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Eric BRANDIS
Born 1903 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of George BRANDIS and Estella Annie KEYES [15]
Labourer in Coomberdale 1925-1927 [19]
Married Edith Olive ANGEL in 1934 [66]
Railway Ganger in Three Springs 1943-1959 [19]
In 1959 resided in Slaughter Street, Three Springs [24]
Passed away from a heart attack at the age of 53 years at the Wheat Bin in Arrino [24]
Died 21 December 1959 in Arrino; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Row 2, Plot 35) [24]
Selina May BRANDIS
Born 1885 in Dongara, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Joseph BRANDIS and Mary Ann STEPHENS [15]
Married John Edward LEONARD in Dongara in 1904 [15]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs, where he worked as a Fettler, Labourer and later Railway Ganger [19]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Won 1st prizes for Cabbage and Onions in the Vegetable section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Resided in Three Springs until her death in 1951 [24]
Mother of Muriel, Alda, Alfred, Eileen, Dorothy, Evelyn, Ernest, Gordon, Cyril and Ronald [P2]
Died 21 June 1951 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 23) [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 30 June 1951:
"Deaths at Three Springs - Two deaths occurred at Three Springs on Thursday of last week, the deceased persons being old and highly respected residents of the district in Mr George Charles Franklin and Mrs Selina May Leonard. The late Mr Franklin, who was one of the early settlers of Three Springs, was seventy seven years of age, and is survived by a widow and three sons and one daughter. The late Mrs Leonard, who is survived by her husband, was the mother of a large family comprising five sons and five daughters, other district relatives being twenty six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Both funerals took place at Three Springs on Saturday last."
James Thomas BRANDY
Foreman in Three Springs in 1927 [19]
Rev. Henry Vincent BRAY
Arrived in Three Springs in April 1930 to succeed C. G. JACKSON as local Methodist Home Missioner [4: 29-Mar-1930]
Conducted services in Dudawa, Arrino, Three Springs, Carnamah and Waddy Forest [4: 7-Jun-1930, 11-Oct-1930]
Resided at the Wesley Manse on Carter Street in the Three Springs townsite [50]
Attended the Fifth Annual Convention of the Methodist Missioners and Probationers in Perth during late August 1930 [4: 30-Aug-1930]
Attended the welcome to Anglican rector Rev. Albert CURTIS held at the Church Hall in Carnamah on 8 September 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
Officiated at the wedding of A. Clinton BROUN and Mary R. MORCOMBE at the Hall in Coorow on 25 October 1930 [4: 1-Nov-1930]
Left Three Springs in February 1932 after being transferred to Lake Grace [120: 17-Feb-1932] [4: 28-May-1932]
Francis Arthur BRAYLEY
Born C.1915 [2]
Student at W.A.M. College in the Perth hills suburb of Carmel in 1936 [50]
Married Verna Alma BURGESS in Arrino on Tuesday afternoon 6 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Following their marriage they resided in Perth [5: 16-Apr-1937]
They resided in Arrino in 1939, during which time he gave his occupation as "Student" [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Bickley from as early as 1952 until his death in 1974 [2] [4: 1-Nov-1952]
Died 15 September 1974: buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Seventh Day Adventist Church, BA, 336) [2]
Mrs Verna Alma BRAYLEY
Wife of Francis Arthur BRAYLEY; see Verna Alma BURGESS
Catherine Therese BRENNAN
Born 3 October 1958 in Three Springs, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Resided with her parents in Mayrhofer Street, Three Springs 1958-1961 [P307]
Accidentally drowned at the town dam in Three Springs at the age of two and a half years [P307]
Died 11 April 1961; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Row 3, Plot 90) [24]
Donna Catherine BRENNAN
Born 17 April 1963 in Three Springs, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Student at the Dominican Convent in Three Springs 1969-1975 and then at Stella Maris College in Geraldton 1976-1981 [P307]
Studied at the University of Western Australia 1982-1987 and Berkley University in California, United States of America in 1991 [P307]
Obtained a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics and worked as a private consultant [P307]
Ellen BRENNAN
Born C.1892 [2]
Married "John" Doric John SELWAY in Perth in 1935 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1935-1953 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Floreat Park [2]
Died 10 July 1967; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 3, 24) [2]
Felix BRENNAN
Labourer in Three Springs in 1922 [50]
Farmhand for Ernest T. C. KLOPPER in Three Springs in 1922 and 1923 [19]
Mrs Gloria Catherine BRENNAN
Wife of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN; see Gloria Catherine LYNCH
Gregory Patrick BRENNAN
Son of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs until 1997 [P307]
In September 1997 shifted with his parents from Three Springs to the Perth suburb of Marrangaroo [P307]
J. BRENNAN
Line Repairer in Three Springs in 1917 [6]
Farmer in Three Springs in 1918 and 1919 [6]
James BRENNAN
Clerk in Three Springs in 1929 [19]
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs [19]
Jan Bernadette BRENNAN
Born 17 April 1960 in Three Springs, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Educated at the Dominican Convent / Saint Paul's School in Three Springs and then at Stella Maris College in Geraldton [P307]
After leaving school began working for State Government housing agency Homeswest [P307]
Married Peter MORAN in March 1992 [P307]
In 2007 was Senior Maintenance Officer for Homeswest in the Perth suburb of Mirrabooka [P307]
John Anthony BRENNAN
Born 21 January 1935 in Three Springs, Western Australia [98]
Son of Patrick Joseph BRENNAN and Stella Mary Agnes REYNOLDS [P307]
His father had migrated from Northern Ireland in 1925 and his mother had been born in Dongara [P307]
Grew up with his parents, two brothers and three sisters in Yandanooka 1935-1942 and then in Three Springs [P307]
Student at the Yandanooka State School in Yandanooka until 1942 [P307]
