March 1943 [4: 3-Apr-1943]
Married Edgar Victor GERSCH in Perth in 1952 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Bowgada, West Perenjori for at least the years 1952-1970 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 8 September 2004; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Hovea Court, 1539) [2]
Mrs Mary Amelia LUSCOMBE
Wife of Charles Edward LUSCOMBE; see Mary Amelia CARROLL
"Willie" William Charles LUSCOMBE
Born 24 April 1918 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Charles Edward LUSCOMBE and Mary Amelia CARROLL [4: 7-Oct-1960]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs, where his father was the local Postmaster [19]
Member of the Three Springs Boy Scouts in 1930 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Won 1st prize for Mechanical Drawing in the Arts section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 24 September 1942 [16]
Private WX33287 in the Australian Army's 2/9 Australian General Hospital during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 December 1945 [19]
Mrs Annie Josephine LYNCH
First wife of Senator "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH; see Annie Josephine CLEARY
Annie Marie LYNCH
Born 2 September 1896 in Stone Hut, South Australia [55]
Daughter of Michael LYNCH and Annie Maria BATHERN [55]
Married Peter VANDELEUR on 4 February 1928 at Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Three Springs, Western Australia 1928-1946 [6] [19]
In 1928 herself and her husband were living on Parakalia Farm in Three Springs [19]
Her sister Miss LYNCH spent a holiday staying with her on Parakalia in Three Springs in mid 1928 [4: 2-Jun-1928]
Won 1st prize for a Table Centre and 2nd for Specimen of Underclothing at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1928 [4: 20-Sep-1928]
Along with her husband spent a holiday in Perth in February 1929 [4: 9-Feb-1929]
Attended the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 8 June 1933 in a dress of black marocain [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Arrived back in Three Springs on Tuesday morning 22 November 1933 after a short holiday in Perth [5: 24-Nov-1933]
One of her daughters won with 8595 votes the Popular Baby Competition conducted in Three Springs in 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Won 1st prize for White Turnips and 2nd for Cabbage at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Hosted a farewell party for Matron COFFEY at their home in Three Springs on Wednesday 11 March 1936 [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 dressed in mustard coronation crepe [5: 11-Jun-1937]
By 1948 they had left Three Springs and shifted to farmland in Morawa [19]
Mother of Suzanne, Eleanor, Gerald, Michael and Peta [P40]
"Biddy" Bridget Patricia LYNCH
Born 1902 in Boulder, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH and Annie Josephine CLEARY [15]
Resided with her parents in Boulder 1902-1904, in Perth 1904-1907, and in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds 1907-1909 [201]
Resided with her mother at 8 Avenue No. 2 in North Perth 1909-1918 (Avenue No. 2 was later renamed Camellia Street) [201]
Herself, her sister and later their brother were students at Saint Brigid's Convent of Mercy School in Fitzgerald Street, West Perth [201]
Concluded her education as a boarding student at Saint Gertrude's College in New Norcia [201]
Resided with her parents on Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs from 1919 until her marriage in 1928 [19] [201]
Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church Committee in 1925 [124]
Married "Jerry" Jeremiah James CLUNE in Perth in 1928 [66]
Resided with her husband and later children on farmland in Mogumber 1928-1936 [6]
On leaving Mogumber shifted with her husband and children to her father's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [201]
After a time in Three Springs they shifted to Perth and then to Katanning, at both of which places her husband was a Salesman [201]
In December 1942 they shifted back to her father's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [201]
Resided on Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs in 1943, which was being farmed by her husband and brother-in-law [201]
Resided on Mrs Sara T. MALEY's Parakalia Farm in Three Springs in 1944 and 1945, which was leased by her husband [P40] [201]
Her children attended the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [P40]
Played the piano at the Farewell for departing hotel manager William A. DUNCAN in Three Springs on 12 April 1944 [4: 22-Apr-1944]
Left Three Springs in December 1945 after purchasing Newmarracarra Station at Kojarena between Geraldton and Morawa [201]
While living at Newmarracarra Station her children attended Stella Maris College in Geraldton [P40]
Mother of Dermot, Maureen, Bernard, Carmel, Loretta, Patricia and Imedla [201]
Died 9 September 1980; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Perth WA [201]
Mrs Eileen Phyllis LYNCH
Wife of Michael Francis LYNCH; see Eileen Phyllis SORENSEN
Gloria Catherine LYNCH
Born 19 June 1936 in Mount Lawley, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of James Gerald LYNCH and Una Alice KENNEDY [P307]
Grew up on her father's farm in Three Springs [P307]
Began her schooling at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 25 February 1942 [98]
Later boarded at and attended the Dominican Ladies College in Dongara [P307]
Office Assistant for Goldsbrough Mort & Co in Three Springs and later for Wesfarmers in Three Springs [P307]
Married "Paddy" Patrick Daniel LYNCH on 1 December 1956 at the Catholic Church in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [P307]
Resided in Mayrhofer Street, Three Springs 1956-1963 [P307]
Resided in Perth for six years from 1963 to 1968 and then after having a house built shifted back to Three Springs [P307]
Resided on Touche Street in the Three Springs townsite 1968-1997 [P307]
Member of the Three Springs Bowling Club 1968-1997 [P307]
After selling their house they left Three Springs in September 1997 and shifted to the Perth suburb of Marangaroo [P307]
Mother of Gregory, Catherine, Jan, Patricia, Donna and Maria [P307]
"Jim" / "Jimmy" James Gerald LYNCH
Born 16 April 1905 in County Meath, Ireland [16]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs [19] [24]
Student at the Three Springs State School and then at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Performed in the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert held in Three Springs on 20 November 1918 [10: 29-Nov-1918]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia for two years beginning on 14 July 1920 [187]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1920-1937 [10: 9-Jul-1920, 12-Jun-1924] [9: 4-Sep-1925, 25-Jun-1927] [4: 13-Jul-1929] [5: 5-Jun-1936, 6-Aug-1937]
Captain of the Three Springs Football Club in 1933 and 1934, and President in 1960 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 31-Aug-1934, 12-Jul-1935] [4: 26-Feb-1960]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]
By 1924 himself and his brother Philip F. LYNCH were farming in partnership in Three Springs [187]
Himself and Charles F. THOMAS ran the tote at the Picnic Race Meetings in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day 1925-1928 [124]
Financially assisted the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee with a donation of £1/1/- in 1928 [124]
Conducted the children's events at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day on Saturday 17 March 1928 [124]
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]
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]
Donated ale for the patients of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs for Christmas / New Year of 1929 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Returned to Three Springs in mid February 1930 after recuperating from an illness in Perth [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Won the Sheffield Handicap and Stepping 100 Yards at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs in 1930 [4: 22-Mar-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]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Finalist in the Billiard Tournament conducted at Mr BROWNING's Billiard Saloon in Three Springs in 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Married Una Alice KENNEDY in Perth in 1934 [66]
Came 2nd in the Sheep Weight Guessing Competition at the St. Patrick's Day Sports in Three Springs on 18 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Victory Ball held in Three Springs on Tuesday 24 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
During the evening he received a presentation for being the oldest and one of the best players of the Three Springs Football Club [5]
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]
On behalf of the sporting bodies of the district he extended good wishes and the very best of happiness to the popular couple [5]
Attended the meeting in Three Springs about extending telephonic facilities to East Three Springs on 9 March 1937 [5: 12-Mar-1937]
Private W20519 in Three Springs' local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
In 1946 it was reported that he had "practically forsaken football for golf" [187]
Speaker at the Farewell Dance for Ron & Irene QUARTERMAINE at the Three Springs Hall during February 1960 [4: 26-Feb-1960]
On his retirement he shifted into the Three Springs townsite, and his son Philip took over the farm [201]
By 1990 he had retired from farming and was living at 42 Mayrhofer Street in the Three Springs townsite [24]
Passed away at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs at the age of 85 years [24]
Father of Philip and Gloria [201]
Died 23 November 1990; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 140) [24]
"Jack" John Joseph LYNCH
Born 28 April 1901 in Kells, County Meath, Ireland [16]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs [19] [24]
Manager of his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1918 and 1919 [201]
Won the Victoria Cross and Gretna Green races at the Red Cross Gala Day in Three Springs on Thursday 23 May 1918 [10: 31-May-1918]
Winner of the Sheffield Handicap race at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Attended and competed in the sports events at the Peace Celebrations held in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Won the High Jump, came 2nd in the 120 yard Sheffield Handicap, and with George PETTIT won the Horseback Tug of War [10]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1919 [10: 19-Sep-1919]
Came 2nd for Three Long Jumps in the sports at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Virgin land had been taken up in Hyden for himself and his brothers by their uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH [201]
He decided not to settle in Hyden as the prospect looked to be a harder struggle then they had already endured in Three Springs [201]
By 1921 he had left Three Springs and was working as a Drover in Kalgoorlie [187]
Drover in Kalgoorlie 1921-1923 and Miner in Kalgoorlie 1924 onwards [187]
Had mining successes at the Perseverance Mine and then at the Great Boulder Mine on the Kalgoorlie-Boulder goldfields [4: 22-Dec-1945]
Member of the Eastern Goldfields Tributers Association - served as Secretary and then President [4: 22-Dec-1945]
He was later the Managing Director of the Consolidated and Blue Spec Mines in Kalgoorlie [4: 22-Dec-1945]
Resided in Kalgoorlie until enlisting in the Australian Army on 13 July 1940 [16]
Corporal WX6317 in the Australian Army's 2/6 Field Park Squadron during the Second World War [16]
During his time in the Army he wrote letters to his brothers, however none were received after he was captured by the Japanese [201]
Along with many other British and Australian prisoners of war he died during the infamous Sandakan death march [201]
Died from illness on 20 June 1945 while a Prisoner of War in Borneo; memorialised on the Labuan Memorial in Malaysia [4] [17] [18]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 22 December 1945:
Obituary - The Late Corporal J. J. Lynch - Prominent Mining Personality
"News was received recently of the death, whilst a prisoner of war, of Corporal John Joseph Lynch, formerly of Three Springs and Kalgoorlie and it would now appear that he was one of the victims of that barbarous and tragic "death march" in Borneo when so many of his fellow Australians met a similar fate. At an early age the late Corporal Lynch came with his parents from Ireland to Three Springs, and until his early twenties he worked in that district on the farming property of his deceased uncle (Senator P. J. Lynch). Attracted by the gold mining industry, he then went to Kalgoorlie, and almost immediately he "struck it," the Perseverance Gold Mine giving him his first success. When the Great Boulder Mine went on tribute in 1926 he went on to that lease with many others, and locating some of the richest blocks worked there, this venture proving most profitable. Then in 1930, largely due to Corporal Lynch's initiative and perseverance, the Eastern Goldfields Tributers' Association was formed to fight the mining companies on the rights of the miners to the extra price for gold, which had risen from the fixed price of £4/4/11 to £8/10/- per ounce. Acting as secretary and later as president of this Association for the next few years, it was during this period that the law case between the tributers and the companies was commenced in Australia and finalised three years later, when before the Privy Council in London the verdict was given in favour of the tributers… Forced to relinquish his position as president on account of ill health, the late Corporal Lynch nevertheless still took an active part in all matters pertaining to mining and at the time of enlistment he was managing director of the Consolidated and Blue Spec Mines. At the time of his death he was forty six years of age."
Mary LYNCH
Born 19 July 1913 in Three Springs, Western Australia [98]
Daughter of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Resided with her parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs in 1913 and 1914 [19]
When she was not yet one year old her mother died at the age of 41 years on 11 June 1914 [2]
Following the death of her mother she was cared for by her aunt Mrs Annie J. LYNCH at 8 Carmelia Street in North Perth [201]
Educated at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
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]
Along with her father and brother Thomas travelled to Ireland to attend the Eucharistic Congress in 1932 [201]
Herself and her brother departed London, England on the Orsova and arrived back in Western Australia on 15 November 1932 [63]
Bid farewell at a function held at the home of Mrs Sara T. MALEY in Three Springs on Wednesday 31 January 1934 [5: 2-Feb-1934]
At her farewell she was presented with a suitably inscribed silver watch from her friends at Three Springs [5: 2-Feb-1934]
Left Three Springs shortly after her farewell to enter the Dominican Order of Nuns at Dongara [5: 2-Feb-1934]
Novitiate at Dongara until 1936 when she made her profession as a Dominican Nun [201]
Teacher at the Dominican Convent in Dongara 1941-1954, and was Mistress of Schools in Dongara 1948-1954 [19] [201]
Teacher at the Dominican Convent in Dongara 1962-1968 [19]
Mother Provincial of the Dominican Order in Western Australia 1961-1968 [201]
Teacher at the Dominican Convent in Morawa 1970-1986 [19]
Also taught at Cue, Meekatharra and Leonora; and in the Perth suburbs of Scarborough and Bedford [201]
Prioress of the Dominican Convent in Three Springs 1986-1989 [201]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Doubleview, and then at Saint John of God Villas in the Perth suburb of West Leederville [201]
She was described as gracious, humble and compassionate but with a real sense of humour and fun [201]
Passed away in her 90th year at the Saint John of God Villas in the Perth suburb of West Leederville [201]
Died 30 September 2002; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, IC, 1G) [2]
Also known as Sister Emmanuel [201]
Mrs Mary LYNCH
Wife of "Pat" Patrick Francis LYNCH; see Mary PRENDERGAST
Mrs Mary LYNCH
Second wife of Senator "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH; see Mary BROWN
"Molly" Mary Monica LYNCH
Born 1904 in Boulder, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH and Annie Josephine CLEARY [15]
Resided with her parents in Boulder in 1904, in Perth 1904-1907, and in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds 1907-1909 [201]
Resided with her mother at 8 Avenue No. 2 in North Perth 1909-1918 (Avenue No. 2 was later renamed Camellia Street) [201]
Herself, her sister and later their brother were students at Saint Brigid's Convent of Mercy School in Fitzgerald Street, West Perth [201]
Concluded her education as a boarding student at Saint Gertrude's College in New Norcia [201]
Resided with her parents on Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1919-1929 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church Committee in 1925 [124]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended in a dress of apricot satin with guipure lace, and on the xylophone was part of the orchestra which supplied the music [4]
Herself and her father visited Geraldton on a weekend visit in mid September 1928 [4: 22-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
The orchestra at the Show Ball consisted of herself, Mrs Lettie HUNT, Lyle LLOYD, Edward BURGE and Sandy ARNDT [4]
Returned to Three Springs on Monday evening 5 November 1928 after spending a holiday with her sister in New Norcia [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Along with her father left on a trip to the Eastern States on the S.S. Karoola on Saturday 2 February 1929 [4: 26-Jan-1929]
Married "Jim" James Benedict CLUNE in 1929 [66]
Following their marriage herself and her husband were the guests of honour at a Social in Three Springs on 1 November 1929 [4]
During the evening, which was tendered by the Three Springs Football Club, they were presented with a chime clock [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Resided with her husband and children on her father's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1929-1933 [201]
Attended the Ball after the TS Show in 1930 in apple green georgette with uneven hemline and crimson appliqued roses [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of orange satin [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in a henna chenille velvet dress [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Herself and her father became estranged when in 1933, just two years after the death of her mother, he re-married [201]
As a result herself, her husband and their children left Three Springs in 1933 [201]
Her husband worked as a School Teacher and they resided in a number of country districts including Miling [201]
In early 1943 herself and her father reconciled, after which herself and her husband and their children returned to Three Springs [201]
Resided on her father's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1943-1964 [201]
Her husband farmed Mount Leonora in partnership with his brother in 1943, and then by himself from 1944 onwards [201]
Supplier of music at the Farewell Dance for Christopher & Mildred THOMAS in Three Springs on 11 September 1944 [4: 16-Sep-1944]
Feelingly sang a song at the wedding of John J. McCAGH and Hannah E. TURNER in Three Springs on 30 April 1946 [4: 18-May-1946]
Herself and her husband left Three Springs in 1964 [201]
Mother of Marie, Pauline, Celine, Gerald, Joan, Danny, Paul and Francis [201]
Mrs Maureen Eleanor LYNCH
Wife of Philip Francis LYNCH; see Maureen Eleanor O'CONNOR
Michael LYNCH
Labourer in Three Springs in 1913 and 1914 [19] [50]
Rev. Father Michael LYNCH
Born 1896 [201]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs [19] [24]
Educated at the State School in Three Springs, Presentation Convent in Geraldton, and by the Dominican Sisters in Dongara [201]
For his secondary education he returned to Ireland, and attended Roscrea College in Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland [201]
In 1917 he went to Rome for priesthood training at the Propaganda Fide College, and was ordained a Priest in 1922 [201]
Departed London, England on the Omar and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 October 1922 [70]
Began his career as Substitute Priest in Mullewa for five months filling in for Rev. Father John DAWES [201]
Roman Catholic Priest in Geraldton 1923-1926, after which he was posted to Three Springs [201]
Roman Catholic Priest in Three Springs 1927-1944 [4] [6]
He was responsible for the Catholic Parish of Three Springs, which was part of the Diocese of Geraldton [4: 15-Nov-1930]
The Parish included Mingenew, Morawa, Perenjori, Arrino, Three Springs, Carnamah and surrounding districts [4]
In 1930 it was remarked that he was the most popular Priest ever to be stationed in Three Springs [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Saint Idelphonsus College in New Norcia, which his brothers attended, described him as a "zealous pastor" [187]
Conducted midnight Mass in to a crowded congregation in Three Springs on Christmas Eve 24 December 1927 [4: 7-Jan-1928]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928, and donated a dressed doll and clock to the Committee [124]
Member of a deputation formed to petition the Government for a Road Board for Three Springs, Arrino and Dudawa [39: 3-Jul-1928]
A telegram was received in Three Springs by Randolph BARNHART on 28 June 1928 stating their petition had been successful [39]
Officiated at the wedding of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show, Official Luncheon and Show Ball on 20 September 1928 [4]
Himself and Mr WHITTON won the Relay Race conducted during the Ring Events portion of the Show [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Football Dance held in Arrino to celebrate six years of victory for the Arrino Football Club on 2 October 1928 [4: 6-Oct-1928]
Along with Edward HUNT of Three Springs he travelled to Perth in October 1928 to attend the Perth Royal Show [4: 20-Oct-1928]
After spending the weekend in Geraldton travelled from Three Springs to Perth by train on Monday 4 February 1929 [4: 9-Feb-1929]
During April / May 1929 himself and Rev. Father John HAWES of Mullewa exchanged districts for a few weeks [4: 18 & 25-May-1929]
After the exchange he spent a few days in Geraldton and Yalgoo, and then returned to Three Springs on Sunday 19 May 1929 [4]
For a few days in late August 1929 he was confined to his room suffering from an attack of malaria [4: 31-Aug-1929]
Sent a wreath to the funeral of Charles C. MALEY M.L.A. at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 16 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Travelled to Perth in February 1930 to recover from a sharp attack of malaria and exhaustion from a bushfire at Morawa [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Won the third heat for the Sheffield Handicap race at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs on 17 March 1930 [4]
During the horse events of the Sports Meeting his horse Androcles came 2nd in the Walk, Trot and Gallop [4: 22-Mar-1930]
His horse was presumably named Androcles after the character of the same name in the story Androcles and the Lion [--]
Formally welcomed the Bishop of Geraldton (Right Rev. Dr. J. O'COLLINS) on his visit to TS on 7 November 1930 [4: 15-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]
Speaker at the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the send-off social and dance to Charles S. MACDONALD at the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 29 June 1933 [5: 30-Jun-1933]
His sister and youngest sibling Miss Mary LYNCH entered the Dominican Order of Nuns at Dongara in February 1934 [5: 2-Feb-1934]
Attended and spoke at the Farewell to Matron COFFEY held in the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 24 May 1934 [5: 25-May-1934]
Officiated at the marriage of Hugh F. MCKENZIE-MCHARG and I. Gladys BASTIAN on 5 June 1934 in Three Springs [5: 8-Jun-1934]
One of the speakers at the Farewell to John J. KELLEHER at the Three Springs Hall on Wednesday 1 August 1934 [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Spoke at the social tendered to recently married Mario and Annie MAYRHOFER in Three Springs on 15 October 1934 [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Also spoke at the Welcome Home tendered to Mick and Rene COFFEY at the Three Springs Hall on 21 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Donated £1/1/0 to the Benefit Fund to assist Miss Dorothy DIAL of Three Springs who had been injured in a car accident [5: 5-Apr-1935]
Gave an impressive address at the King George V Jubilee Celebrations held in Three Springs on Friday 24 May 1935 [5: 14-Jun-1935]
While in Perth during June 1935 he purchased a fox decoy whistle and put it to use when he returned to There Springs [5: 14-Jun-1935]
He was sceptical of the whistle working, however within a short time of his first attempt a fox came almost to his feet [5]
He sacred the fox away to enable him to safely shoot it; and on every other occasion secured success with the whistle [5]
Attended the luncheon tendered to Primate of Australia Rev. Henry F. LE FANU in Three Springs on Monday 1 July 1935 [5: 5-Jul-1935]
Attended and spoke at the Annual Concert in aid of the Dominican Nuns in Three Springs on Thursday 15 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Victory Ball held in Three Springs on Tuesday 24 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
During the evening he was thanked by the Three Springs Football Club for his "support and interest in the sport" [5]
Invited Guest at the R.S.L. Reunion Dinner held in Three Springs on Saturday evening 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Made the presentation to Matron Catherine COFFEY at her farewell held at Parakalia Farm in TS on 13 March 1936 [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Attended and spoke at the farewell to Thomas P. and Johanna C. BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 20 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Speech-giver at the social evening tendered to newly married Syd and Priscilla GOOCH in Three Springs on 2 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Attended the North Midlands Zone Council of the Wheatgrowers Union's Sports in Three Springs on 23 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Speaker at the Valedictory Social to the pioneering PARKER family at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 28 January 1937 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Motored from Three Springs to Perth accompanied by "Barney" Randolph BARNHART on Tuesday 16 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Spoke on behalf of other denominations at the welcome to Ven. Archdeacon RILEY in Three Springs on 13 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Coronation Celebrations Committee in 1937 [5: 16 & 23-Apr-1937]
Attended the reception in Three Springs to Charles G. LATHAM, Leader of the Opposition in WA, on 26 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Won 2nd prize of five charity tickets in a Three Springs Parents & Citizens Association raffle in mid 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Speaker at the farewell for William M. and Margaret K. CARMODY in Three Springs on Monday 12 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Officiated at the wedding of Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD in Carnamah on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Attended the opening of the Nurse's Quarters in Three Springs and dinner at the Commercial Hotel on 27 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Motored to Perth with local hotel proprietor "Barney" Randolph BARNHART on Sunday 12 September 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
After two days in Perth they returned to Three Springs on Tuesday 14 September 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Speaker at the Farewell for Barney and Frances BARNHART at the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 3 February 1938 [4: 12-Feb-1938]
Speaker at the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent and May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Gave a powerful sermon at the enthronement of the Right Rev. Dr Gummer as the new Bishop of Geraldton in 1942 [187]
Transferred to Leonora in 1944, and was succeeded in Three Springs by the Very Rev. Father Bryan GALLAGHER [4: 5-Feb-1944]
The parishioners of Three Springs gave him a grand testimonial to him before his departure for Leonora [187]
Roman Catholic Priest in Leonora in 1944 and 1945 [187]
Roman Catholic Priest in Mullewa 1946-1968 [201]
He was fluent in Italian from his time studying in Rome, which assisted him with the Italian residents at Mullewa [201]
Celebrated the Silver Jubilee of his Priesthood in April 1947, at which time he was made a Dean of the Catholic Church [201]
In 1949 he was offered a trip to Rome for the following year and it was said that "no priest deserved it more" [187]
Overcoming difficulties in securing material and manpower he succeeded in opening a new Convent at Mullewa in 1950 [187]
It was reported he should take a "well-deserved holiday, for no man has laboured so long and so unselfishly as himself" [187]
Died 13 September 1968 in Geraldton; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton WA [26] [201]
"Mick" Michael Francis LYNCH
Born 15 February 1908 in Essendon, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of Senator "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH and Annie Josephine CLEARY [54]
Resided with his parents in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds 1907-1909 [201]
Resided with her mother and siblings at 8 Avenue No. 2 in North Perth (Avenue No. 2 was later renamed Camellia Street) [201]
Began his schooling at Saint Brigid's Convent of Mercy School in Fitzgerald Street, West Perth [201]
Resided with his parents on Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [201]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia from 10 February 1920 until December 1925 [187]
Farmhand on his father's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs in 1927 [187]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1927 [4: 25-Jun-1927]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928 [124]
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 Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
He was among those who took a joy-ride in a Gipsy Moth plane which visited Arrino on 19 December 1929 [4: 28-Dec-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Farmer of Masima Farm in Three Springs in 1932 [187]
His farm, also known as "the 808 block" had been purchased by is father and uncle during the 1924-25 financial year [44] [201]
The farm was the 2,495 acre Lot M808 of Victoria Location 1932 east side of the Morawa-Three Springs Road [44] [62]
Married Eileen Phyllis SORENSEN on 30 September 1932 at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Perth [187]
Left Three Springs and shifted to Perth in 1933, and joined the Western Australian Police Force [187]
In 1935, when his wife gave birth to their first child, Patrick Joseph, he was stationed at Collie, [5: 15-Feb-1935]
Their son was born at Saint Andrew's Hospital in Midland Junction - which belonged to Margaret NIVEN, previously of Carnamah [5]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 6 December 1940 [16]
After being attached to a medical unit in Palestine he was sent to Syria to do a specialist course in laboratory work [187]
