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Claude BATTY
Born 1871 in Eastchurch, Kent, England [20] [21]
Son of James BATTY and Julia TOBEN [20] [21]
In 1871 was living with his parents, brother James and sister Adelaide at 1 Ganett Cottage in Eastchurch, Kent, England [20]
His mother died at the age of 29 years in early 1878, and later that same year his father married Mrs Emma QUESTED [21]
Was living with his father, stepmother, siblings and stepbrothers at Church Farm Cottage in Harty, Kent in 1881 [20]
In 1891 he was employed as an Able Seaman on the ship Darial in England [20]
Married Frances Lavinia RUCK [24]
In 1901 was living at 54 Victoria Street in Whitstable, Kent, England and was working locally as a bricklayer and labourer [20]
Departed London, England with his wife and children on the Orvieto and arrived Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 March 1911 [70]
Labourer in Three Springs 1917-1921 [19] [50]
Farmer in Arrino 1921-1926 [6] [44]
For the first year or two he owned farmland in Arrino in partnership with J. E. THOMAS as "Batty & Thomas" [44]
Initially his farm in Arrino consisted solely of Victoria Location 3748, which was 100 acres in size [44]
By 1925 had extended his farm by 765 acres, to a total of 865 acres, with the purchase of Victoria Locations 3749, 4475 and 4478 [44]
During the 1926-27 financial year he sold his farm in Arrino to Greville S. TUNBRIDGE [44]
In 1933 he was living in Williamson Street, Three Springs and was working as a Labourer [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Tuart Hill [2]
Father of Minnie and Richard [24]
Died 14 July 1967; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WI, 315) [2]
Mrs Frances Lavinia BATTY
Wife of Claude BATTY; see Frances Lavinia RUCK
"Don" Duncan BAXTER
Farm Manager / Farmer in Three Springs 1917-1925 [6] [19]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Judged the Children's Highland Fling Competition at the Red Cross Gala Day held in Three Springs on 23 May 1918 [10: 31-May-1918]
Donated £2/2/- to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
In October 1918 he had a slight attack of septoria in his wheat crop [10: 15-Nov-1918]
Member of the Three Springs Race Club 1919-1921 [9] [10]
Steward at the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Thursday 6 March 1919 [10: 28-Feb-1919]
Starter at the Three Springs Race Club's Annual Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Thursday 4 March 1920 [10: 30-Jan-1920]
Steward at the Three Springs Race Club's Annual Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Thursday 3 March 1921 [9: 25-Feb-1921]
Vice President of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee's Picnic Race Meeting held on Wednesday 17 March 1920 [124]
He was also Steward of their Picnic Race Meetings held on Saint Patrick's Day in 1920 and 1921 [9: 5-Mar-1920, 11-Mar-1921]
Starter at the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day on Tuesday 17 March 1925 [124]
Married Isabella Mary WALDECK in Greenough in 1922 [19]
Won an accordion in a raffle at the Hospital Ball held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 5 April 1923 [9: 27-Apr-1923]
Mrs Isabella Mary BAXTER
Wife of "Don" Duncan BAXTER; see Isabella Mary WALDECK
Sister S. BAXTER
Nurse at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935] [6]
Accompanied Mrs E. PAGE from Three Springs to Perth by train on Tuesday 5 February 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Rev. James William BAYLISS
After being stationed in Goomalling for two years he was transferred to Three Springs in April 1914 [10: 17-Apr-1914]
Methodist Minister in Three Springs in 1914 and 1915 [6] [10: 17-Apr-1914]
He was formerly welcomed at a social and concert held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday evening 24 April 1914 [10]
At his welcome three local farmers and the local school teacher spoke at the social and welcomed him to the district [10]
During the evening he sang the songs "The Admiral's Broom" and "The Trumpeter" [10: 1-May-1914]
Initially he resided in Three Springs as the guest of Edmund K. BYRNE on Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs [10: 17-Apr-1914]
In the 1914 Legislative Assembly electoral roll he stated his address to be "Wesley Manse, Three Springs" [19]
A Concert & Dance was held in Three Springs on Saturday 6 June 1914 to raise funds for the local Methodist Church [10]
He sang the songs "To Anthea" and "The Toreador" at the Concert & Dance, which was a huge success [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Presided over a social held to benefit the local Methodist Church Fund held in Three Springs on Thursday 30 July 1914 [10: 21-Aug-1914]
He spoke about not making the war a time of gloom but to keep on smiling and suggested a concert in aid of patriotic funds [10]
During the evening he also sang solo two good songs in "A Son of the Desert" and "The Mighty Deep" [10: 21-Aug-1914]
Attended and sang at the Concert held at the railway goods shed in Arrino on Friday evening 11 September 1914 [10: 18-Sep-1914]
In 1915 he was described as "young, ardent and a tip top battler" and was said to be a pioneer of the district [10: 16-Feb-1915]
Conducted services as far south as Watheroo, and rode his bike in the heat over the sandplain between Coorow and Watheroo [10]
He was wished goodbye and good luck at a Concert held in the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 26 February 1915 [10]
During the evening he sang the songs "The Storm King" and "My Old Shako" [10: 5-Mar-1915]
Left Three Springs around early March 1915 and shortly afterwards departed for New Zealand [10: 16-Feb-1915]
Frank Dennis M. BAZELY
Minister of The Rectory in Carter Street, Three Springs in 1968 [19]
Bernard M. BEAN
Farmer in Arrino 1909-1911 [44]
Farmed a 100 acre Conditional Purchase block and a lease of 160 acres [44]
Harvey Haines BEAN
Contractor in Dudawa, East Arrino 1913-1916 [19] [50]
Married Henrietta S. POWER in Perth in 1918 [66]
Harold Gascoyne BEASLEY
Manager of Nangetty Station in Mingenew [50]
Member of the Mingenew Recreation Advisory Committee in 1934 [101: page 129]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 6-Dec-1935, 5-Mar-1937]
Committee Member of the Mingenew District Agricultural Society in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Anne BEATON
Born 1866 in
Daughter of Alexander BEATON and Euphemia MACINTOSH [15]
Farmer of Beatonsfield Farm in Yandanooka [61]
In May 1930 her sister Mrs SINCLAIR visited herself and her sister and brother-in-law Helen and Leonard BRAIN [4: 3-May-1930]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 9 June 1959; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Presbyterian, D, 11) [2]
Helen BEATON
Born 21 November 1883 in Parkside, South Australia [55]
Daughter of Alexander BEATON and Euphemia MACINTOSH [55]
Farmer of Beatonsfield Farm in Yandanooka [61]
Married Leonard BRAIN in Perth in 1919 [66]
In May 1930 her sister Mrs SINCLAIR was on a visit staying with herself, her husband and her sister in Yandanooka [4: 3-May-1930]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 19 February 1964; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Mary Isabella BEATON
Born C.1868 [2]
Married Charles George CRANE in 1894 [15]
Resided with her husband on Arrino Station in Arrino 1901-1908 [6] [19]
Gave birth to her son Charles in Arrino in 1901 [15]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Mother of Euphemia Emily Helen, Isabella Elizabeth, John Alexander, Charles Kenneth and Wallace Donald [15]
Died 9 April 1942; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, IA, 256) [2]
Shirley Joan BEAVER
Domestic at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1961 and 1962 [19]
Frank BECKETT
Labourer in Three Springs 1927-1929 [19]
James Ernest BEDFORD
Clearer in Three Springs 1925-1933 [19]
John William Robert BEDNALL
Clerk in Three Springs in 1955 [19]
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs [19]
G. BEETSON
Sang "Love Me and the World is Mine" at the Concert & Dance at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 1 September 1910 [9: 9-Sep-1910]
Fritz BEHRENS
Resided in Three Springs in 1906 [6]
Donald William BELL
Stock Salesman in Three Springs 1961-1965 [19]
Resided at Lot 174 Curtis Street in Three Springs [19]
Mrs Florence May BELL
Wife of George Alexander BELL; see Florence May HANNAN
George Alexander BELL
Born C.1890 [2]
Married Florence May HANNAN in 1915 [66]
Railway Ganger in Three Springs in 1948 and 1949 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of East Perth [2]
Died 14 July 1971; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, HA, 117) [2]
Harry BELL
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1922 [10: 30-Jun-1922, 11-Aug-1922]
Mrs Margaret Mary BELL
Resided at Lot 174 Curtis Street, Three Springs for at least the years 1961-1965 [19]
Robert BELL
Farmer in Three Springs in 1911 and 1912 [6]
Andrew George BENNETT
Fettler in Three Springs 1931-1941 [6] [19] [50]
Married Marjorie Margaret ROBERTSON in 1941 [66]
Mrs Betty Joan BENNETT
Resided in Carter Street, Three Springs in 1961 [19]
Edmund BENNETT
Born C.1863 [2]
Contractor in Yandanooka in 1910 and 1911 [6]
Contractor in Coorow 1911-1913 [19] [50]
Contractor in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1914 and 1915 [50]
Clearing Contractor in Arrino 1916-1922 [19]
Clearing Contractor in Three Springs 1922-1925 [6] [19]
Resident of Three Springs until his death in 1925 [2]
Died 24 April 1925; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Baptist, BA, 82) [2]
Horace Victor BENNETT
Bank Officer in Three Springs in 1961 [19]
Resided with his wife Betty in Carter Street, Three Springs [19]
Joseph William BENNETT
Born C.1904 [2]
Grazier in Three Springs 1964-1987 [2] [19]
Resident of Three Springs until his death in 1987 [2]
Died 11 May 1987; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth suburb of Padbury (Acacia Court, 2515) [2]
Mrs Marjorie Margaret BENNETT
Wife of Andrew George BENNETT; see Marjorie Margaret ROBERTSON
Mrs Rita May BENNETT
Born C.1925 [2]
Resided in Three Springs 1964-1985 [2] [19]
Resident of Three Springs until her death in 1985 [2]
Died 27 June 1985; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth suburb of Padbury (Acacia Court, 2515) [2]
Charles Richard BENNETTS
Born 24 June 1921 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Worked for Wesfarmers in Waroona [39: 31-Jan-2006]
Resided in Waroona until enlisting in the Australian Army in Bunbury on 31 March 1941 [16]
Corporal W732 in the Australian Arm's 10 Light Horse Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 12 October 1942 and enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force the next day [16]
Flying Officer 427976 in the Royal Australian Air Force's TRANS during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 28 September 1945 [16]
Worked for Wesfarmers in Waroona, Pinjarra, Narembeen and then Three Springs [39: 31-Jan-2006]
Business Manager in Three Springs 1964-1967 [19]
Resided of late in South Perth [2]
Husband of Ivy [39: 31-Jan-2006]
Father of Graeme, Carol, Nollene and Ron [39: 31-Jan-2006]
Died 10 September 1991; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth WA (Lakes Small Bronze, Garden of Remembrance, BP1, 45) [2]
Graeme Charles BENNETTS
Born 28 June 1944 in Fremantle, Western Australia [39: 31-Jan-2006]
Son of Charles Richard and Ivy Caroline BENNETTS [39]
Resided with his parents in Waroona and Pinjarra until 1956 when they moved to Narembeen [39]
When they moved to Narembeen he was sent to a boarding school in Merredin [39]
After leaving school he worked at the National Bank in Three Springs [39]
Member of the Three Springs Junior Farmers [39]
Left Three Springs after being transferred to Wyndham, and was later transferred to Perth [39]
Married (1) Julie CAMPBELL in 1971 [39]
Worked at National Banks in Corrigin for three years, Manjimup for two years and Kalgoorlie for 18 months [39]
During his time in Corrigin, Manjimup and Kalgoorlie he enjoyed driving tractors for farmers during seeding [39]
Manager of the National Bank in Denmark for six years, after which he shifted to Perth [39]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Noranda, and later in the Perth suburb of Attadale [2] [39]
Partner of (2) Lynne GARWOOD [39]
Father of Paul and Dean [39]
Died 1 January 2006; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Mrs Ivy Caroline BENNETTS
Resided in Three Springs 1964-1967 [19]
Mrs Mary Caroline BENNETTS
Resided in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Robert William BENNETTS
Mechanic in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Brian Frances BENNIER
Wheat Bin Attendant of 61 Carter Street, Three Springs in 1975 [19]
Mrs Carmel Patricia BENNIER
Born C.1915 in Perth, Western Australia [24]
Resided with her husband William Henry BENNIER on Victoria Location 10229 in Eneabba for at least the years 1962-1973 [19]
By 1975 was living with her husband in retirement at 61 Carter Street in Three Springs [19]
Died 25 August 1989 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 98) [24]
William Henry BENNIER
Born 20 August 1910 in Mount Gambier, South Australia [16]
Son of William Henry BENNIER and Evelyn Teresa YOUNG [55]
Resided in Geraldton, Western Australia prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 6 March 1941 [16]
Sapper W19883 in the Australian Army's 13 Field Company Royal Australian Engineers during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 22 September 1945 [16]
Farmer of Victoria Location 10229 in Eneabba via Three Springs 1962-1973 [19]
By 1975 he had retired and was living with his wife Carmel at 61 Carter Street, Three Springs [19]
Later resided at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs, where he died at the age of 91 years [24]
Died 3 September 2001; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 97) [24]
Frances Elizabeth BENNS
Born C.1885 [2]
Married "Barney" Randolph BARNHART in Perth in 1915 [66]
Resided with her husband Randolph BARNHART at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1927-1938 [4: 13-Aug-1927] [6] [19]
Returned to Three Springs after a trip to Perth on Saturday 21 July 1928, and had to take to her bed suffering with the flu [4: 28-Jul-1928]
In 1928 she organised a number of functions and events in Three Springs to raise money in aid of a new local hospital [4: 10-Mar-1928]
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]
During September 1928 herself and her husband's nieces, the Misses E. and T. CASEY, spent a holiday with them in TS [4: 22-Sep-1928]
Travelled to Perth by car on Tuesday 6 November 1928, and returned to Three Springs on Saturday 10 November 1928 [4: 24-Nov-1928]
After an enjoyable holiday in Perth returned to Three Springs by the early morning train on Friday 15 March 1929 [4: 30-Mar-1929]
Returned to Three Springs by car on Thursday 18 April 1929 after spending a few days in Geraldton [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Donated a prize for the Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs in aid of the local Anglican Church on 27 June 1929 [4: 6-Jul-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]
Donated ale for the patients of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs over New Year in 1929-30 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Travelled to Perth for a few days in August 1930, however shortly after arrival took ill with ptomaine poisoning [4: 30-Aug-1930]
After spending ten days at Saint John of God Hospital in the Perth suburb of Subiaco she remained in Perth to recover [4]
Returned to Three Springs on Friday 24 October 1930, however was still feeling the effects of her recent illness [4: 1-Nov-1930]
Donated prizes for the local Anglican Church's Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-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]
Donated one of the prizes for the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Arrino on Tuesday 12 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Travelled to Perth on Friday 29 September 1933 to attend the funeral of her brother Philip Christopher BENNS [5: 6-Oct-1933] [2]
Admitted to the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs suffering from influenza in early October 1933 [5: 6-Oct-1933]
Returned to Three Springs on Tuesday 31 July 1934 after spending a week in Perth [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Accompanied by Elsie SAGGERS and Rene THOMAS drove to Perth in early October 1934 to attend the Royal Show [5: 5-Oct-1934]
Departed Three Springs on 27 November 1934 for a holiday trip to Victoria, Australia [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Her sister Mrs CASEY had arrived in Three Springs a week earlier and acted as hostess of the Three Springs Hotel in her absence [5]
Returned to Three Springs on Thursday 31 January 1935, and her sister returned to Leederville [5: 11-Jan-1935, 8-Feb-1935]
Herself and Mrs Elsie SAGGERS spent an enjoyable day at Dongara on Tuesday 26 March 1935 [5: 29-Mar-1935]
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]
Became a grand aunt on 15 July 1935 when her niece Eileen FORRESTAL (nee CASEY) gave birth to a daughter [5: 19-Jul-1935]
Herself and Mrs Elsie SAGGERS of Three Springs spent a holiday in Perth during January 1936 [5: 17-Jan-1936]
After undergoing an operation at St John of God Hospital in the Perth suburb of Subiaco returned to TS in mid April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Following a visit to Perth returned to Three Springs as a passenger in Mrs Edyna POTTS' car on Monday 20 July 1936 [5: 24-Jul-1936]
Donor to the Athletic Sports run by the North Midlands Zone Council of the Wheatgrowers Union in Three Springs in 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church [4: 12-Feb-1938]
Travelled from Three Springs to Dongara on 10 December 1936 to attend the break-up of the Dominican Ladies College [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Member of the committee that organised the very successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
In early 1938 her husband sold their Commercial Hotel in Three Springs to John J. THORPE [4: 12-Feb-1938]
Herself and her husband were bid farewell by a large gathering at the Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 3 February 1938 [4]
A public meeting had been called to arrange the function, and it had been organised by two specially formed local committees [4]
The evening consisted of a dance, songs, supper and speeches and carried on beyond the early hours of the next morning [4]
The various speakers spoke of what first class and highly respected citizens they had been, and regret at their departure [4]
Left Three Springs in February 1938 [4: 12-Feb-1938]
After leaving Three Springs they conducted the Imperial Hotel in Perth [4: 1-Nov-1952]
Later resided in Perth [2]
Died 13 September 1940; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, AC, 186) [2]
Hannah BENTICK
Born 1879 in Frankston, Victoria, Australia [15]
Daughter of George Thomas BENTICK and Sarah Jane ROY [15]
By September 1914 she was living in Three Springs, Western Australia [10: 29-Sep-1914]
Won seven of the eight card games at the Euchre Party & Dance held in Three Springs in early September 1914 [10: 29-Sep-1914]
Barmaid at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1915 [50]
Married David TODD in Perth in August 1915 [10: 13-Aug-1915] [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1915-1933, where her husband worked as a Blacksmith [5: 25-Aug-1933] [19]
When her husband's brother Andrew TODD left Three Springs she purchased his share in their blacksmithing business [154]
Wore a white voile dress and silver band in her hair to the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 19 July 1916 [39: 31-Jul-1916]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the funeral of "Father of Carnamah" Donald MACPHERSON at the Winchester Cemetery on 14 August 1931 [4: 22-Aug-1931]
Attended the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 8 June 1933 in a dress of black silk marocain [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Attended the Card Party held in Three Springs at the home of Mr and Mrs A. E. SAGGERS on Monday 7 August 1933 [5: 11-Aug-1933]
In 1933 shifted with her husband from Three Springs to Coorow, where he continued to work as a Blacksmith [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Later gave her share in their blacksmithing business to her son, following which her husband and son traded as "D. Todd & Son" [154]
After spending a holiday in Perth she returned to Coorow during the last week of January 1937 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Mother of David, Jessie and Olive [154]
Edward BERLIN
Railway Repairer in Arrino in 1905 [6]
Annette BERNET
Teacher at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs in 1961 and 1962 [19]
"Claire" Clara Veronica BERRIGAN
Born 13 September 1902 in Bulong, Western Australia [98]
Daughter of "Tom" Thomas Joseph BERRIGAN and Johanna Catherine KEYS [15]
Resided with her parents in Bulong WA and then at Leonora WA where her father worked as a miner [P134]
Later resided with her parents in Three Springs for 16 years before shifting with them to Carnamah [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Red Cross Society Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Wednesday 22 November 1916 [10: 5-Dec-1916]
During the evening herself, her sisters, Annie BYRNE and the Misses THOMAS sang the song "Australia Will Be There" [10]
Student at the Three Spring State School until 1916; enrolled at the new Convent School in Three Springs on 30 January 1917 [98]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs 1917-1919; left school at the end of 1919 [98]
Winner for the Girls with 2087 votes of the Popular Girl & Boy Competition conducted in Three Springs in 1917 [10: 2-Nov-1917]
Performed the song and dance "Killarney" at the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert on 20 November 1918 [10: 29-Nov-1918]
Also performed in the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert held in Three Springs on Monday 8 December 1919 [9: 12-Dec-1919]
Shifted with her parents from Three Springs to Carnamah in mid 1927 [--]
Resided with her parents at 14 Boojerabba Street, Carnamah in 1927 and 1928 [--]
Married Alexander John Fairfield BROWN on 28 August 1928 at the Carnamah Hall [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Wore a Parisian model dress of white ivory georgette, trimmed with tissue and ornamented with silver beads and rhinestones [4]
Her bridesmaids were her sister Eileen Annie BERRIGAN and Alexander's sister Miss Una BROWN [4: 8-Sep-1928]
The wedding ceremony, reception and toasts were followed by a dance in the Carnamah Town Hall [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Included in those present at her wedding were Charles and Maggie KROSCHEL, Arthur MORTIMER, [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Oswald and Mary SOWERBY, Mrs Elizabeth IRONSIDE, Miss Ena BOOR, Bert and Gladys MORTIMER, [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Ned and Maggie WELLS, Lou and Ettie PARKER, Kim HOLMES, Jack and Annie LYNCH, and Mr and Mrs COLPITTS [4]
A large number of guests had been invited to their wedding dance, from Winchester, Carnamah, Inering and Three Springs [4: 8-Sep-1928]
At the conclusion of their wedding dance herself and Alexander left Carnamah by train en route to Esperance [4: 8-Sep-1928]
After their honeymoon proceeded to her new home on 17 September 1928, visiting her parents in Carnamah on the way [4: 22-Sep-1928]
Attended the Card Evening held at the home of her parents in Carnamah on Thursaday 12 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Along with her daughter spent a holiday in Carnamah staying with her parents in September 1932 [5: 2-Sep-1932]
Resided in Gingin in 1934 and 1935 [5: 8-Jun-1934, 26-Jul-1935]
Along with her husband and children arrived in Carnamah for a holiday on 7 June 1934 and left on 21 June 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934, 22-Jun-1934]