Resided with his parents and siblings in Williamson Street in the Three Springs townsite 1942 onwards [P307]
Himself and his brother John were enrolled at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 23 November 1942 [98]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1958 and 1959 [19]
Mrs Lorna May BRENNAN
Resided in Three Springs in 1958 and 1959 [19]
Maria Therese Frances BRENNAN
Born 7 September 1965 in Mount Lawley, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs [P307]
Student at the Dominican Convent / Saint Paul's School in Three Springs 1971-1977 [P307]
Attended Stella Maris College in Geraldton 1978-1982 [P307]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1989 [P307]
Resided at 8 Touche Street in the Three Springs townsite [P307]
Later resided in Perth and worked as a cleaner at the Catholic Centre in the Perth suburb of Leederville [P307]
Patricia Mary BRENNAN
Born 28 August 1961 in Three Springs, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Educated at the Dominican Convent / Saint Paul's School in Three Springs and then at Stella Maris College in Geraldton [P307]
Worked as Secretary for a Catholic School in the Perth suburb of Yangebup [P307]
Married Lindsay DANIELS in March 1987 [P307]
Patrick Joseph BRENNAN
Born 1901 in Northern Ireland [P307]
Departed London, England on the Bendigo and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 3 January 1925 [70]
Married Stella Mary Agnes REYNOLDS in 1932 [66]
Contractor in Mingenew in 1932 [19]
Contractor in Yandanooka 1933-1942 [19] [P307]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 21-Feb-1936]
Along with his wife and children left Yandanooka and shifted to Three Springs in 1942 [P307]
Contractor in Three Springs 1942-1958 [19] [P307]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bedford Park [2]
Died 6 April 1966; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 4, 198) [2]
"Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN
Born 19 August 1933 in Three Springs, Western Australia [P307]
Son of Patrick Joseph BRENNAN and Stella Mary Agnes REYNOLDS [P307]
His father had migrated from Northern Ireland in 1925 and his mother had been born in Dongara [P307]
Grew up with his parents, two brothers and three sisters in Yandanooka 1933-1942 and then in Three Springs [P307]
Student at the Yandanooka State School in Yandanooka 1939-1942 [P307]
Resided with his parents and siblings in Williamson Street in the Three Springs townsite 1942-1956 [P307]
Himself and his brother John were enrolled at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 23 November 1942 [98]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs 1942-1946 [98] [P307]
Finished his schooling as a student at Christian Brothers College in Geraldton in 1947 and 1948 [P307]
After leaving school at the age of 15 he worked as a farmhand and shearer - much of which work was in Dudawa, East Arrino [P307]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1949 and 1950, and 1960-1970 [P307]
Member of the Arrino Football Club 1951-1959 [P307]
Married Gloria Catherine LYNCH on 1 December 1956 at the Catholic Church in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [P307]
Resided in Mayrhofer Street, Three Springs 1956-1963 [P307]
Grader Driver for the Three Springs Shire Council and later worked for the Talc Mine in Three Springs [P307]
Resided in Perth for six years from 1963 to 1968 and then after having a house built shifted back to Three Springs [P307]
Resided in Touche Street, Three Springs 1968-1997 [P307]
Worked for the Talc Mine in Three Springs until 1972 when he began working as a Machinery Salesman [P307]
Machinery Salesman in the Three Springs, Mingenew and Morawa districts 1972-1983 [P307]
Machinery Salesman for John Deere dealership Waltons in Carnamah 1983-1996 [P307]
Member of the Three Springs Bowling Club 1968-1997 [P307]
Justice of the Peace in Three Springs from September 1979, and served on the Three Springs Shire Council in 1996-97 [P307]
After selling their house they left Three Springs in September 1997 and shifted to the Perth suburb of Marangaroo [P307]
Father of Gregory, Catherine, Jan, Patricia, Donna and Maria [P307]
Patrick William BRENNAN
Farmer in Three Springs 1955-1958 [19]
Mrs Stella Mary Agnes BRENNAN
Wife of Patrick Joseph BRENNAN; see Stella Mary Agnes REYNOLDS
William BRENNAN
Carpenter in Three Springs in 1910 [6]
Mrs "Bessie" Betsy Dawson BRENNAND
Wife of "Jack" John BRENNAND; see "Bessie" Betsy Dawson TALBOT
Esther BRENNAND
Born 4 March 1913 in Arrino, Western Australia [15] [166]
Daughter of William BRENNAND and Mary Ellen THOMPSON [166]
Resided with her parents in Arrino 1913-1916 and then in Watheroo 1916 onwards [19]
Educated at the Watheroo State School in Watheroo from 3 February 1919 to 1 April 1927 [166]
Married John Henry BROWNE in 1931 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 9 August 1979; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (IC Section, Niche Wall, A, 75) [2]
James BRENNAND
Born 1886 in Preston, Lancashire, England [20] [21]
Son of Daniel BRENNAND and Margaret HELM [20] [21]
His father worked as a Tape Sizer at a Cotton Mill [20]
He was one of ten children with nine siblings - Daniel, Elizabeth, Agnes, William, Margaret, John, Joseph, Ernest and Arthur [20]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings on Coupe Green in Walton le Dale, Lancashire, England [20]
His mother died at the age of 42 years in 1894 [21]
His father married widowed cotton weaver Mrs Betty ALDRED nee HARTLEY in 1895 [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with his father, stepmother and siblings at 149 Blackburn Road in Great Harwood, Lancashire, England [20]
Married Margaret Ann HARTLEY in Lancashire, England in 1907 [21]
Along with his wife departed Liverpool, England on the steamship Belgic for Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 September 1911 [203]
Labourer, Railway Fettler and then Leaseholder in Arrino 1913-1917 [6] [19] [44] [50]
From 1915 to 1918 paid rates for the quarter acre Lot 86 in the Arrino townsite [44]
Himself and his wife were passengers on the train that went into a washaway near Gunyidi on the night of Monday 23 July 1917 [10]
The disaster was reported as the worst rail accident in the State's history, with three people being killed and 14 injured [10]