By late 1942 he had returned to Australia and was posted to a unit in Queensland [187]
Private WX9743 in the Australian Army's 2/1 Australian Field Butchering Platoon towards the end of the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 7 September 1945 [16]
By late 1945 had shifted to the outer Perth suburb of Armadale where he had a poultry farm [187]
Storekeeper in Naraling, situated 40 kilometres north east of Geraldton, in 1950 [19]
In 1951 acquired a farm at Nembudding in the Wyalkatchem district through the War Service Land Settlement Scheme [201]
Farmer at Nembudding in the Wyalkatchem district from 1951 until 1969, and in 1973 sold the farm [201]
Later resided in Morawa [2]
Father of Patrick, Jane, Jude and Michael [201]
Died 1 August 1977; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 8, 299) [2]
Michael Joseph LYNCH
Labourer in Three Springs 1914-1929 and Farmer in Three Springs 1930-1943 [19]
"Patty" Patricia Mary LYNCH
Born 7 February 1929 in Geraldton, Western Australia [99]
Daughter of Patrick Francis LYNCH and Mary PRENDERGAST [202]
Resided with her parents and later sister Catherine on farmland in Yandanooka [19] [202]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Mingenew [98]
Enrolled as a student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 24 May 1937 [98]
Won a £1 note in a raffle at the at the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert in Three Springs on 20 August 1937 [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Following a period of correspondence schooling was enrolled at the Dominican Ladies College in Dongara on 13 February 1942 [99]
Married Malcolm Eric CAMPBELL in Perth in 1953 [66]
Her husband worked in Yandanooka as a Shop Assistant and they resided in Yandanooka from 1953 until at least 1980 [19]
"Pat" / "Paddy" Patrick Francis LYNCH
Born 9 August 1897 in County Meath, Ireland [30] [187]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [30]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs 1909-1916 [18] [19] [24]
Boarding Student at Saint Idephonsus College in New Norcia from 23 July 1914 until December 1914 [187]
Farmhand in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 12 September 1916 [18] [30: item 8214269]
On enlistment he recorded as 5 feet 5½ inches tall, with brown hair, dark hair and a dark complexion [30]
Stated his next of kin to be his father Philip LYNCH, his address being "Three Springs, Midland Railway, Western Australia" [30]
He had previously served six months with the WA Cadets and had to get his father to write giving permission for him to enlist [30]
Appointed to the 31st Reinforcements of the Field Artillery Brigade after training at the Artillery Camp at Maribyrnong, Victoria [30]
Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A15 Port Sydney on 9 November 1916 [18]
After a brief stop in Egypt arrived in England on 5 January 1918, and after further training proceeded to France on 15 April 1918 [30]
Gunner/Driver 38170 in the Australian Imperial Force's 3rd Field Artillery Brigade in France during the First World War [30]
He was a Gunner with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade until 13 September 1918, and a Driver from 14 September 1918 onwards [30]
Wounded in Action on 3 October 1918; after treatment for a gunshot wound to his head rejoined his unit on 25 December 1918 [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]
Embarked from England on the Konigin Louise and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 3 August 1919 [30]
Returned to Three Springs by the mail train, arriving during the early hours of the morning on Tuesday 5 August 1919 [10: 8-Aug-1919]
He was tendered a Welcome Home at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 8 August 1919 [10: 8-Aug-1919]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 26 August 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
By late 1919 he had relatively recovered from his war wounds and was helping run his father's farm in Three Springs [187]
Manager of his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs in 1919 and 1920 [201]
Labourer and Contractor in Three Springs in 1921 and 1922 [6] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1919-1921 [9: 22-Aug-1919] [10: 9 & 23-Jul-1920, 20-Jun-1921]
Donated 5/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1920 [124]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1921-22 [10: 3-Feb-1922]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1922 [124]
In 1922 acquired farmland in Yandanooka through the Repatriation Department's Soldier Settlement Scheme [201]
Farmer in Yandanooka 1922-1967 [6] [19] [201]
His farm in Yandanooka was 1,423 acres in size and consisted of Lots 107 and 108 of the Yandanooka Estate [44] [61]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1923 [10: 22-Jun-1923]
Umpired football matches between Arrino and Three Springs on Sunday 13 May 1923 and Sunday 20 May 1923 [9: 25-May-1923]
Member of the Yandanooka Football Club in 1924 and 1925 [10: 12-Jun-1924] [9: 14-Aug-1925]
By 1925 he was the owner of a car, and was said in humour to have been "a constant source of danger to the pedestrians" [187]
Donated £2/10/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1925 [124]
Steward at the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Tuesday 17 March 1925 [124]
Married Mary PRENDERGAST in 1928 [66]
Before marriage his wife had worked as secretary in Three Springs for his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH [201]
Committee Member of the Yandanooka branch of the Primary Producers' Association in 1930 [4: 3-May-1930]
In 1932 owned a Standard Buick Six car, which was registered with the Mingenew Road Board with license plate MI-55 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Attended the Zone Meeting of the North Midlands Wheatgrowers Union in Perenjori on Sunday 3 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Auditor for the North Midlands Zone Council of the Wheatgrowers Union 1935-1937 [5: 4-Jan-1935, 3-Jan-1936, 8-Jan-1937]
Conveyed four passengers from their car crash in Yandanooka to Three Springs for medical attention on 20 October 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Attended the Fifth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Dongara on Saturday evening 24 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Served on the Mingenew Road Board / Mingenew Shire Council 1941-1963, and was its Chairman 1948-1954 [201]
Pallbearer at the funeral of retired Mingenew butcher Norman SAGGERS at the Mingenew Cemetery on 22 April 1963 [4: 26-Apr-1963]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Manning [2]
Father of Patricia and Catherine [201]
Died 14 January 1973; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 9, 75) [2]
Senator "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH
Born 24 May 1867 in Moynalty, County Meath, Ireland [201]
Son of Michael LYNCH and Bridget CAHILL [200]
Educated at the Cormeen National School in County Meath and at the Ballieborough Model School in County Cavan, Ireland [188]
Left school at the age of 15 years and began working on his father's farm, and also continued his studies when time permitted [188]
Left Ireland in 1886 and on arrival in Queensland, Australia worked hewing railway sleepers and then goldmining at Croydon [188] [200]
Mined in Queensland for three years and then took to the seas for seven years as a ship's stokehold firer and then marine engineer [188]
After giving up his marine pursuits he worked as an engineer on a sugar plantation on the South Sea Islands in the Pacific Ocean [188]
Shifted to Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia where he worked on the gold mines as an Engine Driver [188] [202]
He was a founding member of the Engine Drivers' Association in Kalgoorlie and was its General Secretary for almost five years [188]
Served on the Boulder Municipal Council from December 1901 until June 1904 [201]
Married (1) Annie Josephine CLEARY in Boulder in 1902 [15]
Himself and his wife initially resided at a house in Lane Street, Boulder [6] [201]
Elected unopposed as inaugural member for the seat of Mount Leonora in the Parliament of Western Australia on 28 June 1904 [201]
Labor Member for Mount Leonora in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from his election in 1904 until 1906 [188]
Following his election himself, his wife and their two daughters left Boulder and shifted to Perth [201]
In November 1906 he was elected as a Labor Senator for Western Australia in the Commonwealth Senate of Australia [200]
Due to his strong support of conscription walked out of the Labor caucus and was expelled from the Labor Party in 1916 [200]
Subsequently joined the National Party and was later a member of the United Australia Party [202]
He became known as Senator Lynch and his wife was at times referred to as "Mrs Senator Lynch" [4: 22-Sep-1928] [201]
President of the Commonwealth Senate of Australia from 1932 to 1938 [200]
During his time as a Federal Senator he was the Minister for Works and Railways 1916-17, and served as: [200] [202]
Member of the Library Committee 1907-20 and again 1932-38 [202]
Member of the Royal Commission on the fruit industry 1912-14 [200]
Member the Committee of Disputed Returns and Qualifications 1913-19 [202]
Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Public Works 1914-16 and 1923-26 - was Chairman 1914-16 [200] [202]
Inaugural Chairman of the River Murray Commission in 1916 [200]
Member of the Standing Orders Committee 1920-23 and again 1932-38 [202]
Member of the Select Committee on the Advisability or Otherwise of Establishing Standing Committees of the Senate 1929-30 [202]
Member of the Printing Committee in 1932 [202]
Member of the House Committee 1932-38 [202]
His brother Philip along with Philip's wife Sarah and their children arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201]
He is said to have financially assisted his brother to travel from Ireland to Australia, and to set them up upon their arrival [201]
As soon as his brother arrived they began looking for suitable farming land to buy together [201]
In 1909 himself and his brother Philip purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1,994 acres of virgin land in Three Springs [27]
They purchased Lots M729, M749 & M750 of Victoria Locations 1933 and 2022, which cost £1627.7.6 on 18 June 1909 [27]
18 days later, on 6 July 1909, they purchased Lots M734, M774 & M775 of Victoria Locations 1932 and 1933 for £1220.1.3 [27]
In 1910 and 1911 they purchased a further 1,066 acres in Three Springs from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 1,066 acres consisted of Lots M733, M770 & M776 of Victoria Location 1932, and cost a total of £1224.13.6 [27]
In about 1912 they purchased the 215 acre Lot M738 of Victoria Location 1933 from Mrs Jane TERRY of Three Springs [27] [44]
This took their farm holdings to a total of 3,275 acres until the mid 1920s when they purchased more farmland [44]
Their farmland in Three Springs was managed by his brother Philip but under the partnership of "Lynch Bros" 1910-1918 [201]
They had a four roomed house built on the property, and in late 1909 Philip and his family shifted to Three Springs [201]
Lots M749 & M750, on which Philip resided, were situated a short distance north east of the Three Springs townsite [201]
The rest of their lots were situated further north-north east of the Three Springs townsite up near the Dudawa Estate [44] [62]
Absentee Farmer in Three Springs in partnership with his brother Philip LYNCH 1910-1918 [201]
In 1910 they seeded approximately 170 acres of crop on their recently acquired farm in Three Springs [9: 27-May-1910]
"Lynch Bros" exhibited a sheaf of Alpha wheat at the Moora Agricultural Society's Annual Show in Moora in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
In early December 1915 they almost lost their wheat crop when fire from burning off reached the crop [10: 7-Dec-1915]
"Lynch Bros" entered into the pig trade in August 1916 with the purchase of Large Black and Berkshire studs [10: 18-Aug-1916]
They grew 600 acres of wheat on their Three Springs property in 1917 [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Himself and his brother are said to have amicably dissolved their farming partnership in 1918 [201]
Despite dissolving partnership their farmland at that point and for a number of years thereafter was in the name of Lynch Bros [44]
For the fulfilment of his duties as Federal Senator himself, his wife and their children resided in Melbourne 1907-1909 [201]
In 1909 purchased a house at 8 Avenue No. 2 in North Perth (Avenue No. 2 was later renamed Camellia Street) [201]
His wife and children resided at the house in North Perth, and while the Senate was in session he was in Melbourne [201]
Himself, his wife and their children spent some time in North Perth and time on the farm in Three Springs 1909-1918 [201]
He appears in Western Australian Legislative Assembly Electoral Rolls with an address of Three Springs from 1914 onwards [19]
Had a weatherboard cottage built on the part of his and his brother's farm in Three Springs near the Dudawa Estate in 1916 [201]
After having the weatherboard cottage extended himself and his wife and children shifted to the farm towards the end of 1919 [201]
From 1919 onwards he resided in Three Springs full time except for time spent interstate when the Senate was in session [201]
He then spent all of his spare time as a Senator living and working on his farm in Three Springs [5: 21-Jan-1934]
He managed to play an active role in Three Springs 1910-1918, despite spending only limited time in the district [9] [10]
Inaugural Vice President of the Three Springs Race Club in 1910 and 1911 [9: 23-Dec-1910]
Spoke at the Children's Christmas Tree held at the Three Springs State School on Boxing Day 26 December 1910 [9: 6-Jan-1911]
As Senator he Addressed an open air meeting on the Referenda in Three Springs on Saturday 15 April 1911 [9: 14-Apr-1911]
Spent Christmas of 1913 with his brother in Three Springs, and returned to Perth on 29 December 1913 [10: 2-Jan-1914]
Spoke about Federal Politics to a crowd of fifty or sixty in Three Springs on Saturday evening 11 July 1914 [10: 17-Jul-1914]
Inaugural Vice President of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1915 [10: 29-Oct-1915]
Made a speech at the Welcome Home held in Three Springs for Corporal. John L. HEBITON on 9 August 1916 [10: 11-Aug-1916]
Spoke at the Farewell to Privates Harry BYRNE and Dick LYNCH at the Hall in Three Springs on 15 August 1916 [10: 18-Aug-1916]
During August 1917 it was reported he was in Three Springs on a visit to his farm [10: 31-Aug-1917]
Attended and Officially Opened the Red Cross Gala Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 23 May 1918 [10: 31-May-1918]
Presided over the Farewell Social held for Const. Richard J. HONNER in Three Springs on Friday 30 August 1918 [10: 6-Sep-1918]
In about October 1915 he received a letter in Perth threatening the destruction of his farm in Three Springs [39: 26-Oct-1916]
The letter was signed "Sabotage" and called for the Labor capitalists to release John BARKER from prison in Sydney [39]
If he wasn't released the unnamed author threatened to sabotage the master class all over Australia, and in particular his farm [39]
The imprisoned John BARKER was a member of the Independent Workers of the World (I.W.W.) which was a type of union [39]
The I.W.W. strived to improve the conditions of the working classes - but through the destruction of the master/capitalist class [39]
When he received the letter it would have been very easy to light a single fire and destroy the entirety of their 650 acre crop [39]
The man accused of writing the letter went before the Perth Police Court on 25 October 1916 and was committed for trial [39]
The Criminal Court in Perth sentenced the accused man to six months imprisonment with hard labour on 7 March 1917 [39: 8-Mar-1917]
Farmer of Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1918-1944 [201]
His farm consisted of Lots M729, M733, M734, M738, M770, M774, M775 & M776 of Victoria Locations 1933 and 2022 [44]
The farm was situated north-north east of the Three Springs townsite, and south of the Dudawa Estate in Dudawa, East Arrino [62]
When himself and his brother purchased the land it consisted partly of heavy forest country and partly of sandplain [201]
His brother Philip was the farmer Shamrock Farm (their Lots M749 & M750) nearer the Three Springs townsite [19] [201]
The Midland Railway Company established a railway siding near his property, which was named Lynch Siding [201]
His farm was managed by John J. LYNCH 1918-1919, Patrick F. LYNCH 1919-1920 and Thomas A. LYNCH 1921-1924 [201]
Later managers of his farm included "Harry" Hans C. SORENSEN and "Fred" Fergus CONNAUGHTON [5: 4-Sep-1936] [201]
In 1926 had a modern new homestead built on his Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [201]
Vice President of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee's Sports Meetings in Three Springs in 1918, 1919 and 1920 [124]
Attended and gave an address to those present at the unveiling of the Three Springs Honour Board on 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919]
Donated £2/2/- in 1919, £2 in 1920, £10/10/- in 1925, and £5/5/- in 1928 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee [124]
Patron of the Carnamah Race Club in 1920, and of their Race Meeting held in Carnamah on Thursday 11 March 1920 [10: 13-Feb-1920]
Member of the Three Springs Race Club - was Patron in 1921 and Vice President in 1929 [9: 17-Mar-1921] [4: 23-Feb-1929]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE at the Hall in Three Springs on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Had the telephone connected to his farmhouse - was telephone number Arrino-1 [60]
During March 1922 he rode on horseback from Kondinin to inspect virgin country south-west of Hyden Rock [201]
Purchased 10,000 acres in Hyden, however due to Government regulations could only purchase 1,000 acres in his name [201]
The 10,000 acres consisted of ten 1,000 acre blocks - one in his name and one in the names of his adult children and nephews [201]
His nephews Thomas A. LYNCH and Peter J. LYNCH settled on the land in Hyden in 1922 and 1927 respectively [201]
Donated £10 to the Young Australia League after the laying of their memorial building's foundation stone in Perth in 1922 [248: Aug-1993]
Patron of the Picnic Race Meetings held in Three Springs to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1925 [124]
Gave a speech at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Friday 17 March 1922 [9: 24-Mar-1922]
Once more gave a "speech suited to the occasion" at the Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations on 15 March 1923 [9: 13-Apr-1923]
President of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Saturday 17 March 1928 [124]
In 1924 unsuccessfully requested for the Carnamah District Road Board to make a road through BASTIAN's farm in TS [10: 1-May-1924]
Applied with the Carnamah District Road Board for a road to be made from his farm to the Dudawa Road in later 1924 [9: 26-Sep-1924]
His request was unsuccessful as the road had previously been temporarily closed by the Mingenew Road Board [9: 31-Oct-1924]
During the 1923-24 financial year himself and his brother Philip purchased 2,047 acres in East Three Springs from Farmlands Ltd [44]
The 2,047 acres was Lots M841, M842, M843 and M844 of Victoria Location 2022 (Farmlands Ltd was Sir Walter JAMES) [44]
This farm is situated on the north side of the Perenjori-Three Springs Road and also bounds McKenzie Road and Weir Road [62]
During the 1924-25 financial year himself and his brother Philip purchased 2,495 acres of farmland in Dudawa, East Arrino [44]
The 2,495 acres was Lot M808 of Victoria Location 1932 and was purchased from the Estate of the Late J. Stephen SMITH [44]
This property was known as "the 808 block" and was later farmed by his son Michael [201] under the name of Masima Farm [187]
Lot M808 was on the east side of the Morawa-Three Springs Road and also on the south side of Simpson Road [62]
Attended the opening of the Young Australia League's memorial building at 45 Murray Street in Perth on 23 November 1924 [248]
At the ceremony he spoke eulogistically of the ideals of the League, and following an appeal made a donation of £10 [248: Aug-1993]
Donated £10 to the Young Australia League at the opening of their memorial building in Perth on 23 November 1924 [248: Aug-1993]
Honoured by his friends in Three Springs on 2 October 1925 in appreciation for the work he had done in the Senate [9: 9-Oct-1925]
Speakers at the function were Evander W. FRANKLIN, James P. MCALEER, Robert A. CALDOW and Edmund K. BYRNE [9]
Returned to Three Springs "looking very fit" in early January 1928 after a trip to Canberra [4: 7-Jan-1928]
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]
Won 1st prize for WA bred Merino Ewe at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Advertised his 12 month old Rumley tractor, which could do 20 acres per day, for sale in October 1928 for £600 [4: 6-Oct-1928]
In November 1928 advertised for sale a flock of merino rams of four tooth to full mouth for two to four guineas [4: 17-Nov-1928]
Left on a trip to the Eastern States with his daughter Molly on the steamship Karoola on Saturday 2 February 1929 [4: 26-Jan-1929]
In the early 1920s purchased the vacant block at 2 Yarra Street in the Carnamah townsite (Lot 2 of Victoria Location 1936) [3]
Officially declared open the new Carnamah Post Office at 12 Macpherson Street, Carnamah on Thursday 30 June 1932 [12: 8-Jul-1932]
His wife Annie passed away at their North Perth home at the age of 59 years on 18 May 1931 [4: 23-May-1931]
Won both 1st and 2nd prize for "One Fat Beast" in the Cattle section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
With a plot of Gluclub wheat came 2nd in the Three Springs Agricultural Society's 50 acre crop competition in 1932 [5: 20-Jan-1933]
The same plot was also an entrant in the Royal Agricultural Society's 50 acre crop competition for Zone 1 in which it came 4th [5]
In January 1933 lost 75 ewes, which either strayed or were stolen, and offered a reward for their return [4: 4-Feb-1933]
Married (2) Mary BROWN on 1 May 1933 at Saint Matthew's Roman Catholic Church in Narrogin, Western Australia [200]
Himself and his bride were welcomed to Three Springs at a Social and Dance on Tuesday 1 August 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Unsuccessfully requested with the Three Springs Road Board for a new road to be declared and made to his property [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Patron of the Three Springs Agricultural Society 1933-1939 [5: 26-May-1933, 17-May-1935, 1-May-1936, 25-Mar-1937] [262]
Received 3rd prize for Zone 1 in the Royal Agricultural Society's 50-acre Crop Competition in 1933 [5: 22-Dec-1933]
Received a petition for a new post office from the Three Springs Ratepayers & Citizens Association in October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
While doing repair work on his farm in Three Springs some tar was blown into his eyes on Thursday 25 January 1934 [5: 2-Feb-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1934 [5: 9-Mar-1934]
Attended and gave a speech at the farewell to Dick and Lilian HARRIS in Three Springs on Monday 12 March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended and spoke at the Farewell to Matron COFFEY held in the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 24 May 1934 [5: 25-May-1934]
Made a speech at Hugh MCHARG and Gladys BASTIAN's wedding reception in Three Springs on Tuesday 5 June 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Sold 29 bales of wool through Dalgety & Co for between 11¼d. and 10½d. per pound in January 1935 [5: 1-Feb-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club - was Vice President in 1935 [5: 10-May-1935]
Returned to Three Springs on Thursday 11 July 1935 after spending several days in Perth [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Along with five others requested in 1935 that the Three Springs Road Board close a road that went through his farm [5: 16-Aug-1935]
At the same time he also complained about not having a decent trafficable road from his property to Lynch Railway Siding [5]
The Midland Railway Company closed Lynch Siding in 1937 and opened Pitfield Siding 1¼ miles away [5: 22-Jan-1937]
In February 1937 requested the Three Springs Road Board ask the Company to gravel the approach to Pitfield Siding [5: 5-Mar-1937]
The Clydesdale stallion Fyvielie Pearl, imported from New Zealand, stood at his property in Three Springs in 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
The special pedigree horse could stand with mares for a fee of £3/3/-, or £2/2/- on service and £2/2/- if pregnancy followed [5]
In 1936 Fyvielie Pearl once again stood at his Three Springs property, for the same charges as in 1935 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Won 1st for Clydesdale Stallion, Red Poll Bull and milking strain Shorthorn Cow at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5]
The trophy for the exhibitor gaining the most points in the agricultural sections at the show was the Senator Lynch Cup [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Purchased two new Sunshine harvesters from local agent Oswald S. SOWERBY in 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Sold 149 ewes for 19/5 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd at a sheep sale held at Midland Market on 20 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
The next month sold 68 wethers through Elder Smith & Co Ltd - 44 for 27/10 per head and 24 for 24/10 per head [5: 19-Jun-1936]
On Wednesday 29 July 1936 sold 68 wethers for 29/1 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at Midland Market [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Attended and spoke at the farewell to Thomas and Johanna BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 20 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
One of five ratepayers who attended the ratepayers meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on Saturday 20 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Speaker at the Farewell Social & Dance to Tom and Johanna BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 20 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
The Three Springs Road Board inspected the road to his property on Saturday 18 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936, 4-Sep-1936]
He made an offer, which the Road Board accepted, to exchange 50 chains of land to create a road deviation along his home [5]
Wrote to the Road Board in October 1936 asking what they were doing about the deviation and the filling of a gully [5: 23-Oct-1936]
He again wrote to the Road Board in February 1937 asking when they were going to form the proposed deviation [5: 5-Mar-1937]
In April 1937 the Road Board accepted his offer of land to make a new road over the sand hill to the railway line [5: 23-Apr-1937]
In May 1937 he requested payment of £16 for previously resumed land but only wished newly resumed land be fenced [5: 21-May-1937]
He was among the 200 farmers who attended the meeting in Carnamah on 31 July 1936 about local Bulk Wheat Handling [5: 7-Aug-1936]
Exhibited in the Horse section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 10 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
He was one of the principal prize winners in the Horse section and was noted for exhibiting "particularly fine stock" [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Won 1st prize for Clydesdale Stallion, 1st for Draught Mare visibly in foal or foal at foot, and 1st and 2nd for Clydesdale Mare [5]
His Clydesdale Stallion was the Champion Stallion of the show, and his Draught Mare was the Champion Mare of the show [5]
Exhibited in the Horse, Cattle and Grain & Fodder sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 17 September 1936 [5]
Won 1st prizes in the Horse section for Clydesdale Stallion, Draught Filly, Draught Gelding and Four Horse Team [5]
Also won two 2nd prizes for Clydesdale Stallion & Three Mares suitable for breeding and Farm Brood Mare in or with foal [5]
Received 1st prizes for milking strain Shorthorn Cow and 2nd prizes for Fat Beat and Collection of Fodder Plant [5: 25-Sep-1936]
After a request from the Three Springs Road Board he wrote explaining the P.M.G. Department couldn't alter telephone facilities [5]
The Department wouldn't alter the facilities as they were giving priority to the sorting of Saturday afternoon mails [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Sold eight head of cattle through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 21 October 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Four cows (1 at £10/2/6, 2 at 9/2/6, 1 at £8/2/6), three steers (2 at £11/2/6, 1 at £7/12/6) and one heifer at £9/2/6 per head [5]
After falling ill he was admitted to a private hospital in Canberra on Wednesday morning 11 November 1936 [5]
As a result he was unable to occupy the chair of the Senate, as its President, when it met at 3:00 p.m. [5: 13-Nov-1936]
In December 1936 he was announced the winner of the Royal Agricultural Society's 50-acre Crop Competition for Zone 1 [5]
He won with a plot of Bencubbin wheat, and received 9 out of 10 for both freedom from weeds and freedom from disease [5]
With the same plot he also won the Three Springs Agricultural Society's 50-acre Crop Competition in 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
He was appointed a Commander of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1936 [200]
Interviewed by local farmer Murray M. WILSON about the extension of telephonic facilities to East Three Springs in 1937 [5: 5-Mar-1937]
Advised the residents in April 1937 that the Deputy Postmaster General had agreed to a telephone service for East Three Springs [5]
The new service and telephone exchange meant 18 households in East Three Springs would be connected [5: 23-Apr-1937]
Paid for a labourer to help cart 80 loads of sand, gravel and stones for the nursing quarters in Three Springs in April 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Invited to address the children at the Coronation Celebrations in Three Springs on Friday afternoon 21 May 1937 [5: 23-Apr-1937]
In May 1937 he had as his guest on his farm Charles G. LATHAM who was Leader of the Opposition in WA [5: 28-May-1937]
His guest and himself were tendered an informal reception by members of the Three Springs Road Board on 26 May 1937 [5]
In July 1937 he was suddenly taken ill on his farm but made a recovery under the care of Dr Mario A. MAYRHOFER [4: 7-Aug-1937]
Following his retirement from politics in 1938 he resided full time on his Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [5: 27-Jun-1941]
Member of the Three Springs branch of the Wheat and Wool Growers' Union - was President in 1939 [5: 25-Aug-1939]
Board Member of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1939-40 [109]
Resided in Three Springs until his death in 1944 [2]
Passed away at the age of 76 years at Saint Anne's Nursing Home in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [202]
Father of Biddy, Molly and Michael [5: 21-Jan-1934]
Died 15 January 1944; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, BA, 454) [2]
He remained the owner of the vacant block at 2 Yarra Street, Carnamah until his death in 1944 [3]
2 Yarra Street, Carnamah stood in the name of his estate until the 1952-53 financial year when it was sold to Saleebas Pty Ltd [3]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 21 January 1944:
"Vale P. J. Lynch - A Colourful Personality.