Herself, her husband and their daughter spent a holiday staying with her parents in Carnamah in July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
Represented the Carnamah Golf Club in the competitions against the Three Springs Golf Club on 28 July 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
Following her husband's transfer they shifted from Muchea to Three Springs in March 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs where he was the local Railway Stationmaster 1937-1946 [4] [6] [19]
Her sister Eileen A. BERRIGAN of the Perth suburb of Maylands spent a week with them in Three Springs in June 1937 [5: 4-Jun-1937]
Member of the committee that organised the very successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Won 1st prize of 10 charity tickets in a Three Springs Parents & Citizens Association raffle in mid 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1937 and later served Captain and Secretary [4: 10-Aug-1946] [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Ran the Fancy Stall at the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert in Three Springs on Friday 20 August 1937 [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Herself and her husband were tendered a Farewell Dance at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Saturday 3 August 1946 [4]
Rev. Father GALLAGHER spoke of how she had "always been a very valuable helper in all Church activities" [4]
It was remarked she would be greatly missed by the townspeople of Three Springs and the students of the Dominican Convent [4]
During the evening she was presented with a golf bag from the associates of the Three Springs Golf Club [4: 10-Aug-1946]
Left Three Springs in August 1946 following her husband's transfer to Mingenew [4: 10-Aug-1946]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Swan View [2]
Died 18 November 1978; buried Midland Cemetery, Midland WA (Roman Catholic, F, 61) [2]
"Lily" Lilian BERRIGAN
Born 31 October 1900 in Bulong, Western Australia [15] [41]
Daughter of "Tom" Thomas Joseph BERRIGAN and Johanna Catherine KEYS [15]
Resided with her parents in Bulong WA and then at Leonora WA where her father worked as a miner [P134]
Resided with her parents and later with her husband in Three Springs [P134]
Along with three others sang "On the Mississippi" and "Mary" at the Concert & Dance in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Sang "Playmates" at the concert held in Three Springs in aid of Red Cross funds on Friday 15 January 1915 [10: 22-Jan-1915]
Along with two other young ladies sang "Who's That a Calling?" at a Concert held in Three Springs on 26 February 1915 [10: 5-Mar-1915]
Sang a song at the Westralia Red Cross Day Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Friday 30 July 1915 [10: 6-Aug-1915]
She was out driving in a horse and sulky with her 12 month old brother Tom and four year old Ted DUFFY on 17 January 1916 [10]
The bretches broke causing the horse to violently swerve resulting in her receiving bad cuts to the face hands and knees [10]
Fortunately her young brother and Ted DUFFY escaped unharmed, only suffering shock [10: 21-Jan-1916]
Attended as "The Allies" the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 19 July 1916 in aid of the Red Cross Society [39: 31-Jul-1916]
Attended the Red Cross Society Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Wednesday 22 November 1916 [10: 5-Dec-1916]
She opened the evening with the song "Keep the Home Fire Burning" and later on sang "Australia will be There" [10]
Student at the Three Springs State School until 1916 [98]
She was the first student to be enrolled at the new Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 30 January 1917 [98]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs in 1917 and 1918 [98]
After leaving school she entered the service of the Education Department on 1 May 1918 [41]
Probationary Teacher at the Three Springs State School from 1 May 1918 until resigning on 31 August 1922 [41]
Received an annual salary of £30 in 1918, £38 in 1919, £45 in 1920, and £50 in 1921 and 1922 [41]
When she enrolled to vote she gave her occupation as "schoolmistress" [50]
After she left her younger sister Eileen A. BERRIGAN was the Probationary Teacher at the Three Springs State School [73]
At the Red Cross Gala Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 23 May 1918 she sang the song "Thoughts of Eventide" [10: 31-May-1918]
Came 2nd in the Single Ladies Race at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Performed the song and dance "Killarney" at the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert on 20 November 1918 [10: 29-Nov-1918]
Attended the Three Springs Annual Picnic meeting on 25 September 1919; received third prize for the best lady dancer [9: 3 & 10-Oct-1919]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1919 [10: 27-Jun-1919]
Attended and sang a song at the Welcome Home for James FARLEY held in Coorow on Thursday 10 July 1919 [10: 18-Jul-1919]
Came 2nd in the Single Ladies Running Race at the Peace Celebrations held in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Sang "A Little Bit of Heaven" at the Dominican Convent's Annual Concert in Three Springs on 8 December 1919 [9: 12-Dec-1919]
Entrant in the Popular Girl Competition conducted by the Carnamah Hall Committee in 1920 [10: 10-Sep-1920]
Through her involvement in the competition helped raise money to go towards the Carnamah Hall's building fund [10]
She later withdrew from the competition, however still managed to come in at fifth place with 2,520 votes [10: 1-Apr-1921]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE at the Three Springs Hall on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Her Coming of Age was celebrated at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday evening 28 October 1921 [10]
The party was hosted by her parents who had invited a large number of guests, who indulged in dancing until the early hours [10]
She received a large collection of useful and ornamental presents in addition to a number of cheques [10: 18-Nov-1921]
Came 2nd in the Single Ladies Race at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Married "Richard" / "Dick" William Richard HARRIS in 1922 [66]
Resided in Three Springs with her husband for at least the years 1923-1933 [19]
Their daughter Gwendoline was baptised at Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Three Springs on 12 August 1923 [91]
The nominated sponsors or Godparents for her daughter were her father Thomas Joseph BERRIGAN and her sister Clara [91]
Herself and her husband conducted the stalls at the Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations in Three Springs on 15 March 1923 [9: 13-Apr-1923]
Proprietor of the "Three Springs Tea Rooms" in Three Springs 1928- [4: 20-Oct-1928]
At her tearooms she sold afternoon teas, cold luncheons, suppers, hot pies, coffee, confectionary, cool drinks, fruit and veg [4]
Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church Committee in 1925 [124]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928 [124]
Herself and Mrs Elsie SAGGERS ran the luncheon at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1928 [124]
Attended the wedding of her sister Clara to Alexander J. F. BROWN at the Carnamah Hall on Tuesday 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Attended the Annual Ball after the Three Springs Show in 1930 wearing black silk lace with a trial of scarlet silk peas [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Attended the Carnamah Grand Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 28 July 1932 in a gown of black georgette and lace [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 15 September 1932 in a gown of blue georgette [5: 23-Sep-1932]
On 22 September 1932 attended the Grand Ball following the Three Springs Show in frock of black georgette and lace [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Member of the North Midlands District Hospital Appeal Committee in 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
Attended the Bridge, Euchre Party and Dance held at the Three Springs Hall on Saturday 3 June 1933 [5: 9-Jun-1933]
Herself and Mrs Margaret CARMODY organised the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball held in Three Springs on 8 June 1933 [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1933 [5: 23-Jun-1933]
Attended the Anglican Church Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 20 July 1933 in a dress of eau de nil georgette [4: 29-Jul-1933]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
The ladies present, including herself, ran after the first ball hit on the new course and she was the lucky one who got to it first [5]
Attended the Card Party held in Three Springs at the home of Mr and Mrs A. E. SAGGERS on Monday 7 August 1933 [5: 11-Aug-1933]
Attended the Ball following the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in a dress of eau-de-nil georgette [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 20-Oct-1933, 16-Mar-1934]
In her eau-de-nil georgette dress attended the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball on Thursday 12 October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Member of the committee that organised the Three Springs Bush Fire Brigade's Fundraising Ball on 20 November 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Herself and her husband were bid farewell at a function at the Three Springs Hall on Monday 12 March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
After 25 years in the district they left Three Springs in March 1934 and shifted to Perth [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Premiership Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 in a dress of floral silk marocain [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Herself and her husband were living in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction in 1941, when he enlisted in the Australian Army [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Guildford [2]
Died 29 March 1974; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Roman Catholic, I, 2) [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 20 October 1928:
"New Tea Rooms - The new tea rooms opened at Three Springs by Mrs. R. Harris should prove a boon to travellers arriving at Three Springs after the usual time for serving meals at the hotel. Mrs. Harris intends to keep a cold collation always available, and in addition will make a specialty of hot pies, so that travellers may always be sure of getting a meal if delayed on the road by puncture, mechanical trouble or late trains. Fresh fruit and vegetables, cool drinks and dainty confectionary will also be supplied."
"May" Margaret May BERRIGAN
Born 1898 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Tom" Thomas Joseph BERRIGAN and Johanna Catherine KEYS [15]
Resided with her parents in the goldfields districts of Bulong and Leonora, and then in Three Springs [P134]
Travelled from Three Springs to Perth during April 1915 for treatment to what turned out to be a serious eye condition [10: 15-Apr-1915]
Returned to Three Springs in early May 1915 with improved eyesight, glasses and perfect vision expected over time [10: 11-May-1915]
In November 1915, while recovering from a bad attack of influenza, she suffered a dizzy spell and dropped a pot of boiling tea [10]
The contents of the pot went over her and scalded her so badly she was confined to her bed for at least three weeks [10: 19-Nov-1915]
Attended as a "Gleaner" the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 19 July 1916 in aid of the Red Cross Society [39: 31-Jul-1916]
Attended the Red Cross Society Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Wednesday 22 November 1916 [10: 5-Dec-1916]
During the evening herself, her sisters, Annie BYRNE and the Misses THOMAS sang the song "Australia Will Be There" [10]
Attended and played the piano at the Welcome Home for James FARLEY held in Coorow on Thursday 10 July 1919 [10: 18-Jul-1919]
Her "Coming of Age" / 21st Birthday was celebrated at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [10]
The celebration was hosted by her parents and up until that date was one of the brightest and biggest socials ever held in TS [10]
The evening consisted of dancing, songs and speeches and the Hall was taxed to accommodate the large number of people [10]
She received a fine display of presents and a number of cheques that amounted to a substantial sum of money [10: 19-Sep-1919]
Married Frank Ashmore BYRNE in 1920 [66]
Attended the wedding of her sister Clara to Alexander J. F. BROWN at the Carnamah Hall on Tuesday 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
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]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Guildford [2]
Died 17 May 1975; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZE, 332) [2]
From The Midlands Advertiser newspaper, Friday 13 February 1920:
"The engagement is announced between Miss May Berrigan, eldest daughter of Mr Tom Berrigan, Three Springs to Mr Frank Byrne, second son of Mr E. K. Byrne, J.P., of Three Springs."
Gerard Jude BERRY
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1953-1956 [19]
Mrs Aida Ciommei BERTOLOTTI
Resided in Three Springs 1941-1952 [19]
Eligio Giovanne Battiste BERTOLOTTI
Born 24 June 1901 in Carpeneto, Italy [22]
Departed Genoa, Italy on the Viminale and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 February 1932 [63]
Sharefarmer in Arrino, Western Australia 1934-1940 [6] [19]
Himself and his brother share-farmed part of Mrs Elizabeth J. SMITH's Woopenatty Station in Arrino [P2]
Farmer in Three Springs 1941-1952 [19]
Financial Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1946 and 1947 [262]
Farmer in Carnamah in 1948 [22], presumably with his brother who was leasing George CATTO's farm on the Inering Estate [--]
"Guiseppe" Pietro Guiseppe BERTOLOTTI
Born 29 January 1895 in Carpeneto, Italy [22]
Departed Genoa, Italy on the Caprera and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 14 November 1925 [70]
In 1928 did contract clearing on Frank F. WEAVER's Woopenatty Station in Arrino, for which he was paid £33.1.0 [144]
Sharefarmer in Arrino, Western Australia 1934-1940 [6] [19]
Himself and his brother Joe share-farmed Mrs Elizabeth J. SMITH's Woopenatty Station in Arrino [P2]
His wife, who had remained in Italy, came out to Western Australia and joined him in Arrino [P2]
In 1941 began leasing George CATTO's farm on the Inering Estate in Carnamah [0: images 04002 & 04236]
Farmer in Carnamah until at least 1948 [22]
Married Ethel ROPER in 1948 [66]
Died September 1970; buried at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton WA
"Colin" Ernest Colston BETTY
Born 15 May 1916 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Resided in Three Springs for a few years, during which time he worked for the Three Springs Road Board [P2]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1934-35 [4: 15-Dec-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 12-Jun-1936]
Attended the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Wrote to the Three Springs Road Board in mid 1936 requesting they hold a meeting of ratepayers and district politicians [5: 10-Jul-1936]
The meeting he requested was to test the public feeling on the "Agenda" Party on the principals of Professor MURDOCH [5]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Himself and James J. HOUSE were joint auditors for the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936-37 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Married Ava Netta WILTON in Perth in 1937 [66]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 19 July 1942 [16]
Flying Officer 427495 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 9 Aircrew Holding Unit during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 4 January 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Wembley [2]
Died 26 February 2006; ashes interred Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Banksia Court, Memorial Garden, G4C, 1) [2]
Eileen Gladys BEVAN
Born 1898 in Prahan, Victoria, Australia [54]
Daughter of George BEVAN and Louise MOORE [54]
Married Henry Howard KENT in Perth in 1923 [66]
Resided with her husband and children in Mingenew, Western Australia 1933-1939 [5: 30-Oct-1936] [6] [50]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club in 1936 [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of North Perth [2]
Died 26 April 1994; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (RC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 2, 17) [2]
"Wilfred" Arthur Wilfred Newman BEVEN
Born C.1880 [24]
Labourer in Three Springs and then in Arrino 1927-1941 [19]
At one time worked as a farmhand for Nathaniel MCKENZIE on Bonnie Vale Farm in Three Springs [50]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Represented the Three Springs Cricket Club at meetings of the North Midlands Cricket Association in 1930 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
In 1931 he was working as a farmhand for Frederick E. S. JAMES on Coodawa Farm in Three Springs [50]
Won 1st prize for Beetroot in the Vegetable section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1934-35 [5: 22-Feb-1935]
Resided in Mingenew in 1942 [24]
Died 26 August 1942 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 48) [24]
Lillian Georgina BEWICK
Born C.1902 [2]
Married Kenneth Joseph Anslow TRUMAN in 1924 [66]
Resided in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Died 20 January 1989; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium N, Garden of Remembrance, 8, 60) [2]
Mrs Dorothy Helen BIBBY
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Frederick William BIBBY
Fireman in Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]
Raymond Arthur BIBBY
Born C.1963 [2]
Resided of late in Three Springs [2]
Died 23 April 1963; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZA, 70) [2]
Mrs Ivy Ada BICKELL
Wife of Thomas Kinsman BICKELL; see Ivy Ada MOTTRAM
"Cliff" Clifford Kinsman BICKELL
Born 10 June 1922 in Three Springs, Western Australia [16]
Son of Thomas Kinsman BICKELL and Ivy Ada MOTTRAM [16]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs 1922-1935, where his father was the local butcher [19]
Student at the Three Springs State School until 1929 and then at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Himself and his brother Jack attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in TS on 6 December 1929 as "Mr & Mrs Boose" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Along with his parents shifted from Three Springs to Yandanooka in January 1935 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in Yandanooka on 1 October 1941 [16]
Gunner W20363 in the Australian Army's 29 Garrison Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 4 August 1942 [16]
Farmhand in Yandanooka from 1947 until at least 1980 [19]
Married Helen Mary BROWN in 1948 [66]
"Geoff" Geoffrey Kinsman BICKELL
Born 25 July 1923 in Three Springs, Western Australia [16]
Son of Thomas Kinsman BICKELL and Ivy Ada MOTTRAM [16]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs 1923-1935, where his father was the local butcher [19]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 as a "Swaggie" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Along with his parents shifted from Three Springs to Yandanooka in January 1935 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Resided in Yandanooka until 22 July 1942 when he enlisted in the Australian Army [16]
Sapper WX25442 in the Australian Army's 18 Field Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 28 June 1946 [16] and returned to Yandanooka [4: 25-Jan-1947]
Himself and his parents were bid farewell at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka on Tuesday 21 January 1947 [4: 25-Jan-1947]
Along with his parents left Yandanooka and shifted to Cranbrook in January 1947 [4: 25-Jan-1947]
Died August 1975; buried Cranbrook Cemetery, Cranbrook WA [263]
"Jack" John Kinsman BICKELL
Born 14 January 1921 in Moora, Western Australia [98]
Son of Thomas Kinsman BICKELL and Ivy Ada MOTTRAM [98]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs 1921-1935, where his father was the local butcher [19]
Won a half sovereign in a raffle at the Hospital Ball in the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 5 April 1923 [9: 27-Apr-1923]
Student at the Three Springs State School until September 1929 and then at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Himself and his brother Cliff attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in TS on 6 December 1929 as "Mr & Mrs Boose" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Awarded 1st prize for Pony Hack in the Ring Events of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 21 December 1933 dressed as a "Bottle Cover" [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Won 1st prize for Writing and Handwork and a 2nd for Woodwork at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Along with his parents shifted from Three Springs to Yandanooka in January 1935 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Won the 16 years and under Boys Handicap Bicycle Race at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1937 [5: 18-Jul-1937, 13-Aug-1937]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Bassendean prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 22 April 1940 [16]
Sergeant 16246 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 4 Aircraft Depot during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 23 November 1945 [16]
"King" Thomas Kinsman BICKELL
Born 1894 in Devonshire, England [20] [30]
Son of Thomas Kinsman BICKELL [30]
Butcher in Perth, Western Australia in 1916 [94]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 11 April 1916 [94]
Embarked Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. Clan Macgillivray on 18 September 1916 [94]
Private 6232 in the Australian Imperial Force's 11th Battalion during the First World War [94]
Departed Plymouth, England on the steamship Benalla and arrived back in Fremantle, Western Australia on 17 October 1917 [70]
Butcher in Three Springs 1919-1935 [6] [19]
Initially conducted the butcher's in partnership with Robert W. BYRNE as "Byrne & Bickell" [9]
By July 1919 he was the sole proprietor, stocking the choicest meat and promptly delivering meat by rail or road [9: 27-Jun-1919]
Advertised his business on a weekly basis in The Midlands Advertiser newspaper [9: 3-Oct-1919, 23-Mar-1923]
"All Meat of First-Class Quality; Orders Delivered Anywhere; Cleanliness our Motto; Civility and Attention" [9: 15-Sep-1922]
Also a Farmer in Three Springs [44]
By 1923 he had purchased Lot 18 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area, which was 444 acres in size [44]
Rendered "I 'aven't seen the Kaiser for a 'ell of a time" at the Soldiers Reunion in Three Springs on 13 November 1918 [10: 22-Nov-1918]
Local newspaper correspondent Frederick E. S. JAMES referred to him in his Three Springs Notes as "King Bickell" [10: 24-Jan-1919]
Married Ivy Ada MOTTRAM in 1919 [66]
Won the 120 yards Sheffield Handicap race at the Peace Celebrations held in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Came 2nd in the Victoria Cross Race (for returned soldiers) at the Three Springs Day held on 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Steward at the Three Springs Race Club's Annual Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Thursday 4 March 1920 [10: 30-Jan-1920]
Vice President of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Wednesday 17 March 1920 [124]
Steward at the Three Springs Picnic Races held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1920 and 1921 [9: 5-Mar-1920, 11-Mar-1921] [124]
Came 2nd in Tilting the Bucket in the ring events at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1921 1928 [124]
Won 2nd prize for Sheaves of Wheat for Grain at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Exhibited in the Poultry and Swine sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 21 September 1933 [5]