He suffered shock and a severe injury to his back and for at least a week was a patient at the Moora Hospital in Moora [10: 27-Jul-1917]
Farmer of Laund Farm in Yandanooka 1917-1925 [6] [19]
Died 16 July 1960; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Anglican, A7, 480) [2]
"Jack" John BRENNAND
Born 1888 in Preston, Lancashire, England [20] [21]
Son of Daniel BRENNAND and Margaret HELM [20] [21]
His father worked as a Tape Sizer at a Cotton Mill [20]
He was one of ten children with nine siblings - Daniel, Elizabeth, Agnes, William, Margaret, James, Joseph, Ernest and Arthur [20]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings on Coupe Green in Walton le Dale, Lancashire, England [20]
His mother died at the age of 42 years in 1894 [21]
His father married widowed cotton weaver Mrs Betty ALDRED nee HARTLEY in 1895 [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with his father, stepmother and siblings at 149 Blackburn Road in Great Harwood, Lancashire, England [20]
Married "Bessie" Betsy Dawson TALBOT in 1907 in Lancashire, England [21]
Departed London, England on the steamship Orontes for Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 December 1910 [203]
Fettler in Arrino 1911-1914 [19] [50]
His wife and son John departed London, England on the steamship Gothic for Fremantle, Western Australia on 20 July 1912 [70]
Fettler in Three Springs 1914-1917 [19] [50]
Farmer in Arrino in 1918 and 1919 [6]
Farmer in Morawa 1919-1922 [50]
Storekeeper in Latham 1923-1934 [6] [19]
Resided in Dongara from 1935 until his death in 1958 [2] [6]
Garage Employee in Dongara [19]
Died 16 March 1958; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LE, 438) [2]
John BRENNAND
Born 28 February 1910 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England [16]
Son of "Jack" John BRENNAND and "Bessie" Betsy Dawson TALBOT [--]
Departed London, England with his mother on the steamship Gothic for Fremantle, Western Australia on 20 July 1912 [203]
He could be the "Jack Brennan" under school age who was listed as a prospective student of the Coorow State School in 1913 [215]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs in 1916 and 1917 and in Arrino in 1918 and 1919 [6] [19]
Farmer in Latham 1931-1935 [19] [50]
Mechanic in Dongara in 1938 [19]
Married Joan DOWNES in 1939 [66]
Private W71943 in Dongara's Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Died 3 May 1983; buried at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia [26]
Mrs Margaret Ann BRENNAND
Wife of James BRENNAND; see Margaret Ann HARTLEY
Mrs Mary Ellen BRENNAND
Wife of William BRENNAND; see Mary Ellen THOMPSON
William BRENNAND
Born 1882 in Preston, Lancashire, England [20] [21]
Son of Daniel BRENNAND and Margaret HELM [20] [21]
His father worked as a Tape Sizer at a Cotton Mill [20]
He was one of ten children with nine siblings - Daniel, Elizabeth, Agnes, Margaret, James, John, Joseph, Ernest and Arthur [20]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings on Coupe Green in Walton le Dale, Lancashire, England [20]
His mother died at the age of 42 years in 1894 [21]
His father married widowed cotton weaver Mrs Betty ALDRED nee HARTLEY in 1895 [20] [21]
In 1901 he was living with Joseph WHIPP, who he worked for as a farmhand, at 2 Helmscroft Road in Haslingden, Lancashire [20]
Married Mary Ellen THOMPSON in 1909 in Lancashire, England [21]
Departed Antwerp, Belgium on the steamship Gneisenau and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 January 1911 [70]
Railway Pumper in Arrino 1911-1916 [19]
To join him his wife departed Liverpool, England on the steamship Belgic for Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 September 1911 [203]
His wife travelled out on the Belgic with his brother James and sister-in-law Margaret A. BRENNAND [203]
Initially resided with his wife within the railway yards in Arrino [19]
Purchased Lot 62 of the Arrino townsite from the State Government on 28 October 1912, and by 1913 had a house on the block [44]
Attended and sang at the Concert held at the railway goods shed in Arrino on Friday evening 11 September 1914 [10: 18-Sep-1914]
Railway Fettler and Pumper in Watheroo 1916-1945 [6]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Carnamah retiree John James ANGEL at the Moora Cemetery on 27 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936] [12: 31-Jul-1936]
He continued to reside in Watheroo until at least 1949 [6]
Father of Esther [166]
Mrs BRENNER
Came 2nd in the Married Ladies Running Race at the Annual Sports Meeting in Arrino on Easter Monday 1 April 1915 [10: 9-Apr-1915]
Alfred Crickmer BRETT
Born 1887 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England [20] [21]
Son of Zephania BRETT and Emma CRICKMER [20] [21]
Grew up in the English country of Suffolk where his father worked as Foreman of a Malt House, and later as a Caretaker [20]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings George, Emma and Herbert at 77 Crown Street in Saint Margaret, Suffolk [20]
Ten years later he was working as a Drapers Apprentice and was living with his parents and siblings in Saint Peter, Suffolk [20]
Married (1) Hilda ESLICK in England in 1910 [21]
Prior to leaving England he had worked as a Tailor's Cutter [70]
Along with his wife departed London, England on the Orsova and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 7 February 1911 [70]
Contractor in Dudawa, East Arrino 1914-1916 [19]
Railway Fettler in Wurarga in 1916 [50]
Station-hand on Gabyon Station in Wurarga 1925-1936 [50]
Storekeeper in Pintharuka 1938-1947 [19]
Married (2) Mavis Alice Clarissa BARR in Perth in 1947 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Father of Thirza [--]
Died 17 May 1957; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, M, 5) [2]
Mrs Hilda BRETT
First wife of Alfred Crickmer BRETT; see Hilda ESLICK
Mrs Mavis Alice Clarissa BRETT
Second wife of Alfred Crickmer BRETT; see Mavis Alice Clarissa BARR
Thirza Gertrude BRETT
Born 1914 [15]
Daughter of Alfred Crickmer BRETT and Hilda ESLICK [--]
Resided with her parents in Dudawa, East Arrino 1914-1916 [19]
Resided in Bunjil 1936-1941 [19] [50]
Married Alfred Edward BAMFORD in Perth in 1941 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Gosnells [2]