Mr. Patrick Joseph Lynch, former President of the Senate, died in a private hospital at Mt. Lawley on Saturday, aged 76. He was taken suddenly ill at Albany about two weeks before his death. The late Mr. Lynch was one of the most picturesque personalities in State and Federal politics. His height, beard and Irish idiom making him an outstanding figure. Born in May, 1867, at Newcastle, County Meath, Ireland, the son of a farmer, Mr. Lynch left for Australia in 1886 to follow varied occupations on land and sea until politics claimed his major attention. Before entering politics he joined a gold rush in Queensland where he trekked 900 miles Charleville to Croydon. When his fortunes waned at Croydon he set out for Cossack (W.A.) but at Darwin learnt this field was a failure. He then went to sea as a stoker, graduating from that position to marine engineer and later becoming engineer on a South Sea sugar plantation. He received a Royal Humane Society's award for attempting to save the life of a fellow seaman in the shark-infested waters of Fiji. However, goldmining again attracted him and he came to the Kalgoorlie field in the closing years of the last century. He became a member of the Boulder Municipal Council in 1901 and was general secretary of the Goldfields Enginedriver's Association from 1897 to 1904, when he entered State politics as Labour member for Mount Leonora which he held until his resignation in 1906 to seek election to the Commonwealth Parliament. While member for Mt. Leonora he was appointed Minister for Works in 1905 in the Daglish Government. The late Mr. Lynch, Sir George Pearce and Mr. Needham, M.L.A., were returned to the Federal Parliament as Labour Senators for this State in 1906 where Mr. Lynch served continuously until 1938. He was a member of the Federal Royal Commission on the Fruit Industry in 1912, was vice-chairman of the standing committee on Public Works from 1914 to 1916 and was first chairman of the River Murray Commission. Severing his connection with the Labour Party over the conscription issue, he became Minister for Works and Railways in the Hughes Government from November, 1916, to February 1917. Later he became member of the joint committee on Public Works and the Select Committee on Standing Committees. In 1932 he was elected President of the Senate and retained that office until his defeat in 1938. In addition to politics, the late Mr. Lynch was also interested in farming. For many years his well-equipped farm at Three Springs, occupied what time he could spare from politics. Twice married, the late Mr. Lynch is survived by a widow, two daughters (Biddy, Mrs. Jerry Clune), (Molly, Mrs. Jim. Clune) and one son Michael (A.I.F.)."
Peter Joseph LYNCH
Born 9 June 1910 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [187]
Son of Philip LUNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs 1910-1914 [19]
Following the death of his mother he lived with his aunt's sister Mrs Mary O'BRIEN in North Perth 1914-1920 [201]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia from 5 February 1924 until December 1925 [187]
Farmhand on his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs in 1927 [187]
In 1927 joined his brother Thomas A. LYNCH on land in Hyden that had been taken up by their uncle in 1922 [201]
Farmer in Hyden 1927-1972 [201]
During the depression worked on the Kalgoorlie-Boulder goldfields with his cousin Jack HYNES before returning to Hyden [201]
Among the places they worked on the goldfields were the Boulder Power House and at the Great Boulder Mine [201]
Farmer of Koolami Farm in Hyden [201]
Married Ina May SCALLY in Narrogin on 14 September 1938 [138]
Left Hyden upon his retirement in 1972 and shifted to Corrigin [201]
Father of Maureen, John and Michael [201]
Died 28 June 1994; buried Corrigin Cemetery, Corrigin WA [138]
Philip LYNCH
Born 1854 in Ireland [201]
Son of Michael LYNCH and Bridget CAHILL [201]
Married Sarah MCENROE [201]
Along with his wife and seven children departed London, England on the steamship Omrah on 19 February 1909 [203]
They arrived on the steamship Omrah in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
Resided with his family in North Perth while himself and his brother Senator Patrick J. LYNCH looked for farmland to buy [201]
They purchased virgin land in Three Springs, on which they had built a four roomed house with a galvanised iron roof [201]
While living in North Perth his daughter Bridget came down with pneumonia and died at the age of two years on 6 May 1909 [2] [201]
In late 1909 himself, his wife and their six children left North Perth and took up residence on the farm in Three Springs [201]
Farmer of Shamrock Farm in Three Springs 1909-1932 [6] [19] [24]
After arrival they cleared the land around their house, built yards and sheds, and fenced in about an acre to grow vegetables [201]
For transport they had one horse and a tip dray, which on special occasions became a spring cart [201]
In 1910 grew around 250 acres of crop on his and his brother's farm in Three Springs [9: 17-Jun-1910]
Lynch Bros exhibited a sheaf of Alpha wheat at the Moora Agricultural Society's Annual Show in Moora in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
His wife gave birth to twins Mary and Bernard at their farmhouse on 19 July 1913, however Bernard was still born [24] [201]
Their son Bernard was among the first buried at the Three Springs General Cemetery, and was interred in an unsurveyed corner [24]
The "greatest sadness of all" occurred on 11 June 1914 when his wife Sarah passed away at the age of 41 years [2] [201]
His horse Lennie won the Hurry Scurry race at the Annual Sports Meeting held at Arrino on Easter Monday 1 April 1915 [10: 9-Apr-1915]
His horse Lennie won the Hack Race at the Picnic Races held in Carnamah in aid of the Belgian Fund on 24 June 1915 [39: 7-Jul-1915]
Lennie won the Three Springs handicap race at the annual "Three Springs Day" on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
His horse Lennie won the Hack Race at the local Hall Committee's Sports Day in Three Springs on 18 February 1916 [10: 25-Feb-1916]
Lennie came 3rd in the Carnamah Handicap and Flying Handicap at the Sports Meeting in Carnamah on 4 May 1916 [10: 16-May-1916]
His horse Lennie came 2nd in the Hurry Scurry at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports in Three Springs on 16 March 1918 [10: 22-Mar-1918]
In early December 1915 himself and his brother almost lost their wheat crop when fire from burning off reached the crop [10: 7-Dec-1915]
With trees burning on the edge of the crop they got six harvesters out and successfully stripped the threatened wheat crop [10]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee 1916-1928 - was Chairman in 1921 [124]
Donated to the Committee: £5 in 1916 and £2/2/- in 1918 and 1919, £1/1/- in 1924, £1/2/- in 1925, and £1/1/- in 1928 [124]
Conducted the Weight Guessing Competition at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs on 17 March 1919 [124]
Donated two pigs for the local Saint Patrick's Day Picnic Race Meeting in 1920 - one for the bazaar and one for the luncheon [124]
"Lynch Bros" donated £4 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1920 [124]
Conducted the Sheep Weight Guessing Competition at the Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations in Three Springs in 1923 [9: 13-Apr-1923]
Himself and Thomas J. BERRIGAN oversaw the preparations of the racecourse for the Committee's Race Meeting in 1925 [124]
Vice President of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Tuesday 17 March 1925 [124]
Lynch Bros entered into the pig trade in August 1916 with the purchase of Large Black and Berkshire studs [10: 18-Aug-1916]
Himself and his brother grew 600 acres of wheat on their Three Springs property in 1917 [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Won 1st prize for a Fleece of Wool at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Wednesday 26 September 1917 [10: 5-Oct-1917]
Donated 10/- cash to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
Spoke at the Farewell Social for Const. Richard J. HONNER at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 30 August 1918 [10: 6-Sep-1918]
Spoke at the Welcome Home Social tendered to Private Fred JAMES in Three Springs on Monday 7 October 1918 [10: 18-Oct-1918]
It was remarked in 1918 that in speaking at local social gathering that he "as usual likes to come in last" [10: 18-Oct-1918]
Himself and his brother are said to have amicably dissolved their farming partnership in 1918 [201]
Upon the dissolution he farmed the 305 acres contained within Lots M749 and M750, which he'd been living on since 1909 [201]
Speaker at the Welcome Home Social & Dance in Three Springs for Private Vernon C. BASTIAN on 11 June 1919 [9: 13-Jun-1919]
Spoke on behalf of the Arrino district at May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday in Three Springs on 12 September 1919 [10: 19-Sep-1919]
Won the Stepping 100 Yards and received 1st prize for Swede Turnips at the Three Springs Day on 25 September 1919 [9: 3-Oct-1919]
Himself and Frederick J. BYRNE were Joint Secretaries of the Three Springs Day in 1921 [9: 2-Sep-1921]
Won 1st prize for Fleece of Strong Merino Wool at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
During March 1923 he was thrown from his horse while mustering stock, and was fortunately uninjured besides slight shock [9]
It was reported that he, "the good old gentleman," should take it as a warning not to be such a reckless rider in future [9: 23-Mar-1923]
Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church Committee in 1925 [124]
Pallbearer at the funeral of John Hudson DAVIES of Carnamah at the Three Springs Cemetery on 20 February 1925 [9: 20-Feb-1925]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Race Club in 1929 [4: 23-Feb-1929]
His horse Major Windbag won the Handicap Trot at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in TS on 18 March 1929 [4: 30-Mar-1929]
Welcomed the Bishop of Geraldton at the local Dominican Convent on his visit to Three Springs on 7 November 1930 [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Attended the funeral of "Father of Carnamah" Donald MACPHERSON at the Winchester Cemetery on 14 August 1931 [4: 22-Aug-1931]
Accompanied by his children Thomas and Mary he returned to Ireland for the Eucharistic Congress in 1932 [201]
After their visit to Ireland he returned to Three Springs, however in 1936 went back to Ireland for good [201]
Spent the last years of his life visiting and staying with relatives and friends in various parts of Ireland [201]
He was described as "a gentleman of great personal charm, kindly, gentle and unassuming" [201]
Father of Michael, Patrick, John, Thomas, Philip, James, Bridget, Peter, and twins Mary and Bernard [201]
Died 5 October 1941 in Ireland; buried Moynalty Cemetery, Moynalty, County Meath, Ireland [201]
"Phil" Philip Francis LYNCH
Born 10 May 1903 in Ireland [98]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs [19] [24]
Student at the Three Springs State School and then at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Won 2nd prize for a Schoolchild's Crayon Drawing at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia from 10 February 1920 until December 1920 [187]
Performed in the Convent School's Annual Concert held in Three Springs on Wednesday 8 September 1920 [10: 17-Sep-1920]
In 1921 was working on his father's Shamrock Farm in Three Springs [19] [187]
Contractor in Three Springs 1922-1924; and a Farmer in Three Springs 1924 onwards [6] [19]
By 1924 himself and his brother James G. LYNCH were farming in partnership in Three Springs [187]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1920-1930 - was Vice Captain in 1927 [10: 9-Jul-1920, 22-Jun-1923, 12-Jun-1924] [4: 25-Jun-1927, 28-Jun-1930]
Assistant Secretary of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Friday 17 March 1922 [9: 3 & 24-Mar-1922]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928 [124]
Financially assisted the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee with a donation of £1/1/- in 1928 [124]
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]
In early July 1929 he was reported to be convalescent following an illness [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]
Came 2nd in the 4th heat for the Sheffield Handicap at the Sports Meeting in Three Springs on St. Patrick's Day in 1930 [4: 22-Mar-1930]
During the Financial Depression left Three Springs and shifted to Onslow where he worked at wool processing stations [201]
Later worked as an underground miner in Wiluna, before enlisting in the Australian Army on 2 August 1940 [16] [201]
Served with the Australian Army where in the Middle East in 1941 and 1942, and at Townsville in Queensland, Australia in 1942 [201]
He was in Townsville when it was bombed by the Japanese, and served the remainder of his time with the Army in Queensland [201]
Prior to his discharge he was Lance Corporal WX7085 in the Australian Army's General Details Depot Staff [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army in Perth on 5 March 1944 [16] [201]
Worked for the Golden West Aerated Water Company in Perth before returning to Three Springs [201]
Farmhand in Three Springs for his brother James G. LYNCH for two or three years [201]
In about 1952 he left Three Springs and shifted to Hyden where he worked as a farmhand for his brother Thomas A. LYNCH [201]
On retirement he shifted to Perth [201]
Resided at the Little Sisters of the Poor's Home for the Aged in the Perth suburb of Glendalough from 1975 until his death [201]
Died 17 August 1989; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, BC, 292) [2]
He was buried in the same grave at the Karrakatta Cemetery as his late mother and sister Bridget [2]
Philip Francis LYNCH
Son of "Jim" James Gerald LYNCH and Una Alice KENNEDY [201]
Farmer of Kenlyn Farm in Three Springs 1964-1986 [19]
Married Maureen Eleanor O'CONNOR [201]
Later left Three Springs and shifted to Geraldton [201]
"Dick" Richard LYNCH
Born 1891 in Moynalty, County Meath, Ireland [30]
Son of Peter LYNCH [30]
Departed London, England on the steamship Osterley and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 8 August 1911 [70]
Labourer in Three Springs 1913-1916 [10: 16-May-1916] [19] [30] [50]
Accepted for service in the Australian Imperial Force in Geraldton on 2 April 1916, and enlisted on 1 May 1916 [30: item 8207401]
On enlistment he was recorded as 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 167 lbs. with blue eyes, brown hair and a medium complexion [30]
After training he was appointed to the 3rd Reinforcements of the 44th Battalion on 16 August 1916 at Blackboy Hill [30]
Briefly returned to Three Springs on leave during a portion of August 1916 [10: 18-Aug-1916]
He was farewelled and wished a safe return at a social held at Tom and Johanna BERRIGAN's home in TS on 14 August 1916 [10]
The next day, on Thursday 15 August 1916, himself and Harry BYRNE were tendered a Public Farewell in Three Springs [10]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A23 Suffolk on 10 October 1916 [18]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England on 2 December 1916 and after further training proceeded to France on 20 August 1917 [30]
Prior to leaving for France he wrote a will, leaving all of his real and personal estate to his sisters Ellie and Lily LYNCH of Ireland [30]
Private 2118 in the Australian Imperial Force's 44th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Killed in Action in France on 8 August 1918 after being in hit in both groins by several machinegun bullets [30]
Buried Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery in Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France [17]
Received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [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]
Mrs Sarah LYNCH
Wife of Philip LYNCH; see Sarah MCENROE
Thomas LYNCH
Yardman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1915 [50]
Farmhand in Arrino 1916-1921 [19]
"Tom" / "Phonsie" Thomas Alphonsus LYNCH
Born 22 April 1901 in Kells, County Meath, Ireland [16]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs 1909-1914 [19] [24]
Following the death of his mother he lived with his aunt's sister Mrs Mary O'BRIEN in North Perth 1914-1920 [201]
Enrolled as a Boarding Student at Saint Idephonsus College in New Norcia on 30 July 1917 [187]
In 1920 he was attending Technical School in Perth [187]
Farmhand and Contractor in Three Springs 1921-1924 [6] [19]
Manager of his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1921-1924 [201]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1920 [10: 9-Jul-1920]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1922-1924 [10: 28-Jul-1922, 19-Jul-1923, 12-Jun-1924]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1922-23 [9: 12-Jan-1923]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1923 [124]
Himself and Charles F. THOMAS ran the tote at the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations on 15 March 1923 [9: 13-Apr-1923]
Left Three Springs in 1924 and shifted to virgin land in Hyden that had been purchased by his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH [201]
Farmer of Limeric Farm in Hyden [201]
On arrival Hyden was "wild country" and he had to clear a road through bush to the property as well as the property itself [201]
He helped build the town hall in Hyden and with his son later built the Hyden Hotel [201]
As one of the Hyden district's earliest settlers and pioneers of he was referred to as "the father of the district" [201]
Along with his father and sister Mary travelled to Ireland to attend the Eucharistic Congress in 1932 [201]
Departed London, England with his sister on the steamship Orsova and arrived back in Western Australia on 15 November 1932 [63]
Married Margaret Veronica LYNCH in Perth in 1940 [66]
His cousin "Jack" John J. HYNES later married his wife's sister "Molly" Mary C. LYNCH [201]
Private W74481 in Karlgarin's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
His children Philip and Ann initially attended the Hyden State School in Hyden [98]
On 7 February 1950 his two children were enrolled at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs, presumably as boarders [98]
Himself and his wife also had a house at 2 Unwin Crescent in the Perth suburb of Salter Point [201]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Manning [2]
Father of Philip and Ann [201]
Died 7 March 1990; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, H, 713) [2]
Mrs Una Alice LYNCH
Wife of James Gerald LYNCH; see Una Alice KENNEDY
Mrs Alda Marjorie LYON
Wife of Percy John LYON; see Alda Marjorie LEONARD
Maurice John MacMurray LYON
Born 14 August 1927 in Three Springs, Western Australia [98]
Son of Percy John LYON and Alda Marjorie LEONARD [98]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs, where his father worked locally as a Contractor [98]
Began his schooling on 13 October 1932 at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Beckenham [2]
Died 16 November 2005; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Percy John LYON
Born 18 July 1898 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of Jesse Roy McMurray LYON and Sarah Elizabeth POSTANS [2] [15]
Married Alda Marjory LEONARD on 16 October 1926 at Saint Ignatius Church in Norwood, South Australia [55]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1931 [50]
School Bus Contractor in Three Springs in 1932 [98]
Contractor in Three Springs in 1933 and 1934, and Labourer in Three Springs in 1938 [6] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1927 [4: 25-Jun-1927]
Broke two of his ribs at a football match between Three Springs and Carnamah in Carnamah on Sunday 19 June 1927 [4: 25-Jun-1927]
Central Umpire of local football matches for the North Midlands Football Association in May and June 1936 [5: 29-May-1936, 26-Jun-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Himself, his father-in-law John E. LEONARD and J. HOWARD contract cleared Rowe's Road in Arrino for 3/- per chain [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Kenwick prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 21 July 1941 [16]
Sapper W5702 in the Australian Army's 55 Anti Aircraft Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 28 September 1944 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Beckenham [2]
Died 28 March 1976; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Roman Catholic, CC, 499) [2]
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Mrs Jane MACARTNEY
Born C.1860 [2]
Resided in widowhood on Illillawa Farm in Three Springs 1921-1927 [19] [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Died 7 January 1946; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, DA, 322) [2]
Miss MACBEAN
Sang "A Pair of Sparkling Eyes" at the Concert & Dance at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Colin Hendrie MACBEAN
Farmer in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1914 and 1915 [19] [50]
Sang "Three for Jack" at the Concert & Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Saturday 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
At a Social held in Three Springs on 30 July 1914 he sang the songs "Let me like a soldier fall" and "True till death" [10: 21-Aug-1914]
Charles Stuart MACDONALD
Born 1889 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia [54]
Son of William Bowie MACDONALD and Catherine Ann WILLIAMS [54]
Manager of the National Bank in Three Springs, Western Australia 1930-1933 [19] [96]
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 Armistice Day ceremony held at the Three Springs State School on Monday 11 November 1929 [4: 16-Nov-1929]
Founding Member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 21 March 1930 [96]
He had previously been a member of the Toodyay Masonic Lodge No.37 WAC [96]
Himself and his wife to be celebrated their engagement at her parents' Manara Farm in Mingenew on 12 October 1930 [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Attended the local reception tendered by the Three Springs Road Board to the Bishop of Geraldton on 8 November 1930 [4: 15-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]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Before leaving Three Springs he was thrown a send-off social and dance at the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 29 June 1933 [5]
At his send-off he was presented with gold links and press studs and a wallet from the people of the district [5: 30-Jun-1933]
Relieving Manager of the National Bank in Kulin WA in August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Married "Toria" Ellen Victoria BROAD in 1935 [4: 18-Oct-1930] [66]
His wife, late of Perth, died at the age of 50 years on 24 November 1950 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
Resided of late in Bunbury WA [2]
Died 6 April 1968; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, HA, 340) [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 18 October 1930:
The engagement is announced of Ellen Victoria, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Broad, of "Manara," Mingenew to Charles Stuart Macdonald (National Bank, Three Springs), second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Macdonald, Doverton Street, South Ballarat (Victoria)."