Received 1st prizes for female Bronzewing Turkey and Berkshire Boar and received 2nd prize for Three Porkers [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Won 1st prizes for Yorkshire Boar and Yorkshire Sow and 2nd for Dorset Horn Ram at the TS Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Himself and his wife were tendered a Valedictory Evening at the Three Springs Hall on Monday 21 January 1935 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Appears to have sold his 444 acre Lot 18 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs to James K. HEBITON Jnr [61]
After 18 years left Three Springs in January 1935 to take over a farm in Yandanooka previously run by W. MCAULIFFE [5]
Farmer in Yandanooka 1935-1947 [4: 25-Jan-1947]
His farm in Yandanooka consisted of Lots 16, 17, 18 and 19 of the Yandanooka Estate [61]
Attended the North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Three Springs on Saturday evening 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Attended the Fifth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Dongara on Saturday evening 24 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Himself and his wife were bid farewell at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka on Tuesday 21 January 1947 [4: 25-Jan-1947]
Left Yandanooka in January 1947 and shifted to Cranbrook where he followed farming pursuits [4: 25-Jan-1947]
Father of John, Clifford and Geoffrey [16]
Mrs Gwen BICKERS
Resided in Three Springs 1948-1962 and on Victoria Location 10260 in Eneabba 1964-1970 [19]
James Francis BICKERS
Born 9 September 1923 in Perenjori, Western Australia [16]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Perth on 20 May 1944 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 442150 in the R.A.A.F. 4 Airfield Construction Squadron during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 12 September 1945 [16]
Farmhand in Carnamah 1948-1953 [19]
Truck Driver in Three Springs 1956-1962 [19]
Farmer of Victoria Location 10260 in Eneabba for at least the years 1964-1970 [19]
George Harding BICKFORD
Born 10 June 1877 in Glenelg, South Australia [55]
Son of John Pepperell BICKFORD and Frances RODGERS [55]
Married (1) Kate Augusta COLE in 1907 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Arrived in Three Springs in October 1929 to succeed L. L. TURNLEY, who had resigned, as local Road Board Secretary [4: 19-Oct-1929]
He was welcomed to Three Springs at the monthly meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on 21 October 1929 [4: 26-Oct-1929]
Secretary of the Three Springs Road Board for over 17 years, from 1929 to 1947 [4] [6] [19]
The Three Springs Road Board a resumed a townsite block and had a house built for him at a cost of not more than £500 [4: 26-Oct-1929]
Himself and his wife had moved into the house by March 1930, which was situated near the Agricultural Hall in TS [4: 8-Mar-1930]
Their home was a big house in Hall Street in the Three Springs townsite [P42]
In 1930 he was admitted as a Fellow of the Council of the British Association of Secretaries (F.B.A.S.) [4: 13-Sep-1930]
Costume Judge at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Road Board's Revision Court in 1930 [4: 8-Mar-1930]
Along with his wife left Three Springs for Busselton on 17 December 1930, where they holidayed for his annual leave [4: 20-Dec-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 Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Himself and his wife attended the Husbands Evening at the Three Springs Hall on Saturday 10 December 1932 [4: 17-Dec-1932]
On 9 February 1933 attended the meeting in Carnamah at which Federal Member A. E. GREEN, M.H.R. was entertained [5: 17-Feb-1933]
Along with his wife spent his annual months holiday of December 1933 in Busselton and Perth [5: 15-Dec-1933]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 12 January 1934 [96]
In 1934 the British Association of Secretaries, of which he was a member, was incorporated with the British Institute of Secretaries [5]
The incorporation meant he was entitled to put F.B.I.S. after his name, in place of the former F.B.A.S. [5: 2-Nov-1934]
After annual leave he returned to Three Springs on Saturday 12 January 1935 [5: 11-Jan-1935]
Attended the Annual Ratepayers' Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board at 3 p.m. on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Organised the Three Springs Road Board's King George V Jubilee Celebrations held on Friday 24 May 1935 [5: 14-Jun-1935]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Edward James DUFFY on 1 June 1935 at the Three Springs Cemetery [4: 8-Jun-1935]
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]
Stage Manager of the Annual Concert in aid of the Dominican Nuns held in Three Springs on Thursday 15 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Himself and William J. TURNER motored to Perth on 3 August 1936 to attend the Annual Road Board Conference [5: 7 & 14-Aug-1936]
Attended the demonstration of the 1936 Massey Harris 25-40 tractor on James K. HEBITON's farm on 22 August 1936 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
In 1937 he was also the local Health Officer for seeing that the Health and Licensing Acts were followed [5: 25-Mar-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]
Marshall of the novelty parade to the Official Opening of the Nurse's Quarters in Three Springs on Friday 27 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Helped arrange the Valedictory for Minnie WATSON & Arthur MORTIMER held in Three Springs on 15 February 1938 [4: 19-Feb-1938]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Married (2) Irene Isabelle HAMILTON in 1943 [66]
Resigned as Secretary of the Three Springs Road Board in May 1947, and was succeeded by Edgar L. MARTIN [4: 7-Jun-1947]
Himself and his wife left Three Springs on Saturday 31 May 1947 [4: 7-Jun-1947]
After leaving Three Springs they spent a few days in Perth and then flew to Carnarvon where they had purchased a business [4]
Mrs Irene Isabelle BICKFORD
Second wife of George Harding BICKFORD; see Irene Isabelle HAMILTON
Mrs Kate Augusta BICKFORD
First wife of George Harding BICKFORD; see Kate Augusta COLE
Master BIGNELL
Attended and almost won the Gents Prize at the Euchre Party & Dance held in Three Springs on Friday 8 October 1915 [10: 12-Oct-1915]
Mrs Ella May BIGNELL
Wife of Wilfred Glen BIGNELL; see Ella May PETTIT
H. BIGNELL
Won the Throwing at Wicket at the annual "Three Springs Day" held on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Leah BIGNELL
Born C.1865 [6]
Married Reuben CARTER in 1893 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia [32]
Settled with her husband and son Bert on prospective farmland in Three Springs, Western Australia in 1906 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Resided in Three Springs from 1906 to 1928 [4] [19] [120]
Helped with the supper at Charlie and Winifred THOMAS' social at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 30 July 1910 [9: 12-Aug-1910]
Donated poultry to be sold at a Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs in aid of the Red Cross on 30 July 1915 [10: 6-Aug-1915]
During the evening she purchased a donated bag of wheat for 20/- and then donated it back so it could be sold again [10: 6-Aug-1915]
Herself and Mrs Maude JAMES judged the Bread, Butter and Eggs at the "Three Springs Day" on 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1919 [9: 27-Jun-1919] [10: 27-Jun-1919]
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 Eggs at the annual picnic and show, the Three Springs Day, held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Ran the Cool Drink & Sweets Stall at the Hospital Ball at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 5 April 1923 [9: 27-Apr-1923]
Herself and her husband spent an extended holiday in Perth in January 1928 [4: 14-Jan-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Exhibited in Dairy Produce and Confectionary sections, winning 1st for Duck Eggs and Candied Peel and 2nd for Rainbow Cake [4]
Resided with her husband in retirement in Perth, however appears to have returned to Three Springs after his death in 1943 [2]
Resident of Three Springs at the time of her death in 1946 [2]
Died 30 September 1946; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, HA, 545) [6]
Wilfred Glen BIGNELL
Born 1909 [15]
Married Ella May PETTIT in 1940 [66]
Branch Manager and Salesman in Three Springs 1947-1962 [19] [84]
Representative in Three Springs for Goldsbrough Mort & Company [P300]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Melville [2]
Father of Janice [P300]
Died 28 June 1970; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 14, 238) [2]
Francis BINGHAM
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1910-1916 [19]
William John BINKS
Fencer in Three Springs in 1912 and 1913 [50]
Contractor in Three Springs in 1913 and 1914 [50]
Sidney Alfred Benbow BIRD
Farmhand for Murray M. WILSON on Neereno Farm in Three Springs in 1931 [50]
Labourer in Three Springs 1932-1935 [19]
Dorothy BISHOP
Married Colin Charles Cockerill SMITH in 1933 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Three Springs 1933-1939 [19]
Attended the R.S.L. Ball held at the Three Springs Hall on 1 September 1933 in a eau de nil chenille georgette dress [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Attended the Show Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in green embossed georgette [5: 29-Sep-1933]
In a dress of black velvet attended the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball on Thursday 12 October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Towards the end of February 1934 travelled from Three Springs to Northam to spend a holiday with her brother-in-law [5: 23-Feb-1934]
Organiser of the Ball held at the There Springs Hall after the Wheatgrowers Union's Picnic & Sports Day on 25 June 1934 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1934-35 [5: 8-Mar-1935]
Sang at the Valedictory Evening to Jack HODKKISS and the BICKELL family in Three Springs on 21 January 1935 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Sang two songs at the afternoon tea given to the C.W.A. State President in Three Springs on Tuesday 5 February 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 7-Jun-1935, 1-May-1936, 18-Jun-1937]
Attended the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball at the Three Springs Hall on Wednesday 2 October 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Costume Judge at the Three Springs Anglican Church's annual Children's Fancy Dress Ball on Friday 6 December 1935 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Sang a song at the Surprise Afternoon Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on 10 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Left Fremantle by steamship on a visit to the Eastern States on Tuesday 16 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Attended the Official Opening of the new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 dressed in floral georgette [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Wore a pink floral ensemble to the Annual Catholic Ball at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka on Thursday 24 June 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Sang a song at the farewell to William M. and Margaret K. CARMODY in Three Springs on Monday 12 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
She was a beautiful singer and often sang a song or two at local dances and concerts held in Three Springs [P2]
"Fred" Frederick BISHOP
Born 1869 in Victoria Plains, Western Australia [15]
Son of George BISHOP and Mary RYAN [15]
Kangaroo Hunter in Dongara in 1909 and 1910 [50]
Grazier in Dongara 1912-1931 [50]
Farmer and Grazier in Arrino 1933-1945 [6] [19] [24]
Won 2nd prize for Clydesdale Stallion in the Horse section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
In 1934-35 was the owner of the aged draught stallion registered under the name of Punch [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Advertised "Found" in February 1937 an aged brown gelding with white speckles along its back, and with JKY and 36K brands [5]
He had found the horse in a paddock at Eneabba belonging to Albert F. BOWTELL of Cintra Farm in Arrino [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Died 18 July 1945 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 42) [24]
Mary Ann BISHOP
Born 1867 in New Norcia, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of George BISHOP and Margaret RYAN [15]
Married (1) James STRAHAN in 1889 in Newcastle, Western Australia [15]
Her husband James passed away at the age of 33 years in Newcastle in 1899 [15]
Married (2) George COUSINS in 1905 [66]
Resided with her children in Walkaway prior to shifting with them to Arrino [P2]
In 1909 owned and resided at Lot 10 in the Arrino townsite, and from 1910 onwards was a Farmer in Arrino [19] [44]
Her farm was the 160 acre Victoria Location 2471 about four miles south of Arrino [P2] [44]
Farmer in Arrino 1910-1935 [5: 15-Mar-1935] [19]
She was among those who organised the Children's Christmas Tree held in Arrino on Saturday 21 December 1929 [4: 4-Jan-1930]
In December 1929 "Strahan & Cousins" purchased a new Ford truck from Three Springs dealers FORD & KIDSON [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Ball on 25 September 1930 wearing black crepe de chine [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Held a clearing sale on her farm in Arrino at 1:30 p.m. on Monday 25 March 1935 to sell her machinery, livestock and sundries [5]
Machinery sold at her clearing sale included 16/33 Massey-Harris combine, 8 foot Sunshine harvester, 4 disc Sunrise plough, [5]
Fordson tractor, 13 run Massey-Harris drill, 20 tyne Deering cultivator, 9 inch mouth State chaffcutter with two knives, [5]
International horse lorry, steel wheels, horse worked chaffcutter, dray, and a three inch axle [5: 15-Mar-1935]
Continued to reside in Arrino until 1939 [6] [19], during which time her farm was leased and/or share-cropped [P2]
Among those who protested in 1935 against the Three Springs Road Board spending their rates on tennis courts in Arrino [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won a £1 note at the North Midlands District Hospital Appeal's Grand Ball held in Three Springs on 21 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
After selling her farm she held another clearing sale on her farm in 1939 [P2]
Her sale got a bit hectic with "punches flying left, right and centre, fellows knocked to the ground and red dust all over" [P2]
The fight began over a dispute between two young men over a particular lady, and then brothers and others were also involved [P2]
On leaving Arrino she shifted to Moora, where her son Preston was living and working [P2]
Mother of four STRAHAN children by her first husband - Leslie James, Florence May, Preston George and Percival Newton [15] [P2]
Mother of two COUSINS children by her second husband - Lola Ruby Gladys and Walter Leo [P2]
Miss BLACK
Supplier of music at the Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs in aid of Hall funds on Friday 25 June 1915 [10: 2-Jul-1915]
Mrs Clare BLACK
Wife of "Bob" Robert BLACK; see Clare KOCH
Donald Verdun BLACK
Railway Stationmaster in Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]
Mrs Dorothy May BLACK
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
George Thomas BLACK
Born 5 October 1921 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Robert BLACK and Clare KOCH [P2]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs, where his father worked as a labourer and carrier [P2]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 as a "Clown" [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 21 December 1933 as a "Clown" [4: 23-Dec-1933]
Competitor in the Boxing Tournament conducted by the local R.S.L. in Three Springs on Saturday 18 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Resided in Jardee prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 7 January 1942 [16]
Private WX18727 in the Australian Army's Advanced Land Headquarters during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 3 April 1946 [16]
Jean BLACK
Daughter of Robert BLACK and Clare KOCH [P2]
Grew up in Three Springs and later worked at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [P2]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Attended the Grand Ball after the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of lemon georgette [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to her grandmother Mrs Blanche KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Won the treasure hunt at the Social Evening held at the home of Mrs Ivy BICKELL in Three Springs on 23 March 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1934-35 and 1935-36 [5: 8-Mar-1935, 8-Nov-1935]
Herself and another girl left Three Springs and shifted down south [P2]
Mary Maxina BLACK
Daughter of Robert BLACK and Clare KOCH [P2]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs, where her father worked as a labourer and carrier [P2]
Won a 2nd prize for Writing at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Anglican Church's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 27 June 1929 as the "Irwin Index" [4: 6-Jul-1929]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of pink georgette [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to her grandmother Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Herself and Ben DYER were given a surprise party prior to them leaving Three Springs on Friday 26 May 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
They left Three Springs by the midnight train that night and were married in Perth in early June 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
Married (1) "Ben" Benjamin Charles DYER in Perth in 1933 [66]
After their marriage settled on a group settlement block in the Manjimup district [5: 26-May-1933]
Resided on Dunottar Farm in Manjimup [50]
Arrived in Three Springs on Tuesday 5 March 1935 from "the south" for a holiday [5: 8-Mar-1935]
After a few weeks in Three Springs left for Perth by train on Tuesday 2 April 1935, and then proceeded to Manjimup [5: 5-Apr-1935]
She was left with five young children when her husband was killed by an explosion of gelignite in 1939, aged 33 years [293: 24-Aug-1939]
Married (2) Thomas CHRISTIE in 1941 [66]
"Bob" Robert BLACK
Born C.1883 [2]
Farmhand in Perenjori in early 1916, however later that year shifted to Three Springs [19]
Farmhand in Three Springs 1916-1943 [19]
Married Clare KOCH in mid 1916 before going into camp with the Australian Imperial Force [10: 25-Jul-1916]
Also worked in Three Springs as the local Carrier in a T model Ford truck [P2]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Donated £2 to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
By 1922 he owned and was living at a house at Lot 108 in the Three Springs townsite [44]
Presented the Three Springs Anglican Church with fruit and veg at its Harvest Thanksgiving service on 23 March 1930 [4: 29-Mar-1930]
Attended the 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]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club 1933-1935 [5: 8-Sep-1933, 7-Jun-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Ruth Henrietta FOGARTY at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 19 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Won 1st prize for the "Best Calf" in the Cattle section at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Attended the Saint Patrick's Day Picnic and Sports held at the Three Springs Show Ground on Monday 18 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Himself and Mrs Anna ARNDT won the "Old Timer's Waltz" at the Grand Ball in the evening, after the Picnic & Sports [5]
Lent his truck and services to help cart gravel for the backyard of the Three Springs Hospital on Saturday 17 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Competitor in the Billiard Tournament held in Three Springs in May 1936 to raise funds for the Hospital in Three Springs [5: 8-May-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Maylands [2]
Father of Jean, Mary, Robert and George [P2]
Died 29 February 1984; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8, 54) [2]
"Bob" / "Bobbie" Robert Andrew BLACK
Born 18 May 1919 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Robert BLACK and Clare KOCH [P2]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs, where his father worked as a labourer and carrier [P2]
Member of the Three Springs Boy Scouts in 1930 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1935-1937 [5: 24-May-1935, 22-May-1936, 4-Jun-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Competitor in the Boxing Tournament conducted by the local R.S.L. in Three Springs on Saturday 18 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Himself and Ethel M. MCNEILL won the Spot Waltz at the Three Springs Anglican Church's Annual Ball on 25 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Part of the amusing Three Springs male ballet who performed at the Community Concert in Carnamah on 11 August 1937 [5: 13-Aug-1937]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1941 and 1942 [16]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 20 June 1942 [16]
Corporal WX28188 in the Australian Army's 16 Australian Infantry Training Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 30 November 1945 [19]
Thelma May BLACK
Maid at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1943 [16]
William A. BLACK
Grazier in Kalgoorlie in 1909 [44]
Stock Dealer in Three Springs 1910-1914 [44]
Purchased 11 blocks on the east side of the Three Springs townsite from the Midland Railway Company on 18 June 1909 [27]
The 11 townsite blocks were Lots 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 of Victoria Location 2022 [27]
By 1913 he had a residence on one of his townsite blocks in Three Springs [44]
John BLACKBURN
Barman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1956-1958 [19]
Edwin BLACKWOOD
Contractor in Arrino 1911-1914 [19]
John Irwin BLAKE
Mechanic in Three Springs 1956-1958 [19]
Mrs Lily Jane BLAKISTON
Wife of Reuben James BLAKISTON; see Lily Jane BUNTER
"Keith" Reuben Keith BLAKISTON
Born 3 January 1921 in Geraldton, Western Australia [16]
Son of Reuben James BLAKISTON and Lily Jane BUNTER [16] [66]
Resided with his parents in Yandanooka [50]
Resided in Three Springs prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 13 July 1942 [16]
A Social & Dance was held in Three Springs in honour of himself and five other local soldiers on Monday 20 September 1943 [4]
He was unable to attend the Social & Dance, however received a cheque for £3 from the Younger Set of the C.W.A. [4: 25-Sep-1943]
Private WX28310 in the Australian Army's 4 Australian Ordnance Vehicle Park during the Second World [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 7 December 1945 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Guildford [2]
Died 7 July 2006; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Sir T. Meagher Gardens, Lawn 5C, Ground Niche, X, 15) [2]
Reuben James BLAKISTON
Born 1890 in Upper Swan, Western Australia [15]
Son of Frederick BLAKISTON and Jane WALDOCK
Married Lily Jane BUNTER in 1919 [66]
Labourer in Yandanooka in 1921 [19]
Station Manager in Yandanooka 1922-1936 [19] [50] [61]
Passed away at the age of 45 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [5: 19-Jun-1936] [24]
Died 15 June 1936; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 28) [24]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 19 June 1936:
Obituary - The late Mr. R. J. Blakiston - The death occurred at the Three Springs hospital at 1 p.m. on Monday, June 15 when Mr R. J. Blakiston, of Yandanooka, passed away. Deceased had suffered indifferent health for the past 18 months and had been an inmate of the hospital for about four weeks before his demise. The late Mr Blakiston was about 45 years of age, and had lived a number of years at Yandanooka where he managed the property of Mr Grant of Geraldton. The deceased leaves a wife and four children to mourn their sad loss. The remains were interred in the Three Springs cemetery on Tuesday, the cortege moving from the hospital. The Rev. A. J. Toomey officiated at the grave-side."