Died 3 May 2002; buried Guildford Cemetery, Perth suburb of Guildford (Roman Catholic, E, 462) [2]
Hilda Muriel BREWER
Born 1892 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [32]
Daughter of Charles BREWER and Martha Adeline SMITH [32]
Married "Nat" Nathaniel MCKENZIE in 1915 in Perth [66]
Resided in Gingin until mid 1921 when her husband began leasing the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs [10: 15-Jul-1921]
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1921-1927, and then on farmland in Three Springs 1928 onwards [6] [10] [19]
One of her children came 2nd in the Baby Competition conducted at the Three Springs Day on 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Won a case of wine in a raffle at the Hospital Ball in the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 5 April 1923 [9: 27-Apr-1923]
Her brother Charles J. L. BREWER was the licensee and proprietor of the Carnamah Hotel in Carnamah 1928-1932 [4: 16-Jul-1932]
Attended the wedding of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Came 2nd in the Ladies Motor Car Driving at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 20-Sep-1928]
Her father and brother George visited herself and her family in Three Springs in late September 1928 [4: 3-Nov-1928]
Won 1st prize for a male Plymouth Rock in the Poultry section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the House Party at the home of Ted and Esther SHEAHAN in Three Springs on Thursday 24 August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Attended the R.S.L. Ball held at the Three Springs Hall on Friday 1 September 1933 in a dress of red georgette [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Won 1st prize for male and 2nd for female Plymouth Rocks at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Exhibited in the Poultry and Confectionary sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 13 September 1934 [5]
In the Poultry section Won 1st prize for male Black Orpington, which was also the Champion Male Bird in Show [5]
Received 2nd prizes for Bread and Plain Scones in the Confectionary section [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Helped run the North Midlands Wheatgrowers Union Annual Picnic and Ball held in Three Springs on 21 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Won 1st prize for Scones in the Confectionary section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Steward of the Confectionary section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1939 [262]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Resided in Three Springs until about 1962 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Mother of Betty, Gwen, Frederick, Audrey, William, Dorothy and Maxine [P2]
Died 25 August 1982; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, AA, 46) [2]
Walter Thomas BREWERTON
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1909-1914 [19]
Labourer in Three Springs 1916-1933 [9] [19] [124]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1916, 1918, 1923 and 1926 [124]
Donated 10/- in 1916, £1/1/- in 1918, 10/- in 1919, and £1/1/- in 1925 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee [124]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
He was an inmate of the Cottage Hospital in Three Springs in May 1927, suffering from injuries including a broken jaw [4: 14-May-1927]
"Eric" Arthur John Eric BRIDGE
Born 28 February 1912 in Maylands, Western Australia [16]
Office Assistant of Victoria Street in Mingenew [50]
Competed in the North Midland Districts Easter Tennis Tournament held in Mingenew on 20, 21 and 22 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
With George S. IRONSIDE of Mingenew won the Men's Handicap Doubles portion of the Tournament, which had 72 entries [5]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 6-Dec-1935, 5-Mar-1937]
Member of the Mingenew Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Friendly Society (M.U.O.F.S.) in 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Attended the Half Yearly Installation of Officers of the Carnamah Lodge of the M.U.O.F.S. in Carnamah on 19 October 1936 [5]
Attended the Official Opening of the Three Springs Golf Club's new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5]
Himself and Three Springs farmer Evander W. FRANKLIN won the Men's Foursomes competition at the opening [5: 28-May-1937]
Secretary of the Victoria Districts Golf Association in 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Mary J. STEPHEN of Arrino and Mingenew at the Mingenew Cemetery on 15 August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 2 September 1940 [16]
Flying Officer 17601 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 78 Operational Base Unit during the Second World War [16]
Married Doris May YORK, of Watheroo and previously of Carnamah, in Perth in 1943 [66] [P289]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 23 November 1945 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Lynwood [2]
Died 13 October 1980; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (IC Section, Niche Wall, W2, 43) [2]
Dorothy Ida BRIDGE
20 July 1893 in Crafers, South Australia [55] [50]
Daughter of Percy Thomas BRIDGE and Ida Esther Miller HEIMANN [55]
Resided with her parents in Mingenew, Western Australia 1911-1939 [4: 17-Jan-1942] [19] [50]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of oriental silver tissue [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 6-Dec-1935, 5-Mar-1937]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club in 1936 [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Attended the Official Opening of the new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Mrs Ida Esther Miller BRIDGE
Wife of Percy Thomas BRIDGE; see Ida Esther Miller HEIMANN
John BRIDGE
Farmer in Arrino 1922-1924 [6]
Percy Charles BRIDGE
Born 8 March 1906 in Popanyinning, Western Australia [16]
Son of Percy Thomas BRIDGE and Ida Esther Miller HEIMANN [10: 24-Jan-1919]
Resided with his parents in Mingenew [10: 24-Jan-1919]
Attended the Guildford Grammar School in the Perth suburb of Guildford on a scholarship in 1919 [10: 24-Jan-1919]
Employee at the National Bank in Three Springs in 1928 and 1929 [4: 7-Jan-1928, 6-Apr-1929]