Robert Hanley MACERS
Labourer on Charles C. MALEY's Parakalia Estate in Three Springs in 1921 and 1922 [19] [50]
Mrs MACKIE
Won the Married Ladies Running Race at the annual "Three Springs Day" held on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
David MACLAREN
Farmer in Three Springs in 1941 [19]
Charles Hector MACLEAN
Farmer of Allawah Farm in Three Springs 1915-1921 [19] [50]
"Trevor" Charles Trevor Aeneas MACPHERSON
Born 1878 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of John MACPHERSON and Ann CONNOLLY [15]
Grandson of Duncan MACPHERSON and Mary WILSON of Carnamah Station [119]
Resided in Arrino in 1901 [6]
Farmed in Dowerin prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on 2 April 1917 [18]
Private 7779 in the Australian Imperial Force's 16th Infantry Battalion during the First World War [18]
Married Harriet CARROLL in Perth in 1924 [66]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Died 8 August 1962; ashes dispersed at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Gordon Robert White MACHERSON
Bank Clerk in Three Springs in 1935 [19]
J. MACPHERSON
Manager of Arrino Station in Arrino 1898-1900 [6]
Maree Therese MACPHERSON
Married Norman John BATEMAN [91]
Resided of farmland in Eneabba [P119]
School Teacher at the Three Springs Primary School in Three Springs [P119]
They later resided in the Perth suburb of Bedford [P119]
Mother of Paul, Luke, Ewan and Gabriel [91], Matthew, Jeanie and Rebecca [P119]
Roderick MACPHERSON
Clearer on Patrick J. LYNCH's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1924-1927 [19]
Mrs Iris Amelia J. MACVICAR
Resided in Williamson Street, Three Springs in 1964 [19]
William Steven MACVICAR
Water Supervisor in Three Springs 1964 [19]
Resided in Williamson Street, Three Springs [19]
Mrs Angela Mary MADDEN
Resided in Three Springs 1952-1955 [19]
Initially resided at the Commercial Hotel, Three Springs and later in Williamson Street, Three Springs [19]
George Arthur MADDEN
Born 1927 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Salesman in Three Springs 1952-1955 [19]
Initially resided at the Commercial Hotel, Three Springs and later in Williamson Street, Three Springs [19]
Emily MAGGS
Married John MAHER in 1882 in New Norcia [15]
Resided with her husband in Winchester in 1908 and 1909 [19]
They resided in Three Springs 1910-1912, in Walkaway in 1916 and in Mingenew in 1917 [6] [9: 25-May-1917] [50]
Candidate for Mingenew in the Ugly Woman Competition conducted in Three Springs for the Y.M.C.A. in May 1917 [9: 25-May-1917]
She came third in the competition with 6,060 votes which helped raise £208/17/6 for the war efforts of the Y.M.C.A. [9]
Resided again in Three Springs where her husband was a Railway Fettler 1922-1926 [19]
Mother of Lizzie, Henry and Georgina [15]
Died 1926 [26]
Margaret MAGREE
Born C.1872 [24]
Married Arthur OLIVER in Broad Arrow in 1910 [66]
By 1914 was living with her husband and children in Three Springs [19]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Won 1st prize for a 2 lb. Loaf of Bread at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Her husband died at the age of 52 years at the Cottage Hospital on Parakalia Farm in Three Springs on 31 August 1924 [24] [P2]
Following her husband's death supported herself by taking in boarders and cooking at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs [P2]
Donated 10/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1920 [124]
Donated butter and meat to the value of £1 for the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day 17 March 1920 [124]
Donated pastry for the Refreshment Stall at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day 17 March 1925 [124]
Herself and one of her daughters travelled from Three Springs to Perth for a holiday on Tuesday 11 February 1936 [5: 14-Feb-1936]
Passed away at the age of 79 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [24]
Mother of Jack, Biddy and Mary [P2]
Died 28 December 1951; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 64) [24]
Mrs Emily MAHER
Wife of John MAHER; see Emily MAGGS
Frank MAHER
Sang a song at the Social hosted by Charlie and Winifred THOMAS at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 30 July 1910 [9: 12-Aug-1910]
John MAHER
Married Emily MAGGS in New Norcia in 1882 [15]
Railway Employee in Watheroo in 1903 [50]
Fettler in Winchester in 1908 and 1909 [19]
The Mingenew Police Court fined him £1 and costs on the charge of disorderly conduct on 2 January 1909 [9: 22-Jan-1909]
Fettler / Line Repairer in Three Springs 1910-1912 [6] [50]
Could be the "John Henry Maher" who was Night Railway Stationmaster in Watheroo 1913-1917 [50]
Fettler in Walkaway in 1916 and in Mingenew in 1917 [9: 25-May-1917] [50]
Fettler in Three Springs 1922-1928 [19]
Father of Lizzie, Henry and Georgina [15]
Died 1928 [26]
Michael Patrick MAHER
Farmhand in Arrino in 1941 [19]
Laurel Margaret MAISEY
Born 1916 [15]
Married Bernard George ANTONIO in Perth in 1937 [66]
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1953-1962 [19]
Clio Ellen MALCOLM
Born 23 July 1899 in Port Lincoln, South Australia [55]
Daughter of James MALCOLM and Mary Anna CHISHOLM [555]
Married Sydney Herman CRISP in 1931 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Morawa, Western Australia 1933-1938 [19]
In 1934 very successfully exhibited poultry at Agricultural Shows held in Mullewa, Morawa, Perenjori and Three Springs [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Won numerous 1st prizes for her poultry, including a number in Mullewa, 12 in Morawa, 10 in Perenjori and 12 in Three Springs [5]
Most successful exhibitor in the Poultry section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 13 September 1934 [5]
Won both 1st and 2nd prizes for male Rhode Island Red and female Rhode Island Red; and a 2nd for male White Leghorn [5]
Also received 1st prizes for female White Leghorn, male and female Plymouth Rock, male and female Any Other Pure Breed [5]
Awarded 1st prizes for male Bronzewing Turkey, female Bronzewing Turkey, Muscovy drake and for Muscovy duck [5]
Among her birds was the Champion Female Bird in Show; also exhibited in the Vegetable section, winning 2nd prize for Carrots [5]
Won 1st prizes for Carrots, Parsnips and Pickles at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
MALEY Bros
"Charlie" Charles Crowther MALEY and "Sol" Solomon Shenton MALEY [6]
Farmers of the Parakalia Estate in Three Springs [6] [188]
Initially farmed their collective three lots of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs (1,371 acres in Lots 5, 14 & 15) [44]
They may also have farmed the 464 acre Lot 16 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area which belonged to their brother Henry [44]
Within a few years that had expanded with large acreages being purchased by Charles in Three Springs, Arrino and Arrowsmith [44]
In October 1908 they were sending away large quantities of timber from Three Springs [9: 23-Oct-1908]
A team of those from their farm defeated the Three Springs Cricket Club at a cricket match held in February 1910 [9: 25-Feb-1910]
They grew about 620 acres of crop in 1910 - the most grown in Three Springs by over 300 acres [9: 17-Jun-1910]
Their 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]
Among the most diversified of grain growers in Three Springs in 1910, when they were growing wheat, oats and skinless barley [31]
During May 1910 their sister Miss Grace MALEY of Fremantle visited them in Three Springs [9: 17-Jun-1910]
Using their two specially built lorries transport locally felled timber to the goldfields in large quantities in 1910 [9: 17-Jun-1910, 15-Jul-1910]
They transported salmon gum logs 25 feet long and 16 to 30 inches wide at their smaller end, some weighing up to a ton and a half [9]
Secured the good price of 14/- per head for a consignment of lambs they sold in September 1910 [9: 9-Sep-1910]
In 1910 they grew 400 acres of Baroota Wonder wheat for hay, which was expected to average 2½ tons to the acre [9: 7-Oct-1910]
Their Baroota Wonder wheat crop was higher than the fence in October 1910, while one of the oat crops was even taller [9: 7-Oct-1910]
Their crop was among those inspected when Samuel F. MOORE M.L.A. visited Three Springs on 30 September 1910 [9: 14-Oct-1910]
Exhibited a sheaf of Tasmanian white oats at the Moora Agricultural Society's Annual Show in Moora in October 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
After selling a quantity of chaff they still had 300 tons for sale in January 1911, for which they had numerous inquiries [9: 27-Jan-1911]
In 1914 they seeded 3000 acres of crop - which was the most in Three Springs by a margin of over 2000 acres [10: 19-Jun-1914]
For their seeding in 1914 they used four drills which enabled them to seed 80 acres per day [194: 18-Apr-1914]
During the first half of October 1914, after a drought, they had their binder out getting what little hay they could [10: 16-Oct-1914]
Their hay binding effects attracted the remark: "one thing about Sol and Charlie is they never say die" [10: 16-Oct-1914]
The drought of 1914 hit them and other farmers hard, and they only harvested 300 bags from their 3000 acres of crop [10: 11-Dec-1914]
Received two inches of rainfall at their farm in February 1915, which put much needed water into their dam and tanks [10: 16-Feb-1915]
Were telephone number TS-4 (probably meaning they were the fourth in Three Springs to have the telephone connected) [60]
Solomon left Three Springs in February 1915, however they appear to have continued as trading as "Maley Bros" [6] [10: 5-Mar-1915]
From Volume Two of The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, edited by J.S. Battye (1912-13):
"Parakalia" Homestead, the property of Messrs. Maley Brothers Three Springs
"The "Parakalia" Estate is situated in the growing district of Three Springs, lying about two miles in a westerly direction from the town of that name and embracing some 10,000 acres of land ideal in every respect for agricultural and pastoral purposes. As brief a period as six years ago there was not an acre of cleared land in the locality, the whole being covered with a formidable forest of morrell and salmon gum, which indicated the fertile character of the rich red and light loamy soils prevailing over a wide area - since proved so excellently suited to the production of grain and hay and good stock-fattening grasses. Since the acquisition of the property by Messrs. Maley Brothers in 1907, however, a change has come over the face of things, and the 2,000 acres now cleared and cultivated represent the spirit of energy and enterprise which they brought to bear in the development of their proposition. There is plenty of moisture in the soil, and wells have been sunk and dams constructed in various parts of the property, while several windmills serve their useful purpose in making the utilization of the water a simple and easy matter. Wheat, barley, and oats are grown in large quantities, and some marvellous results have been secured, the splendid milling qualities of the grain proving sufficiently the filling capacity of the soil. To quote some results: Last year (1912) from an area close upon 1,500 acres Messrs. Maley obtained an average of 22 bushels of wheat, while "Chevalier" barley averaged 45 bushels, "Cape" barley 6o bushels to the acre, and oats 50 bushels - constituting a record for the district. As high as three tons to the acre have been realised for hay, and even in 1911, a particularly dry season half a ton of hay and 14 bushels of wheat to the acre were harvested. Having established on good, sound business lines the cereal-growing enterprise, Messrs. Maley Brothers turned their attention with special concentration to the project of breeding something out of the common run in draught stock, and to this end purchased, through the Otago Farmers' Co-operative Union, twelve mares, comprising some of the Dominion's most renowned stock… An earlier purchase made by Messrs. Maley Brothers from New Zealand was the fine Clydesdale stallion "Maori King", a beautiful bright bay horse who has already made his presence felt in the Western Australian show-ring, his record being: - 1910: 1st prize, 3 years and under, Greenough Show; 1st prize open class; 1st prize, 3 years and under, Geraldton Show; 1st prize, open class, and champion certificate, Geraldton; 1st prize, 3 year class, and reserve champion certificate at the Royal Show. 1911: 1st prize, open class, at the Geraldton and Greenough shows, and champion certificate at the former. 1912: 1st prize, open class, at Greenough and Irwin shows, and winner of the "Lloyds" 20-guinea cup at the latter; 1st prize, open class, Royal Horse Parade, Claremont… Already he has got some fine foals for his owner, which may be seen at "Parakalia". A flock of 3,000 sheep of mixed breeds is kept chiefly for the mutton markets, and Berkshire pigs are bred from a noted strain… The "Parakalia" homestead was built in 1911, and the outbuildings, comprising men's quarters, grain and machinery shed, stabling, etc., are up to date in every respect."
"Bert" Albert Edward MALEY
Born 1874 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of John Stephen MALEY and Elizabeth Kniest WALDECK [15]
Private and later Lance Corporal 106 in the 1st WA Mounted Infantry Contingent in South Africa during the Boer War [18]
Re-enlisted and served as a Lieutenant in the 6th WA Mounted Infantry Contingent in South Africa during the Boer War [18]
Married Mary Lucy DEELY in East Coolgardie in 1906 [66]
Farmer on his brothers' Parakalia Estate in Three Springs 1911-1915 [19]
Attended the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting held at the recreation ground in Three Springs on 17 March 1915 [10: 26-Mar-1915]
Travelled to around Yalgoo during September 1915, and returned to Three Springs with a load of horses [10: 21-Sep-1915]
Attended the Ball conducted by the local branch of the Red Cross at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 2 June 1916 [10: 6-Jun-1916]
By October 1916 he was a Lieutenant at the Australian Imperial Force's Geraldton District Training Camp [10: 24-Oct-1916]
Farm Manager in Meckering in 1920, and Farm Labourer in Three Springs 1921-1929 [6] [19] [124]
Received 1st prize for Tilting at Bucket in the ring events at the Three Springs Day on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1921 [124]
Vice President of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Tuesday 17 March 1925 [124]
In May 1927 purchased a new Dodge car from local agent Thomas J. BERRIGAN [4: 14-May-1927]
Donated £1/1/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928 [124]
Later resided in South Perth [2]
Died 7 July 1948; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, IA, 566) [2]
"Lawrence" Albert Lawrence MALEY
Born 1 March 1918 in Meckering, Western Australia [16]
Son of Albert Edward MALEY and Mary Lucy DEELY [98]
Student at the Dudawa State School in Dudawa, East Arrino until 1926 and then at the Dominican Convent in Three Springs [98]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1941 and 1942 [19]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 21 June 1942, and was discharged on 6 June 1946 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 427342 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 58 Operational Base Unit during the Second World War [16]
Labourer in Three Springs 1946-1950 and a Farmer in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Balcatta [2]
Died 1 June 1987; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Acacia Court, 3131) [2]
Born 5 March 1898 in Motherwell, Lanark, Scotland [16]
Miner in Collie, Western Australia in 1916 [94]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 7 August 1916 at Blackboy Hill [30: item 8203972]
On enlistment he was noted at 5 feet 2¼ inches tall with grey eyes, brown hair and fair complexion [30]
Gave his father William LITTLE as his next of kin, his address being Collie Burn in Collie WA [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A34 Persic on 29 December 1916 [94]
After further training in England proceeded to France on 14 June 1917 [30]
Private 6343 in the 18th Reinforcements of the Australian Imperial Force's 28th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Returned to England on 11 August 1917 to be admitted to hospital for trench fever [30]
Following treatment and recovery returned to France on 2 November 1917 and rejoined the 28th Battalion six days later [30]
Arrived back in Australia on the Ormonde on 24 July 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 31 August 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Married Ruby Ivy Grace JONES in 1922 [66]
Farmer in Three Springs 1926-1936 [5] [6]
Won the Diggers Sprint at the R.S.L. Sports Day at the Arrino Recreation Ground on Thursday 5 November 1932 [5: 11-Nov-1932]
Also attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Won 1st prize for a male White Turkey and 2nd for Potatoes at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
He was among those from Three Springs who attended the R.S.L. Reunion Dinner held in Morawa on 28 October 1933 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
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]
Along with five others requested in August 1935 that the Three Springs Road Board close a road near his farm [5: 16-Aug-1935]
Helped run the North Midlands Wheatgrowers Union Annual Picnic and Ball held in Three Springs on 21 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
In October 1935 sold six bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co Ltd - four at 15d. and two at 12¾d. per pound [5: 11-Oct-1935]
He was among the ex-servicemen at the R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Three Springs on Saturday evening 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
In April 1936 sold his farm seven miles east of Three Springs to Arthur M. WILLIAMSON on a walk out walk in basis [5: 24-Apr-1936]
After selling his farm left Three Springs and shifted to Perth [5: 24-Apr-1936]
Resided in the Perth suburb of North Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 15 March 1943 [16]
Class 2 Warrant Officer W13091 in the Australian Army's Reserve Motor Transport Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 July 1947 [16]
Later resided in Maya WA [2]
Died 18 July 1947; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, HA, 751) [2]
Edward Arthur LIVINGS
Yardman in Three Springs in 1914 and 1915 [19] [50]
Audrey May LLOYD
Clerk in Three Springs in 1949 and 1950 [19]
Inez Mary LLOYD
Born 1890 in Carnarvon, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of John Joseph LLOYD and Sarah Sophia GREGORY [15]
Teacher at the Dominican Priory in Dongara 1919-1922 [50]
Teacher in Three Springs 1929-1935 [19]
Resided at the Dominican Convent in Mingenew as an invalid pensioner in 1950, and later at Dongara [2] [19]
Died 23 November 1950; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, DC, 2R) [2]
Also known as Sister Mary Dolores [2]
Lyle Sydney Western Augustine LLOYD
Born 1903 in Subiaco, Western Australia [15]
Son of William LLOYD and Mary Ann RUTTEN [15]
Arrived in Three Springs in July 1928 and commenced business as a chemist [4: 28-Jul-1928]
Chemist/Pharmacist in Three Springs 1928-1933 [4] [5] [19]
His business premises in Three Springs were telephone number Three Springs-9 [4: 1-Aug-1931] [60]
Attended the wedding dance of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN in Carnamah on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Played the saxophone at the largely attended Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on Friday 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Part of the admirable orchestra at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show Ball on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Member of the orchestra that provided the music at the Football Dance held in Arrino on Tuesday 2 October 1928 [4: 6-Oct-1928]
Travelled to Perth in early November 1928 to purchase a large stock of Christmas presents for his chemist's shop [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Following the Arrino Race Club's race meeting attended the evening Ball in the Arrino Hall on Thursday 4 April 1929 [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Part of the orchestra that provided the music at the Ball that followed the Three Springs Races on 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Supplier of music at the Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs in aid of the local Anglican Church on 27 June 1929 [4: 6-Jul-1929]
Provider of music at the Mingenew Younger Set's Fancy Dress Ball held in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Foundation Treasurer, Vice Captain and Committee Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1930 [4: 14-Jun-1930]
Played the saxophone at the Roman Catholic Church's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 30 October 1930 [4: 1-Nov-1930]
Attended the local reception tendered by the Three Springs Road Board to the Bishop of Geraldton on 8 November 1930 [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Along with Irene A. THOMAS supplied the music at the Popular Girl Dance at the Arrino Hall on Thursday 21 July 1932 [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Played saxophone at the Grand Show Ball following the Three Springs Show on Thursday 22 September 1932 [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Played the saxophone at the dance at the Three Springs Hall after the Arrino R.S.L. Sports Day on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Sold his pharmacy business in Three Springs to William Q. HARRIS in 1933 [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of West Perth [2]
Died 3 October 1948; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, JC, 155) [2]
William Cooper Kears LOCKE
Born 26 September 1906 in Scotland [16]
Yardman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1940-1942 [16] [19]
Trooper W1984 in the local 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment 1940-1942 [16]
Later resided in South Bunbury [2]
Died 15 January 1958; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, JA, 823) [2]
Audrey Mona LODGE
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Robert William LODGE
Miner in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Samuel LONG
Farmhand on Cintra Farm in Arrino in 1917 [19]
Aleta Jean LONGMAN
Born 1917 [15]
Married Leslie Percival PETTIT in 1943 [66]
Resided in Arrino 1947-1953 and in Mingenew 1955-1967 [19]
Resided at Glenfield just north of Geraldton 1968-1973 [19]
George LONGMAN
Manager of Michael BROWN's farm in Three Springs in 1911 [6]
Mary Edith LOOKE
Born 1889 in Dongara, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Henry John LOOKE and Emma Jane ANDERSON [15]
Married "Fred" Frederick MCDERMOTT in 1909 [66]
Resided with her husband and children in Mingenew [19]
Won 1st prizes for Beetroot and Bread at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Mostly comically dressed lady as a "Golfer" at the Fancy Dress Ball in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Won 1st prize for Onions and 2nd for Peas at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Mary J. STEPHEN of Arrino and Mingenew at the Mingenew Cemetery on 15 August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Irwin Henry John LOOKE
Born 1897 in Dongara, Western Australia [15]
Son of Henry John LOOKE and Emma Jane ANDERSON [15]
Labourer in Mingenew in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Married Vera Elizabeth FICKLING in 1924 [66]
Railway Employee in Three Springs in 1943 [19]
Railway Employee in Mingenew 1948-1961 [19]
During his time in Mingenew he resided in Bride Street, Mingenew [19]
Mrs Vera Elizabeth LOOKE
Wife of Irwin Henry John LOOKE; see Vera Elizabeth FICKLING
John Harold Goss LORD
Born 1906 in England [21]
Sharefarmer on Woopenatty Station in Arrino in partnership with Herbert B. FAWCETT as "Fawcett & Lord" 1927-1933 [6] [19] [144]
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]
Sharefarmer of Riverside Farm in Dongara in 1949 [19]
Farmer of Wongoody Farm in Mullewa 1950-1968 [19]
Lucy Ellen LORI
Born 1913 [15]
Married William Alexander DUNCAN in Perth in 1935 [66]
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1942 and 1943 [6] [19]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Mrs Marie LOUZENSKY
Wife of "Denis" Zdenek LOUZENSKY [45]
Resided in Three Springs 1964-2004 [19] [45]
Member of The Rosary Group in Three Springs [45]
Mother of Marie, Anna and Helen [45]
Died 17 August 2004 at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [45]
Privately cremated following a service at the Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Geraldton [45]
"Denis" Zdenek LOUZENSKY
Water Borer in Three Springs for at least the years 1964-1975 [19]
Barbara LOWIN
Housekeeper at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Robert Edward LOWIN
Barman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Mrs Lois Betty LUCAS
Wife of "Stan" Stanley Harold LUCAS; see Lois Betty CARTER
Oscar Carl LUESTNER
Blacksmith in Three Springs 1928-1933 [19]
Catherine Christina LUGG
Born 27 July 1909 in Boulder, Western Australia [P369]
Daughter of Richard Bunt LUGG and Lucy Beatrice BLOXSOME [P369]
Grew up on the goldfields where her father worked as an electrical engineer, mostly on the mines [P369]