Elizabeth BLANEY
Born 1863 in Tibrudden, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of David BLANEY and Rachel OWENS [15]
Married Edgar Major PATTEN in Geraldton in 1878 [15]
Mother of at least nine daughters - Esther Rachel, Elizabeth, Anne, Bertha, Grace Hilda, Gladys Ellen, Harriet, May and Amy [15]
Mother of at least four sons - John Lewis, David Ephraim, Frank Edgar and Roy [15]
In 1921 herself and her husband resided in Three Springs [19]
"Betty" Dorothy B. BLAXILL
Born 11 September 1927 in Katanning, Western Australia [98]
Daughter of John Henry BLAXILL and Vera GIBSON [98]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs, where her father was the local Baker [19] [98]
Began his schooling on 29 May 1933 at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 21 December 1933 dressed as a "Early Victorian" [5: 5-Jan-1934]
One of the best dressed at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 27 November 1936 as "No More Strikes" [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Married Colin W. TAYLOR in 1945 [66]
John Henry BLAXILL
Served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Married Vera GIBSON in 1923 [66]
Baker in Three Springs 1933-1940 [6] [19]
Said to have baked bread that was always of good quality, and railed orders of his bread to nearby places by train [120: 15-Oct-1936]
He was telephone number Three Springs-12 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Arrived back in Three Springs on Tuesday morning 22 November 1933 after a trip to Perth [5: 24-Nov-1933]
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]
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]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Travelled to Perth with Alexander R. G. BARR of Three Springs to attend the Royal Show on Monday 5 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
A rug strapped to luggage on the front of the car suddenly lifted and completely blocked the windscreen on a slight corner [5]
The car left the road, crashed into two large jarrah logs, bounced off the second log and high into the air where it overturned [5]
After completely overturning midair the car landed back on its wheels with its windscreen and all nine windows still intact [5]
The top of the car was dented but its strong steel body was credited with saving the lives of himself and the other passengers [5]
With slight bruises and abrasions himself and the driver were the least injured and walked six miles in the dark to get assistance [5]
The other five passengers, who had head injuries, a broken rib, bruises and abrasions, were taken to hospitals for treatment [5]
Donated a trophy to the Three Springs Cricket Association for their player with the best batting average in 1936-37 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Member of the Three Springs-Arrino Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League - was Auditor in 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Anglican Church Vestry and the North Midlands Anglican Church Vestry in 1937 [5: 4-Jun-1937]
Himself and Reginald WITHERS entertained the North Midlands Anglican Church Vestry at the Carnamah Cafe on 24 May 1937 [5]
Announced in The North Midland Times newspaper on 2 July 1937 that he had taken over the Texaco oil depot in Three Springs [5]
He had stocks ready for immediate delivery of petrol, oil and grease [5: 2 & 16-Jul-1937]
Mrs Vera BLAXILL
Wife of John Henry BLAXILL; see Vera GIBSON
"Jim" James Joseph BLIGH
Farmer in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Julia Mary BLIGH
Resided in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Mrs Margaret Mary BLIGH
Resided in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
"Bert" Albert James Rogers BLIGHT
Born 1900 in Geraldton, Western Australia [15]
Son of Arthur Ernest E. BLIGHT and Mary Jane MULLINS [15]
Farmhand for Archibald BASTIAN on The Oaks Farm in Three Springs in 1922 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1921-22 [10: 3-Feb-1922]
Married Doris Violet VICKERS in Perth in 1927 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 9 January 1969; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 14, 176) [2]
Myria Rogers BLIGHT
Born 1885 in Hay, New South Wales, Australia [32]
Daughter of James Rogers BLIGHT and Elizabeth Hope DODDRELL [15]
Married Archibald BASTIAN on 8 April 1910 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P113]
Resided with her husband on The Oaks Farm in Three Springs from 1910 until their retirement to Perth a few decades later [P113]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Along with her husband and children spent a holiday in a rented house in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe in February 1930 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Wembley [2]
Mother of Edna, Gladys, Joyce, Kevin, Constance, Myra, Naomi, Maybel and Patricia [P112]
Died 6 May 1976; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 9O, 101) [2]
William Robert Alexander BLIGHT
Farmhand in Three Springs in 1922 [50]
"Herman" Ernst Hermann BLOCHWITZ
Born C.1876 [24]
Son of Ernst Hermann BLOCHWITZ and Wilhelmina Christina KRETSCHMAR [24] [P106]
Himself and his sister Anna grew up under the care of their parents in Nelena, Prussia [P106]
Departed Genoa, Italy on the Friedrich der Grosse and arrived in Adelaide, South Australia in 1909 [70]
Shifted to Western Australia, where his sister Anna and brother-in-law Franz L. ARNDT were already living [P106]
For a year during the First World War he worked as a farmhand on his brother-in-law's farm in Three Springs [P106]
That year was probably 1916, when he was listed on the Commonwealth Electoral Roll with an address of Three Springs [50]
Mine Owner in Maninga Marley on the East Murchison goldfields in 1918 [6]
Miner and Mine Owner in Sandstone 1919-1924 [6] [24]
His sister nursed him through an illness at her home in Three Springs, at the end of which he died [P106]
Died 24 January 1924 from pneumonia and cardiac failure; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Unsurveyed) [24]
"Anna" Wilhelmina Anna BLOCHWITZ
Born 10 March 1878 in Nelena, Prussia [P106]
Daughter of Ernst Hermann BLOCHWITZ and Wilhelmina Christina KRETSCHMAR [24] [P106]
Herself and her brother Herman grew up under the care of their parents in Nelena [P106]
Married Franz Louis ARNDT on 23 July 1902 in Crimmitschau, Germany [P106]
Along with her husband arrived in Western Australia on the Damstardt in September 1902 [P106]
Resided with her husband and children for seven years at Lawlers and for one year at Warbrook on the East Murchison goldfields [4]
After purchasing prospective farmland from the Midland Railway Company they moved to Three Springs in 1909 [P106]
Resided with her husband and children on farmland Three Springs [19]
Initially they lived in a hessian and iron humpy on the farm, and later in a weatherboard house [P106]
They sometimes holidayed in Dongara during which time they slept on the back of their truck and cooked in the bush [P2]
She was said to have been a great cook and a beautiful knitter and sewing [P106]
Had a few fruit trees and grew vegetables, the surplus of which she sold for extra money, making £15 in 1915 [152]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of WA in Three Springs on 16 December 1916 [152]
She believed settling on Midland Railway Company land was a bad proposition as the repayments were too high [152]
Won 2nd prize for Plain Scones at the Three Springs Day on Moonlight Farm in Three Springs on 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
At the Three Springs Day held Thursday 25 September 1919 she once again received 2nd prize for Plain Scones [9 & 10: 3-Oct-1919]
Awarded 1st prize for Cakes and 2nd for Scones at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Won both 1st and 2nd prizes for Three Varieties of Cakes at the Three Springs Day on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Helped provide the supper for the Hospital Ball at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 5 April 1923 [9: 27-Apr-1923]
Donated cakes and milk for the Refreshment Stall at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1925 [124]
Attended 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 and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Exhibited in the Show, winning 1st prizes for Cream Puffs, Butter and Radishes, and 2nd prizes for Beetroot and Fruit Cake [4]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of stripped radium silk [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Foundation Member of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association in 1929 [206]
Assisted the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in various ways, and provided food for poorer families [P106]
Provided the milk of milk coffees at balls held in Three Springs (it was skim milk as all the scalded cream had been taken off) [P106]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Donated cakes for the patients of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs for Christmas / New Year of 1929 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Purchased a new Ford sports phaeton car from Carnamah dealer Rupert LAFFAN in February 1930 [4: 1-Mar-1930]
Wrote to the Three Springs Road Board in March 1930 in regards to the deplorable state of the road leading to her farm [4: 15-Mar-1930]
The Three Springs Road Board referred her to the Main Roads Board, as part of the road came under their jurisdiction [4]
In 1931 she sued the Three Springs Road Board for compensation for blocks of land that the Road Board had resumed [4: 15-Aug-1931]
The case went before the Mingenew Court and then the Supreme Court, who awarded her £55 compensation and costs of £32 [4]
Exhibited in the Poultry section of the Fifth Annual Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 22 September 1932 [5]
Won 1st prizes for the Champion Male Bird in Show and male Black Orpington; and a 2nd prize for female Black Orpington [5]
Also received 1st prizes for Diary Butter and a Knitted Article, and a 2nd prize for Fruit Cake [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended and won the prize for bridge at the Bridge and Euchre Party held in Three Springs on Saturday 22 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Won 1st prize for a female Black Orpington in the Poultry section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Also received 1st prize for the Champion Female Bird in Show, presumably for the same female Black Orpington [5]
Her husband passed away at the age of 64 years on 14 August 1934, and was buried at the Three Springs General Cemetery [24]
Following her husband's death she ran a boarding house on Railway Road in the Three Springs townsite [P2] [P42]
From 1937 to 1940 she was listed as the proprietress of a Boarding House and Dairy in Three Springs [6]
She returned to Germany for a holiday, during which she had her mail re-directed from Three Springs to Germany [P42]
Won 1st prizes for Dairy Butter and a female Black Orpington at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Attended the Saint Patrick's Day Picnic and Sports held at the Three Springs Show Ground on Monday 18 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Herself and Robert BLACK Snr won the "Old Timer's Waltz" at the Grand Ball in the evening, after the Picnic & Sports [5]
Won a cushion at the North Midlands District Hospital Ball at the Three Springs Hall on Easter Monday 22 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
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]
Winner of the Art Union conducted at the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 21 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
In March 1937 she called for tenders for the sinking of a dam of 1,000 yards in Three Springs [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Anglican Church Vestry and the North Midlands Anglican Church Vestry in 1937 [5: 4-Jun-1937]
Attired in black crepe de chine at the local wedding of her son Frank and Carolina W. F. WOLTER on 14 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Later left Three Springs to travel overseas, during which time she spent a year in Germany [P16]
Departed London, England on the steamship Orcades and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 11 October 1938 [63]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bicton [2]
Mother of George, Rudolph, Frederick, Frank, Elsie, Dorothy and Charlotte [P106]
Died 12 October 1939; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Anglican, A6, 387) [2]
From the Progress Report of the Royal Commission on the
Agricultural Industries of Western Australia on the Wheat-Growing Portion of the South-West Division of the State:
Saturday 16 December 1916 at Three Springs
"Mrs. WILHELMINA ANNA ARNDT, wife of Franz Louis Arndt, Farmer, Three Springs, sworn and examined:
We came here in 1909. My husband had been working in the firewood trade on the East Murchison. We hold 450 acres of Midland [Railway] Company's land; 200 acres are first class [land] and the rest sandplain. The price is 21s. It is 3½ miles to the railway. We have 190 acres cleared. The whole is fenced. We have on well 85ft. Deep, a two-roomed hessian and iron humpy, and a bough shed. I have five children, three of them are at school. We have no stable and no implement shed. We have all the necessary farming implements and four working horses, a cow, two calves, a colt, and a pony. We had £500 cash when we came here and we had £50 from my brother-in-law. To last March we were clear. We paid all the instalments to the Midland [Railway] Company with the exception of £48 which is due this year.
We have 180 acres under crop, 18 acres was fallowed and it looks no better than the other. It is sandplain. The highest average yield we have had was in 1912, when we got 20 bushels over 100 acres. This year it will go about 15 bushels.
Last year we had rust. We have been pickling our wheat, but have noticed no difference. We put it through a winnower. We have three or four fruit trees, some vegetables, and we made £15 out of the garden last year, but nothing this year. We keep a few pigs for ourselves and poultry. I would not advise anyone to go in for Midland [Railway] Company's land, for rents are too high. The land is not worth the money, and they are very hard people to deal with.
What are the conditions under which you took up the land? We had 15 years to pay the purchase money and 4½ per cent interest. We paid £230 cash down. Dairying would not pay here itself. One year the company made a mistake and demanded 2d. interest for each day after the date of payment was due.
Why did you take up Midland Company land instead of Government land? My husband went to the Lands Department and an official told him that the nearest land he could offer was 40 miles from the railway and school and advised him to get Midland Company land. A sale of Midland land came on, so he got this block. If you got a couple of good prices for wheat, say 3s. 6d. in good seasons, we would make a living without any assistance. We require a doctor or an experienced nurse in this locality. The nearest live at Moora or Dongara. We lost a boy of eight years of age for want of medical attention."
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 20 October 1939:
Obituary - Late Mrs Anna Arndt
"The death of Thursday last of Mrs Anna Wilhelmina Arndt, widow of the late Franz Lewis Arndt, of Three Springs, was the source of widespread regret. The deceased lady, who was 61 years of age, was for some years proprietress of the Springs Hostel and during her sojourn in the district she made many close and lasting friendships. At the time of her demise she was residing with her son (Mr Rudolph Arndt) at Bicton. The funeral took place on Friday afternoon, when the remains were interred in the Church of England portion of the Fremantle cemetery. Three sons, George, Rudolph and Frank and three daughters, Elsie, Dorothy and Lottie are left to mourn their loss. The sympathy of a wide circle of friends goes out to the bereaved relatives."
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 21 October 1939:
Obituary - Late Mrs A. W. Arndt - Well Known Three Springs Resident
"Wide spread sorrow was felt in the Three Springs district when news was received of the demise on Thursday of last week of Mrs Anna Wilhelmina Arndt at the residence of her eldest son at 108 Petra Street Fremantle. The deceased lady, who was born at Nebra, Germany, in the year 1878, came to Western Australia in 1902. After having spent six years at Lawlers and one year at Warbrook, she settled with her husband and family at Three Springs in 1909. She was a naturalised British subject of many years. The deceased lady was highly esteemed, and took an active interest in social work, being one of the founders of the North Midlands Hospital. She was also a member of the committee of the Anglican Church. Her husband, the late Mr F. L. Arndt, predeceased her five years ago. She is survived by three sons and three daughters, for whom deepest sympathy is felt in their bereavement. The funeral took place in the Anglican portion of the Fremantle Cemetery on Friday of last week, the service at the graveside being conducted by the Rev. C. A. Walsh. The pall bearers were Messrs Carl Arndt, J. P. Price, C. Kroschel, V. McMillan, W. Ayling and R. Seminara. Wreaths and floral tributes were received from the following: - Ruby and Marge, G. H. Bickford, Marge, the chairman, members and secretary of the Three Springs Road Board, the chairman and members of the Hospital Committee (Three Springs), Dr and Mrs Mayrhofer and Peter, Matron McNally, Mr and Mrs Johns and family, the staff of the Three Springs Hospital, Frank, Elsie, Dorrie, Lottie and Kath, George and Patricia, the boarders at home, J. E. Jefford, Mr and Mrs Roach (South Fremantle), Mr and Mrs R. Barnhart (Hotel Imperial Perth), Mr and Mrs J. Kuhnberg and family, companions of the Commercial Chapter No 17 W.A.C., directors and staff of the North Midlands Farmers Co. Ltd, Lambert, Morgan and family, …M. Smith, Mr and Mrs Clarke, Basil, Kevin and Lorna, Mr and Mrs C. F. Thomas jun, Matron and Sister Coffey, Mr J. Mulcaby, , Mrs Peterson, Mrs Caldow, Mr R. Young, fire brigade, Mr Lex Stewart, Mrs W. J. Clarke and Lorna, Mr George Renbach and Mrs Renbach, Mr G. S. Pearce, Mr H. Falls, (North Midlands Farmers' Co-Operative Co. Ltd. And the Westralian Farmers Ltd), Mrs Wilson (Subiaco), Miss A. Coffey, Mrs Rebbie, Mrs C. Carbon, Mr Clem Ruben, Mr George John and Mrs W. H. Ayling."
Frederick John BLOOMFIELD
Tyre Fitter of Lot 12 Touche Street, Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]
Janet Rosemary BLOOMFIELD
Resided at Lot 12 Touche Street in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
"Watty" Walter BLURTON
He was knocked unconscious after a horse reared and kicked him in the face on Tuesday 27 November 1917 [10: 30-Nov-1917]
Received first aid from Richard J. HONNER as a result of the accident, which occurred at the railway yard in Three Springs [10]
Mrs Iris Isabell BODDINGTON
Wife of Karl Ernest BODDINGTON; see Iris Isabell SELWAY
Karl Ernest BODDINGTON
Born C.1890 [2]
Married Iris Isabell SELWAY in Perth in 1915 [66]
Farmer in Bowgada in 1919 [19]
Resident of Three Springs at the time of his death [2]
Died 7 May 1920; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, AA, 146A) [2]
Stanley Edward BODGER
Born C.1933 [2]
Farmhand in Three Springs from 1955 until at least 1975 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Wanneroo [2]
Died 3 September 1986; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Elizabeth Hilda BOGLE
Born C.1885 [2]
Married "Nelson" Archer Leopold Nelson PEARSE in 1910 [66]
Resided on Yarragadee Station in Mingenew [19]
Committee Member of the Mingenew Hospital Association in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Died 19 February 1973; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Congregational, AA, 117) [2]
Lawrence BOLAND
Cook in Three Springs 1911-1913 [19] [50]
Resided at the Government Dam in Three Springs [19] [50]
"Keane" Edward Keane Richards BOLTON
Commission Agent in Mingenew [50]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1929-30 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Member of the Mingenew-Yandanooka Cricket Club - was Captain in 1931-32 [4: 12-Dec-1931]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club 1931-1936 [4: 29-Aug-1931] [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Foundation Secretary of the Mingenew Bridge Club in 1932 [4: 28-May-1932]
Member of the Mingenew Recreation Advisory Committee in 1934 [101: page 129]
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 20-Nov-1936]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Henrietta BONE
Born 1878 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of John BONE and Mary Victoria SMITH nee KELLY [15]
Married Evander William FRANKLIN in 1910 [66]
Resided with her husband on Canowie Farm in Three Springs [P114]
Attended the Basket Social & Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs in aid of the Red Cross on Friday 30 July 1915 [10]
During the evening she purchased a donated bag of wheat for 20/- and then donated it back so it could be sold again [10: 6-Aug-1915]
Received 1st prize for Butter at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Wednesday 26 September 1917 [10: 5-Oct-1917]
Awarded 1st prize for Swiss Roll at the Three Springs Day held on Mrs M. M. WATSON's farm on 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Foundation Member of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association in 1929 [206]
Herself and her husband were among those from Three Springs who attended the Perth Royal Show in 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]
Attended the Annual Ball of the TS Show in 1930 in black French crepe de chine with salmon pink and buttons to tone [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Won 1st prize for Brown Hen Eggs and 2nd for Dairy Butter at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of black georgette [5: 7-Oct-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 Hospital Appeal Ball in Three Springs on 8 June 1933 in a dress of black georgette with brilliant trimmings [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Won 2nd prize for Home Made Bar of Laundry Soap at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Show Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 in a dress of white crepe de chine trimmed with pink [5]
Member of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association - became Secretary in October 1933 [5: 13-Oct-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]
Won 1st prize for Laundry Soap at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935, and again in 1936 [5: 27-Sep-1935, 25-Sep-1936]
Judge of the Preserves section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park in Coorow on 2 September 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Herself and Mrs Janet M. MCGILP of Waddy Forest judged the Confectionary at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Steward of the Needlework & Knitting sections at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Shows in 1947 and 1948 [262]
Spent her later years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs, where she died aged 97 [24]
Died 25 October 1976; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 40) [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 13 April 1929:
"The sympathy of her friends is extended to Mrs. E. Franklin, of Three Springs, who recently suffered bereavement by the death of her mother, Mrs. Victoria Mary Bone, of Bootenal. The deceased lady who was widely known and greatly respected had been a resident of the Geraldton district for 72 years, and was 89 years of age at the time of her death, which occurred at the Geraldton Hospital on April 3. She had been twice married and had brought up a large family. The funeral took place in the Roman Catholic cemetery at Bootenal, on April 4. So far as can be ascertained Mrs. Bone was the sole survivor of the company on board the ship which brought her to this State."