Attended the wedding dance of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN in Carnamah on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Beach Committee's Dance held at the Dongara Hall in Dongara on Monday evening 28 February 1929 [4: 2-Feb-1929]
Travelled to Mingenew to spend the Easter holidays with his parents and other family members in 1929 [4: 6-Apr-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Most originally dressed gentleman as "Felix" at the Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 27 June 1929 [4: 6-Jul-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Bank Clerk in Kulin in 1936 [50]
Married Nancy Wilhelmina McCARTER in 1936 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 26 March 1942 [16]
Private W66865 in the Australian Army's 7th Battalion during a portion of the Second World War [16]
Clerk in Three Springs 1943-1949 [19]
Resided with his wife in Carter Street, Three Springs [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Died 11 October 1991; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 17, 283) [2]
Percy Thomas BRIDGE
Born C.1866 [55]
Son of William BRIDGE [55]
Married Ida Esther Miller HEIMANN on 26 October 1892 in Bridgewater, South Australia [55]
Their first daughter was born in Crafers, South Australia in 1893 and their second in Myponga, South Australia in 1894 [55]
By 1896 they had moved to Western Australia with their third daughter born that year at Cue and their fourth at Cue in 1898 [15]
His brother Charles Edward BRIDGE married his wife's sister Laura Henrietta Miller HEIMANN in 1892 [55]
Storekeeper at Tuckanarra on the Murchison goldfields in Western Australia 1900-1904 [6] [50]
He was a Justice of the Peace for the Murchison Magisterial District in 1904 [4: 30-Aug-1930]
Storekeeper at Lennonville in the Murchison Goldfields in 1905 and 1906 [6] [50]
Store Manager and later Storekeeper & Commission Agent in Mingenew 1911-1941 [4: 17-Jan-1942] [19] [50]
He was the manager of Messrs Samuel F. Moore & Company's General Store in Mingenew in 1915 and 1916 [10: 11-May-1915] [152]
Later managed the store for the executors of the Estate of the Late Samuel F. MOORE [4: 19-Aug-1939]
He also oversaw the firm's General Store in Morawa which provided supplies to farmers in Morawa and Pintharuka [152]
After two poor years and then the 1914 drought the firm had 40 farmers in Morawa and Pintharuka who owed £2,760 [152]
They were unable to provide the 40 farmers with any further credit, however the Government came to their rescue [152]
He went out to see the conditions and after reporting to the Government he was able to provide them with bare necessities [152]
Served on the Upper Irwin Road Board in 1917 and 1918 [101: page 151]
Served on the Mingenew (previously Upper Irwin) Road Board 1923-1928 and was Chairman 1925-1928 [101: page 152] [4: 10-Mar-1928]
Acting Chairman of the Mingenew Road Board for three months of 1924, owing to Everard F. DARLOT's ill-health [9: 25-Jul-1924]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of Western Australia in Mingenew on 15 December 1916 [152]
His belief was that farming in Mingenew hadn't been altogether satisfactory as there had been setbacks [152]
The storekeeping business he worked for had carried a number of farmers on credit [152]
The farmers who couldn't make it were getting weeded out, and most of those they will still carrying were getting ahead [152]
He believed large estates were blocking farming and that share-cropping terms asked by some landowners were impossible [152]
He'd helped one man get out of a share-farming contract and had successfully advised another not to enter into one [152]
In both instances the men had to mortgage all of their property to the same landowner and therefore risked losing everything [152]
In this business he'd had difficulty in getting payment from the Industries Assistance Board (I.A.B.) for farmers' accounts [152]
He allowed farmers to book up twice their store allowance from I.A.B. if they travelled in for stores every two months [152]
The I.A.B. refused to pay him as he'd allowed them to book up too much, but they finally paid up after legal proceedings [152]
He praised the assistance given to farmers by the I.A.B. and Agricultural Bank, but found it wasn't always well supervised [152]
There were farmers who didn't need but were getting assistance, and others who were too easily given too much assistance [152]
He believed central and southern Morawa were suitable for farming but that Pintharuka was dangerously bordering too far east [152]
Member of the Mingenew Dramatic Society - was President in 1919 [10: 24-Jan-1919]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mingenew linesman Alexander G. SPEAR at the Mingenew Cemetery in August 1919 [10: 8-Aug-1919]
By the end of the 1922-23 financial year he was the owner of nine blocks in the Mingenew townsite [44]
Foundation Noble Grand Master of the Mingenew branch of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Friendly Society in 1923 [101: page 105]
He remained a member of the Mingenew Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Society until at least 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
He was Secretary of the Mingenew Lodge in 1929, and District Grand Master 1931-1934 [4: 31-Aug-1929, 30-May-1931] [5: 11-May-1934]
Attended the Installation Meetings of the M.U.O.F.S. Lodge in Carnamah between 1931 and 1936 [4: 30-May-1931] [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Organiser of the Centenary Carnival Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Mingenew on 12 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
After holidaying in the Perth metropolis he returned to Mingenew in early October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Member of the Mingenew Recreation Advisory Committee 1929-1934 [4: 20-Jul-1929] [101: page 129]
He was sworn in as a Justice of the Peace for the Victoria Magisterial District on 27 August 1930 [4: 30-Aug-1930]
As a Justice of the Peace he performed the duties of magistrate at cases that went before the Mingenew Police Court [4: 16-May-1931]
As a local Justice of the Peace he was sometimes appointed of Acting Coroner of inquests held in Mingenew [4: 16-May-1931]