Educated at the Boulder Central State School in Boulder and at the Eastern Goldfields High School in Kalgoorlie [P369]
Later a student at the Bunbury High School in Bunbury and then Perth Modern School in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [P369]
Entered the service of the Education Department and attended Claremont Teachers' College from June 1928 to June 1929 [41]
"She manages her school well with a brisk business like manner. She is bright, encouraging & her enthusiasm is reflected [41]
in her pupils. They enjoy working with her. Work is well prepared & presented carefully. She is a good pianist and would [41]
do well with young children. Refined and ladylike. She will have a splendid influence." [41]
Probationary Assistant Teacher at the Collie State School in Collie from 4 June 1929 until the end of 1930 [41]
Head Teacher of the Claymore State School in Claymore near Busselton throughout 1931 and the start of 1932 [41]
Head Teacher of the Pickering Brook State School at Pickering Brook in the Perth hills from 15 April 1932 until resigning [41]
Married Neil Rudolph GROSVENOR on 6 May 1933 at the Congregational Church in the Perth suburb of West Leederville [P369]
Resided with her husband and later children at Wamenusking 1933-1935 and then at Buntine 1935-1937 [41]
During their sojourn at Wamenusking her husband was the school's Head Teacher and she was its Sewing Mistress [41]
They resided at the School House in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1938 and at the School House in Yandanooka 1939-1948 [19] [41]
Sewing Mistress of the Yandanooka State School from 1939 to 1941 and for periods of 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947 and 1948 [41]
Her husband was called up for full time Home Defence on 7 April 1942 [41] and later enlisted in the Australian Army [16]
Filled in for her husband as Head Teacher on Supply of the Yandanooka State School from 8 April 1942 to 15 October 1943 [41]
Her husband briefly returned to Yandanooka and resumed teaching before being granted leave without pay for war service [41]
She was once again Head Teacher on Supply of the Yandanooka State School from 1 February 1944 to 21 March 1944 [41]
During the war she obtained permission to close the school and briefly left Yandanooka to stay with relatives in Cowaramup [P369]
Following her husband's discharge and return to Yandanooka he took over the teaching of the school on 23 March 1944 [41]
Presumably during an illness or absence of her husband she was Head Teacher on Supply for two days in November 1946 [41]
Member of the Yandanooka branch of the Country Women's Association [P369]
Member of the Yandanooka Tennis Club [P369]
She was a pianist and played the piano at dances held in Yandanooka [P369]
In 1949 her husband was Head Teacher and she was Sewing Mistress at Group Settlement 39 on the Peel Estate [41]
They resided in Geraldton from 1950 to 1953 [41]
For six weeks in 1951 she was an Assistant Teacher on Supply of the Geraldton State School [41]
She was later in charge of the Geraldton Kindergarten and prior to shifting to Perth taught at the Geraldton High School [P369]
Resided in the Perth suburb of East Fremantle from 1954 until her death in 2003 [P369]
Mistress on Supply at Girdlestone High School in Perth in 1954 [41]
Mistress on Supply at Princess May High School in the Perth suburb of Fremantle in 1955 and 1956 [41]
Mistress on Supply at John Curtin High School in the Perth suburb of Fremantle in 1957 and 1958 [41]
Mistress on Supply at the Applecross High School in the Perth suburb of Applecross in early 1959 [41]
Mistress on Supply at the Tuart Hill High School in the Perth suburb of Tuart Hill from 9 March 1959 until the end of 1959 [41]
Mistress on Supply at the Kent Street High School in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park in early 1960 [41]
Mistress on Supply at the Applecross High School in the Perth suburb of Applecross from 28 May 1960 until the end of 1960 [41]
Following the death of her husband she was a Mistress at the Applecross High School from 1961 until resigning in June 1968 [41]
Despite resigning she worked as a Temporary Mistress at various schools in 1968, 1969 and 1970 [41]
Temporary Mistress at Attadale, Spearwood, Guildford, South Fremantle High, Medina, Coogee South and Beaconsfield [41]
Mistress at the Applecross Senior High School in the Perth suburb of Applecross 1971-1973 [73]
Mother of daughters Lalage, Lethne and Lianwe [P369]
Died 14 May 2003; memorialised at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Crematorium C, Garden Plaque, 57) [2]
"Charlie" Charles Edward LUSCOMBE
Born 1885 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of William Henry LUSCOMBE and Sarah EARLE [15]
By 1913 he was a Postal Official in Three Springs, Western Australia [50]
Postmaster of the Post Office in Three Springs 1914-1946 [6] [19]
Before Three Springs he had been stationed in Sandstone, and initially hoped to be later transferred to Perth [P42]
Initially solely conducted the Post Office, however later in 1914 it was claimed business was so great an assistant was needed [10]
In early March 1914 it was reported that he was suffering from sore eyes [10: 3-Apr-1914]
In addition to the post office he also conducted the telephone exchange following its introduction in June 1914 [10: 10-Jul-1914]
Within Three Springs Notes in a regional newspaper he was referred to as "The ever popular and general Charlie" [10: 3-Nov-1914]
Left Three Springs on Friday 30 October 1914 to catch a boat to Victoria for a two month holiday in Ballarat [10: 3-Nov-1914]
After three months absence he returned to Three Springs and his duties as Postmaster towards the end of January 1915 [10: 26-Jan-1915]
Went "right out in the back blocks where letters, papers, stamps and money orders are unknown" during his leave in 1916 [10: 6-Jun-1916]
Married Mary Amelia CARROLL in Fremantle in June 1917 [10: 15-Jun-1917] [66]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club - was Secretary in 1917 [10: 22-Jun-1917]
Presided over May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [10: 19-Sep-1919]
His horse Nancy received 1st prize for Child's Hack in the ring events at the Three Springs Day on 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE at the Three Springs Hall on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Donated 2/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1925 [124]
Attended Charles ROBERTSON and Winifred LANG's wedding dance on 27 March 1928 at the Carnamah Hall [4: 31-Mar-1928]
Travelled to the Eastern States of Australia during his annual holidays in September 1928 [4: 22-Sep-1928]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Three Springs resident Mrs Isabella BYRNE at the Moora Cemetery on 2 July 1932 [4: 19-Jul-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Husbands Evening at the Three Springs Hall on Saturday 10 December 1932 [4: 17-Dec-1932]
Auditor for the Three Springs Agricultural Society 1933-1937 [5: 26-May-1933, 17-May-1935, 1-May-1936, 25-Mar-1937]
Spoke on behalf of the townspeople at the send-off to Albert and Elsie STOKES in Three Springs on 23 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended and spoke at the send-off to Miss Mary LYNCH in Three Springs on Wednesday 31 January 1934 [5: 2-Feb-1934]
In October 1935 signed a petition in support of the Three Springs Road Board constructing new tennis courts in Arrino [5: 1-Nov-1935]
In 1937 provided a reference for the naturalisation of Greek born Boris J. PASKOS of the Strand Café in Three Springs [30: item 1771804]
Speaker at the Farewell to Him & Hettie HOUSE at the tennis courts in Three Springs on Sunday 21 March 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Speaker at the Farewell held for EK, Les & Dorine BYRNE and Mervyn WILLIAMS in Three Springs on 16 June 1938 [4: 25-Jun-1938]
Retired in 1946, after which he continued to reside in Three Springs until 1957 [4: 7-Oct-1960]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 16 September 1960; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, GA, 496) [2]
His wife, late of Victoria Park WA, died at the age of 88 years on 12 June 1968 and was also buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Friday 7 October 1960:
Death of Old Three Springs Postmaster Back in 1912, before the Government railway to Mullewa via Wongan Hills was built, Three Springs was the last mail distribution point for a number of towns including Morawa and Perenjori, to which centres the mail was sent by road. It was during this era that the late Mr. Charles Edward Luscombe who recently passed peacefully away in Mt. Lawley was posted to Three Springs Post Office. The late Mr. Luscombe was born at Geelong in Victoria and joined the Postmaster-General's Department in Bunbury at the age of 21. He was transferred from Sandstone to Three Springs in 1912. He remained at the last mentioned centre until he retired as postmaster in 1946, and, having established firm "roots" during that long period, he elected to remain there for his years of leisure. However in 1957 ill-health enforced a move to the metropolitan area. The deceased gentleman is survived by his widow, one son (Mr. W. Luscombe) and a daughter (Mrs E. Gersch of Bowgada). The funeral took place in the Methodist portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery with the Rev. S. Saggers officiating and the pall bearers were Messrs W. J. Turner, A. Mortimer, R. Shaw, F. Hall, T. R. Weidon and T. S. Byrne."
"Lilly" Lillian Amelia LUSCOMBE
Born 15 July 1921 in Moora, Western Australia [98]
Daughter of Charles Edward LUSCOMBE and Mary Amelia CARROLL [4: 7-Oct-1960]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs, where her father was the local Postmaster [19]
Began her schooling in February 1927 at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 as a "Nurse" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Member of the Three Springs Methodist Church Sunday School in 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 21 December 1933 as a "Tennis Girl" [4: 23-Dec-1933]
Won 2nd prize for "Distant Farm Life" in the Photography section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Performed a tap dance at the Annual Concert of the Dominican Convent School held in Three Springs on 21 August 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Competed at the Three Springs District Schools Athletic Championships in Three Springs on Saturday 26 September 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
She came 3rd in the 14 Years Girls Running Race, 14 Years & Over Girls Flag Race and 14 Years & Over Girls Time Skip [5]
Attended the Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 dressed in pale blue marocain trimmed with pink [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Played the piano at the farewell to William M. and Margaret K. CARMODY in Three Springs on Monday 12 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Telephonist and later Postal Assistant in Three Springs 1943-1947 [19] [P42]
Member of the Younger Set of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association in 1943 [4: 25-Sep-1943]
Supplier of music at the Farewell Dance for George & Nellie MEYER in Three Springs on Saturday 13 February 1943 [4: 20-Feb-1943]
Bridesmaid at the wedding of her lifelong friend Ivy M. HOWARD to Albert E. ROJO in Three Springs on 16 March 1943 [4: 3-Apr-1943]
Married Edgar Victor GERSCH in Perth in 1952 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Bowgada, West Perenjori for at least the years 1952-1970 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 8 September 2004; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Hovea Court, 1539) [2]
Mrs Mary Amelia LUSCOMBE
Wife of Charles Edward LUSCOMBE; see Mary Amelia CARROLL
"Willie" William Charles LUSCOMBE
Born 24 April 1918 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Charles Edward LUSCOMBE and Mary Amelia CARROLL [4: 7-Oct-1960]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs, where his father was the local Postmaster [19]
Member of the Three Springs Boy Scouts in 1930 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Won 1st prize for Mechanical Drawing in the Arts section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 24 September 1942 [16]
Private WX33287 in the Australian Army's 2/9 Australian General Hospital during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 December 1945 [19]
Mrs Annie Josephine LYNCH
First wife of Senator "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH; see Annie Josephine CLEARY
Annie Marie LYNCH
Born 2 September 1896 in Stone Hut, South Australia [55]
Daughter of Michael LYNCH and Annie Maria BATHERN [55]
Married Peter VANDELEUR on 4 February 1928 at Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Three Springs, Western Australia 1928-1946 [6] [19]
In 1928 herself and her husband were living on Parakalia Farm in Three Springs [19]
Her sister Miss LYNCH spent a holiday staying with her on Parakalia in Three Springs in mid 1928 [4: 2-Jun-1928]
Won 1st prize for a Table Centre and 2nd for Specimen of Underclothing at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1928 [4: 20-Sep-1928]
Along with her husband spent a holiday in Perth in February 1929 [4: 9-Feb-1929]
Attended the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 8 June 1933 in a dress of black marocain [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Arrived back in Three Springs on Tuesday morning 22 November 1933 after a short holiday in Perth [5: 24-Nov-1933]
One of her daughters won with 8595 votes the Popular Baby Competition conducted in Three Springs in 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Won 1st prize for White Turnips and 2nd for Cabbage at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Hosted a farewell party for Matron COFFEY at their home in Three Springs on Wednesday 11 March 1936 [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 dressed in mustard coronation crepe [5: 11-Jun-1937]
By 1948 they had left Three Springs and shifted to farmland in Morawa [19]
Mother of Suzanne, Eleanor, Gerald, Michael and Peta [P40]
"Biddy" Bridget Patricia LYNCH
Born 1902 in Boulder, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH and Annie Josephine CLEARY [15]
Resided with her parents in Boulder 1902-1904, in Perth 1904-1907, and in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds 1907-1909 [201]
Resided with her mother at 8 Avenue No. 2 in North Perth 1909-1918 (Avenue No. 2 was later renamed Camellia Street) [201]
Herself, her sister and later their brother were students at Saint Brigid's Convent of Mercy School in Fitzgerald Street, West Perth [201]
Concluded her education as a boarding student at Saint Gertrude's College in New Norcia [201]
Resided with her parents on Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs from 1919 until her marriage in 1928 [19] [201]
Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church Committee in 1925 [124]
Married "Jerry" Jeremiah James CLUNE in Perth in 1928 [66]
Resided with her husband and later children on farmland in Mogumber 1928-1936 [6]
On leaving Mogumber shifted with her husband and children to her father's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [201]
After a time in Three Springs they shifted to Perth and then to Katanning, at both of which places her husband was a Salesman [201]
In December 1942 they shifted back to her father's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [201]
Resided on Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs in 1943, which was being farmed by her husband and brother-in-law [201]
Resided on Mrs Sara T. MALEY's Parakalia Farm in Three Springs in 1944 and 1945, which was leased by her husband [P40] [201]
Her children attended the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [P40]
Played the piano at the Farewell for departing hotel manager William A. DUNCAN in Three Springs on 12 April 1944 [4: 22-Apr-1944]
Left Three Springs in December 1945 after purchasing Newmarracarra Station at Kojarena between Geraldton and Morawa [201]
While living at Newmarracarra Station her children attended Stella Maris College in Geraldton [P40]
Mother of Dermot, Maureen, Bernard, Carmel, Loretta, Patricia and Imedla [201]
Died 9 September 1980; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Perth WA [201]
Mrs Eileen Phyllis LYNCH
Wife of Michael Francis LYNCH; see Eileen Phyllis SORENSEN
Gloria Catherine LYNCH
Born 19 June 1936 in Mount Lawley, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of James Gerald LYNCH and Una Alice KENNEDY [P307]
Grew up on her father's farm in Three Springs [P307]
Began her schooling at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 25 February 1942 [98]
Later boarded at and attended the Dominican Ladies College in Dongara [P307]
Office Assistant for Goldsbrough Mort & Co in Three Springs and later for Wesfarmers in Three Springs [P307]
Married "Paddy" Patrick Daniel LYNCH on 1 December 1956 at the Catholic Church in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [P307]
Resided in Mayrhofer Street, Three Springs 1956-1963 [P307]
Resided in Perth for six years from 1963 to 1968 and then after having a house built shifted back to Three Springs [P307]
Resided on Touche Street in the Three Springs townsite 1968-1997 [P307]
Member of the Three Springs Bowling Club 1968-1997 [P307]
After selling their house they left Three Springs in September 1997 and shifted to the Perth suburb of Marangaroo [P307]
Mother of Gregory, Catherine, Jan, Patricia, Donna and Maria [P307]
"Jim" / "Jimmy" James Gerald LYNCH
Born 16 April 1905 in County Meath, Ireland [16]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs [19] [24]
Student at the Three Springs State School and then at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Performed in the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert held in Three Springs on 20 November 1918 [10: 29-Nov-1918]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia for two years beginning on 14 July 1920 [187]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1920-1937 [10: 9-Jul-1920, 12-Jun-1924] [9: 4-Sep-1925, 25-Jun-1927] [4: 13-Jul-1929] [5: 5-Jun-1936, 6-Aug-1937]
Captain of the Three Springs Football Club in 1933 and 1934, and President in 1960 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 31-Aug-1934, 12-Jul-1935] [4: 26-Feb-1960]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]
By 1924 himself and his brother Philip F. LYNCH were farming in partnership in Three Springs [187]
Himself and Charles F. THOMAS ran the tote at the Picnic Race Meetings in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day 1925-1928 [124]
Financially assisted the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee with a donation of £1/1/- in 1928 [124]
Conducted the children's events at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day on Saturday 17 March 1928 [124]
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]
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]
Donated ale for the patients of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs for Christmas / New Year of 1929 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Returned to Three Springs in mid February 1930 after recuperating from an illness in Perth [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Won the Sheffield Handicap and Stepping 100 Yards at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs in 1930 [4: 22-Mar-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]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Finalist in the Billiard Tournament conducted at Mr BROWNING's Billiard Saloon in Three Springs in 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Married Una Alice KENNEDY in Perth in 1934 [66]
Came 2nd in the Sheep Weight Guessing Competition at the St. Patrick's Day Sports in Three Springs on 18 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Victory Ball held in Three Springs on Tuesday 24 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
During the evening he received a presentation for being the oldest and one of the best players of the Three Springs Football Club [5]
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]
On behalf of the sporting bodies of the district he extended good wishes and the very best of happiness to the popular couple [5]
Attended the meeting in Three Springs about extending telephonic facilities to East Three Springs on 9 March 1937 [5: 12-Mar-1937]
Private W20519 in Three Springs' local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
In 1946 it was reported that he had "practically forsaken football for golf" [187]
Speaker at the Farewell Dance for Ron & Irene QUARTERMAINE at the Three Springs Hall during February 1960 [4: 26-Feb-1960]
On his retirement he shifted into the Three Springs townsite, and his son Philip took over the farm [201]
By 1990 he had retired from farming and was living at 42 Mayrhofer Street in the Three Springs townsite [24]
Passed away at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs at the age of 85 years [24]
Father of Philip and Gloria [201]
Died 23 November 1990; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 140) [24]
"Jack" John Joseph LYNCH
Born 28 April 1901 in Kells, County Meath, Ireland [16]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs [19] [24]
Manager of his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1918 and 1919 [201]
Won the Victoria Cross and Gretna Green races at the Red Cross Gala Day in Three Springs on Thursday 23 May 1918 [10: 31-May-1918]
Winner of the Sheffield Handicap race at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Attended and competed in the sports events at the Peace Celebrations held in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Won the High Jump, came 2nd in the 120 yard Sheffield Handicap, and with George PETTIT won the Horseback Tug of War [10]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1919 [10: 19-Sep-1919]
Came 2nd for Three Long Jumps in the sports at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Virgin land had been taken up in Hyden for himself and his brothers by their uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH [201]
He decided not to settle in Hyden as the prospect looked to be a harder struggle then they had already endured in Three Springs [201]
By 1921 he had left Three Springs and was working as a Drover in Kalgoorlie [187]
Drover in Kalgoorlie 1921-1923 and Miner in Kalgoorlie 1924 onwards [187]
Had mining successes at the Perseverance Mine and then at the Great Boulder Mine on the Kalgoorlie-Boulder goldfields [4: 22-Dec-1945]
Member of the Eastern Goldfields Tributers Association - served as Secretary and then President [4: 22-Dec-1945]
He was later the Managing Director of the Consolidated and Blue Spec Mines in Kalgoorlie [4: 22-Dec-1945]
Resided in Kalgoorlie until enlisting in the Australian Army on 13 July 1940 [16]
Corporal WX6317 in the Australian Army's 2/6 Field Park Squadron during the Second World War [16]
During his time in the Army he wrote letters to his brothers, however none were received after he was captured by the Japanese [201]
Along with many other British and Australian prisoners of war he died during the infamous Sandakan death march [201]
Died from illness on 20 June 1945 while a Prisoner of War in Borneo; memorialised on the Labuan Memorial in Malaysia [4] [17] [18]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 22 December 1945:
Obituary - The Late Corporal J. J. Lynch - Prominent Mining Personality
"News was received recently of the death, whilst a prisoner of war, of Corporal John Joseph Lynch, formerly of Three Springs and Kalgoorlie and it would now appear that he was one of the victims of that barbarous and tragic "death march" in Borneo when so many of his fellow Australians met a similar fate. At an early age the late Corporal Lynch came with his parents from Ireland to Three Springs, and until his early twenties he worked in that district on the farming property of his deceased uncle (Senator P. J. Lynch). Attracted by the gold mining industry, he then went to Kalgoorlie, and almost immediately he "struck it," the Perseverance Gold Mine giving him his first success. When the Great Boulder Mine went on tribute in 1926 he went on to that lease with many others, and locating some of the richest blocks worked there, this venture proving most profitable. Then in 1930, largely due to Corporal Lynch's initiative and perseverance, the Eastern Goldfields Tributers' Association was formed to fight the mining companies on the rights of the miners to the extra price for gold, which had risen from the fixed price of £4/4/11 to £8/10/- per ounce. Acting as secretary and later as president of this Association for the next few years, it was during this period that the law case between the tributers and the companies was commenced in Australia and finalised three years later, when before the Privy Council in London the verdict was given in favour of the tributers… Forced to relinquish his position as president on account of ill health, the late Corporal Lynch nevertheless still took an active part in all matters pertaining to mining and at the time of enlistment he was managing director of the Consolidated and Blue Spec Mines. At the time of his death he was forty six years of age."