George BONICE
Railway Labourer in Three Springs in 1903 [50]
Frederick Oliver BOOTH
Born 9 June 1919 in Fremantle, Western Australia [16]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 16 July 1940 [16]
Corporal WX6545 in the Australian Army's 2/8 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 7 September 1945; received the Military Medal [19]
Engineer in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Plumber in Perenjori in 1965 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Belmont [2]
Died 23 August 1978; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 21, 12) [2]
"Wally" Walter Karl BOOTH
Born 10 June 1918 in Moora, Western Australia [P40]
Son of Walter David BOOTH and Winifred Mary THOMAS [P40]
He was delicate as a baby and was raised by his grandparents Charles Frederick and Winifred THOMAS [P40]
Resided with his grandparents on Kadathinni Farm in Three Springs [P40]
Began attending the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs in April 1925 [98]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia for two years beginning on 6 April 1933 [187]
After leaving college he returned to Three Springs and worked on his grandfather's Kadathinni Farm [P40]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1935 [5: 7-Jun-1935]
Winner of Rummy at the Card Party held at the home Mrs Emma T. TURNER in Arrino on Wednesday 7 August 1935 [5: 9-Aug-1935]
Competitor in the Billiard Tournament held in Three Springs in May 1936 to raise funds for the Hospital in Three Springs [5: 8-May-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Won the Throwing Sack at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs on Wednesday 17 March 1937 [5: 19-Mar-1937]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 17 December 1940 [16]
Driver W1985 in the Australian Army's 124 Australian General Transport Company during the Second World War [16]
Married "Edie" Edith Maude WICK (of Yandanooka) in Perth in 1941 [P40]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 8 January 1946 [16]
Resided with his wife in the Three Springs townsite and later in Geraldton [P40]
For a number of years resided in Morgan Street in the Perth suburb of Joondanna and worked as a Taxi Driver [P40]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Greenwood [2]
Father of Alan, Kaye and Marie [P40]
Died 30 October 1990; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 6, 354) [2]
Mary Annie BOWDITCH
Born 1918 [15]
Married Gordon BARNSLEY in Perth in 1941 [66]
They resided in Arrino 1947-1950 [19]
Mr BOWEN
Labourer in Three Springs in 1911 [6]
Stanley BOWERS
Farmhand in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1913 [50]
Percy James BOWEY
Bushman in Arrino in 1924 and 1925 [19]
Harry Aubrey BOWLER
Married Doris Jean HOWARD in Perth in 1940 [66]
Barman in Three Springs in 1941 [19]
J. D. BOWMAN
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1934 and 1935 [5: 15-Jun-1934, 24-May-1935]
Played for the victorious R.S.L. team who defeated "The Rest" at cricket in Three Springs on Sunday 2 December 1934 [5: 7-Dec-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1934-35 [5: 11-Jan-1935, 12-Apr-1935]
By May 1936 he had left the district, as he applied for a clearance from the North Midlands Football Association [5: 8-May-1936]
Born 1871 in Eastchurch, Kent, England [20] [21]
Son of James BATTY and Julia TOBEN [20] [21]
In 1871 was living with his parents, brother James and sister Adelaide at 1 Ganett Cottage in Eastchurch, Kent, England [20]
His mother died at the age of 29 years in early 1878, and later that same year his father married Mrs Emma QUESTED [21]
Was living with his father, stepmother, siblings and stepbrothers at Church Farm Cottage in Harty, Kent in 1881 [20]
In 1891 he was employed as an Able Seaman on the ship Darial in England [20]
Married Frances Lavinia RUCK [24]
In 1901 was living at 54 Victoria Street in Whitstable, Kent, England and was working locally as a bricklayer and labourer [20]
Departed London, England with his wife and children on the Orvieto and arrived Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 March 1911 [70]
Labourer in Three Springs 1917-1921 [19] [50]
Farmer in Arrino 1921-1926 [6] [44]
For the first year or two he owned farmland in Arrino in partnership with J. E. THOMAS as "Batty & Thomas" [44]
Initially his farm in Arrino consisted solely of Victoria Location 3748, which was 100 acres in size [44]
By 1925 had extended his farm by 765 acres, to a total of 865 acres, with the purchase of Victoria Locations 3749, 4475 and 4478 [44]
During the 1926-27 financial year he sold his farm in Arrino to Greville S. TUNBRIDGE [44]
In 1933 he was living in Williamson Street, Three Springs and was working as a Labourer [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Tuart Hill [2]
Father of Minnie and Richard [24]
Died 14 July 1967; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WI, 315) [2]
Mrs Frances Lavinia BATTY
Wife of Claude BATTY; see Frances Lavinia RUCK
"Don" Duncan BAXTER
Farm Manager / Farmer in Three Springs 1917-1925 [6] [19]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Judged the Children's Highland Fling Competition at the Red Cross Gala Day held in Three Springs on 23 May 1918 [10: 31-May-1918]
Donated £2/2/- to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
In October 1918 he had a slight attack of septoria in his wheat crop [10: 15-Nov-1918]
Member of the Three Springs Race Club 1919-1921 [9] [10]
Steward at the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Thursday 6 March 1919 [10: 28-Feb-1919]
Starter at the Three Springs Race Club's Annual Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Thursday 4 March 1920 [10: 30-Jan-1920]
Steward at the Three Springs Race Club's Annual Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Thursday 3 March 1921 [9: 25-Feb-1921]
Vice President of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee's Picnic Race Meeting held on Wednesday 17 March 1920 [124]
He was also Steward of their Picnic Race Meetings held on Saint Patrick's Day in 1920 and 1921 [9: 5-Mar-1920, 11-Mar-1921]
Starter at the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day on Tuesday 17 March 1925 [124]
Married Isabella Mary WALDECK in Greenough in 1922 [19]
Won an accordion in a raffle at the Hospital Ball held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 5 April 1923 [9: 27-Apr-1923]
Mrs Isabella Mary BAXTER
Wife of "Don" Duncan BAXTER; see Isabella Mary WALDECK
Sister S. BAXTER
Nurse at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935] [6]
Accompanied Mrs E. PAGE from Three Springs to Perth by train on Tuesday 5 February 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Rev. James William BAYLISS
After being stationed in Goomalling for two years he was transferred to Three Springs in April 1914 [10: 17-Apr-1914]
Methodist Minister in Three Springs in 1914 and 1915 [6] [10: 17-Apr-1914]
He was formerly welcomed at a social and concert held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday evening 24 April 1914 [10]
At his welcome three local farmers and the local school teacher spoke at the social and welcomed him to the district [10]
During the evening he sang the songs "The Admiral's Broom" and "The Trumpeter" [10: 1-May-1914]
Initially he resided in Three Springs as the guest of Edmund K. BYRNE on Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs [10: 17-Apr-1914]
In the 1914 Legislative Assembly electoral roll he stated his address to be "Wesley Manse, Three Springs" [19]
A Concert & Dance was held in Three Springs on Saturday 6 June 1914 to raise funds for the local Methodist Church [10]
He sang the songs "To Anthea" and "The Toreador" at the Concert & Dance, which was a huge success [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Presided over a social held to benefit the local Methodist Church Fund held in Three Springs on Thursday 30 July 1914 [10: 21-Aug-1914]
He spoke about not making the war a time of gloom but to keep on smiling and suggested a concert in aid of patriotic funds [10]
During the evening he also sang solo two good songs in "A Son of the Desert" and "The Mighty Deep" [10: 21-Aug-1914]
Attended and sang at the Concert held at the railway goods shed in Arrino on Friday evening 11 September 1914 [10: 18-Sep-1914]
In 1915 he was described as "young, ardent and a tip top battler" and was said to be a pioneer of the district [10: 16-Feb-1915]
Conducted services as far south as Watheroo, and rode his bike in the heat over the sandplain between Coorow and Watheroo [10]
He was wished goodbye and good luck at a Concert held in the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 26 February 1915 [10]
During the evening he sang the songs "The Storm King" and "My Old Shako" [10: 5-Mar-1915]
Left Three Springs around early March 1915 and shortly afterwards departed for New Zealand [10: 16-Feb-1915]
Frank Dennis M. BAZELY
Minister of The Rectory in Carter Street, Three Springs in 1968 [19]
Bernard M. BEAN
Farmer in Arrino 1909-1911 [44]
Farmed a 100 acre Conditional Purchase block and a lease of 160 acres [44]
Harvey Haines BEAN
Contractor in Dudawa, East Arrino 1913-1916 [19] [50]
Married Henrietta S. POWER in Perth in 1918 [66]
Harold Gascoyne BEASLEY
Manager of Nangetty Station in Mingenew [50]
Member of the Mingenew Recreation Advisory Committee in 1934 [101: page 129]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 6-Dec-1935, 5-Mar-1937]
Committee Member of the Mingenew District Agricultural Society in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Anne BEATON
Born 1866 in
Daughter of Alexander BEATON and Euphemia MACINTOSH [15]
Farmer of Beatonsfield Farm in Yandanooka [61]
In May 1930 her sister Mrs SINCLAIR visited herself and her sister and brother-in-law Helen and Leonard BRAIN [4: 3-May-1930]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 9 June 1959; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Presbyterian, D, 11) [2]
Helen BEATON
Born 21 November 1883 in Parkside, South Australia [55]
Daughter of Alexander BEATON and Euphemia MACINTOSH [55]
Farmer of Beatonsfield Farm in Yandanooka [61]
Married Leonard BRAIN in Perth in 1919 [66]
In May 1930 her sister Mrs SINCLAIR was on a visit staying with herself, her husband and her sister in Yandanooka [4: 3-May-1930]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 19 February 1964; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Mary Isabella BEATON
Born C.1868 [2]
Married Charles George CRANE in 1894 [15]
Resided with her husband on Arrino Station in Arrino 1901-1908 [6] [19]
Gave birth to her son Charles in Arrino in 1901 [15]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Mother of Euphemia Emily Helen, Isabella Elizabeth, John Alexander, Charles Kenneth and Wallace Donald [15]
Died 9 April 1942; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, IA, 256) [2]
Shirley Joan BEAVER
Domestic at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1961 and 1962 [19]
Frank BECKETT
Labourer in Three Springs 1927-1929 [19]
James Ernest BEDFORD
Clearer in Three Springs 1925-1933 [19]
John William Robert BEDNALL
Clerk in Three Springs in 1955 [19]
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs [19]
G. BEETSON
Sang "Love Me and the World is Mine" at the Concert & Dance at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 1 September 1910 [9: 9-Sep-1910]
Fritz BEHRENS
Resided in Three Springs in 1906 [6]
Donald William BELL
Stock Salesman in Three Springs 1961-1965 [19]
Resided at Lot 174 Curtis Street in Three Springs [19]
Mrs Florence May BELL
Wife of George Alexander BELL; see Florence May HANNAN
George Alexander BELL
Born C.1890 [2]
Married Florence May HANNAN in 1915 [66]
Railway Ganger in Three Springs in 1948 and 1949 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of East Perth [2]
Died 14 July 1971; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, HA, 117) [2]
Harry BELL
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1922 [10: 30-Jun-1922, 11-Aug-1922]
Mrs Margaret Mary BELL
Resided at Lot 174 Curtis Street, Three Springs for at least the years 1961-1965 [19]
Robert BELL
Farmer in Three Springs in 1911 and 1912 [6]
Andrew George BENNETT
Fettler in Three Springs 1931-1941 [6] [19] [50]
Married Marjorie Margaret ROBERTSON in 1941 [66]
Mrs Betty Joan BENNETT
Resided in Carter Street, Three Springs in 1961 [19]
Edmund BENNETT
Born C.1863 [2]
Contractor in Yandanooka in 1910 and 1911 [6]
Contractor in Coorow 1911-1913 [19] [50]
Contractor in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1914 and 1915 [50]
Clearing Contractor in Arrino 1916-1922 [19]
Clearing Contractor in Three Springs 1922-1925 [6] [19]
Resident of Three Springs until his death in 1925 [2]
Died 24 April 1925; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Baptist, BA, 82) [2]
Horace Victor BENNETT
Bank Officer in Three Springs in 1961 [19]
Resided with his wife Betty in Carter Street, Three Springs [19]
Joseph William BENNETT
Born C.1904 [2]
Grazier in Three Springs 1964-1987 [2] [19]
Resident of Three Springs until his death in 1987 [2]
Died 11 May 1987; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth suburb of Padbury (Acacia Court, 2515) [2]
Mrs Marjorie Margaret BENNETT
Wife of Andrew George BENNETT; see Marjorie Margaret ROBERTSON
Mrs Rita May BENNETT
Born C.1925 [2]
Resided in Three Springs 1964-1985 [2] [19]
Resident of Three Springs until her death in 1985 [2]
Died 27 June 1985; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth suburb of Padbury (Acacia Court, 2515) [2]
Charles Richard BENNETTS
Born 24 June 1921 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Worked for Wesfarmers in Waroona [39: 31-Jan-2006]
Resided in Waroona until enlisting in the Australian Army in Bunbury on 31 March 1941 [16]
Corporal W732 in the Australian Arm's 10 Light Horse Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 12 October 1942 and enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force the next day [16]
Flying Officer 427976 in the Royal Australian Air Force's TRANS during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 28 September 1945 [16]
Worked for Wesfarmers in Waroona, Pinjarra, Narembeen and then Three Springs [39: 31-Jan-2006]
Business Manager in Three Springs 1964-1967 [19]
Resided of late in South Perth [2]
Husband of Ivy [39: 31-Jan-2006]
Father of Graeme, Carol, Nollene and Ron [39: 31-Jan-2006]
Died 10 September 1991; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth WA (Lakes Small Bronze, Garden of Remembrance, BP1, 45) [2]
Graeme Charles BENNETTS
Born 28 June 1944 in Fremantle, Western Australia [39: 31-Jan-2006]
Son of Charles Richard and Ivy Caroline BENNETTS [39]
Resided with his parents in Waroona and Pinjarra until 1956 when they moved to Narembeen [39]
When they moved to Narembeen he was sent to a boarding school in Merredin [39]
After leaving school he worked at the National Bank in Three Springs [39]
Member of the Three Springs Junior Farmers [39]
Left Three Springs after being transferred to Wyndham, and was later transferred to Perth [39]
Married (1) Julie CAMPBELL in 1971 [39]
Worked at National Banks in Corrigin for three years, Manjimup for two years and Kalgoorlie for 18 months [39]
During his time in Corrigin, Manjimup and Kalgoorlie he enjoyed driving tractors for farmers during seeding [39]
Manager of the National Bank in Denmark for six years, after which he shifted to Perth [39]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Noranda, and later in the Perth suburb of Attadale [2] [39]
Partner of (2) Lynne GARWOOD [39]
Father of Paul and Dean [39]
Died 1 January 2006; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Mrs Ivy Caroline BENNETTS
Resided in Three Springs 1964-1967 [19]
Mrs Mary Caroline BENNETTS
Resided in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Robert William BENNETTS
Mechanic in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Brian Frances BENNIER
Wheat Bin Attendant of 61 Carter Street, Three Springs in 1975 [19]
Mrs Carmel Patricia BENNIER
Born C.1915 in Perth, Western Australia [24]
Resided with her husband William Henry BENNIER on Victoria Location 10229 in Eneabba for at least the years 1962-1973 [19]
By 1975 was living with her husband in retirement at 61 Carter Street in Three Springs [19]
Died 25 August 1989 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 98) [24]
William Henry BENNIER
Born 20 August 1910 in Mount Gambier, South Australia [16]
Son of William Henry BENNIER and Evelyn Teresa YOUNG [55]
Resided in Geraldton, Western Australia prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 6 March 1941 [16]
Sapper W19883 in the Australian Army's 13 Field Company Royal Australian Engineers during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 22 September 1945 [16]
Farmer of Victoria Location 10229 in Eneabba via Three Springs 1962-1973 [19]
By 1975 he had retired and was living with his wife Carmel at 61 Carter Street, Three Springs [19]
Later resided at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs, where he died at the age of 91 years [24]
Died 3 September 2001; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 97) [24]
Frances Elizabeth BENNS
Born C.1885 [2]
Married "Barney" Randolph BARNHART in Perth in 1915 [66]
Resided with her husband Randolph BARNHART at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1927-1938 [4: 13-Aug-1927] [6] [19]
Returned to Three Springs after a trip to Perth on Saturday 21 July 1928, and had to take to her bed suffering with the flu [4: 28-Jul-1928]
In 1928 she organised a number of functions and events in Three Springs to raise money in aid of a new local hospital [4: 10-Mar-1928]
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]
During September 1928 herself and her husband's nieces, the Misses E. and T. CASEY, spent a holiday with them in TS [4: 22-Sep-1928]
Travelled to Perth by car on Tuesday 6 November 1928, and returned to Three Springs on Saturday 10 November 1928 [4: 24-Nov-1928]
After an enjoyable holiday in Perth returned to Three Springs by the early morning train on Friday 15 March 1929 [4: 30-Mar-1929]
Returned to Three Springs by car on Thursday 18 April 1929 after spending a few days in Geraldton [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Donated a prize for the Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs in aid of the local Anglican Church on 27 June 1929 [4: 6-Jul-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]
Donated ale for the patients of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs over New Year in 1929-30 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Travelled to Perth for a few days in August 1930, however shortly after arrival took ill with ptomaine poisoning [4: 30-Aug-1930]
After spending ten days at Saint John of God Hospital in the Perth suburb of Subiaco she remained in Perth to recover [4]
Returned to Three Springs on Friday 24 October 1930, however was still feeling the effects of her recent illness [4: 1-Nov-1930]
Donated prizes for the local Anglican Church's Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-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]
Donated one of the prizes for the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Arrino on Tuesday 12 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Travelled to Perth on Friday 29 September 1933 to attend the funeral of her brother Philip Christopher BENNS [5: 6-Oct-1933] [2]
Admitted to the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs suffering from influenza in early October 1933 [5: 6-Oct-1933]
Returned to Three Springs on Tuesday 31 July 1934 after spending a week in Perth [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Accompanied by Elsie SAGGERS and Rene THOMAS drove to Perth in early October 1934 to attend the Royal Show [5: 5-Oct-1934]
Departed Three Springs on 27 November 1934 for a holiday trip to Victoria, Australia [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Her sister Mrs CASEY had arrived in Three Springs a week earlier and acted as hostess of the Three Springs Hotel in her absence [5]
Returned to Three Springs on Thursday 31 January 1935, and her sister returned to Leederville [5: 11-Jan-1935, 8-Feb-1935]
Herself and Mrs Elsie SAGGERS spent an enjoyable day at Dongara on Tuesday 26 March 1935 [5: 29-Mar-1935]
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]
Became a grand aunt on 15 July 1935 when her niece Eileen FORRESTAL (nee CASEY) gave birth to a daughter [5: 19-Jul-1935]
Herself and Mrs Elsie SAGGERS of Three Springs spent a holiday in Perth during January 1936 [5: 17-Jan-1936]
After undergoing an operation at St John of God Hospital in the Perth suburb of Subiaco returned to TS in mid April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Following a visit to Perth returned to Three Springs as a passenger in Mrs Edyna POTTS' car on Monday 20 July 1936 [5: 24-Jul-1936]
Donor to the Athletic Sports run by the North Midlands Zone Council of the Wheatgrowers Union in Three Springs in 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church [4: 12-Feb-1938]
Travelled from Three Springs to Dongara on 10 December 1936 to attend the break-up of the Dominican Ladies College [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Member of the committee that organised the very successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
In early 1938 her husband sold their Commercial Hotel in Three Springs to John J. THORPE [4: 12-Feb-1938]
Herself and her husband were bid farewell by a large gathering at the Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 3 February 1938 [4]
A public meeting had been called to arrange the function, and it had been organised by two specially formed local committees [4]
The evening consisted of a dance, songs, supper and speeches and carried on beyond the early hours of the next morning [4]
The various speakers spoke of what first class and highly respected citizens they had been, and regret at their departure [4]
Left Three Springs in February 1938 [4: 12-Feb-1938]
After leaving Three Springs they conducted the Imperial Hotel in Perth [4: 1-Nov-1952]
Later resided in Perth [2]
Died 13 September 1940; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, AC, 186) [2]
Hannah BENTICK
Born 1879 in Frankston, Victoria, Australia [15]
Daughter of George Thomas BENTICK and Sarah Jane ROY [15]
By September 1914 she was living in Three Springs, Western Australia [10: 29-Sep-1914]
Won seven of the eight card games at the Euchre Party & Dance held in Three Springs in early September 1914 [10: 29-Sep-1914]
Barmaid at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1915 [50]
Married David TODD in Perth in August 1915 [10: 13-Aug-1915] [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1915-1933, where her husband worked as a Blacksmith [5: 25-Aug-1933] [19]
When her husband's brother Andrew TODD left Three Springs she purchased his share in their blacksmithing business [154]
Wore a white voile dress and silver band in her hair to the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 19 July 1916 [39: 31-Jul-1916]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the funeral of "Father of Carnamah" Donald MACPHERSON at the Winchester Cemetery on 14 August 1931 [4: 22-Aug-1931]
Attended the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 8 June 1933 in a dress of black silk marocain [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Attended the Card Party held in Three Springs at the home of Mr and Mrs A. E. SAGGERS on Monday 7 August 1933 [5: 11-Aug-1933]
In 1933 shifted with her husband from Three Springs to Coorow, where he continued to work as a Blacksmith [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Later gave her share in their blacksmithing business to her son, following which her husband and son traded as "D. Todd & Son" [154]
After spending a holiday in Perth she returned to Coorow during the last week of January 1937 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Mother of David, Jessie and Olive [154]
Edward BERLIN
Railway Repairer in Arrino in 1905 [6]
Annette BERNET
Teacher at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs in 1961 and 1962 [19]
"Claire" Clara Veronica BERRIGAN
Born 13 September 1902 in Bulong, Western Australia [98]
Daughter of "Tom" Thomas Joseph BERRIGAN and Johanna Catherine KEYS [15]
Resided with her parents in Bulong WA and then at Leonora WA where her father worked as a miner [P134]
Later resided with her parents in Three Springs for 16 years before shifting with them to Carnamah [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Red Cross Society Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Wednesday 22 November 1916 [10: 5-Dec-1916]
During the evening herself, her sisters, Annie BYRNE and the Misses THOMAS sang the song "Australia Will Be There" [10]
Student at the Three Spring State School until 1916; enrolled at the new Convent School in Three Springs on 30 January 1917 [98]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs 1917-1919; left school at the end of 1919 [98]
Winner for the Girls with 2087 votes of the Popular Girl & Boy Competition conducted in Three Springs in 1917 [10: 2-Nov-1917]
Performed the song and dance "Killarney" at the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert on 20 November 1918 [10: 29-Nov-1918]