In May 1931 he was appointed a member of the Mingenew Children's Court [4: 30-May-1931]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club - was Vice President in 1930 [4: 10-May-1930]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club - was President 1930-1937 [4: 20-Sep-1930, 16-May-1931, 16-Jul-1932, 1-Jun-1935] [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club - was President in 1930-31 [4: 20-Dec-1930]
By 1932 he was the owner of the vacant 30 Robertson Street in the Carnamah townsite (Lot 60 of Victoria Location 1936) [3]
Owned a Chevrolet wagon and Studebaker Eight car with license plates MI-88 and MI-99 in 1932 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Member of the Mingenew Agricultural Society - was Treasurer in 1933 [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Attended the Official Opening of the Three Springs Golf Club's new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
In 1937 he was "one of the oldest Diocesan Lay Readers in the State" [5: 28-May-1937]
Preacher of a special service at Saint James Anglican Church in Three Springs on Sunday evening 30 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
His store in Mingenew was telephone number Mingenew-1 [4: 29-Mar-1941]
By March 1941 he'd sent three quarters of a ton of paper from Mingenew to aid the war-time collection of waste paper [4: 29-Mar-1941]
Sold his general store and agency business in Mingenew to William H. G. HOWARD in January 1942 [4: 17-Jan-1942]
In 1947 sold his vacant block at 30 Robertson Street in the Carnamah townsite to Hugh F. MCKENZIE-MCHARG [3]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Father of at least five children - Dorothy Ida, Gwendoline Hope, Adeline Grace, Florence Alma and Percy Charles [10: 24-Jan-1919] [15] [55]
Died 16 September 1958; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, HC, 10) [2]
Mrs Nancy Wilhelmina BRIDGE
Wife of Percy Charles BRIDGE; see Nancy Wilhelmina McCARTER
Annie BRIGHT
Housekeeper in Three Springs 1919-1953 [19]
Albert BRIMSON
Born 12 July 1908 in Three Springs, Western Australia [16]
Son of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [4: 4-May-1946]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs [19]
Won the 10 to 12 Years Boys Running Race at the Peace Celebrations in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
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 Football Club in 1935 [5: 7-Jun-1935]
Married Hilda Margaret MORLEY in Perth in 1936 [66]
In 1942 was living in Chittering, and in Pinjarra in 1946 [4: 4-May-1946] [16]
Private W69034 in Chittering's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Amy Olive BRIMSON
Born 1903 in North Beach, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs [19]
Won the Girls 50 Yards running race at the annual "Three Springs Day" held on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Married Theodore E. TONKIN in 1942 [66]
Mrs Beverley Ellen BRIMSON
By 1975 was living at 4 Williamson Street in Three Springs [19]
Later resided on Victoria Location 10835 in Three Springs [19]
Mrs Catherine Lucy BRIMSON
Wife of Lionel Henry BRIMSON; see Catherine Lucy CULLEN
"Doug" Douglas James BRIMSON
Born 18 October 1928 in Midland Junction, Western Australia [45] [98]
Son of Lionel Henry BRIMSON and Catherine Lucy CULLEN [P137]
Began his schooling at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 19 July 1935 [98]
Farmer in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Farmer of Hillview Farm in Arrino 1956-1961 [19]
Farmer of Victoria Location 10488 in Eneabba via Three Springs from 1962 until at least 1982 [19]
The farmland in Eneabba had previously been purchased by his father [P102]
An election was held on 7 May 1964 to elect a member for Eneabba to the Carnamah Shire Council [7: page 126]
Served on the Carnamah Shire Council representing the Eneabba Ward 1964-1966 and again 1972-1979 [7: page 112]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club [45]
On leaving Eneabba resided initially in Geraldton and later in the Perth suburb of Karrinyup [45]
Passed away at the age of 76 years at the Palliative Care Unit at Hollywood Private Hospital in the Perth suburb of Hollywood [45]
Husband of June [45]
Father of Helen, Steven, Coral and Trevor [45]
Died 22 May 2005 in Hollywood WA; cremated at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA [45]
"Pincher" Ernest Edward Walter BRIMSON
Born 1906 [15]
Son of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Labourer in Three Springs 1929-1939 and Farmer in Three Springs 1941-1948 [19]
Came 3rd in the 12 to 15 Years Boys Race at the Peace Celebrations in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Winner of Tilting at the Ring at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1927-1935 [4: 7-May-1927] [5: 15-Jun-1934, 21-Jun-1935]
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]
Played for the North Midlands Football Association in a match against the Perenjori-Morawa Association on 28 July 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
Provisional Umpire for the first game of the North Midlands Football Association in Three Springs in 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
In June 1937 he was appointed a Central Umpire of the North Midlands Football Association [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Boundary Umpire of the final three matches of the North Midlands Football Association in 1937 [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Motored to Perth with Alfred HUNTER and Cecil M. MALEY on 28 July 1937 and returned to Three Springs the next day [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Married Maude Louisa WILTON [P2]
Sharefarmer and Manager of a property in Arrino in 1948 [P2]
Collapsed to the floor early one morning and after being taken to the hospital in Three Springs died that afternoon [P2]
After he had collapsed his wife had walked about two miles to get help with their infant children in its pram [P2]
Fanny Edith BRIMSON
Born 1899 in Swan, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Presumably resided in Three Springs with her parents 1908-1919 [19]
Married "Harry" Henry MANSFIELD in 1919 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs in 1921 and 1922 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Midland [2]
Died 10 February 1978; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Anglican, F, 14) [2]