Mary LYNCH
Born 19 July 1913 in Three Springs, Western Australia [98]
Daughter of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Resided with her parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs in 1913 and 1914 [19]
When she was not yet one year old her mother died at the age of 41 years on 11 June 1914 [2]
Following the death of her mother she was cared for by her aunt Mrs Annie J. LYNCH at 8 Carmelia Street in North Perth [201]
Educated at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
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]
Along with her father and brother Thomas travelled to Ireland to attend the Eucharistic Congress in 1932 [201]
Herself and her brother departed London, England on the Orsova and arrived back in Western Australia on 15 November 1932 [63]
Bid farewell at a function held at the home of Mrs Sara T. MALEY in Three Springs on Wednesday 31 January 1934 [5: 2-Feb-1934]
At her farewell she was presented with a suitably inscribed silver watch from her friends at Three Springs [5: 2-Feb-1934]
Left Three Springs shortly after her farewell to enter the Dominican Order of Nuns at Dongara [5: 2-Feb-1934]
Novitiate at Dongara until 1936 when she made her profession as a Dominican Nun [201]
Teacher at the Dominican Convent in Dongara 1941-1954, and was Mistress of Schools in Dongara 1948-1954 [19] [201]
Teacher at the Dominican Convent in Dongara 1962-1968 [19]
Mother Provincial of the Dominican Order in Western Australia 1961-1968 [201]
Teacher at the Dominican Convent in Morawa 1970-1986 [19]
Also taught at Cue, Meekatharra and Leonora; and in the Perth suburbs of Scarborough and Bedford [201]
Prioress of the Dominican Convent in Three Springs 1986-1989 [201]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Doubleview, and then at Saint John of God Villas in the Perth suburb of West Leederville [201]
She was described as gracious, humble and compassionate but with a real sense of humour and fun [201]
Passed away in her 90th year at the Saint John of God Villas in the Perth suburb of West Leederville [201]
Died 30 September 2002; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, IC, 1G) [2]
Also known as Sister Emmanuel [201]
Mrs Mary LYNCH
Wife of "Pat" Patrick Francis LYNCH; see Mary PRENDERGAST
Mrs Mary LYNCH
Second wife of Senator "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH; see Mary BROWN
"Molly" Mary Monica LYNCH
Born 1904 in Boulder, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH and Annie Josephine CLEARY [15]
Resided with her parents in Boulder in 1904, in Perth 1904-1907, and in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds 1907-1909 [201]
Resided with her mother at 8 Avenue No. 2 in North Perth 1909-1918 (Avenue No. 2 was later renamed Camellia Street) [201]
Herself, her sister and later their brother were students at Saint Brigid's Convent of Mercy School in Fitzgerald Street, West Perth [201]
Concluded her education as a boarding student at Saint Gertrude's College in New Norcia [201]
Resided with her parents on Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1919-1929 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church Committee in 1925 [124]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended in a dress of apricot satin with guipure lace, and on the xylophone was part of the orchestra which supplied the music [4]
Herself and her father visited Geraldton on a weekend visit in mid September 1928 [4: 22-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
The orchestra at the Show Ball consisted of herself, Mrs Lettie HUNT, Lyle LLOYD, Edward BURGE and Sandy ARNDT [4]
Returned to Three Springs on Monday evening 5 November 1928 after spending a holiday with her sister in New Norcia [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Along with her father left on a trip to the Eastern States on the S.S. Karoola on Saturday 2 February 1929 [4: 26-Jan-1929]
Married "Jim" James Benedict CLUNE in 1929 [66]
Following their marriage herself and her husband were the guests of honour at a Social in Three Springs on 1 November 1929 [4]
During the evening, which was tendered by the Three Springs Football Club, they were presented with a chime clock [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Resided with her husband and children on her father's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1929-1933 [201]
Attended the Ball after the TS Show in 1930 in apple green georgette with uneven hemline and crimson appliqued roses [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of orange satin [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in a henna chenille velvet dress [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Herself and her father became estranged when in 1933, just two years after the death of her mother, he re-married [201]
As a result herself, her husband and their children left Three Springs in 1933 [201]
Her husband worked as a School Teacher and they resided in a number of country districts including Miling [201]
In early 1943 herself and her father reconciled, after which herself and her husband and their children returned to Three Springs [201]
Resided on her father's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1943-1964 [201]
Her husband farmed Mount Leonora in partnership with his brother in 1943, and then by himself from 1944 onwards [201]
Supplier of music at the Farewell Dance for Christopher & Mildred THOMAS in Three Springs on 11 September 1944 [4: 16-Sep-1944]
Feelingly sang a song at the wedding of John J. McCAGH and Hannah E. TURNER in Three Springs on 30 April 1946 [4: 18-May-1946]
Herself and her husband left Three Springs in 1964 [201]
Mother of Marie, Pauline, Celine, Gerald, Joan, Danny, Paul and Francis [201]
Mrs Maureen Eleanor LYNCH
Wife of Philip Francis LYNCH; see Maureen Eleanor O'CONNOR
Michael LYNCH
Labourer in Three Springs in 1913 and 1914 [19] [50]
Rev. Father Michael LYNCH
Born 1896 [201]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs [19] [24]
Educated at the State School in Three Springs, Presentation Convent in Geraldton, and by the Dominican Sisters in Dongara [201]
For his secondary education he returned to Ireland, and attended Roscrea College in Roscrea, County Tipperary, Ireland [201]
In 1917 he went to Rome for priesthood training at the Propaganda Fide College, and was ordained a Priest in 1922 [201]
Departed London, England on the Omar and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 October 1922 [70]
Began his career as Substitute Priest in Mullewa for five months filling in for Rev. Father John DAWES [201]
Roman Catholic Priest in Geraldton 1923-1926, after which he was posted to Three Springs [201]
Roman Catholic Priest in Three Springs 1927-1944 [4] [6]
He was responsible for the Catholic Parish of Three Springs, which was part of the Diocese of Geraldton [4: 15-Nov-1930]
The Parish included Mingenew, Morawa, Perenjori, Arrino, Three Springs, Carnamah and surrounding districts [4]
In 1930 it was remarked that he was the most popular Priest ever to be stationed in Three Springs [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Saint Idelphonsus College in New Norcia, which his brothers attended, described him as a "zealous pastor" [187]
Conducted midnight Mass in to a crowded congregation in Three Springs on Christmas Eve 24 December 1927 [4: 7-Jan-1928]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928, and donated a dressed doll and clock to the Committee [124]
Member of a deputation formed to petition the Government for a Road Board for Three Springs, Arrino and Dudawa [39: 3-Jul-1928]
A telegram was received in Three Springs by Randolph BARNHART on 28 June 1928 stating their petition had been successful [39]
Officiated at the wedding of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show, Official Luncheon and Show Ball on 20 September 1928 [4]
Himself and Mr WHITTON won the Relay Race conducted during the Ring Events portion of the Show [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Football Dance held in Arrino to celebrate six years of victory for the Arrino Football Club on 2 October 1928 [4: 6-Oct-1928]
Along with Edward HUNT of Three Springs he travelled to Perth in October 1928 to attend the Perth Royal Show [4: 20-Oct-1928]
After spending the weekend in Geraldton travelled from Three Springs to Perth by train on Monday 4 February 1929 [4: 9-Feb-1929]
During April / May 1929 himself and Rev. Father John HAWES of Mullewa exchanged districts for a few weeks [4: 18 & 25-May-1929]
After the exchange he spent a few days in Geraldton and Yalgoo, and then returned to Three Springs on Sunday 19 May 1929 [4]
For a few days in late August 1929 he was confined to his room suffering from an attack of malaria [4: 31-Aug-1929]
Sent a wreath to the funeral of Charles C. MALEY M.L.A. at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 16 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Travelled to Perth in February 1930 to recover from a sharp attack of malaria and exhaustion from a bushfire at Morawa [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Won the third heat for the Sheffield Handicap race at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs on 17 March 1930 [4]
During the horse events of the Sports Meeting his horse Androcles came 2nd in the Walk, Trot and Gallop [4: 22-Mar-1930]
His horse was presumably named Androcles after the character of the same name in the story Androcles and the Lion [--]
Formally welcomed the Bishop of Geraldton (Right Rev. Dr. J. O'COLLINS) on his visit to TS on 7 November 1930 [4: 15-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]
Speaker at the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the send-off social and dance to Charles S. MACDONALD at the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 29 June 1933 [5: 30-Jun-1933]
His sister and youngest sibling Miss Mary LYNCH entered the Dominican Order of Nuns at Dongara in February 1934 [5: 2-Feb-1934]
Attended and spoke at the Farewell to Matron COFFEY held in the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 24 May 1934 [5: 25-May-1934]
Officiated at the marriage of Hugh F. MCKENZIE-MCHARG and I. Gladys BASTIAN on 5 June 1934 in Three Springs [5: 8-Jun-1934]
One of the speakers at the Farewell to John J. KELLEHER at the Three Springs Hall on Wednesday 1 August 1934 [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Spoke at the social tendered to recently married Mario and Annie MAYRHOFER in Three Springs on 15 October 1934 [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Also spoke at the Welcome Home tendered to Mick and Rene COFFEY at the Three Springs Hall on 21 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Donated £1/1/0 to the Benefit Fund to assist Miss Dorothy DIAL of Three Springs who had been injured in a car accident [5: 5-Apr-1935]
Gave an impressive address at the King George V Jubilee Celebrations held in Three Springs on Friday 24 May 1935 [5: 14-Jun-1935]
While in Perth during June 1935 he purchased a fox decoy whistle and put it to use when he returned to There Springs [5: 14-Jun-1935]
He was sceptical of the whistle working, however within a short time of his first attempt a fox came almost to his feet [5]
He sacred the fox away to enable him to safely shoot it; and on every other occasion secured success with the whistle [5]
Attended the luncheon tendered to Primate of Australia Rev. Henry F. LE FANU in Three Springs on Monday 1 July 1935 [5: 5-Jul-1935]
Attended and spoke at the Annual Concert in aid of the Dominican Nuns in Three Springs on Thursday 15 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Victory Ball held in Three Springs on Tuesday 24 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
During the evening he was thanked by the Three Springs Football Club for his "support and interest in the sport" [5]
Invited Guest at the R.S.L. Reunion Dinner held in Three Springs on Saturday evening 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Made the presentation to Matron Catherine COFFEY at her farewell held at Parakalia Farm in TS on 13 March 1936 [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Attended and spoke at the farewell to Thomas P. and Johanna C. BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 20 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Speech-giver at the social evening tendered to newly married Syd and Priscilla GOOCH in Three Springs on 2 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Attended the North Midlands Zone Council of the Wheatgrowers Union's Sports in Three Springs on 23 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Speaker at the Valedictory Social to the pioneering PARKER family at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 28 January 1937 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Motored from Three Springs to Perth accompanied by "Barney" Randolph BARNHART on Tuesday 16 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Spoke on behalf of other denominations at the welcome to Ven. Archdeacon RILEY in Three Springs on 13 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Coronation Celebrations Committee in 1937 [5: 16 & 23-Apr-1937]
Attended the reception in Three Springs to Charles G. LATHAM, Leader of the Opposition in WA, on 26 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Won 2nd prize of five charity tickets in a Three Springs Parents & Citizens Association raffle in mid 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Speaker at the farewell for William M. and Margaret K. CARMODY in Three Springs on Monday 12 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Officiated at the wedding of Albert E. MILES and Mary E. GREENWOOD in Carnamah on 18 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Attended the opening of the Nurse's Quarters in Three Springs and dinner at the Commercial Hotel on 27 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Motored to Perth with local hotel proprietor "Barney" Randolph BARNHART on Sunday 12 September 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
After two days in Perth they returned to Three Springs on Tuesday 14 September 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Speaker at the Farewell for Barney and Frances BARNHART at the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 3 February 1938 [4: 12-Feb-1938]
Speaker at the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent and May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Gave a powerful sermon at the enthronement of the Right Rev. Dr Gummer as the new Bishop of Geraldton in 1942 [187]
Transferred to Leonora in 1944, and was succeeded in Three Springs by the Very Rev. Father Bryan GALLAGHER [4: 5-Feb-1944]
The parishioners of Three Springs gave him a grand testimonial to him before his departure for Leonora [187]
Roman Catholic Priest in Leonora in 1944 and 1945 [187]
Roman Catholic Priest in Mullewa 1946-1968 [201]
He was fluent in Italian from his time studying in Rome, which assisted him with the Italian residents at Mullewa [201]
Celebrated the Silver Jubilee of his Priesthood in April 1947, at which time he was made a Dean of the Catholic Church [201]
In 1949 he was offered a trip to Rome for the following year and it was said that "no priest deserved it more" [187]
Overcoming difficulties in securing material and manpower he succeeded in opening a new Convent at Mullewa in 1950 [187]
It was reported he should take a "well-deserved holiday, for no man has laboured so long and so unselfishly as himself" [187]
Died 13 September 1968 in Geraldton; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton WA [26] [201]
"Mick" Michael Francis LYNCH
Born 15 February 1908 in Essendon, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of Senator "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH and Annie Josephine CLEARY [54]
Resided with his parents in the Melbourne suburb of Moonee Ponds 1907-1909 [201]
Resided with her mother and siblings at 8 Avenue No. 2 in North Perth (Avenue No. 2 was later renamed Camellia Street) [201]
Began his schooling at Saint Brigid's Convent of Mercy School in Fitzgerald Street, West Perth [201]
Resided with his parents on Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [201]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia from 10 February 1920 until December 1925 [187]
Farmhand on his father's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs in 1927 [187]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1927 [4: 25-Jun-1927]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928 [124]
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 Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
He was among those who took a joy-ride in a Gipsy Moth plane which visited Arrino on 19 December 1929 [4: 28-Dec-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Farmer of Masima Farm in Three Springs in 1932 [187]
His farm, also known as "the 808 block" had been purchased by is father and uncle during the 1924-25 financial year [44] [201]
The farm was the 2,495 acre Lot M808 of Victoria Location 1932 east side of the Morawa-Three Springs Road [44] [62]
Married Eileen Phyllis SORENSEN on 30 September 1932 at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Perth [187]
Left Three Springs and shifted to Perth in 1933, and joined the Western Australian Police Force [187]
In 1935, when his wife gave birth to their first child, Patrick Joseph, he was stationed at Collie, [5: 15-Feb-1935]
Their son was born at Saint Andrew's Hospital in Midland Junction - which belonged to Margaret NIVEN, previously of Carnamah [5]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 6 December 1940 [16]
After being attached to a medical unit in Palestine he was sent to Syria to do a specialist course in laboratory work [187]
By late 1942 he had returned to Australia and was posted to a unit in Queensland [187]
Private WX9743 in the Australian Army's 2/1 Australian Field Butchering Platoon towards the end of the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 7 September 1945 [16]
By late 1945 had shifted to the outer Perth suburb of Armadale where he had a poultry farm [187]
Storekeeper in Naraling, situated 40 kilometres north east of Geraldton, in 1950 [19]
In 1951 acquired a farm at Nembudding in the Wyalkatchem district through the War Service Land Settlement Scheme [201]
Farmer at Nembudding in the Wyalkatchem district from 1951 until 1969, and in 1973 sold the farm [201]
Later resided in Morawa [2]
Father of Patrick, Jane, Jude and Michael [201]
Died 1 August 1977; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 8, 299) [2]
Michael Joseph LYNCH
Labourer in Three Springs 1914-1929 and Farmer in Three Springs 1930-1943 [19]
"Patty" Patricia Mary LYNCH
Born 7 February 1929 in Geraldton, Western Australia [99]
Daughter of Patrick Francis LYNCH and Mary PRENDERGAST [202]
Resided with her parents and later sister Catherine on farmland in Yandanooka [19] [202]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Mingenew [98]
Enrolled as a student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 24 May 1937 [98]
Won a £1 note in a raffle at the at the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert in Three Springs on 20 August 1937 [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Following a period of correspondence schooling was enrolled at the Dominican Ladies College in Dongara on 13 February 1942 [99]
Married Malcolm Eric CAMPBELL in Perth in 1953 [66]
Her husband worked in Yandanooka as a Shop Assistant and they resided in Yandanooka from 1953 until at least 1980 [19]
"Pat" / "Paddy" Patrick Francis LYNCH
Born 9 August 1897 in County Meath, Ireland [30] [187]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [30]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs 1909-1916 [18] [19] [24]
Boarding Student at Saint Idephonsus College in New Norcia from 23 July 1914 until December 1914 [187]
Farmhand in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 12 September 1916 [18] [30: item 8214269]
On enlistment he recorded as 5 feet 5½ inches tall, with brown hair, dark hair and a dark complexion [30]
Stated his next of kin to be his father Philip LYNCH, his address being "Three Springs, Midland Railway, Western Australia" [30]
He had previously served six months with the WA Cadets and had to get his father to write giving permission for him to enlist [30]
Appointed to the 31st Reinforcements of the Field Artillery Brigade after training at the Artillery Camp at Maribyrnong, Victoria [30]
Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A15 Port Sydney on 9 November 1916 [18]
After a brief stop in Egypt arrived in England on 5 January 1918, and after further training proceeded to France on 15 April 1918 [30]
Gunner/Driver 38170 in the Australian Imperial Force's 3rd Field Artillery Brigade in France during the First World War [30]
He was a Gunner with the 3rd Field Artillery Brigade until 13 September 1918, and a Driver from 14 September 1918 onwards [30]
Wounded in Action on 3 October 1918; after treatment for a gunshot wound to his head rejoined his unit on 25 December 1918 [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]
Embarked from England on the Konigin Louise and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 3 August 1919 [30]
Returned to Three Springs by the mail train, arriving during the early hours of the morning on Tuesday 5 August 1919 [10: 8-Aug-1919]
He was tendered a Welcome Home at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 8 August 1919 [10: 8-Aug-1919]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 26 August 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
By late 1919 he had relatively recovered from his war wounds and was helping run his father's farm in Three Springs [187]
Manager of his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs in 1919 and 1920 [201]
Labourer and Contractor in Three Springs in 1921 and 1922 [6] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1919-1921 [9: 22-Aug-1919] [10: 9 & 23-Jul-1920, 20-Jun-1921]
Donated 5/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1920 [124]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1921-22 [10: 3-Feb-1922]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1922 [124]
In 1922 acquired farmland in Yandanooka through the Repatriation Department's Soldier Settlement Scheme [201]
Farmer in Yandanooka 1922-1967 [6] [19] [201]
His farm in Yandanooka was 1,423 acres in size and consisted of Lots 107 and 108 of the Yandanooka Estate [44] [61]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1923 [10: 22-Jun-1923]
Umpired football matches between Arrino and Three Springs on Sunday 13 May 1923 and Sunday 20 May 1923 [9: 25-May-1923]
Member of the Yandanooka Football Club in 1924 and 1925 [10: 12-Jun-1924] [9: 14-Aug-1925]
By 1925 he was the owner of a car, and was said in humour to have been "a constant source of danger to the pedestrians" [187]
Donated £2/10/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1925 [124]
Steward at the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Tuesday 17 March 1925 [124]
Married Mary PRENDERGAST in 1928 [66]
Before marriage his wife had worked as secretary in Three Springs for his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH [201]
Committee Member of the Yandanooka branch of the Primary Producers' Association in 1930 [4: 3-May-1930]
In 1932 owned a Standard Buick Six car, which was registered with the Mingenew Road Board with license plate MI-55 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Attended the Zone Meeting of the North Midlands Wheatgrowers Union in Perenjori on Sunday 3 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Auditor for the North Midlands Zone Council of the Wheatgrowers Union 1935-1937 [5: 4-Jan-1935, 3-Jan-1936, 8-Jan-1937]
Conveyed four passengers from their car crash in Yandanooka to Three Springs for medical attention on 20 October 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Attended the Fifth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Dongara on Saturday evening 24 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Served on the Mingenew Road Board / Mingenew Shire Council 1941-1963, and was its Chairman 1948-1954 [201]
Pallbearer at the funeral of retired Mingenew butcher Norman SAGGERS at the Mingenew Cemetery on 22 April 1963 [4: 26-Apr-1963]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Manning [2]
Father of Patricia and Catherine [201]
Died 14 January 1973; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 9, 75) [2]
Senator "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH
Born 24 May 1867 in Moynalty, County Meath, Ireland [201]
Son of Michael LYNCH and Bridget CAHILL [200]
Educated at the Cormeen National School in County Meath and at the Ballieborough Model School in County Cavan, Ireland [188]
Left school at the age of 15 years and began working on his father's farm, and also continued his studies when time permitted [188]
Left Ireland in 1886 and on arrival in Queensland, Australia worked hewing railway sleepers and then goldmining at Croydon [188] [200]
Mined in Queensland for three years and then took to the seas for seven years as a ship's stokehold firer and then marine engineer [188]
After giving up his marine pursuits he worked as an engineer on a sugar plantation on the South Sea Islands in the Pacific Ocean [188]
Shifted to Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia where he worked on the gold mines as an Engine Driver [188] [202]
He was a founding member of the Engine Drivers' Association in Kalgoorlie and was its General Secretary for almost five years [188]
Served on the Boulder Municipal Council from December 1901 until June 1904 [201]
Married (1) Annie Josephine CLEARY in Boulder in 1902 [15]
Himself and his wife initially resided at a house in Lane Street, Boulder [6] [201]
Elected unopposed as inaugural member for the seat of Mount Leonora in the Parliament of Western Australia on 28 June 1904 [201]
Labor Member for Mount Leonora in the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from his election in 1904 until 1906 [188]
Following his election himself, his wife and their two daughters left Boulder and shifted to Perth [201]
In November 1906 he was elected as a Labor Senator for Western Australia in the Commonwealth Senate of Australia [200]
Due to his strong support of conscription walked out of the Labor caucus and was expelled from the Labor Party in 1916 [200]
Subsequently joined the National Party and was later a member of the United Australia Party [202]
He became known as Senator Lynch and his wife was at times referred to as "Mrs Senator Lynch" [4: 22-Sep-1928] [201]
President of the Commonwealth Senate of Australia from 1932 to 1938 [200]
During his time as a Federal Senator he was the Minister for Works and Railways 1916-17, and served as: [200] [202]
Member of the Library Committee 1907-20 and again 1932-38 [202]
Member of the Royal Commission on the fruit industry 1912-14 [200]
Member the Committee of Disputed Returns and Qualifications 1913-19 [202]
Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Public Works 1914-16 and 1923-26 - was Chairman 1914-16 [200] [202]
Inaugural Chairman of the River Murray Commission in 1916 [200]
Member of the Standing Orders Committee 1920-23 and again 1932-38 [202]
Member of the Select Committee on the Advisability or Otherwise of Establishing Standing Committees of the Senate 1929-30 [202]
Member of the Printing Committee in 1932 [202]
Member of the House Committee 1932-38 [202]
His brother Philip along with Philip's wife Sarah and their children arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201]
He is said to have financially assisted his brother to travel from Ireland to Australia, and to set them up upon their arrival [201]
As soon as his brother arrived they began looking for suitable farming land to buy together [201]
In 1909 himself and his brother Philip purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1,994 acres of virgin land in Three Springs [27]
They purchased Lots M729, M749 & M750 of Victoria Locations 1933 and 2022, which cost £1627.7.6 on 18 June 1909 [27]
18 days later, on 6 July 1909, they purchased Lots M734, M774 & M775 of Victoria Locations 1932 and 1933 for £1220.1.3 [27]
In 1910 and 1911 they purchased a further 1,066 acres in Three Springs from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 1,066 acres consisted of Lots M733, M770 & M776 of Victoria Location 1932, and cost a total of £1224.13.6 [27]
In about 1912 they purchased the 215 acre Lot M738 of Victoria Location 1933 from Mrs Jane TERRY of Three Springs [27] [44]
This took their farm holdings to a total of 3,275 acres until the mid 1920s when they purchased more farmland [44]
Their farmland in Three Springs was managed by his brother Philip but under the partnership of "Lynch Bros" 1910-1918 [201]
They had a four roomed house built on the property, and in late 1909 Philip and his family shifted to Three Springs [201]
Lots M749 & M750, on which Philip resided, were situated a short distance north east of the Three Springs townsite [201]
The rest of their lots were situated further north-north east of the Three Springs townsite up near the Dudawa Estate [44] [62]
Absentee Farmer in Three Springs in partnership with his brother Philip LYNCH 1910-1918 [201]
In 1910 they seeded approximately 170 acres of crop on their recently acquired farm in Three Springs [9: 27-May-1910]