Also performed in the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert held in Three Springs on Monday 8 December 1919 [9: 12-Dec-1919]
Shifted with her parents from Three Springs to Carnamah in mid 1927 [--]
Resided with her parents at 14 Boojerabba Street, Carnamah in 1927 and 1928 [--]
Married Alexander John Fairfield BROWN on 28 August 1928 at the Carnamah Hall [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Wore a Parisian model dress of white ivory georgette, trimmed with tissue and ornamented with silver beads and rhinestones [4]
Her bridesmaids were her sister Eileen Annie BERRIGAN and Alexander's sister Miss Una BROWN [4: 8-Sep-1928]
The wedding ceremony, reception and toasts were followed by a dance in the Carnamah Town Hall [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Included in those present at her wedding were Charles and Maggie KROSCHEL, Arthur MORTIMER, [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Oswald and Mary SOWERBY, Mrs Elizabeth IRONSIDE, Miss Ena BOOR, Bert and Gladys MORTIMER, [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Ned and Maggie WELLS, Lou and Ettie PARKER, Kim HOLMES, Jack and Annie LYNCH, and Mr and Mrs COLPITTS [4]
A large number of guests had been invited to their wedding dance, from Winchester, Carnamah, Inering and Three Springs [4: 8-Sep-1928]
At the conclusion of their wedding dance herself and Alexander left Carnamah by train en route to Esperance [4: 8-Sep-1928]
After their honeymoon proceeded to her new home on 17 September 1928, visiting her parents in Carnamah on the way [4: 22-Sep-1928]
Attended the Card Evening held at the home of her parents in Carnamah on Thursaday 12 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Along with her daughter spent a holiday in Carnamah staying with her parents in September 1932 [5: 2-Sep-1932]
Resided in Gingin in 1934 and 1935 [5: 8-Jun-1934, 26-Jul-1935]
Along with her husband and children arrived in Carnamah for a holiday on 7 June 1934 and left on 21 June 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934, 22-Jun-1934]
Herself, her husband and their daughter spent a holiday staying with her parents in Carnamah in July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
Represented the Carnamah Golf Club in the competitions against the Three Springs Golf Club on 28 July 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
Following her husband's transfer they shifted from Muchea to Three Springs in March 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs where he was the local Railway Stationmaster 1937-1946 [4] [6] [19]
Her sister Eileen A. BERRIGAN of the Perth suburb of Maylands spent a week with them in Three Springs in June 1937 [5: 4-Jun-1937]
Member of the committee that organised the very successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Won 1st prize of 10 charity tickets in a Three Springs Parents & Citizens Association raffle in mid 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1937 and later served Captain and Secretary [4: 10-Aug-1946] [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Ran the Fancy Stall at the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert in Three Springs on Friday 20 August 1937 [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Herself and her husband were tendered a Farewell Dance at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Saturday 3 August 1946 [4]
Rev. Father GALLAGHER spoke of how she had "always been a very valuable helper in all Church activities" [4]
It was remarked she would be greatly missed by the townspeople of Three Springs and the students of the Dominican Convent [4]
During the evening she was presented with a golf bag from the associates of the Three Springs Golf Club [4: 10-Aug-1946]
Left Three Springs in August 1946 following her husband's transfer to Mingenew [4: 10-Aug-1946]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Swan View [2]
Died 18 November 1978; buried Midland Cemetery, Midland WA (Roman Catholic, F, 61) [2]
"Lily" Lilian BERRIGAN
Born 31 October 1900 in Bulong, Western Australia [15] [41]
Daughter of "Tom" Thomas Joseph BERRIGAN and Johanna Catherine KEYS [15]
Resided with her parents in Bulong WA and then at Leonora WA where her father worked as a miner [P134]
Resided with her parents and later with her husband in Three Springs [P134]
Along with three others sang "On the Mississippi" and "Mary" at the Concert & Dance in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Sang "Playmates" at the concert held in Three Springs in aid of Red Cross funds on Friday 15 January 1915 [10: 22-Jan-1915]
Along with two other young ladies sang "Who's That a Calling?" at a Concert held in Three Springs on 26 February 1915 [10: 5-Mar-1915]
Sang a song at the Westralia Red Cross Day Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Friday 30 July 1915 [10: 6-Aug-1915]
She was out driving in a horse and sulky with her 12 month old brother Tom and four year old Ted DUFFY on 17 January 1916 [10]
The bretches broke causing the horse to violently swerve resulting in her receiving bad cuts to the face hands and knees [10]
Fortunately her young brother and Ted DUFFY escaped unharmed, only suffering shock [10: 21-Jan-1916]
Attended as "The Allies" the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 19 July 1916 in aid of the Red Cross Society [39: 31-Jul-1916]
Attended the Red Cross Society Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Wednesday 22 November 1916 [10: 5-Dec-1916]
She opened the evening with the song "Keep the Home Fire Burning" and later on sang "Australia will be There" [10]
Student at the Three Springs State School until 1916 [98]
She was the first student to be enrolled at the new Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 30 January 1917 [98]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs in 1917 and 1918 [98]
After leaving school she entered the service of the Education Department on 1 May 1918 [41]
Probationary Teacher at the Three Springs State School from 1 May 1918 until resigning on 31 August 1922 [41]
Received an annual salary of £30 in 1918, £38 in 1919, £45 in 1920, and £50 in 1921 and 1922 [41]
When she enrolled to vote she gave her occupation as "schoolmistress" [50]
After she left her younger sister Eileen A. BERRIGAN was the Probationary Teacher at the Three Springs State School [73]
At the Red Cross Gala Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 23 May 1918 she sang the song "Thoughts of Eventide" [10: 31-May-1918]
Came 2nd in the Single Ladies Race at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Performed the song and dance "Killarney" at the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert on 20 November 1918 [10: 29-Nov-1918]
Attended the Three Springs Annual Picnic meeting on 25 September 1919; received third prize for the best lady dancer [9: 3 & 10-Oct-1919]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1919 [10: 27-Jun-1919]
Attended and sang a song at the Welcome Home for James FARLEY held in Coorow on Thursday 10 July 1919 [10: 18-Jul-1919]
Came 2nd in the Single Ladies Running Race at the Peace Celebrations held in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Sang "A Little Bit of Heaven" at the Dominican Convent's Annual Concert in Three Springs on 8 December 1919 [9: 12-Dec-1919]
Entrant in the Popular Girl Competition conducted by the Carnamah Hall Committee in 1920 [10: 10-Sep-1920]
Through her involvement in the competition helped raise money to go towards the Carnamah Hall's building fund [10]
She later withdrew from the competition, however still managed to come in at fifth place with 2,520 votes [10: 1-Apr-1921]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE at the Three Springs Hall on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Her Coming of Age was celebrated at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday evening 28 October 1921 [10]
The party was hosted by her parents who had invited a large number of guests, who indulged in dancing until the early hours [10]
She received a large collection of useful and ornamental presents in addition to a number of cheques [10: 18-Nov-1921]
Came 2nd in the Single Ladies Race at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Married "Richard" / "Dick" William Richard HARRIS in 1922 [66]
Resided in Three Springs with her husband for at least the years 1923-1933 [19]
Their daughter Gwendoline was baptised at Saint Paul's Roman Catholic Church in Three Springs on 12 August 1923 [91]
The nominated sponsors or Godparents for her daughter were her father Thomas Joseph BERRIGAN and her sister Clara [91]
Herself and her husband conducted the stalls at the Saint Patrick's Day Celebrations in Three Springs on 15 March 1923 [9: 13-Apr-1923]
Proprietor of the "Three Springs Tea Rooms" in Three Springs 1928- [4: 20-Oct-1928]
At her tearooms she sold afternoon teas, cold luncheons, suppers, hot pies, coffee, confectionary, cool drinks, fruit and veg [4]
Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church Committee in 1925 [124]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928 [124]
Herself and Mrs Elsie SAGGERS ran the luncheon at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1928 [124]
Attended the wedding of her sister Clara to Alexander J. F. BROWN at the Carnamah Hall on Tuesday 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Attended the Annual Ball after the Three Springs Show in 1930 wearing black silk lace with a trial of scarlet silk peas [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Attended the Carnamah Grand Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 28 July 1932 in a gown of black georgette and lace [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 15 September 1932 in a gown of blue georgette [5: 23-Sep-1932]
On 22 September 1932 attended the Grand Ball following the Three Springs Show in frock of black georgette and lace [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Member of the North Midlands District Hospital Appeal Committee in 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
Attended the Bridge, Euchre Party and Dance held at the Three Springs Hall on Saturday 3 June 1933 [5: 9-Jun-1933]
Herself and Mrs Margaret CARMODY organised the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball held in Three Springs on 8 June 1933 [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1933 [5: 23-Jun-1933]
Attended the Anglican Church Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 20 July 1933 in a dress of eau de nil georgette [4: 29-Jul-1933]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
The ladies present, including herself, ran after the first ball hit on the new course and she was the lucky one who got to it first [5]
Attended the Card Party held in Three Springs at the home of Mr and Mrs A. E. SAGGERS on Monday 7 August 1933 [5: 11-Aug-1933]
Attended the Ball following the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in a dress of eau-de-nil georgette [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 20-Oct-1933, 16-Mar-1934]
In her eau-de-nil georgette dress attended the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball on Thursday 12 October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Member of the committee that organised the Three Springs Bush Fire Brigade's Fundraising Ball on 20 November 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Herself and her husband were bid farewell at a function at the Three Springs Hall on Monday 12 March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
After 25 years in the district they left Three Springs in March 1934 and shifted to Perth [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Premiership Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 in a dress of floral silk marocain [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Herself and her husband were living in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction in 1941, when he enlisted in the Australian Army [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Guildford [2]
Died 29 March 1974; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Roman Catholic, I, 2) [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 20 October 1928:
"New Tea Rooms - The new tea rooms opened at Three Springs by Mrs. R. Harris should prove a boon to travellers arriving at Three Springs after the usual time for serving meals at the hotel. Mrs. Harris intends to keep a cold collation always available, and in addition will make a specialty of hot pies, so that travellers may always be sure of getting a meal if delayed on the road by puncture, mechanical trouble or late trains. Fresh fruit and vegetables, cool drinks and dainty confectionary will also be supplied."
"May" Margaret May BERRIGAN
Born 1898 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Tom" Thomas Joseph BERRIGAN and Johanna Catherine KEYS [15]
Resided with her parents in the goldfields districts of Bulong and Leonora, and then in Three Springs [P134]
Travelled from Three Springs to Perth during April 1915 for treatment to what turned out to be a serious eye condition [10: 15-Apr-1915]
Returned to Three Springs in early May 1915 with improved eyesight, glasses and perfect vision expected over time [10: 11-May-1915]
In November 1915, while recovering from a bad attack of influenza, she suffered a dizzy spell and dropped a pot of boiling tea [10]
The contents of the pot went over her and scalded her so badly she was confined to her bed for at least three weeks [10: 19-Nov-1915]
Attended as a "Gleaner" the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 19 July 1916 in aid of the Red Cross Society [39: 31-Jul-1916]
Attended the Red Cross Society Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs on Wednesday 22 November 1916 [10: 5-Dec-1916]
During the evening herself, her sisters, Annie BYRNE and the Misses THOMAS sang the song "Australia Will Be There" [10]
Attended and played the piano at the Welcome Home for James FARLEY held in Coorow on Thursday 10 July 1919 [10: 18-Jul-1919]
Her "Coming of Age" / 21st Birthday was celebrated at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [10]
The celebration was hosted by her parents and up until that date was one of the brightest and biggest socials ever held in TS [10]
The evening consisted of dancing, songs and speeches and the Hall was taxed to accommodate the large number of people [10]
She received a fine display of presents and a number of cheques that amounted to a substantial sum of money [10: 19-Sep-1919]
Married Frank Ashmore BYRNE in 1920 [66]
Attended the wedding of her sister Clara to Alexander J. F. BROWN at the Carnamah Hall on Tuesday 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
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]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Guildford [2]
Died 17 May 1975; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZE, 332) [2]
From The Midlands Advertiser newspaper, Friday 13 February 1920:
"The engagement is announced between Miss May Berrigan, eldest daughter of Mr Tom Berrigan, Three Springs to Mr Frank Byrne, second son of Mr E. K. Byrne, J.P., of Three Springs."
Gerard Jude BERRY
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1953-1956 [19]
Mrs Aida Ciommei BERTOLOTTI
Resided in Three Springs 1941-1952 [19]
Eligio Giovanne Battiste BERTOLOTTI
Born 24 June 1901 in Carpeneto, Italy [22]
Departed Genoa, Italy on the Viminale and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 February 1932 [63]
Sharefarmer in Arrino, Western Australia 1934-1940 [6] [19]
Himself and his brother share-farmed part of Mrs Elizabeth J. SMITH's Woopenatty Station in Arrino [P2]
Farmer in Three Springs 1941-1952 [19]
Financial Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1946 and 1947 [262]
Farmer in Carnamah in 1948 [22], presumably with his brother who was leasing George CATTO's farm on the Inering Estate [--]
"Guiseppe" Pietro Guiseppe BERTOLOTTI
Born 29 January 1895 in Carpeneto, Italy [22]
Departed Genoa, Italy on the Caprera and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 14 November 1925 [70]
In 1928 did contract clearing on Frank F. WEAVER's Woopenatty Station in Arrino, for which he was paid £33.1.0 [144]
Sharefarmer in Arrino, Western Australia 1934-1940 [6] [19]
Himself and his brother Joe share-farmed Mrs Elizabeth J. SMITH's Woopenatty Station in Arrino [P2]
His wife, who had remained in Italy, came out to Western Australia and joined him in Arrino [P2]
In 1941 began leasing George CATTO's farm on the Inering Estate in Carnamah [0: images 04002 & 04236]
Farmer in Carnamah until at least 1948 [22]
Married Ethel ROPER in 1948 [66]
Died September 1970; buried at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton WA
"Colin" Ernest Colston BETTY
Born 15 May 1916 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Resided in Three Springs for a few years, during which time he worked for the Three Springs Road Board [P2]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1934-35 [4: 15-Dec-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 12-Jun-1936]
Attended the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Wrote to the Three Springs Road Board in mid 1936 requesting they hold a meeting of ratepayers and district politicians [5: 10-Jul-1936]
The meeting he requested was to test the public feeling on the "Agenda" Party on the principals of Professor MURDOCH [5]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Himself and James J. HOUSE were joint auditors for the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936-37 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Married Ava Netta WILTON in Perth in 1937 [66]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 19 July 1942 [16]
Flying Officer 427495 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 9 Aircrew Holding Unit during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 4 January 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Wembley [2]
Died 26 February 2006; ashes interred Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Banksia Court, Memorial Garden, G4C, 1) [2]
Eileen Gladys BEVAN
Born 1898 in Prahan, Victoria, Australia [54]
Daughter of George BEVAN and Louise MOORE [54]
Married Henry Howard KENT in Perth in 1923 [66]
Resided with her husband and children in Mingenew, Western Australia 1933-1939 [5: 30-Oct-1936] [6] [50]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club in 1936 [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of North Perth [2]
Died 26 April 1994; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (RC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 2, 17) [2]
"Wilfred" Arthur Wilfred Newman BEVEN
Born C.1880 [24]
Labourer in Three Springs and then in Arrino 1927-1941 [19]
At one time worked as a farmhand for Nathaniel MCKENZIE on Bonnie Vale Farm in Three Springs [50]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Represented the Three Springs Cricket Club at meetings of the North Midlands Cricket Association in 1930 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
In 1931 he was working as a farmhand for Frederick E. S. JAMES on Coodawa Farm in Three Springs [50]
Won 1st prize for Beetroot in the Vegetable section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1934-35 [5: 22-Feb-1935]
Resided in Mingenew in 1942 [24]
Died 26 August 1942 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 48) [24]
Lillian Georgina BEWICK
Born C.1902 [2]
Married Kenneth Joseph Anslow TRUMAN in 1924 [66]
Resided in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Died 20 January 1989; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium N, Garden of Remembrance, 8, 60) [2]
Mrs Dorothy Helen BIBBY
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Frederick William BIBBY
Fireman in Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]
Raymond Arthur BIBBY
Born C.1963 [2]
Resided of late in Three Springs [2]
Died 23 April 1963; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZA, 70) [2]
Mrs Ivy Ada BICKELL
Wife of Thomas Kinsman BICKELL; see Ivy Ada MOTTRAM
"Cliff" Clifford Kinsman BICKELL
Born 10 June 1922 in Three Springs, Western Australia [16]
Son of Thomas Kinsman BICKELL and Ivy Ada MOTTRAM [16]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs 1922-1935, where his father was the local butcher [19]
Student at the Three Springs State School until 1929 and then at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Himself and his brother Jack attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in TS on 6 December 1929 as "Mr & Mrs Boose" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Along with his parents shifted from Three Springs to Yandanooka in January 1935 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in Yandanooka on 1 October 1941 [16]
Gunner W20363 in the Australian Army's 29 Garrison Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 4 August 1942 [16]
Farmhand in Yandanooka from 1947 until at least 1980 [19]
Married Helen Mary BROWN in 1948 [66]
"Geoff" Geoffrey Kinsman BICKELL
Born 25 July 1923 in Three Springs, Western Australia [16]
Son of Thomas Kinsman BICKELL and Ivy Ada MOTTRAM [16]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs 1923-1935, where his father was the local butcher [19]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 as a "Swaggie" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Along with his parents shifted from Three Springs to Yandanooka in January 1935 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Resided in Yandanooka until 22 July 1942 when he enlisted in the Australian Army [16]
Sapper WX25442 in the Australian Army's 18 Field Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 28 June 1946 [16] and returned to Yandanooka [4: 25-Jan-1947]
Himself and his parents were bid farewell at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka on Tuesday 21 January 1947 [4: 25-Jan-1947]
Along with his parents left Yandanooka and shifted to Cranbrook in January 1947 [4: 25-Jan-1947]
Died August 1975; buried Cranbrook Cemetery, Cranbrook WA [263]
"Jack" John Kinsman BICKELL
Born 14 January 1921 in Moora, Western Australia [98]
Son of Thomas Kinsman BICKELL and Ivy Ada MOTTRAM [98]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs 1921-1935, where his father was the local butcher [19]
Won a half sovereign in a raffle at the Hospital Ball in the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 5 April 1923 [9: 27-Apr-1923]
Student at the Three Springs State School until September 1929 and then at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Himself and his brother Cliff attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in TS on 6 December 1929 as "Mr & Mrs Boose" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Awarded 1st prize for Pony Hack in the Ring Events of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 21 December 1933 dressed as a "Bottle Cover" [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Won 1st prize for Writing and Handwork and a 2nd for Woodwork at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Along with his parents shifted from Three Springs to Yandanooka in January 1935 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Won the 16 years and under Boys Handicap Bicycle Race at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1937 [5: 18-Jul-1937, 13-Aug-1937]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Bassendean prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 22 April 1940 [16]
Sergeant 16246 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 4 Aircraft Depot during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 23 November 1945 [16]
"King" Thomas Kinsman BICKELL
Born 1894 in Devonshire, England [20] [30]
Son of Thomas Kinsman BICKELL [30]
Butcher in Perth, Western Australia in 1916 [94]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 11 April 1916 [94]
Embarked Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. Clan Macgillivray on 18 September 1916 [94]
Private 6232 in the Australian Imperial Force's 11th Battalion during the First World War [94]
Departed Plymouth, England on the steamship Benalla and arrived back in Fremantle, Western Australia on 17 October 1917 [70]
Butcher in Three Springs 1919-1935 [6] [19]
Initially conducted the butcher's in partnership with Robert W. BYRNE as "Byrne & Bickell" [9]
By July 1919 he was the sole proprietor, stocking the choicest meat and promptly delivering meat by rail or road [9: 27-Jun-1919]
Advertised his business on a weekly basis in The Midlands Advertiser newspaper [9: 3-Oct-1919, 23-Mar-1923]
"All Meat of First-Class Quality; Orders Delivered Anywhere; Cleanliness our Motto; Civility and Attention" [9: 15-Sep-1922]
Also a Farmer in Three Springs [44]
By 1923 he had purchased Lot 18 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area, which was 444 acres in size [44]
Rendered "I 'aven't seen the Kaiser for a 'ell of a time" at the Soldiers Reunion in Three Springs on 13 November 1918 [10: 22-Nov-1918]
Local newspaper correspondent Frederick E. S. JAMES referred to him in his Three Springs Notes as "King Bickell" [10: 24-Jan-1919]
Married Ivy Ada MOTTRAM in 1919 [66]