Mrs Fanny Jane BRIMSON
Wife of George BRIMSON; see Fanny Jane YATES
Mrs Florence Gertrude BRIMSON
Wife of George William BRIMSON; see Florence Gertrude NASH
George BRIMSON
Born 1869 in Northam, Western Australia [15]
Son of Robert BRIMSON and Susan WALDOCK [15]
Married Fanny Jane YATES in 1896 in the Perth suburb of Guildford [15]
Railway Fettler in Three Springs in 1908 [19]
By later 1908 he was working as a Contractor, and in 1909 was living on Lake View Farm in Three Springs [19]
Contractor in Three Springs 1908-1913 and Clearing Contractor in Three Springs 1914-1922 [6]
Farmer of 160 acres in Three Springs (Victoria Location 3728) as early as 1910 [44]
In addition to his 160 acres his wife had a 500 acre grazing lease in Three Springs from 1910 to 1912 (Lease 4616/68) [44]
By 1919 he had purchased a further 100 acres and by 1923 yet another 100 acres (Victoria Locations 3339 and 3463 respectively) [44]
He kept the racetrack clear at the Three Springs Race Club's Inaugural Race Meeting on Thursday 9 March 1911 [9: 17-Mar-1911]
His horse Patchwork came 2nd in the First Class Hack Race at the "Three Springs Day" on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
His horse Marramatta came 3rd in the Local Handicap race at the Carnamah Races on Easter Monday 28 March 1921 [10: 1-Apr-1921
Marramatta had previously run in the Flying Handicap race Picnic Race Meeting in Carnamah on 16 September 1920 [10: 1-Oct-1920]
Marramatta came 2nd in the Flying Handicap at the Picnic Race Meeting in Carnamah on 22 September 1921 [9: 30-Sep-1921]
According to electoral rolls he resided in Three Springs until 1921 [19]
By 1924 his 360 acre farm in Three Springs had been sold and was owned by Charles F. THOMAS [44]
Father of Hilda, Fanny, Lionel, Amy, George, Ernest, Albert, Rosey, Leita and Ivy [4: 4-May-1946]
"Dido" George William BRIMSON
Born 1905 in Subiaco, Western Australia [15]
Son of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs [19]
Won 4th prize for a Schoolchild's Crayon Drawing at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1922 [10: 12-May-1922]
Participated in the Kangaroo Hunting & Picnic Party's hunt in Three Springs on Friday and Saturday 1-2 September 1922 [9: 15-Sep-1922]
Married Florence Gertrude NASH in Perth in 1927 [66]
Labourer on Bonnie Doon Farm in Three Springs 1932-1935 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Resided of late in the Mandurah suburb of Halls Head [2]
Died 17 May 1988; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Hilda May BRIMSON
Born 1895 in Chittering, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Fanny Jane YATES, who married George BRIMSON in 1896 [15]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs [19]
Married William KNAPP in 1919 [66]
Resided in Three Springs 1921-1943 and in Carnamah 1947-1965 [19] [50]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE at the Three Springs Hall on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
A Dance was held in aid of herself and her family at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 4 May 1934 [5: 11-May-1934]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Joondanna [2]
Mother of Gladys, William, Walter, George, Albert and Grace [98]
Died 31 August 1988; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn 5, Niche Wall, W10, 81) [2]
Ivy BRIMSON
Born 1913 [15]
Daughter of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [4: 4-May-1946]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs [19]
Married (1) Wilfred James COLES in 1931 [66]
Resided in Arrino 1931-1938 and in Three Springs 1938-1941 [19]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Married (2) WISE [4: 4-May-1946]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Yokine [2]
Mother of Hazel [84]
Died 31 May 1983; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, IC, 708) [2]
Mrs Janice Beth BRIMSON
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1962-1975 [19]
Leita BRIMSON
Born 1912 [15]
Daughter of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [4: 4-May-1946]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs [19]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Married George Able WILTON in 1928 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs in 1928 and 1929, in Yuna 1930-1935, and again in Three Springs 1938-1941 [19]
Lionel Albert BRIMSON
Shearer of Slaughter Street, Three Springs for at least the years 1962-1965 [19]
Lionel Henry BRIMSON
Born 1901 in Upper Swan, Western Australia [15]
Son of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Himself and Arthur S. MORTIMER won the Rescue Race at the Three Springs Day on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Farmer in Three Springs 1925-1952 [6] [19]
Farmer in Eneabba via Three Springs 1956-1961 [19]
Farmer of Hillview Farm in Arrino [P102] 1962 onwards [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1920 [10: 23-Jul-1920]
From 1947 to 1954 was telephone number Three Springs-226 [60]
In retirement resided at Lot 2 Church Street in the coastal town of Dongara [19] [24]
Father of Sylvia, Douglas, Kathleen, Maureen, Lionel and Robert [P137]
Died 27 February 1978 in Geraldton; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Uniting, Plot 83) [24]
M. BRIMSON
Grazier in Three Springs 1933-1940 [6]
Mrs Margaret June BRIMSON
Resided on Hillview Farm in Arrino 1956-1961 [19]
Resided on Victoria Location 10488 in Eneabba from 1962 until at least 1977 [19]
Mrs Maude Louisa BRIMSON
Wife of "Pincher" Ernest Edward Walter BRIMSON; see Maude Louisa WILTON
Robert Arthur BRIMSON
Farmer of 4 Williamson Street, Three Springs in 1975 [19]
Later resided on Victoria Location 10835 in Three Springs [19]
"Rose" Rosey BRIMSON
Born 1910 [15]
Daughter of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Student at the Three Springs State School in 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Came 2nd in the 8 to 10 Years Girls Running Race at the Peace Celebrations in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Received 1st prizes for Writing and Drawing at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Won a 1st prize for Writing at the annual picnic and show, the Three Springs Day, held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Resided in Carnamah for part of the year 1928 [4: 28-Jul-1928]