"Lynch Bros" exhibited a sheaf of Alpha wheat at the Moora Agricultural Society's Annual Show in Moora in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
In early December 1915 they almost lost their wheat crop when fire from burning off reached the crop [10: 7-Dec-1915]
"Lynch Bros" entered into the pig trade in August 1916 with the purchase of Large Black and Berkshire studs [10: 18-Aug-1916]
They grew 600 acres of wheat on their Three Springs property in 1917 [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Himself and his brother are said to have amicably dissolved their farming partnership in 1918 [201]
Despite dissolving partnership their farmland at that point and for a number of years thereafter was in the name of Lynch Bros [44]
For the fulfilment of his duties as Federal Senator himself, his wife and their children resided in Melbourne 1907-1909 [201]
In 1909 purchased a house at 8 Avenue No. 2 in North Perth (Avenue No. 2 was later renamed Camellia Street) [201]
His wife and children resided at the house in North Perth, and while the Senate was in session he was in Melbourne [201]
Himself, his wife and their children spent some time in North Perth and time on the farm in Three Springs 1909-1918 [201]
He appears in Western Australian Legislative Assembly Electoral Rolls with an address of Three Springs from 1914 onwards [19]
Had a weatherboard cottage built on the part of his and his brother's farm in Three Springs near the Dudawa Estate in 1916 [201]
After having the weatherboard cottage extended himself and his wife and children shifted to the farm towards the end of 1919 [201]
From 1919 onwards he resided in Three Springs full time except for time spent interstate when the Senate was in session [201]
He then spent all of his spare time as a Senator living and working on his farm in Three Springs [5: 21-Jan-1934]
He managed to play an active role in Three Springs 1910-1918, despite spending only limited time in the district [9] [10]
Inaugural Vice President of the Three Springs Race Club in 1910 and 1911 [9: 23-Dec-1910]
Spoke at the Children's Christmas Tree held at the Three Springs State School on Boxing Day 26 December 1910 [9: 6-Jan-1911]
As Senator he Addressed an open air meeting on the Referenda in Three Springs on Saturday 15 April 1911 [9: 14-Apr-1911]
Spent Christmas of 1913 with his brother in Three Springs, and returned to Perth on 29 December 1913 [10: 2-Jan-1914]
Spoke about Federal Politics to a crowd of fifty or sixty in Three Springs on Saturday evening 11 July 1914 [10: 17-Jul-1914]
Inaugural Vice President of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1915 [10: 29-Oct-1915]
Made a speech at the Welcome Home held in Three Springs for Corporal. John L. HEBITON on 9 August 1916 [10: 11-Aug-1916]
Spoke at the Farewell to Privates Harry BYRNE and Dick LYNCH at the Hall in Three Springs on 15 August 1916 [10: 18-Aug-1916]
During August 1917 it was reported he was in Three Springs on a visit to his farm [10: 31-Aug-1917]
Attended and Officially Opened the Red Cross Gala Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 23 May 1918 [10: 31-May-1918]
Presided over the Farewell Social held for Const. Richard J. HONNER in Three Springs on Friday 30 August 1918 [10: 6-Sep-1918]
In about October 1915 he received a letter in Perth threatening the destruction of his farm in Three Springs [39: 26-Oct-1916]
The letter was signed "Sabotage" and called for the Labor capitalists to release John BARKER from prison in Sydney [39]
If he wasn't released the unnamed author threatened to sabotage the master class all over Australia, and in particular his farm [39]
The imprisoned John BARKER was a member of the Independent Workers of the World (I.W.W.) which was a type of union [39]
The I.W.W. strived to improve the conditions of the working classes - but through the destruction of the master/capitalist class [39]
When he received the letter it would have been very easy to light a single fire and destroy the entirety of their 650 acre crop [39]
The man accused of writing the letter went before the Perth Police Court on 25 October 1916 and was committed for trial [39]
The Criminal Court in Perth sentenced the accused man to six months imprisonment with hard labour on 7 March 1917 [39: 8-Mar-1917]
Farmer of Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1918-1944 [201]
His farm consisted of Lots M729, M733, M734, M738, M770, M774, M775 & M776 of Victoria Locations 1933 and 2022 [44]
The farm was situated north-north east of the Three Springs townsite, and south of the Dudawa Estate in Dudawa, East Arrino [62]
When himself and his brother purchased the land it consisted partly of heavy forest country and partly of sandplain [201]
His brother Philip was the farmer Shamrock Farm (their Lots M749 & M750) nearer the Three Springs townsite [19] [201]
The Midland Railway Company established a railway siding near his property, which was named Lynch Siding [201]
His farm was managed by John J. LYNCH 1918-1919, Patrick F. LYNCH 1919-1920 and Thomas A. LYNCH 1921-1924 [201]
Later managers of his farm included "Harry" Hans C. SORENSEN and "Fred" Fergus CONNAUGHTON [5: 4-Sep-1936] [201]
In 1926 had a modern new homestead built on his Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [201]
Vice President of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee's Sports Meetings in Three Springs in 1918, 1919 and 1920 [124]
Attended and gave an address to those present at the unveiling of the Three Springs Honour Board on 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919]
Donated £2/2/- in 1919, £2 in 1920, £10/10/- in 1925, and £5/5/- in 1928 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee [124]
Patron of the Carnamah Race Club in 1920, and of their Race Meeting held in Carnamah on Thursday 11 March 1920 [10: 13-Feb-1920]
Member of the Three Springs Race Club - was Patron in 1921 and Vice President in 1929 [9: 17-Mar-1921] [4: 23-Feb-1929]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE at the Hall in Three Springs on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Had the telephone connected to his farmhouse - was telephone number Arrino-1 [60]
During March 1922 he rode on horseback from Kondinin to inspect virgin country south-west of Hyden Rock [201]
Purchased 10,000 acres in Hyden, however due to Government regulations could only purchase 1,000 acres in his name [201]
The 10,000 acres consisted of ten 1,000 acre blocks - one in his name and one in the names of his adult children and nephews [201]
His nephews Thomas A. LYNCH and Peter J. LYNCH settled on the land in Hyden in 1922 and 1927 respectively [201]
Donated £10 to the Young Australia League after the laying of their memorial building's foundation stone in Perth in 1922 [248: Aug-1993]
Patron of the Picnic Race Meetings held in Three Springs to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in 1922, 1923, 1924 and 1925 [124]
Gave a speech at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Friday 17 March 1922 [9: 24-Mar-1922]
Once more gave a "speech suited to the occasion" at the Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations on 15 March 1923 [9: 13-Apr-1923]
President of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Saturday 17 March 1928 [124]
In 1924 unsuccessfully requested for the Carnamah District Road Board to make a road through BASTIAN's farm in TS [10: 1-May-1924]
Applied with the Carnamah District Road Board for a road to be made from his farm to the Dudawa Road in later 1924 [9: 26-Sep-1924]
His request was unsuccessful as the road had previously been temporarily closed by the Mingenew Road Board [9: 31-Oct-1924]
During the 1923-24 financial year himself and his brother Philip purchased 2,047 acres in East Three Springs from Farmlands Ltd [44]
The 2,047 acres was Lots M841, M842, M843 and M844 of Victoria Location 2022 (Farmlands Ltd was Sir Walter JAMES) [44]
This farm is situated on the north side of the Perenjori-Three Springs Road and also bounds McKenzie Road and Weir Road [62]
During the 1924-25 financial year himself and his brother Philip purchased 2,495 acres of farmland in Dudawa, East Arrino [44]
The 2,495 acres was Lot M808 of Victoria Location 1932 and was purchased from the Estate of the Late J. Stephen SMITH [44]
This property was known as "the 808 block" and was later farmed by his son Michael [201] under the name of Masima Farm [187]
Lot M808 was on the east side of the Morawa-Three Springs Road and also on the south side of Simpson Road [62]
Attended the opening of the Young Australia League's memorial building at 45 Murray Street in Perth on 23 November 1924 [248]
At the ceremony he spoke eulogistically of the ideals of the League, and following an appeal made a donation of £10 [248: Aug-1993]
Donated £10 to the Young Australia League at the opening of their memorial building in Perth on 23 November 1924 [248: Aug-1993]
Honoured by his friends in Three Springs on 2 October 1925 in appreciation for the work he had done in the Senate [9: 9-Oct-1925]
Speakers at the function were Evander W. FRANKLIN, James P. MCALEER, Robert A. CALDOW and Edmund K. BYRNE [9]
Returned to Three Springs "looking very fit" in early January 1928 after a trip to Canberra [4: 7-Jan-1928]
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]
Won 1st prize for WA bred Merino Ewe at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Advertised his 12 month old Rumley tractor, which could do 20 acres per day, for sale in October 1928 for £600 [4: 6-Oct-1928]
In November 1928 advertised for sale a flock of merino rams of four tooth to full mouth for two to four guineas [4: 17-Nov-1928]
Left on a trip to the Eastern States with his daughter Molly on the steamship Karoola on Saturday 2 February 1929 [4: 26-Jan-1929]
In the early 1920s purchased the vacant block at 2 Yarra Street in the Carnamah townsite (Lot 2 of Victoria Location 1936) [3]
Officially declared open the new Carnamah Post Office at 12 Macpherson Street, Carnamah on Thursday 30 June 1932 [12: 8-Jul-1932]
His wife Annie passed away at their North Perth home at the age of 59 years on 18 May 1931 [4: 23-May-1931]
Won both 1st and 2nd prize for "One Fat Beast" in the Cattle section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
With a plot of Gluclub wheat came 2nd in the Three Springs Agricultural Society's 50 acre crop competition in 1932 [5: 20-Jan-1933]
The same plot was also an entrant in the Royal Agricultural Society's 50 acre crop competition for Zone 1 in which it came 4th [5]
In January 1933 lost 75 ewes, which either strayed or were stolen, and offered a reward for their return [4: 4-Feb-1933]
Married (2) Mary BROWN on 1 May 1933 at Saint Matthew's Roman Catholic Church in Narrogin, Western Australia [200]
Himself and his bride were welcomed to Three Springs at a Social and Dance on Tuesday 1 August 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Unsuccessfully requested with the Three Springs Road Board for a new road to be declared and made to his property [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Patron of the Three Springs Agricultural Society 1933-1939 [5: 26-May-1933, 17-May-1935, 1-May-1936, 25-Mar-1937] [262]
Received 3rd prize for Zone 1 in the Royal Agricultural Society's 50-acre Crop Competition in 1933 [5: 22-Dec-1933]
Received a petition for a new post office from the Three Springs Ratepayers & Citizens Association in October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
While doing repair work on his farm in Three Springs some tar was blown into his eyes on Thursday 25 January 1934 [5: 2-Feb-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1934 [5: 9-Mar-1934]
Attended and gave a speech at the farewell to Dick and Lilian HARRIS in Three Springs on Monday 12 March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended and spoke at the Farewell to Matron COFFEY held in the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 24 May 1934 [5: 25-May-1934]
Made a speech at Hugh MCHARG and Gladys BASTIAN's wedding reception in Three Springs on Tuesday 5 June 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Sold 29 bales of wool through Dalgety & Co for between 11¼d. and 10½d. per pound in January 1935 [5: 1-Feb-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club - was Vice President in 1935 [5: 10-May-1935]
Returned to Three Springs on Thursday 11 July 1935 after spending several days in Perth [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Along with five others requested in 1935 that the Three Springs Road Board close a road that went through his farm [5: 16-Aug-1935]
At the same time he also complained about not having a decent trafficable road from his property to Lynch Railway Siding [5]
The Midland Railway Company closed Lynch Siding in 1937 and opened Pitfield Siding 1¼ miles away [5: 22-Jan-1937]
In February 1937 requested the Three Springs Road Board ask the Company to gravel the approach to Pitfield Siding [5: 5-Mar-1937]
The Clydesdale stallion Fyvielie Pearl, imported from New Zealand, stood at his property in Three Springs in 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
The special pedigree horse could stand with mares for a fee of £3/3/-, or £2/2/- on service and £2/2/- if pregnancy followed [5]
In 1936 Fyvielie Pearl once again stood at his Three Springs property, for the same charges as in 1935 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Won 1st for Clydesdale Stallion, Red Poll Bull and milking strain Shorthorn Cow at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5]
The trophy for the exhibitor gaining the most points in the agricultural sections at the show was the Senator Lynch Cup [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Purchased two new Sunshine harvesters from local agent Oswald S. SOWERBY in 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Sold 149 ewes for 19/5 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd at a sheep sale held at Midland Market on 20 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
The next month sold 68 wethers through Elder Smith & Co Ltd - 44 for 27/10 per head and 24 for 24/10 per head [5: 19-Jun-1936]
On Wednesday 29 July 1936 sold 68 wethers for 29/1 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at Midland Market [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Attended and spoke at the farewell to Thomas and Johanna BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 20 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
One of five ratepayers who attended the ratepayers meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on Saturday 20 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Speaker at the Farewell Social & Dance to Tom and Johanna BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 20 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
The Three Springs Road Board inspected the road to his property on Saturday 18 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936, 4-Sep-1936]
He made an offer, which the Road Board accepted, to exchange 50 chains of land to create a road deviation along his home [5]
Wrote to the Road Board in October 1936 asking what they were doing about the deviation and the filling of a gully [5: 23-Oct-1936]
He again wrote to the Road Board in February 1937 asking when they were going to form the proposed deviation [5: 5-Mar-1937]
In April 1937 the Road Board accepted his offer of land to make a new road over the sand hill to the railway line [5: 23-Apr-1937]
In May 1937 he requested payment of £16 for previously resumed land but only wished newly resumed land be fenced [5: 21-May-1937]
He was among the 200 farmers who attended the meeting in Carnamah on 31 July 1936 about local Bulk Wheat Handling [5: 7-Aug-1936]
Exhibited in the Horse section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 10 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
He was one of the principal prize winners in the Horse section and was noted for exhibiting "particularly fine stock" [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Won 1st prize for Clydesdale Stallion, 1st for Draught Mare visibly in foal or foal at foot, and 1st and 2nd for Clydesdale Mare [5]
His Clydesdale Stallion was the Champion Stallion of the show, and his Draught Mare was the Champion Mare of the show [5]
Exhibited in the Horse, Cattle and Grain & Fodder sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 17 September 1936 [5]
Won 1st prizes in the Horse section for Clydesdale Stallion, Draught Filly, Draught Gelding and Four Horse Team [5]
Also won two 2nd prizes for Clydesdale Stallion & Three Mares suitable for breeding and Farm Brood Mare in or with foal [5]
Received 1st prizes for milking strain Shorthorn Cow and 2nd prizes for Fat Beat and Collection of Fodder Plant [5: 25-Sep-1936]
After a request from the Three Springs Road Board he wrote explaining the P.M.G. Department couldn't alter telephone facilities [5]
The Department wouldn't alter the facilities as they were giving priority to the sorting of Saturday afternoon mails [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Sold eight head of cattle through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 21 October 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Four cows (1 at £10/2/6, 2 at 9/2/6, 1 at £8/2/6), three steers (2 at £11/2/6, 1 at £7/12/6) and one heifer at £9/2/6 per head [5]
After falling ill he was admitted to a private hospital in Canberra on Wednesday morning 11 November 1936 [5]
As a result he was unable to occupy the chair of the Senate, as its President, when it met at 3:00 p.m. [5: 13-Nov-1936]
In December 1936 he was announced the winner of the Royal Agricultural Society's 50-acre Crop Competition for Zone 1 [5]
He won with a plot of Bencubbin wheat, and received 9 out of 10 for both freedom from weeds and freedom from disease [5]
With the same plot he also won the Three Springs Agricultural Society's 50-acre Crop Competition in 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
He was appointed a Commander of the British Empire (C.B.E.) in 1936 [200]
Interviewed by local farmer Murray M. WILSON about the extension of telephonic facilities to East Three Springs in 1937 [5: 5-Mar-1937]
Advised the residents in April 1937 that the Deputy Postmaster General had agreed to a telephone service for East Three Springs [5]
The new service and telephone exchange meant 18 households in East Three Springs would be connected [5: 23-Apr-1937]
Paid for a labourer to help cart 80 loads of sand, gravel and stones for the nursing quarters in Three Springs in April 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Invited to address the children at the Coronation Celebrations in Three Springs on Friday afternoon 21 May 1937 [5: 23-Apr-1937]
In May 1937 he had as his guest on his farm Charles G. LATHAM who was Leader of the Opposition in WA [5: 28-May-1937]
His guest and himself were tendered an informal reception by members of the Three Springs Road Board on 26 May 1937 [5]
In July 1937 he was suddenly taken ill on his farm but made a recovery under the care of Dr Mario A. MAYRHOFER [4: 7-Aug-1937]
Following his retirement from politics in 1938 he resided full time on his Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [5: 27-Jun-1941]
Member of the Three Springs branch of the Wheat and Wool Growers' Union - was President in 1939 [5: 25-Aug-1939]
Board Member of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1939-40 [109]
Resided in Three Springs until his death in 1944 [2]
Passed away at the age of 76 years at Saint Anne's Nursing Home in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [202]
Father of Biddy, Molly and Michael [5: 21-Jan-1934]
Died 15 January 1944; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, BA, 454) [2]
He remained the owner of the vacant block at 2 Yarra Street, Carnamah until his death in 1944 [3]
2 Yarra Street, Carnamah stood in the name of his estate until the 1952-53 financial year when it was sold to Saleebas Pty Ltd [3]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 21 January 1944:
"Vale P. J. Lynch - A Colourful Personality.
Mr. Patrick Joseph Lynch, former President of the Senate, died in a private hospital at Mt. Lawley on Saturday, aged 76. He was taken suddenly ill at Albany about two weeks before his death. The late Mr. Lynch was one of the most picturesque personalities in State and Federal politics. His height, beard and Irish idiom making him an outstanding figure. Born in May, 1867, at Newcastle, County Meath, Ireland, the son of a farmer, Mr. Lynch left for Australia in 1886 to follow varied occupations on land and sea until politics claimed his major attention. Before entering politics he joined a gold rush in Queensland where he trekked 900 miles Charleville to Croydon. When his fortunes waned at Croydon he set out for Cossack (W.A.) but at Darwin learnt this field was a failure. He then went to sea as a stoker, graduating from that position to marine engineer and later becoming engineer on a South Sea sugar plantation. He received a Royal Humane Society's award for attempting to save the life of a fellow seaman in the shark-infested waters of Fiji. However, goldmining again attracted him and he came to the Kalgoorlie field in the closing years of the last century. He became a member of the Boulder Municipal Council in 1901 and was general secretary of the Goldfields Enginedriver's Association from 1897 to 1904, when he entered State politics as Labour member for Mount Leonora which he held until his resignation in 1906 to seek election to the Commonwealth Parliament. While member for Mt. Leonora he was appointed Minister for Works in 1905 in the Daglish Government. The late Mr. Lynch, Sir George Pearce and Mr. Needham, M.L.A., were returned to the Federal Parliament as Labour Senators for this State in 1906 where Mr. Lynch served continuously until 1938. He was a member of the Federal Royal Commission on the Fruit Industry in 1912, was vice-chairman of the standing committee on Public Works from 1914 to 1916 and was first chairman of the River Murray Commission. Severing his connection with the Labour Party over the conscription issue, he became Minister for Works and Railways in the Hughes Government from November, 1916, to February 1917. Later he became member of the joint committee on Public Works and the Select Committee on Standing Committees. In 1932 he was elected President of the Senate and retained that office until his defeat in 1938. In addition to politics, the late Mr. Lynch was also interested in farming. For many years his well-equipped farm at Three Springs, occupied what time he could spare from politics. Twice married, the late Mr. Lynch is survived by a widow, two daughters (Biddy, Mrs. Jerry Clune), (Molly, Mrs. Jim. Clune) and one son Michael (A.I.F.)."
Peter Joseph LYNCH
Born 9 June 1910 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [187]
Son of Philip LUNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs 1910-1914 [19]
Following the death of his mother he lived with his aunt's sister Mrs Mary O'BRIEN in North Perth 1914-1920 [201]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia from 5 February 1924 until December 1925 [187]
Farmhand on his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs in 1927 [187]
In 1927 joined his brother Thomas A. LYNCH on land in Hyden that had been taken up by their uncle in 1922 [201]
Farmer in Hyden 1927-1972 [201]
During the depression worked on the Kalgoorlie-Boulder goldfields with his cousin Jack HYNES before returning to Hyden [201]
Among the places they worked on the goldfields were the Boulder Power House and at the Great Boulder Mine [201]
Farmer of Koolami Farm in Hyden [201]
Married Ina May SCALLY in Narrogin on 14 September 1938 [138]
Left Hyden upon his retirement in 1972 and shifted to Corrigin [201]
Father of Maureen, John and Michael [201]
Died 28 June 1994; buried Corrigin Cemetery, Corrigin WA [138]
Philip LYNCH
Born 1854 in Ireland [201]
Son of Michael LYNCH and Bridget CAHILL [201]
Married Sarah MCENROE [201]
Along with his wife and seven children departed London, England on the steamship Omrah on 19 February 1909 [203]
They arrived on the steamship Omrah in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
Resided with his family in North Perth while himself and his brother Senator Patrick J. LYNCH looked for farmland to buy [201]
They purchased virgin land in Three Springs, on which they had built a four roomed house with a galvanised iron roof [201]
While living in North Perth his daughter Bridget came down with pneumonia and died at the age of two years on 6 May 1909 [2] [201]
In late 1909 himself, his wife and their six children left North Perth and took up residence on the farm in Three Springs [201]
Farmer of Shamrock Farm in Three Springs 1909-1932 [6] [19] [24]
After arrival they cleared the land around their house, built yards and sheds, and fenced in about an acre to grow vegetables [201]
For transport they had one horse and a tip dray, which on special occasions became a spring cart [201]
In 1910 grew around 250 acres of crop on his and his brother's farm in Three Springs [9: 17-Jun-1910]
Lynch Bros exhibited a sheaf of Alpha wheat at the Moora Agricultural Society's Annual Show in Moora in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
His wife gave birth to twins Mary and Bernard at their farmhouse on 19 July 1913, however Bernard was still born [24] [201]
Their son Bernard was among the first buried at the Three Springs General Cemetery, and was interred in an unsurveyed corner [24]
The "greatest sadness of all" occurred on 11 June 1914 when his wife Sarah passed away at the age of 41 years [2] [201]
His horse Lennie won the Hurry Scurry race at the Annual Sports Meeting held at Arrino on Easter Monday 1 April 1915 [10: 9-Apr-1915]
His horse Lennie won the Hack Race at the Picnic Races held in Carnamah in aid of the Belgian Fund on 24 June 1915 [39: 7-Jul-1915]
Lennie won the Three Springs handicap race at the annual "Three Springs Day" on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
His horse Lennie won the Hack Race at the local Hall Committee's Sports Day in Three Springs on 18 February 1916 [10: 25-Feb-1916]
Lennie came 3rd in the Carnamah Handicap and Flying Handicap at the Sports Meeting in Carnamah on 4 May 1916 [10: 16-May-1916]
His horse Lennie came 2nd in the Hurry Scurry at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports in Three Springs on 16 March 1918 [10: 22-Mar-1918]
In early December 1915 himself and his brother almost lost their wheat crop when fire from burning off reached the crop [10: 7-Dec-1915]
With trees burning on the edge of the crop they got six harvesters out and successfully stripped the threatened wheat crop [10]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee 1916-1928 - was Chairman in 1921 [124]
Donated to the Committee: £5 in 1916 and £2/2/- in 1918 and 1919, £1/1/- in 1924, £1/2/- in 1925, and £1/1/- in 1928 [124]
Conducted the Weight Guessing Competition at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs on 17 March 1919 [124]
Donated two pigs for the local Saint Patrick's Day Picnic Race Meeting in 1920 - one for the bazaar and one for the luncheon [124]
"Lynch Bros" donated £4 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1920 [124]
Conducted the Sheep Weight Guessing Competition at the Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations in Three Springs in 1923 [9: 13-Apr-1923]
Himself and Thomas J. BERRIGAN oversaw the preparations of the racecourse for the Committee's Race Meeting in 1925 [124]
Vice President of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Tuesday 17 March 1925 [124]
Lynch Bros entered into the pig trade in August 1916 with the purchase of Large Black and Berkshire studs [10: 18-Aug-1916]
Himself and his brother grew 600 acres of wheat on their Three Springs property in 1917 [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Won 1st prize for a Fleece of Wool at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Wednesday 26 September 1917 [10: 5-Oct-1917]
Donated 10/- cash to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
Spoke at the Farewell Social for Const. Richard J. HONNER at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 30 August 1918 [10: 6-Sep-1918]
Spoke at the Welcome Home Social tendered to Private Fred JAMES in Three Springs on Monday 7 October 1918 [10: 18-Oct-1918]
It was remarked in 1918 that in speaking at local social gathering that he "as usual likes to come in last" [10: 18-Oct-1918]
Himself and his brother are said to have amicably dissolved their farming partnership in 1918 [201]
Upon the dissolution he farmed the 305 acres contained within Lots M749 and M750, which he'd been living on since 1909 [201]
Speaker at the Welcome Home Social & Dance in Three Springs for Private Vernon C. BASTIAN on 11 June 1919 [9: 13-Jun-1919]
Spoke on behalf of the Arrino district at May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday in Three Springs on 12 September 1919 [10: 19-Sep-1919]
Won the Stepping 100 Yards and received 1st prize for Swede Turnips at the Three Springs Day on 25 September 1919 [9: 3-Oct-1919]
Himself and Frederick J. BYRNE were Joint Secretaries of the Three Springs Day in 1921 [9: 2-Sep-1921]
Won 1st prize for Fleece of Strong Merino Wool at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
During March 1923 he was thrown from his horse while mustering stock, and was fortunately uninjured besides slight shock [9]