Won the 120 yards Sheffield Handicap race at the Peace Celebrations held in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Came 2nd in the Victoria Cross Race (for returned soldiers) at the Three Springs Day held on 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Steward at the Three Springs Race Club's Annual Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Thursday 4 March 1920 [10: 30-Jan-1920]
Vice President of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Wednesday 17 March 1920 [124]
Steward at the Three Springs Picnic Races held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1920 and 1921 [9: 5-Mar-1920, 11-Mar-1921] [124]
Came 2nd in Tilting the Bucket in the ring events at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Committee Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1921 1928 [124]
Won 2nd prize for Sheaves of Wheat for Grain at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Exhibited in the Poultry and Swine sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 21 September 1933 [5]
Received 1st prizes for female Bronzewing Turkey and Berkshire Boar and received 2nd prize for Three Porkers [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Won 1st prizes for Yorkshire Boar and Yorkshire Sow and 2nd for Dorset Horn Ram at the TS Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Himself and his wife were tendered a Valedictory Evening at the Three Springs Hall on Monday 21 January 1935 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Appears to have sold his 444 acre Lot 18 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs to James K. HEBITON Jnr [61]
After 18 years left Three Springs in January 1935 to take over a farm in Yandanooka previously run by W. MCAULIFFE [5]
Farmer in Yandanooka 1935-1947 [4: 25-Jan-1947]
His farm in Yandanooka consisted of Lots 16, 17, 18 and 19 of the Yandanooka Estate [61]
Attended the North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Three Springs on Saturday evening 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Attended the Fifth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Dongara on Saturday evening 24 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Himself and his wife were bid farewell at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka on Tuesday 21 January 1947 [4: 25-Jan-1947]
Left Yandanooka in January 1947 and shifted to Cranbrook where he followed farming pursuits [4: 25-Jan-1947]
Father of John, Clifford and Geoffrey [16]
Mrs Gwen BICKERS
Resided in Three Springs 1948-1962 and on Victoria Location 10260 in Eneabba 1964-1970 [19]
James Francis BICKERS
Born 9 September 1923 in Perenjori, Western Australia [16]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Perth on 20 May 1944 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 442150 in the R.A.A.F. 4 Airfield Construction Squadron during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 12 September 1945 [16]
Farmhand in Carnamah 1948-1953 [19]
Truck Driver in Three Springs 1956-1962 [19]
Farmer of Victoria Location 10260 in Eneabba for at least the years 1964-1970 [19]
George Harding BICKFORD
Born 10 June 1877 in Glenelg, South Australia [55]
Son of John Pepperell BICKFORD and Frances RODGERS [55]
Married (1) Kate Augusta COLE in 1907 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Arrived in Three Springs in October 1929 to succeed L. L. TURNLEY, who had resigned, as local Road Board Secretary [4: 19-Oct-1929]
He was welcomed to Three Springs at the monthly meeting of the Three Springs Road Board on 21 October 1929 [4: 26-Oct-1929]
Secretary of the Three Springs Road Board for over 17 years, from 1929 to 1947 [4] [6] [19]
The Three Springs Road Board a resumed a townsite block and had a house built for him at a cost of not more than £500 [4: 26-Oct-1929]
Himself and his wife had moved into the house by March 1930, which was situated near the Agricultural Hall in TS [4: 8-Mar-1930]
Their home was a big house in Hall Street in the Three Springs townsite [P42]
In 1930 he was admitted as a Fellow of the Council of the British Association of Secretaries (F.B.A.S.) [4: 13-Sep-1930]
Costume Judge at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Road Board's Revision Court in 1930 [4: 8-Mar-1930]
Along with his wife left Three Springs for Busselton on 17 December 1930, where they holidayed for his annual leave [4: 20-Dec-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 Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Himself and his wife attended the Husbands Evening at the Three Springs Hall on Saturday 10 December 1932 [4: 17-Dec-1932]
On 9 February 1933 attended the meeting in Carnamah at which Federal Member A. E. GREEN, M.H.R. was entertained [5: 17-Feb-1933]
Along with his wife spent his annual months holiday of December 1933 in Busselton and Perth [5: 15-Dec-1933]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 12 January 1934 [96]
In 1934 the British Association of Secretaries, of which he was a member, was incorporated with the British Institute of Secretaries [5]
The incorporation meant he was entitled to put F.B.I.S. after his name, in place of the former F.B.A.S. [5: 2-Nov-1934]
After annual leave he returned to Three Springs on Saturday 12 January 1935 [5: 11-Jan-1935]
Attended the Annual Ratepayers' Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board at 3 p.m. on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Organised the Three Springs Road Board's King George V Jubilee Celebrations held on Friday 24 May 1935 [5: 14-Jun-1935]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Edward James DUFFY on 1 June 1935 at the Three Springs Cemetery [4: 8-Jun-1935]
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]
Stage Manager of the Annual Concert in aid of the Dominican Nuns held in Three Springs on Thursday 15 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Himself and William J. TURNER motored to Perth on 3 August 1936 to attend the Annual Road Board Conference [5: 7 & 14-Aug-1936]
Attended the demonstration of the 1936 Massey Harris 25-40 tractor on James K. HEBITON's farm on 22 August 1936 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
In 1937 he was also the local Health Officer for seeing that the Health and Licensing Acts were followed [5: 25-Mar-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]
Marshall of the novelty parade to the Official Opening of the Nurse's Quarters in Three Springs on Friday 27 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Helped arrange the Valedictory for Minnie WATSON & Arthur MORTIMER held in Three Springs on 15 February 1938 [4: 19-Feb-1938]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Married (2) Irene Isabelle HAMILTON in 1943 [66]
Resigned as Secretary of the Three Springs Road Board in May 1947, and was succeeded by Edgar L. MARTIN [4: 7-Jun-1947]
Himself and his wife left Three Springs on Saturday 31 May 1947 [4: 7-Jun-1947]
After leaving Three Springs they spent a few days in Perth and then flew to Carnarvon where they had purchased a business [4]
Mrs Irene Isabelle BICKFORD
Second wife of George Harding BICKFORD; see Irene Isabelle HAMILTON
Mrs Kate Augusta BICKFORD
First wife of George Harding BICKFORD; see Kate Augusta COLE
Master BIGNELL
Attended and almost won the Gents Prize at the Euchre Party & Dance held in Three Springs on Friday 8 October 1915 [10: 12-Oct-1915]
Mrs Ella May BIGNELL
Wife of Wilfred Glen BIGNELL; see Ella May PETTIT
H. BIGNELL
Won the Throwing at Wicket at the annual "Three Springs Day" held on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Leah BIGNELL
Born C.1865 [6]
Married Reuben CARTER in 1893 in Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia [32]
Settled with her husband and son Bert on prospective farmland in Three Springs, Western Australia in 1906 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Resided in Three Springs from 1906 to 1928 [4] [19] [120]
Helped with the supper at Charlie and Winifred THOMAS' social at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 30 July 1910 [9: 12-Aug-1910]
Donated poultry to be sold at a Basket Social & Dance held in Three Springs in aid of the Red Cross on 30 July 1915 [10: 6-Aug-1915]
During the evening she purchased a donated bag of wheat for 20/- and then donated it back so it could be sold again [10: 6-Aug-1915]
Herself and Mrs Maude JAMES judged the Bread, Butter and Eggs at the "Three Springs Day" on 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1919 [9: 27-Jun-1919] [10: 27-Jun-1919]
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 Eggs at the annual picnic and show, the Three Springs Day, held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Ran the Cool Drink & Sweets Stall at the Hospital Ball at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 5 April 1923 [9: 27-Apr-1923]
Herself and her husband spent an extended holiday in Perth in January 1928 [4: 14-Jan-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Exhibited in Dairy Produce and Confectionary sections, winning 1st for Duck Eggs and Candied Peel and 2nd for Rainbow Cake [4]
Resided with her husband in retirement in Perth, however appears to have returned to Three Springs after his death in 1943 [2]
Resident of Three Springs at the time of her death in 1946 [2]
Died 30 September 1946; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, HA, 545) [6]
Wilfred Glen BIGNELL
Born 1909 [15]
Married Ella May PETTIT in 1940 [66]
Branch Manager and Salesman in Three Springs 1947-1962 [19] [84]
Representative in Three Springs for Goldsbrough Mort & Company [P300]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Melville [2]
Father of Janice [P300]
Died 28 June 1970; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 14, 238) [2]
Francis BINGHAM
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1910-1916 [19]
William John BINKS
Fencer in Three Springs in 1912 and 1913 [50]
Contractor in Three Springs in 1913 and 1914 [50]
Sidney Alfred Benbow BIRD
Farmhand for Murray M. WILSON on Neereno Farm in Three Springs in 1931 [50]
Labourer in Three Springs 1932-1935 [19]
Dorothy BISHOP
Married Colin Charles Cockerill SMITH in 1933 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Three Springs 1933-1939 [19]
Attended the R.S.L. Ball held at the Three Springs Hall on 1 September 1933 in a eau de nil chenille georgette dress [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Attended the Show Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in green embossed georgette [5: 29-Sep-1933]
In a dress of black velvet attended the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball on Thursday 12 October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Towards the end of February 1934 travelled from Three Springs to Northam to spend a holiday with her brother-in-law [5: 23-Feb-1934]
Organiser of the Ball held at the There Springs Hall after the Wheatgrowers Union's Picnic & Sports Day on 25 June 1934 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1934-35 [5: 8-Mar-1935]
Sang at the Valedictory Evening to Jack HODKKISS and the BICKELL family in Three Springs on 21 January 1935 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Sang two songs at the afternoon tea given to the C.W.A. State President in Three Springs on Tuesday 5 February 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 7-Jun-1935, 1-May-1936, 18-Jun-1937]
Attended the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball at the Three Springs Hall on Wednesday 2 October 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Costume Judge at the Three Springs Anglican Church's annual Children's Fancy Dress Ball on Friday 6 December 1935 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Sang a song at the Surprise Afternoon Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on 10 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Left Fremantle by steamship on a visit to the Eastern States on Tuesday 16 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Attended the Official Opening of the new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 dressed in floral georgette [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Wore a pink floral ensemble to the Annual Catholic Ball at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka on Thursday 24 June 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Sang a song at the farewell to William M. and Margaret K. CARMODY in Three Springs on Monday 12 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
She was a beautiful singer and often sang a song or two at local dances and concerts held in Three Springs [P2]
"Fred" Frederick BISHOP
Born 1869 in Victoria Plains, Western Australia [15]
Son of George BISHOP and Mary RYAN [15]
Kangaroo Hunter in Dongara in 1909 and 1910 [50]
Grazier in Dongara 1912-1931 [50]
Farmer and Grazier in Arrino 1933-1945 [6] [19] [24]
Won 2nd prize for Clydesdale Stallion in the Horse section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
In 1934-35 was the owner of the aged draught stallion registered under the name of Punch [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Advertised "Found" in February 1937 an aged brown gelding with white speckles along its back, and with JKY and 36K brands [5]
He had found the horse in a paddock at Eneabba belonging to Albert F. BOWTELL of Cintra Farm in Arrino [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Died 18 July 1945 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 42) [24]
Mary Ann BISHOP
Born 1867 in New Norcia, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of George BISHOP and Margaret RYAN [15]
Married (1) James STRAHAN in 1889 in Newcastle, Western Australia [15]
Her husband James passed away at the age of 33 years in Newcastle in 1899 [15]
Married (2) George COUSINS in 1905 [66]
Resided with her children in Walkaway prior to shifting with them to Arrino [P2]
In 1909 owned and resided at Lot 10 in the Arrino townsite, and from 1910 onwards was a Farmer in Arrino [19] [44]
Her farm was the 160 acre Victoria Location 2471 about four miles south of Arrino [P2] [44]
Farmer in Arrino 1910-1935 [5: 15-Mar-1935] [19]
She was among those who organised the Children's Christmas Tree held in Arrino on Saturday 21 December 1929 [4: 4-Jan-1930]
In December 1929 "Strahan & Cousins" purchased a new Ford truck from Three Springs dealers FORD & KIDSON [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Ball on 25 September 1930 wearing black crepe de chine [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Held a clearing sale on her farm in Arrino at 1:30 p.m. on Monday 25 March 1935 to sell her machinery, livestock and sundries [5]
Machinery sold at her clearing sale included 16/33 Massey-Harris combine, 8 foot Sunshine harvester, 4 disc Sunrise plough, [5]
Fordson tractor, 13 run Massey-Harris drill, 20 tyne Deering cultivator, 9 inch mouth State chaffcutter with two knives, [5]
International horse lorry, steel wheels, horse worked chaffcutter, dray, and a three inch axle [5: 15-Mar-1935]
Continued to reside in Arrino until 1939 [6] [19], during which time her farm was leased and/or share-cropped [P2]
Among those who protested in 1935 against the Three Springs Road Board spending their rates on tennis courts in Arrino [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won a £1 note at the North Midlands District Hospital Appeal's Grand Ball held in Three Springs on 21 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
After selling her farm she held another clearing sale on her farm in 1939 [P2]
Her sale got a bit hectic with "punches flying left, right and centre, fellows knocked to the ground and red dust all over" [P2]
The fight began over a dispute between two young men over a particular lady, and then brothers and others were also involved [P2]
On leaving Arrino she shifted to Moora, where her son Preston was living and working [P2]
Mother of four STRAHAN children by her first husband - Leslie James, Florence May, Preston George and Percival Newton [15] [P2]
Mother of two COUSINS children by her second husband - Lola Ruby Gladys and Walter Leo [P2]
Miss BLACK
Supplier of music at the Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs in aid of Hall funds on Friday 25 June 1915 [10: 2-Jul-1915]
Mrs Clare BLACK
Wife of "Bob" Robert BLACK; see Clare KOCH
Donald Verdun BLACK
Railway Stationmaster in Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]
Mrs Dorothy May BLACK
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
George Thomas BLACK
Born 5 October 1921 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Robert BLACK and Clare KOCH [P2]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs, where his father worked as a labourer and carrier [P2]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 as a "Clown" [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 21 December 1933 as a "Clown" [4: 23-Dec-1933]
Competitor in the Boxing Tournament conducted by the local R.S.L. in Three Springs on Saturday 18 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Resided in Jardee prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 7 January 1942 [16]
Private WX18727 in the Australian Army's Advanced Land Headquarters during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 3 April 1946 [16]
Jean BLACK
Daughter of Robert BLACK and Clare KOCH [P2]
Grew up in Three Springs and later worked at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [P2]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Attended the Grand Ball after the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of lemon georgette [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to her grandmother Mrs Blanche KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Won the treasure hunt at the Social Evening held at the home of Mrs Ivy BICKELL in Three Springs on 23 March 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1934-35 and 1935-36 [5: 8-Mar-1935, 8-Nov-1935]
Herself and another girl left Three Springs and shifted down south [P2]
Mary Maxina BLACK
Daughter of Robert BLACK and Clare KOCH [P2]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs, where her father worked as a labourer and carrier [P2]
Won a 2nd prize for Writing at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Anglican Church's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 27 June 1929 as the "Irwin Index" [4: 6-Jul-1929]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of pink georgette [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to her grandmother Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Herself and Ben DYER were given a surprise party prior to them leaving Three Springs on Friday 26 May 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
They left Three Springs by the midnight train that night and were married in Perth in early June 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
Married (1) "Ben" Benjamin Charles DYER in Perth in 1933 [66]
After their marriage settled on a group settlement block in the Manjimup district [5: 26-May-1933]
Resided on Dunottar Farm in Manjimup [50]
Arrived in Three Springs on Tuesday 5 March 1935 from "the south" for a holiday [5: 8-Mar-1935]
After a few weeks in Three Springs left for Perth by train on Tuesday 2 April 1935, and then proceeded to Manjimup [5: 5-Apr-1935]
She was left with five young children when her husband was killed by an explosion of gelignite in 1939, aged 33 years [293: 24-Aug-1939]
Married (2) Thomas CHRISTIE in 1941 [66]
"Bob" Robert BLACK
Born C.1883 [2]
Farmhand in Perenjori in early 1916, however later that year shifted to Three Springs [19]
Farmhand in Three Springs 1916-1943 [19]
Married Clare KOCH in mid 1916 before going into camp with the Australian Imperial Force [10: 25-Jul-1916]
Also worked in Three Springs as the local Carrier in a T model Ford truck [P2]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Donated £2 to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
By 1922 he owned and was living at a house at Lot 108 in the Three Springs townsite [44]
Presented the Three Springs Anglican Church with fruit and veg at its Harvest Thanksgiving service on 23 March 1930 [4: 29-Mar-1930]
Attended the 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]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club 1933-1935 [5: 8-Sep-1933, 7-Jun-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Ruth Henrietta FOGARTY at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 19 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Won 1st prize for the "Best Calf" in the Cattle section at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Attended the Saint Patrick's Day Picnic and Sports held at the Three Springs Show Ground on Monday 18 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Himself and Mrs Anna ARNDT won the "Old Timer's Waltz" at the Grand Ball in the evening, after the Picnic & Sports [5]
Lent his truck and services to help cart gravel for the backyard of the Three Springs Hospital on Saturday 17 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Competitor in the Billiard Tournament held in Three Springs in May 1936 to raise funds for the Hospital in Three Springs [5: 8-May-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Maylands [2]
Father of Jean, Mary, Robert and George [P2]
Died 29 February 1984; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8, 54) [2]
"Bob" / "Bobbie" Robert Andrew BLACK
Born 18 May 1919 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Robert BLACK and Clare KOCH [P2]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs, where his father worked as a labourer and carrier [P2]
Member of the Three Springs Boy Scouts in 1930 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1935-1937 [5: 24-May-1935, 22-May-1936, 4-Jun-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Competitor in the Boxing Tournament conducted by the local R.S.L. in Three Springs on Saturday 18 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Himself and Ethel M. MCNEILL won the Spot Waltz at the Three Springs Anglican Church's Annual Ball on 25 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Part of the amusing Three Springs male ballet who performed at the Community Concert in Carnamah on 11 August 1937 [5: 13-Aug-1937]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1941 and 1942 [16]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 20 June 1942 [16]
Corporal WX28188 in the Australian Army's 16 Australian Infantry Training Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 30 November 1945 [19]
Thelma May BLACK
Maid at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1943 [16]
William A. BLACK
Grazier in Kalgoorlie in 1909 [44]
Stock Dealer in Three Springs 1910-1914 [44]
Purchased 11 blocks on the east side of the Three Springs townsite from the Midland Railway Company on 18 June 1909 [27]
The 11 townsite blocks were Lots 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56 and 57 of Victoria Location 2022 [27]
By 1913 he had a residence on one of his townsite blocks in Three Springs [44]
John BLACKBURN
Barman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1956-1958 [19]
Edwin BLACKWOOD
Contractor in Arrino 1911-1914 [19]
John Irwin BLAKE
Mechanic in Three Springs 1956-1958 [19]
Mrs Lily Jane BLAKISTON
Wife of Reuben James BLAKISTON; see Lily Jane BUNTER
"Keith" Reuben Keith BLAKISTON
Born 3 January 1921 in Geraldton, Western Australia [16]
Son of Reuben James BLAKISTON and Lily Jane BUNTER [16] [66]
Resided with his parents in Yandanooka [50]
Resided in Three Springs prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 13 July 1942 [16]
A Social & Dance was held in Three Springs in honour of himself and five other local soldiers on Monday 20 September 1943 [4]
He was unable to attend the Social & Dance, however received a cheque for £3 from the Younger Set of the C.W.A. [4: 25-Sep-1943]
Private WX28310 in the Australian Army's 4 Australian Ordnance Vehicle Park during the Second World [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 7 December 1945 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Guildford [2]
Died 7 July 2006; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Sir T. Meagher Gardens, Lawn 5C, Ground Niche, X, 15) [2]
Reuben James BLAKISTON
Born 1890 in Upper Swan, Western Australia [15]
Son of Frederick BLAKISTON and Jane WALDOCK
Married Lily Jane BUNTER in 1919 [66]
Labourer in Yandanooka in 1921 [19]
Station Manager in Yandanooka 1922-1936 [19] [50] [61]
Passed away at the age of 45 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [5: 19-Jun-1936] [24]
Died 15 June 1936; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 28) [24]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 19 June 1936:
Obituary - The late Mr. R. J. Blakiston - The death occurred at the Three Springs hospital at 1 p.m. on Monday, June 15 when Mr R. J. Blakiston, of Yandanooka, passed away. Deceased had suffered indifferent health for the past 18 months and had been an inmate of the hospital for about four weeks before his demise. The late Mr Blakiston was about 45 years of age, and had lived a number of years at Yandanooka where he managed the property of Mr Grant of Geraldton. The deceased leaves a wife and four children to mourn their sad loss. The remains were interred in the Three Springs cemetery on Tuesday, the cortege moving from the hospital. The Rev. A. J. Toomey officiated at the grave-side."