It was reported that he, "the good old gentleman," should take it as a warning not to be such a reckless rider in future [9: 23-Mar-1923]
Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church Committee in 1925 [124]
Pallbearer at the funeral of John Hudson DAVIES of Carnamah at the Three Springs Cemetery on 20 February 1925 [9: 20-Feb-1925]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Race Club in 1929 [4: 23-Feb-1929]
His horse Major Windbag won the Handicap Trot at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in TS on 18 March 1929 [4: 30-Mar-1929]
Welcomed the Bishop of Geraldton at the local Dominican Convent on his visit to Three Springs on 7 November 1930 [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Attended the funeral of "Father of Carnamah" Donald MACPHERSON at the Winchester Cemetery on 14 August 1931 [4: 22-Aug-1931]
Accompanied by his children Thomas and Mary he returned to Ireland for the Eucharistic Congress in 1932 [201]
After their visit to Ireland he returned to Three Springs, however in 1936 went back to Ireland for good [201]
Spent the last years of his life visiting and staying with relatives and friends in various parts of Ireland [201]
He was described as "a gentleman of great personal charm, kindly, gentle and unassuming" [201]
Father of Michael, Patrick, John, Thomas, Philip, James, Bridget, Peter, and twins Mary and Bernard [201]
Died 5 October 1941 in Ireland; buried Moynalty Cemetery, Moynalty, County Meath, Ireland [201]
"Phil" Philip Francis LYNCH
Born 10 May 1903 in Ireland [98]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs [19] [24]
Student at the Three Springs State School and then at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Won 2nd prize for a Schoolchild's Crayon Drawing at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia from 10 February 1920 until December 1920 [187]
Performed in the Convent School's Annual Concert held in Three Springs on Wednesday 8 September 1920 [10: 17-Sep-1920]
In 1921 was working on his father's Shamrock Farm in Three Springs [19] [187]
Contractor in Three Springs 1922-1924; and a Farmer in Three Springs 1924 onwards [6] [19]
By 1924 himself and his brother James G. LYNCH were farming in partnership in Three Springs [187]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1920-1930 - was Vice Captain in 1927 [10: 9-Jul-1920, 22-Jun-1923, 12-Jun-1924] [4: 25-Jun-1927, 28-Jun-1930]
Assistant Secretary of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Friday 17 March 1922 [9: 3 & 24-Mar-1922]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928 [124]
Financially assisted the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee with a donation of £1/1/- in 1928 [124]
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]
In early July 1929 he was reported to be convalescent following an illness [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]
Came 2nd in the 4th heat for the Sheffield Handicap at the Sports Meeting in Three Springs on St. Patrick's Day in 1930 [4: 22-Mar-1930]
During the Financial Depression left Three Springs and shifted to Onslow where he worked at wool processing stations [201]
Later worked as an underground miner in Wiluna, before enlisting in the Australian Army on 2 August 1940 [16] [201]
Served with the Australian Army where in the Middle East in 1941 and 1942, and at Townsville in Queensland, Australia in 1942 [201]
He was in Townsville when it was bombed by the Japanese, and served the remainder of his time with the Army in Queensland [201]
Prior to his discharge he was Lance Corporal WX7085 in the Australian Army's General Details Depot Staff [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army in Perth on 5 March 1944 [16] [201]
Worked for the Golden West Aerated Water Company in Perth before returning to Three Springs [201]
Farmhand in Three Springs for his brother James G. LYNCH for two or three years [201]
In about 1952 he left Three Springs and shifted to Hyden where he worked as a farmhand for his brother Thomas A. LYNCH [201]
On retirement he shifted to Perth [201]
Resided at the Little Sisters of the Poor's Home for the Aged in the Perth suburb of Glendalough from 1975 until his death [201]
Died 17 August 1989; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, BC, 292) [2]
He was buried in the same grave at the Karrakatta Cemetery as his late mother and sister Bridget [2]
Philip Francis LYNCH
Son of "Jim" James Gerald LYNCH and Una Alice KENNEDY [201]
Farmer of Kenlyn Farm in Three Springs 1964-1986 [19]
Married Maureen Eleanor O'CONNOR [201]
Later left Three Springs and shifted to Geraldton [201]
"Dick" Richard LYNCH
Born 1891 in Moynalty, County Meath, Ireland [30]
Son of Peter LYNCH [30]
Departed London, England on the steamship Osterley and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 8 August 1911 [70]
Labourer in Three Springs 1913-1916 [10: 16-May-1916] [19] [30] [50]
Accepted for service in the Australian Imperial Force in Geraldton on 2 April 1916, and enlisted on 1 May 1916 [30: item 8207401]
On enlistment he was recorded as 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 167 lbs. with blue eyes, brown hair and a medium complexion [30]
After training he was appointed to the 3rd Reinforcements of the 44th Battalion on 16 August 1916 at Blackboy Hill [30]
Briefly returned to Three Springs on leave during a portion of August 1916 [10: 18-Aug-1916]
He was farewelled and wished a safe return at a social held at Tom and Johanna BERRIGAN's home in TS on 14 August 1916 [10]
The next day, on Thursday 15 August 1916, himself and Harry BYRNE were tendered a Public Farewell in Three Springs [10]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A23 Suffolk on 10 October 1916 [18]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England on 2 December 1916 and after further training proceeded to France on 20 August 1917 [30]
Prior to leaving for France he wrote a will, leaving all of his real and personal estate to his sisters Ellie and Lily LYNCH of Ireland [30]
Private 2118 in the Australian Imperial Force's 44th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Killed in Action in France on 8 August 1918 after being in hit in both groins by several machinegun bullets [30]
Buried Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery in Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France [17]
Received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [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]
Mrs Sarah LYNCH
Wife of Philip LYNCH; see Sarah MCENROE
Thomas LYNCH
Yardman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1915 [50]
Farmhand in Arrino 1916-1921 [19]
"Tom" / "Phonsie" Thomas Alphonsus LYNCH
Born 22 April 1901 in Kells, County Meath, Ireland [16]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs 1909-1914 [19] [24]
Following the death of his mother he lived with his aunt's sister Mrs Mary O'BRIEN in North Perth 1914-1920 [201]
Enrolled as a Boarding Student at Saint Idephonsus College in New Norcia on 30 July 1917 [187]
In 1920 he was attending Technical School in Perth [187]
Farmhand and Contractor in Three Springs 1921-1924 [6] [19]
Manager of his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1921-1924 [201]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1920 [10: 9-Jul-1920]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1922-1924 [10: 28-Jul-1922, 19-Jul-1923, 12-Jun-1924]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1922-23 [9: 12-Jan-1923]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1923 [124]
Himself and Charles F. THOMAS ran the tote at the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations on 15 March 1923 [9: 13-Apr-1923]
Left Three Springs in 1924 and shifted to virgin land in Hyden that had been purchased by his uncle Senator Patrick J. LYNCH [201]
Farmer of Limeric Farm in Hyden [201]
On arrival Hyden was "wild country" and he had to clear a road through bush to the property as well as the property itself [201]
He helped build the town hall in Hyden and with his son later built the Hyden Hotel [201]
As one of the Hyden district's earliest settlers and pioneers of he was referred to as "the father of the district" [201]
Along with his father and sister Mary travelled to Ireland to attend the Eucharistic Congress in 1932 [201]
Departed London, England with his sister on the steamship Orsova and arrived back in Western Australia on 15 November 1932 [63]
Married Margaret Veronica LYNCH in Perth in 1940 [66]
His cousin "Jack" John J. HYNES later married his wife's sister "Molly" Mary C. LYNCH [201]
Private W74481 in Karlgarin's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
His children Philip and Ann initially attended the Hyden State School in Hyden [98]
On 7 February 1950 his two children were enrolled at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs, presumably as boarders [98]
Himself and his wife also had a house at 2 Unwin Crescent in the Perth suburb of Salter Point [201]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Manning [2]
Father of Philip and Ann [201]
Died 7 March 1990; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, H, 713) [2]
Mrs Una Alice LYNCH
Wife of James Gerald LYNCH; see Una Alice KENNEDY
Mrs Alda Marjorie LYON
Wife of Percy John LYON; see Alda Marjorie LEONARD
Maurice John MacMurray LYON
Born 14 August 1927 in Three Springs, Western Australia [98]
Son of Percy John LYON and Alda Marjorie LEONARD [98]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs, where his father worked locally as a Contractor [98]
Began his schooling on 13 October 1932 at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Beckenham [2]
Died 16 November 2005; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Percy John LYON
Born 18 July 1898 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of Jesse Roy McMurray LYON and Sarah Elizabeth POSTANS [2] [15]
Married Alda Marjory LEONARD on 16 October 1926 at Saint Ignatius Church in Norwood, South Australia [55]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1931 [50]
School Bus Contractor in Three Springs in 1932 [98]
Contractor in Three Springs in 1933 and 1934, and Labourer in Three Springs in 1938 [6] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1927 [4: 25-Jun-1927]
Broke two of his ribs at a football match between Three Springs and Carnamah in Carnamah on Sunday 19 June 1927 [4: 25-Jun-1927]
Central Umpire of local football matches for the North Midlands Football Association in May and June 1936 [5: 29-May-1936, 26-Jun-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Himself, his father-in-law John E. LEONARD and J. HOWARD contract cleared Rowe's Road in Arrino for 3/- per chain [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Kenwick prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 21 July 1941 [16]
Sapper W5702 in the Australian Army's 55 Anti Aircraft Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 28 September 1944 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Beckenham [2]
Died 28 March 1976; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Roman Catholic, CC, 499) [2]
MMM
Mrs Jane MACARTNEY
Born C.1860 [2]
Resided in widowhood on Illillawa Farm in Three Springs 1921-1927 [19] [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Died 7 January 1946; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, DA, 322) [2]
Miss MACBEAN
Sang "A Pair of Sparkling Eyes" at the Concert & Dance at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Colin Hendrie MACBEAN
Farmer in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1914 and 1915 [19] [50]
Sang "Three for Jack" at the Concert & Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Saturday 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
At a Social held in Three Springs on 30 July 1914 he sang the songs "Let me like a soldier fall" and "True till death" [10: 21-Aug-1914]
Charles Stuart MACDONALD
Born 1889 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia [54]
Son of William Bowie MACDONALD and Catherine Ann WILLIAMS [54]
Manager of the National Bank in Three Springs, Western Australia 1930-1933 [19] [96]
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 Armistice Day ceremony held at the Three Springs State School on Monday 11 November 1929 [4: 16-Nov-1929]
Founding Member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 21 March 1930 [96]
He had previously been a member of the Toodyay Masonic Lodge No.37 WAC [96]
Himself and his wife to be celebrated their engagement at her parents' Manara Farm in Mingenew on 12 October 1930 [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Attended the local reception tendered by the Three Springs Road Board to the Bishop of Geraldton on 8 November 1930 [4: 15-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]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Before leaving Three Springs he was thrown a send-off social and dance at the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 29 June 1933 [5]
At his send-off he was presented with gold links and press studs and a wallet from the people of the district [5: 30-Jun-1933]
Relieving Manager of the National Bank in Kulin WA in August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Married "Toria" Ellen Victoria BROAD in 1935 [4: 18-Oct-1930] [66]
His wife, late of Perth, died at the age of 50 years on 24 November 1950 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
Resided of late in Bunbury WA [2]
Died 6 April 1968; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, HA, 340) [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 18 October 1930:
The engagement is announced of Ellen Victoria, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Broad, of "Manara," Mingenew to Charles Stuart Macdonald (National Bank, Three Springs), second son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Macdonald, Doverton Street, South Ballarat (Victoria)."
Robert Hanley MACERS
Labourer on Charles C. MALEY's Parakalia Estate in Three Springs in 1921 and 1922 [19] [50]
Mrs MACKIE
Won the Married Ladies Running Race at the annual "Three Springs Day" held on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
David MACLAREN
Farmer in Three Springs in 1941 [19]
Charles Hector MACLEAN
Farmer of Allawah Farm in Three Springs 1915-1921 [19] [50]
"Trevor" Charles Trevor Aeneas MACPHERSON
Born 1878 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of John MACPHERSON and Ann CONNOLLY [15]
Grandson of Duncan MACPHERSON and Mary WILSON of Carnamah Station [119]
Resided in Arrino in 1901 [6]
Farmed in Dowerin prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on 2 April 1917 [18]
Private 7779 in the Australian Imperial Force's 16th Infantry Battalion during the First World War [18]
Married Harriet CARROLL in Perth in 1924 [66]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Died 8 August 1962; ashes dispersed at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Gordon Robert White MACHERSON
Bank Clerk in Three Springs in 1935 [19]
J. MACPHERSON
Manager of Arrino Station in Arrino 1898-1900 [6]
Maree Therese MACPHERSON
Married Norman John BATEMAN [91]
Resided of farmland in Eneabba [P119]
School Teacher at the Three Springs Primary School in Three Springs [P119]
They later resided in the Perth suburb of Bedford [P119]
Mother of Paul, Luke, Ewan and Gabriel [91], Matthew, Jeanie and Rebecca [P119]
Roderick MACPHERSON
Clearer on Patrick J. LYNCH's Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs 1924-1927 [19]
Mrs Iris Amelia J. MACVICAR
Resided in Williamson Street, Three Springs in 1964 [19]
William Steven MACVICAR
Water Supervisor in Three Springs 1964 [19]
Resided in Williamson Street, Three Springs [19]
Mrs Angela Mary MADDEN
Resided in Three Springs 1952-1955 [19]
Initially resided at the Commercial Hotel, Three Springs and later in Williamson Street, Three Springs [19]
George Arthur MADDEN
Born 1927 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Salesman in Three Springs 1952-1955 [19]
Initially resided at the Commercial Hotel, Three Springs and later in Williamson Street, Three Springs [19]
Emily MAGGS
Married John MAHER in 1882 in New Norcia [15]
Resided with her husband in Winchester in 1908 and 1909 [19]
They resided in Three Springs 1910-1912, in Walkaway in 1916 and in Mingenew in 1917 [6] [9: 25-May-1917] [50]
Candidate for Mingenew in the Ugly Woman Competition conducted in Three Springs for the Y.M.C.A. in May 1917 [9: 25-May-1917]
She came third in the competition with 6,060 votes which helped raise £208/17/6 for the war efforts of the Y.M.C.A. [9]
Resided again in Three Springs where her husband was a Railway Fettler 1922-1926 [19]
Mother of Lizzie, Henry and Georgina [15]
Died 1926 [26]
Margaret MAGREE
Born C.1872 [24]
Married Arthur OLIVER in Broad Arrow in 1910 [66]
By 1914 was living with her husband and children in Three Springs [19]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Won 1st prize for a 2 lb. Loaf of Bread at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Her husband died at the age of 52 years at the Cottage Hospital on Parakalia Farm in Three Springs on 31 August 1924 [24] [P2]
Following her husband's death supported herself by taking in boarders and cooking at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs [P2]
Donated 10/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1920 [124]
Donated butter and meat to the value of £1 for the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day 17 March 1920 [124]
Donated pastry for the Refreshment Stall at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day 17 March 1925 [124]
Herself and one of her daughters travelled from Three Springs to Perth for a holiday on Tuesday 11 February 1936 [5: 14-Feb-1936]
Passed away at the age of 79 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [24]
Mother of Jack, Biddy and Mary [P2]
Died 28 December 1951; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 64) [24]
Mrs Emily MAHER
Wife of John MAHER; see Emily MAGGS
Frank MAHER
Sang a song at the Social hosted by Charlie and Winifred THOMAS at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 30 July 1910 [9: 12-Aug-1910]
John MAHER
Married Emily MAGGS in New Norcia in 1882 [15]
Railway Employee in Watheroo in 1903 [50]
Fettler in Winchester in 1908 and 1909 [19]
The Mingenew Police Court fined him £1 and costs on the charge of disorderly conduct on 2 January 1909 [9: 22-Jan-1909]
Fettler / Line Repairer in Three Springs 1910-1912 [6] [50]
Could be the "John Henry Maher" who was Night Railway Stationmaster in Watheroo 1913-1917 [50]
Fettler in Walkaway in 1916 and in Mingenew in 1917 [9: 25-May-1917] [50]
Fettler in Three Springs 1922-1928 [19]
Father of Lizzie, Henry and Georgina [15]
Died 1928 [26]
Michael Patrick MAHER
Farmhand in Arrino in 1941 [19]
Laurel Margaret MAISEY
Born 1916 [15]
Married Bernard George ANTONIO in Perth in 1937 [66]
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1953-1962 [19]
Clio Ellen MALCOLM
Born 23 July 1899 in Port Lincoln, South Australia [55]
Daughter of James MALCOLM and Mary Anna CHISHOLM [555]
Married Sydney Herman CRISP in 1931 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Morawa, Western Australia 1933-1938 [19]
In 1934 very successfully exhibited poultry at Agricultural Shows held in Mullewa, Morawa, Perenjori and Three Springs [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Won numerous 1st prizes for her poultry, including a number in Mullewa, 12 in Morawa, 10 in Perenjori and 12 in Three Springs [5]
Most successful exhibitor in the Poultry section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 13 September 1934 [5]
Won both 1st and 2nd prizes for male Rhode Island Red and female Rhode Island Red; and a 2nd for male White Leghorn [5]
Also received 1st prizes for female White Leghorn, male and female Plymouth Rock, male and female Any Other Pure Breed [5]
Awarded 1st prizes for male Bronzewing Turkey, female Bronzewing Turkey, Muscovy drake and for Muscovy duck [5]
Among her birds was the Champion Female Bird in Show; also exhibited in the Vegetable section, winning 2nd prize for Carrots [5]
Won 1st prizes for Carrots, Parsnips and Pickles at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
MALEY Bros
"Charlie" Charles Crowther MALEY and "Sol" Solomon Shenton MALEY [6]
Farmers of the Parakalia Estate in Three Springs [6] [188]
Initially farmed their collective three lots of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs (1,371 acres in Lots 5, 14 & 15) [44]
They may also have farmed the 464 acre Lot 16 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area which belonged to their brother Henry [44]
Within a few years that had expanded with large acreages being purchased by Charles in Three Springs, Arrino and Arrowsmith [44]
In October 1908 they were sending away large quantities of timber from Three Springs [9: 23-Oct-1908]
A team of those from their farm defeated the Three Springs Cricket Club at a cricket match held in February 1910 [9: 25-Feb-1910]
They grew about 620 acres of crop in 1910 - the most grown in Three Springs by over 300 acres [9: 17-Jun-1910]
Their 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]
Among the most diversified of grain growers in Three Springs in 1910, when they were growing wheat, oats and skinless barley [31]
During May 1910 their sister Miss Grace MALEY of Fremantle visited them in Three Springs [9: 17-Jun-1910]
Using their two specially built lorries transport locally felled timber to the goldfields in large quantities in 1910 [9: 17-Jun-1910, 15-Jul-1910]
They transported salmon gum logs 25 feet long and 16 to 30 inches wide at their smaller end, some weighing up to a ton and a half [9]
Secured the good price of 14/- per head for a consignment of lambs they sold in September 1910 [9: 9-Sep-1910]
In 1910 they grew 400 acres of Baroota Wonder wheat for hay, which was expected to average 2½ tons to the acre [9: 7-Oct-1910]
Their Baroota Wonder wheat crop was higher than the fence in October 1910, while one of the oat crops was even taller [9: 7-Oct-1910]
Their crop was among those inspected when Samuel F. MOORE M.L.A. visited Three Springs on 30 September 1910 [9: 14-Oct-1910]
Exhibited a sheaf of Tasmanian white oats at the Moora Agricultural Society's Annual Show in Moora in October 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
After selling a quantity of chaff they still had 300 tons for sale in January 1911, for which they had numerous inquiries [9: 27-Jan-1911]
In 1914 they seeded 3000 acres of crop - which was the most in Three Springs by a margin of over 2000 acres [10: 19-Jun-1914]
For their seeding in 1914 they used four drills which enabled them to seed 80 acres per day [194: 18-Apr-1914]
During the first half of October 1914, after a drought, they had their binder out getting what little hay they could [10: 16-Oct-1914]
Their hay binding effects attracted the remark: "one thing about Sol and Charlie is they never say die" [10: 16-Oct-1914]
The drought of 1914 hit them and other farmers hard, and they only harvested 300 bags from their 3000 acres of crop [10: 11-Dec-1914]
Received two inches of rainfall at their farm in February 1915, which put much needed water into their dam and tanks [10: 16-Feb-1915]
Were telephone number TS-4 (probably meaning they were the fourth in Three Springs to have the telephone connected) [60]
Solomon left Three Springs in February 1915, however they appear to have continued as trading as "Maley Bros" [6] [10: 5-Mar-1915]
From Volume Two of The Cyclopedia of Western Australia, edited by J.S. Battye (1912-13):
"Parakalia" Homestead, the property of Messrs. Maley Brothers Three Springs
"The "Parakalia" Estate is situated in the growing district of Three Springs, lying about two miles in a westerly direction from the town of that name and embracing some 10,000 acres of land ideal in every respect for agricultural and pastoral purposes. As brief a period as six years ago there was not an acre of cleared land in the locality, the whole being covered with a formidable forest of morrell and salmon gum, which indicated the fertile character of the rich red and light loamy soils prevailing over a wide area - since proved so excellently suited to the production of grain and hay and good stock-fattening grasses. Since the acquisition of the property by Messrs. Maley Brothers in 1907, however, a change has come over the face of things, and the 2,000 acres now cleared and cultivated represent the spirit of energy and enterprise which they brought to bear in the development of their proposition. There is plenty of moisture in the soil, and wells have been sunk and dams constructed in various parts of the property, while several windmills serve their useful purpose in making the utilization of the water a simple and easy matter. Wheat, barley, and oats are grown in large quantities, and some marvellous results have been secured, the splendid milling qualities of the grain proving sufficiently the filling capacity of the soil. To quote some results: Last year (1912) from an area close upon 1,500 acres Messrs. Maley obtained an average of 22 bushels of wheat, while "Chevalier" barley averaged 45 bushels, "Cape" barley 6o bushels to the acre, and oats 50 bushels - constituting a record for the district. As high as three tons to the acre have been realised for hay, and even in 1911, a particularly dry season half a ton of hay and 14 bushels of wheat to the acre were harvested. Having established on good, sound business lines the cereal-growing enterprise, Messrs. Maley Brothers turned their attention with special concentration to the project of breeding something out of the common run in draught stock, and to this end purchased, through the Otago Farmers' Co-operative Union, twelve mares, comprising some of the Dominion's most renowned stock… An earlier purchase made by Messrs. Maley Brothers from New Zealand was the fine Clydesdale stallion "Maori King", a beautiful bright bay horse who has already made his presence felt in the Western Australian show-ring, his record being: - 1910: 1st prize, 3 years and under, Greenough Show; 1st prize open class; 1st prize, 3 years and under, Geraldton Show; 1st prize, open class, and champion certificate, Geraldton; 1st prize, 3 year class, and reserve champion certificate at the Royal Show. 1911: 1st prize, open class, at the Geraldton and Greenough shows, and champion certificate at the former. 1912: 1st prize, open class, at Greenough and Irwin shows, and winner of the "Lloyds" 20-guinea cup at the latter; 1st prize, open class, Royal Horse Parade, Claremont… Already he has got some fine foals for his owner, which may be seen at "Parakalia". A flock of 3,000 sheep of mixed breeds is kept chiefly for the mutton markets, and Berkshire pigs are bred from a noted strain… The "Parakalia" homestead was built in 1911, and the outbuildings, comprising men's quarters, grain and machinery shed, stabling, etc., are up to date in every respect."
"Bert" Albert Edward MALEY
Born 1874 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of John Stephen MALEY and Elizabeth Kniest WALDECK [15]
Private and later Lance Corporal 106 in the 1st WA Mounted Infantry Contingent in South Africa during the Boer War [18]
Re-enlisted and served as a Lieutenant in the 6th WA Mounted Infantry Contingent in South Africa during the Boer War [18]
Married Mary Lucy DEELY in East Coolgardie in 1906 [66]
Farmer on his brothers' Parakalia Estate in Three Springs 1911-1915 [19]
Attended the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting held at the recreation ground in Three Springs on 17 March 1915 [10: 26-Mar-1915]
Travelled to around Yalgoo during September 1915, and returned to Three Springs with a load of horses [10: 21-Sep-1915]
Attended the Ball conducted by the local branch of the Red Cross at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 2 June 1916 [10: 6-Jun-1916]
By October 1916 he was a Lieutenant at the Australian Imperial Force's Geraldton District Training Camp [10: 24-Oct-1916]
Farm Manager in Meckering in 1920, and Farm Labourer in Three Springs 1921-1929 [6] [19] [124]
Received 1st prize for Tilting at Bucket in the ring events at the Three Springs Day on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1921 [124]
Vice President of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Tuesday 17 March 1925 [124]
In May 1927 purchased a new Dodge car from local agent Thomas J. BERRIGAN [4: 14-May-1927]
Donated £1/1/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928 [124]
Later resided in South Perth [2]
Died 7 July 1948; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, IA, 566) [2]
"Lawrence" Albert Lawrence MALEY
Born 1 March 1918 in Meckering, Western Australia [16]
Son of Albert Edward MALEY and Mary Lucy DEELY [98]
Student at the Dudawa State School in Dudawa, East Arrino until 1926 and then at the Dominican Convent in Three Springs [98]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1941 and 1942 [19]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 21 June 1942, and was discharged on 6 June 1946 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 427342 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 58 Operational Base Unit during the Second World War [16]
Labourer in Three Springs 1946-1950 and a Farmer in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Balcatta [2]
Died 1 June 1987; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Acacia Court, 3131) [2]