Elizabeth BLANEY
Born 1863 in Tibrudden, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of David BLANEY and Rachel OWENS [15]
Married Edgar Major PATTEN in Geraldton in 1878 [15]
Mother of at least nine daughters - Esther Rachel, Elizabeth, Anne, Bertha, Grace Hilda, Gladys Ellen, Harriet, May and Amy [15]
Mother of at least four sons - John Lewis, David Ephraim, Frank Edgar and Roy [15]
In 1921 herself and her husband resided in Three Springs [19]
"Betty" Dorothy B. BLAXILL
Born 11 September 1927 in Katanning, Western Australia [98]
Daughter of John Henry BLAXILL and Vera GIBSON [98]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs, where her father was the local Baker [19] [98]
Began his schooling on 29 May 1933 at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 21 December 1933 dressed as a "Early Victorian" [5: 5-Jan-1934]
One of the best dressed at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 27 November 1936 as "No More Strikes" [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Married Colin W. TAYLOR in 1945 [66]
John Henry BLAXILL
Served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Married Vera GIBSON in 1923 [66]
Baker in Three Springs 1933-1940 [6] [19]
Said to have baked bread that was always of good quality, and railed orders of his bread to nearby places by train [120: 15-Oct-1936]
He was telephone number Three Springs-12 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Arrived back in Three Springs on Tuesday morning 22 November 1933 after a trip to Perth [5: 24-Nov-1933]
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]
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]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Travelled to Perth with Alexander R. G. BARR of Three Springs to attend the Royal Show on Monday 5 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
A rug strapped to luggage on the front of the car suddenly lifted and completely blocked the windscreen on a slight corner [5]
The car left the road, crashed into two large jarrah logs, bounced off the second log and high into the air where it overturned [5]
After completely overturning midair the car landed back on its wheels with its windscreen and all nine windows still intact [5]
The top of the car was dented but its strong steel body was credited with saving the lives of himself and the other passengers [5]
With slight bruises and abrasions himself and the driver were the least injured and walked six miles in the dark to get assistance [5]
The other five passengers, who had head injuries, a broken rib, bruises and abrasions, were taken to hospitals for treatment [5]
Donated a trophy to the Three Springs Cricket Association for their player with the best batting average in 1936-37 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Member of the Three Springs-Arrino Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League - was Auditor in 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Anglican Church Vestry and the North Midlands Anglican Church Vestry in 1937 [5: 4-Jun-1937]
Himself and Reginald WITHERS entertained the North Midlands Anglican Church Vestry at the Carnamah Cafe on 24 May 1937 [5]
Announced in The North Midland Times newspaper on 2 July 1937 that he had taken over the Texaco oil depot in Three Springs [5]
He had stocks ready for immediate delivery of petrol, oil and grease [5: 2 & 16-Jul-1937]
Mrs Vera BLAXILL
Wife of John Henry BLAXILL; see Vera GIBSON
"Jim" James Joseph BLIGH
Farmer in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Julia Mary BLIGH
Resided in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Mrs Margaret Mary BLIGH
Resided in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
"Bert" Albert James Rogers BLIGHT
Born 1900 in Geraldton, Western Australia [15]
Son of Arthur Ernest E. BLIGHT and Mary Jane MULLINS [15]
Farmhand for Archibald BASTIAN on The Oaks Farm in Three Springs in 1922 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1921-22 [10: 3-Feb-1922]
Married Doris Violet VICKERS in Perth in 1927 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 9 January 1969; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 14, 176) [2]
Myria Rogers BLIGHT
Born 1885 in Hay, New South Wales, Australia [32]
Daughter of James Rogers BLIGHT and Elizabeth Hope DODDRELL [15]
Married Archibald BASTIAN on 8 April 1910 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P113]
Resided with her husband on The Oaks Farm in Three Springs from 1910 until their retirement to Perth a few decades later [P113]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Along with her husband and children spent a holiday in a rented house in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe in February 1930 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Wembley [2]
Mother of Edna, Gladys, Joyce, Kevin, Constance, Myra, Naomi, Maybel and Patricia [P112]
Died 6 May 1976; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 9O, 101) [2]
William Robert Alexander BLIGHT
Farmhand in Three Springs in 1922 [50]
"Herman" Ernst Hermann BLOCHWITZ
Born C.1876 [24]
Son of Ernst Hermann BLOCHWITZ and Wilhelmina Christina KRETSCHMAR [24] [P106]
Himself and his sister Anna grew up under the care of their parents in Nelena, Prussia [P106]
Departed Genoa, Italy on the Friedrich der Grosse and arrived in Adelaide, South Australia in 1909 [70]
Shifted to Western Australia, where his sister Anna and brother-in-law Franz L. ARNDT were already living [P106]
For a year during the First World War he worked as a farmhand on his brother-in-law's farm in Three Springs [P106]
That year was probably 1916, when he was listed on the Commonwealth Electoral Roll with an address of Three Springs [50]
Mine Owner in Maninga Marley on the East Murchison goldfields in 1918 [6]
Miner and Mine Owner in Sandstone 1919-1924 [6] [24]
His sister nursed him through an illness at her home in Three Springs, at the end of which he died [P106]
Died 24 January 1924 from pneumonia and cardiac failure; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Unsurveyed) [24]
"Anna" Wilhelmina Anna BLOCHWITZ
Born 10 March 1878 in Nelena, Prussia [P106]
Daughter of Ernst Hermann BLOCHWITZ and Wilhelmina Christina KRETSCHMAR [24] [P106]
Herself and her brother Herman grew up under the care of their parents in Nelena [P106]
Married Franz Louis ARNDT on 23 July 1902 in Crimmitschau, Germany [P106]
Along with her husband arrived in Western Australia on the Damstardt in September 1902 [P106]
Resided with her husband and children for seven years at Lawlers and for one year at Warbrook on the East Murchison goldfields [4]
After purchasing prospective farmland from the Midland Railway Company they moved to Three Springs in 1909 [P106]
Resided with her husband and children on farmland Three Springs [19]
Initially they lived in a hessian and iron humpy on the farm, and later in a weatherboard house [P106]
They sometimes holidayed in Dongara during which time they slept on the back of their truck and cooked in the bush [P2]
She was said to have been a great cook and a beautiful knitter and sewing [P106]
Had a few fruit trees and grew vegetables, the surplus of which she sold for extra money, making £15 in 1915 [152]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of WA in Three Springs on 16 December 1916 [152]
She believed settling on Midland Railway Company land was a bad proposition as the repayments were too high [152]
Won 2nd prize for Plain Scones at the Three Springs Day on Moonlight Farm in Three Springs on 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
At the Three Springs Day held Thursday 25 September 1919 she once again received 2nd prize for Plain Scones [9 & 10: 3-Oct-1919]
Awarded 1st prize for Cakes and 2nd for Scones at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Won both 1st and 2nd prizes for Three Varieties of Cakes at the Three Springs Day on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Helped provide the supper for the Hospital Ball at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 5 April 1923 [9: 27-Apr-1923]
Donated cakes and milk for the Refreshment Stall at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1925 [124]
Attended 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 and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Exhibited in the Show, winning 1st prizes for Cream Puffs, Butter and Radishes, and 2nd prizes for Beetroot and Fruit Cake [4]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of stripped radium silk [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Foundation Member of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association in 1929 [206]
Assisted the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in various ways, and provided food for poorer families [P106]
Provided the milk of milk coffees at balls held in Three Springs (it was skim milk as all the scalded cream had been taken off) [P106]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Donated cakes for the patients of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs for Christmas / New Year of 1929 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Purchased a new Ford sports phaeton car from Carnamah dealer Rupert LAFFAN in February 1930 [4: 1-Mar-1930]
Wrote to the Three Springs Road Board in March 1930 in regards to the deplorable state of the road leading to her farm [4: 15-Mar-1930]
The Three Springs Road Board referred her to the Main Roads Board, as part of the road came under their jurisdiction [4]
In 1931 she sued the Three Springs Road Board for compensation for blocks of land that the Road Board had resumed [4: 15-Aug-1931]
The case went before the Mingenew Court and then the Supreme Court, who awarded her £55 compensation and costs of £32 [4]
Exhibited in the Poultry section of the Fifth Annual Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 22 September 1932 [5]
Won 1st prizes for the Champion Male Bird in Show and male Black Orpington; and a 2nd prize for female Black Orpington [5]
Also received 1st prizes for Diary Butter and a Knitted Article, and a 2nd prize for Fruit Cake [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended and won the prize for bridge at the Bridge and Euchre Party held in Three Springs on Saturday 22 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Won 1st prize for a female Black Orpington in the Poultry section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Also received 1st prize for the Champion Female Bird in Show, presumably for the same female Black Orpington [5]
Her husband passed away at the age of 64 years on 14 August 1934, and was buried at the Three Springs General Cemetery [24]
Following her husband's death she ran a boarding house on Railway Road in the Three Springs townsite [P2] [P42]
From 1937 to 1940 she was listed as the proprietress of a Boarding House and Dairy in Three Springs [6]
She returned to Germany for a holiday, during which she had her mail re-directed from Three Springs to Germany [P42]
Won 1st prizes for Dairy Butter and a female Black Orpington at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Attended the Saint Patrick's Day Picnic and Sports held at the Three Springs Show Ground on Monday 18 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Herself and Robert BLACK Snr won the "Old Timer's Waltz" at the Grand Ball in the evening, after the Picnic & Sports [5]
Won a cushion at the North Midlands District Hospital Ball at the Three Springs Hall on Easter Monday 22 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
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]
Winner of the Art Union conducted at the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 21 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
In March 1937 she called for tenders for the sinking of a dam of 1,000 yards in Three Springs [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Anglican Church Vestry and the North Midlands Anglican Church Vestry in 1937 [5: 4-Jun-1937]
Attired in black crepe de chine at the local wedding of her son Frank and Carolina W. F. WOLTER on 14 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Later left Three Springs to travel overseas, during which time she spent a year in Germany [P16]
Departed London, England on the steamship Orcades and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 11 October 1938 [63]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bicton [2]
Mother of George, Rudolph, Frederick, Frank, Elsie, Dorothy and Charlotte [P106]
Died 12 October 1939; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Anglican, A6, 387) [2]
From the Progress Report of the Royal Commission on the
Agricultural Industries of Western Australia on the Wheat-Growing Portion of the South-West Division of the State:
Saturday 16 December 1916 at Three Springs
"Mrs. WILHELMINA ANNA ARNDT, wife of Franz Louis Arndt, Farmer, Three Springs, sworn and examined:
We came here in 1909. My husband had been working in the firewood trade on the East Murchison. We hold 450 acres of Midland [Railway] Company's land; 200 acres are first class [land] and the rest sandplain. The price is 21s. It is 3½ miles to the railway. We have 190 acres cleared. The whole is fenced. We have on well 85ft. Deep, a two-roomed hessian and iron humpy, and a bough shed. I have five children, three of them are at school. We have no stable and no implement shed. We have all the necessary farming implements and four working horses, a cow, two calves, a colt, and a pony. We had £500 cash when we came here and we had £50 from my brother-in-law. To last March we were clear. We paid all the instalments to the Midland [Railway] Company with the exception of £48 which is due this year.
We have 180 acres under crop, 18 acres was fallowed and it looks no better than the other. It is sandplain. The highest average yield we have had was in 1912, when we got 20 bushels over 100 acres. This year it will go about 15 bushels.
Last year we had rust. We have been pickling our wheat, but have noticed no difference. We put it through a winnower. We have three or four fruit trees, some vegetables, and we made £15 out of the garden last year, but nothing this year. We keep a few pigs for ourselves and poultry. I would not advise anyone to go in for Midland [Railway] Company's land, for rents are too high. The land is not worth the money, and they are very hard people to deal with.
What are the conditions under which you took up the land? We had 15 years to pay the purchase money and 4½ per cent interest. We paid £230 cash down. Dairying would not pay here itself. One year the company made a mistake and demanded 2d. interest for each day after the date of payment was due.
Why did you take up Midland Company land instead of Government land? My husband went to the Lands Department and an official told him that the nearest land he could offer was 40 miles from the railway and school and advised him to get Midland Company land. A sale of Midland land came on, so he got this block. If you got a couple of good prices for wheat, say 3s. 6d. in good seasons, we would make a living without any assistance. We require a doctor or an experienced nurse in this locality. The nearest live at Moora or Dongara. We lost a boy of eight years of age for want of medical attention."
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 20 October 1939:
Obituary - Late Mrs Anna Arndt
"The death of Thursday last of Mrs Anna Wilhelmina Arndt, widow of the late Franz Lewis Arndt, of Three Springs, was the source of widespread regret. The deceased lady, who was 61 years of age, was for some years proprietress of the Springs Hostel and during her sojourn in the district she made many close and lasting friendships. At the time of her demise she was residing with her son (Mr Rudolph Arndt) at Bicton. The funeral took place on Friday afternoon, when the remains were interred in the Church of England portion of the Fremantle cemetery. Three sons, George, Rudolph and Frank and three daughters, Elsie, Dorothy and Lottie are left to mourn their loss. The sympathy of a wide circle of friends goes out to the bereaved relatives."
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 21 October 1939:
Obituary - Late Mrs A. W. Arndt - Well Known Three Springs Resident
"Wide spread sorrow was felt in the Three Springs district when news was received of the demise on Thursday of last week of Mrs Anna Wilhelmina Arndt at the residence of her eldest son at 108 Petra Street Fremantle. The deceased lady, who was born at Nebra, Germany, in the year 1878, came to Western Australia in 1902. After having spent six years at Lawlers and one year at Warbrook, she settled with her husband and family at Three Springs in 1909. She was a naturalised British subject of many years. The deceased lady was highly esteemed, and took an active interest in social work, being one of the founders of the North Midlands Hospital. She was also a member of the committee of the Anglican Church. Her husband, the late Mr F. L. Arndt, predeceased her five years ago. She is survived by three sons and three daughters, for whom deepest sympathy is felt in their bereavement. The funeral took place in the Anglican portion of the Fremantle Cemetery on Friday of last week, the service at the graveside being conducted by the Rev. C. A. Walsh. The pall bearers were Messrs Carl Arndt, J. P. Price, C. Kroschel, V. McMillan, W. Ayling and R. Seminara. Wreaths and floral tributes were received from the following: - Ruby and Marge, G. H. Bickford, Marge, the chairman, members and secretary of the Three Springs Road Board, the chairman and members of the Hospital Committee (Three Springs), Dr and Mrs Mayrhofer and Peter, Matron McNally, Mr and Mrs Johns and family, the staff of the Three Springs Hospital, Frank, Elsie, Dorrie, Lottie and Kath, George and Patricia, the boarders at home, J. E. Jefford, Mr and Mrs Roach (South Fremantle), Mr and Mrs R. Barnhart (Hotel Imperial Perth), Mr and Mrs J. Kuhnberg and family, companions of the Commercial Chapter No 17 W.A.C., directors and staff of the North Midlands Farmers Co. Ltd, Lambert, Morgan and family, …M. Smith, Mr and Mrs Clarke, Basil, Kevin and Lorna, Mr and Mrs C. F. Thomas jun, Matron and Sister Coffey, Mr J. Mulcaby, , Mrs Peterson, Mrs Caldow, Mr R. Young, fire brigade, Mr Lex Stewart, Mrs W. J. Clarke and Lorna, Mr George Renbach and Mrs Renbach, Mr G. S. Pearce, Mr H. Falls, (North Midlands Farmers' Co-Operative Co. Ltd. And the Westralian Farmers Ltd), Mrs Wilson (Subiaco), Miss A. Coffey, Mrs Rebbie, Mrs C. Carbon, Mr Clem Ruben, Mr George John and Mrs W. H. Ayling."
Frederick John BLOOMFIELD
Tyre Fitter of Lot 12 Touche Street, Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]
Janet Rosemary BLOOMFIELD
Resided at Lot 12 Touche Street in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
"Watty" Walter BLURTON
He was knocked unconscious after a horse reared and kicked him in the face on Tuesday 27 November 1917 [10: 30-Nov-1917]
Received first aid from Richard J. HONNER as a result of the accident, which occurred at the railway yard in Three Springs [10]
Mrs Iris Isabell BODDINGTON
Wife of Karl Ernest BODDINGTON; see Iris Isabell SELWAY
Karl Ernest BODDINGTON
Born C.1890 [2]
Married Iris Isabell SELWAY in Perth in 1915 [66]
Farmer in Bowgada in 1919 [19]
Resident of Three Springs at the time of his death [2]
Died 7 May 1920; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, AA, 146A) [2]
Stanley Edward BODGER
Born C.1933 [2]
Farmhand in Three Springs from 1955 until at least 1975 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Wanneroo [2]
Died 3 September 1986; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Elizabeth Hilda BOGLE
Born C.1885 [2]
Married "Nelson" Archer Leopold Nelson PEARSE in 1910 [66]
Resided on Yarragadee Station in Mingenew [19]
Committee Member of the Mingenew Hospital Association in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Died 19 February 1973; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Congregational, AA, 117) [2]
Lawrence BOLAND
Cook in Three Springs 1911-1913 [19] [50]
Resided at the Government Dam in Three Springs [19] [50]
"Keane" Edward Keane Richards BOLTON
Commission Agent in Mingenew [50]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1929-30 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Member of the Mingenew-Yandanooka Cricket Club - was Captain in 1931-32 [4: 12-Dec-1931]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club 1931-1936 [4: 29-Aug-1931] [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Foundation Secretary of the Mingenew Bridge Club in 1932 [4: 28-May-1932]
Member of the Mingenew Recreation Advisory Committee in 1934 [101: page 129]
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 20-Nov-1936]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Henrietta BONE
Born 1878 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of John BONE and Mary Victoria SMITH nee KELLY [15]
Married Evander William FRANKLIN in 1910 [66]
Resided with her husband on Canowie Farm in Three Springs [P114]
Attended the Basket Social & Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs in aid of the Red Cross on Friday 30 July 1915 [10]
During the evening she purchased a donated bag of wheat for 20/- and then donated it back so it could be sold again [10: 6-Aug-1915]
Received 1st prize for Butter at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Wednesday 26 September 1917 [10: 5-Oct-1917]
Awarded 1st prize for Swiss Roll at the Three Springs Day held on Mrs M. M. WATSON's farm on 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Foundation Member of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association in 1929 [206]
Herself and her husband were among those from Three Springs who attended the Perth Royal Show in 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]
Attended the Annual Ball of the TS Show in 1930 in black French crepe de chine with salmon pink and buttons to tone [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Won 1st prize for Brown Hen Eggs and 2nd for Dairy Butter at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of black georgette [5: 7-Oct-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 Hospital Appeal Ball in Three Springs on 8 June 1933 in a dress of black georgette with brilliant trimmings [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Won 2nd prize for Home Made Bar of Laundry Soap at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Show Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 in a dress of white crepe de chine trimmed with pink [5]
Member of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association - became Secretary in October 1933 [5: 13-Oct-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]
Won 1st prize for Laundry Soap at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935, and again in 1936 [5: 27-Sep-1935, 25-Sep-1936]
Judge of the Preserves section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park in Coorow on 2 September 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Herself and Mrs Janet M. MCGILP of Waddy Forest judged the Confectionary at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Steward of the Needlework & Knitting sections at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Shows in 1947 and 1948 [262]
Spent her later years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs, where she died aged 97 [24]
Died 25 October 1976; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 40) [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 13 April 1929:
"The sympathy of her friends is extended to Mrs. E. Franklin, of Three Springs, who recently suffered bereavement by the death of her mother, Mrs. Victoria Mary Bone, of Bootenal. The deceased lady who was widely known and greatly respected had been a resident of the Geraldton district for 72 years, and was 89 years of age at the time of her death, which occurred at the Geraldton Hospital on April 3. She had been twice married and had brought up a large family. The funeral took place in the Roman Catholic cemetery at Bootenal, on April 4. So far as can be ascertained Mrs. Bone was the sole survivor of the company on board the ship which brought her to this State."
George BONICE
Railway Labourer in Three Springs in 1903 [50]
Frederick Oliver BOOTH
Born 9 June 1919 in Fremantle, Western Australia [16]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 16 July 1940 [16]
Corporal WX6545 in the Australian Army's 2/8 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 7 September 1945; received the Military Medal [19]
Engineer in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Plumber in Perenjori in 1965 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Belmont [2]
Died 23 August 1978; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 21, 12) [2]
"Wally" Walter Karl BOOTH
Born 10 June 1918 in Moora, Western Australia [P40]
Son of Walter David BOOTH and Winifred Mary THOMAS [P40]
He was delicate as a baby and was raised by his grandparents Charles Frederick and Winifred THOMAS [P40]
Resided with his grandparents on Kadathinni Farm in Three Springs [P40]
Began attending the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs in April 1925 [98]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia for two years beginning on 6 April 1933 [187]
After leaving college he returned to Three Springs and worked on his grandfather's Kadathinni Farm [P40]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1935 [5: 7-Jun-1935]
Winner of Rummy at the Card Party held at the home Mrs Emma T. TURNER in Arrino on Wednesday 7 August 1935 [5: 9-Aug-1935]
Competitor in the Billiard Tournament held in Three Springs in May 1936 to raise funds for the Hospital in Three Springs [5: 8-May-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Won the Throwing Sack at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs on Wednesday 17 March 1937 [5: 19-Mar-1937]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 17 December 1940 [16]
Driver W1985 in the Australian Army's 124 Australian General Transport Company during the Second World War [16]
Married "Edie" Edith Maude WICK (of Yandanooka) in Perth in 1941 [P40]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 8 January 1946 [16]
Resided with his wife in the Three Springs townsite and later in Geraldton [P40]
For a number of years resided in Morgan Street in the Perth suburb of Joondanna and worked as a Taxi Driver [P40]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Greenwood [2]
Father of Alan, Kaye and Marie [P40]
Died 30 October 1990; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 6, 354) [2]
Mary Annie BOWDITCH
Born 1918 [15]
Married Gordon BARNSLEY in Perth in 1941 [66]
They resided in Arrino 1947-1950 [19]
Mr BOWEN
Labourer in Three Springs in 1911 [6]
Stanley BOWERS
Farmhand in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1913 [50]
Percy James BOWEY
Bushman in Arrino in 1924 and 1925 [19]
Harry Aubrey BOWLER
Married Doris Jean HOWARD in Perth in 1940 [66]
Barman in Three Springs in 1941 [19]
J. D. BOWMAN
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1934 and 1935 [5: 15-Jun-1934, 24-May-1935]
Played for the victorious R.S.L. team who defeated "The Rest" at cricket in Three Springs on Sunday 2 December 1934 [5: 7-Dec-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1934-35 [5: 11-Jan-1935, 12-Apr-1935]
By May 1936 he had left the district, as he applied for a clearance from the North Midlands Football Association [5: 8-May-1936]