In July 1928 took an active part in the formation of a Ladies Football Club in Carnamah [4: 28-Jul-1928]
Came equal first in the "Ladies Race" at the Carnamah Show and Sports Carnival on Thursday 4 October 1928 [4: 13-Oct-1928]
In mid October 1928 she left Carnamah and returned to Three Springs [4: 20-Oct-1928]
Along with Alf HUNTER attended the Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 27 June 1929 as "Mr & Mrs Three Springs" [4: 6-Jul-1929]
Married "Alf" Alfred HUNTER in 1929 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1929-1956, where he was the proprietor of the Three Springs Garage [5: 9-Feb-1934] [19]
Won 2nd prize for a Knitted Infant's Woollen Jacket at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 19 September 1935 [5]
Also won 1st prize for Exhibit by Lady in the Novelty Competition at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won 1st prize for Rainbow Cake at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Part of the group who attended the Masquerade Ball in Carnamah on 5 December 1936 dressed as "Mickie & Minnie" [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Herself, her husband and their children spent a two week holiday on the Murchison River in January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-1937, 5-Feb-1937]
Sylvia Dawn BRIMSON
Born 5 August 1927 in Midland Junction, Western Australia [98]
Daughter of Lionel Henry BRIMSON and Catherine Lucy CULLEN [98]
Resided with her parents on farmland in Three Springs [19] [98]
Began her schooling at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 19 June 1935 [98]
Shop Assistant in Three Springs in 1949 and 1950 [19]
Married Clement Ronald ROWE in 1950 [66]
Resided in Three Springs 1950-1962 [19]
By 1964 was living on Victoria Location 10560 in Eneabba via Three Springs [19]
Lawrence BRIOTTI
Contractor in Three Springs in 1955 and 1956 [19]
Adrian Edward BROAD
Born 1929 [193]
Son of Albert Irwin BROAD and Grace Julie WHITE [193]
Resided with his parents on Noalimba Farm in Three Springs [193]
Following their father's death himself and his brother had time off school to help their mother during seeding and harvest [193]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club 1949-50 and 1950-51 [4: 25-Mar-1950] [89]
Married Shirley Amy WISE in 1955 [193]
Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society - was Secretary in 1960 [4: 26-Feb-1960]
Speaker at the Farewell Dance for Ron & Irene QUARTERMAINE at the Three Springs Hall during February 1960 [4: 26-Feb-1960]
He was telephone number Three Springs-297, and was listed under "Dookanooka Pastoral Co." 1964-1968 [60]
Farmed in Three Springs until at least 1975 [19]
Father of Dean, Julie and Kent [193]
"Bert" Albert Irwin BROAD
Born 1892 in Mingenew, Western Australia [4] [15]
Son of Edward BROAD and Ellen Jane OLIVER [15]
Resided with his parents on Manarra Farm in Mingenew, and later farmed with his father [193]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 24 February 1916 [94]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A48 Seang Bee on 18 July 1916 [94]
Driver 2032 in the Australian Imperial Force's 51st Battalion on the Western Front during the First World War [94]
During the war his brother Lewis, who served with the 11th Battalion, was Killed in Action in Belgium on 20 September 1917 [94]
Returned to Western Australia on 4 June 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [94]
Farmer of Orango Farm in Mingenew in partnership with his brother Frank 1919-1926 [193]
In 1926 dissolved partnership with his brother Frank and purchased 996 acres of land east of Three Springs [193]
The 996 acres consisted of Lots M833 and M836 of Victoria Location 2020, and were purchased from William HARRIS [44] [61]
Married Grace Julie WHITE in Perth on 7 July 1926 [193]
Farmer of Noalimba Farm in Three Springs 1926-1938 [193]
On purchase 200 acres of the property had been cleared, and it contained a well, a couple of dams and a one roomed hut [193]
The well had previously been sunk by the Government and one of the dams had been made over an old Aboriginal waterhole [193]
Named the property Noalimba, which was the Aboriginal word for "Lang of Plenty" [193]
Further developed the property and extended the one roomed hut to a six roomed weatherboard home with an iron roof [193]
He was the first in Three Springs to purchase a tractor - a McCormick Deering 1530 with pneumatic tyres [193]
Extended his farm with the purchase of 500 adjoining acres in 1938, and took over the livestock brand BA7 [193]
Inaugural Member for Wombarden on the Three Springs District Road Board in 1929 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Served on the Three Springs Road Board as the Member for Wombarden until his death in 1938 [5: 25-Nov-1932, 19-Apr-1935] [193]
In February 1929 advertised a two year old 17-run McCormack-Deering drill for sale for a cheap price [4: 16-Feb-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
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]
In 1934 voted in favour of dances held at the Three Springs Hall being allowed to continue after midnight on Saturdays [5: 15-Jun-1934]
The motion was unsuccessful by one vote, resulting in a continued disadvantage to the hall, town and all who attended dances [5]
At the Road Board's monthly meeting in October 1936 the motion was put forward again and passed six votes to one [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Won 1st prize for Green Wheat and 2nd for Green Oats at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Attended the Annual Ratepayers' Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board at 3 p.m. on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Member of the Three Springs-Arrino Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League [4: 10-Sep-1938]
In October 1935 sold 54 shorn wethers at 10/10 per head and 22 wethers at 9/1 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd [5: 11-Oct-1935]
A week later sold 30 shorn lambs at 10/7 per head and 52 shorn hoggets at 10/4 per head [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Sold through Westralian Farmers Ltd at a wool sale in Perth one bale of wool for 12¾d. per pound on 7 October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Presided over the meeting of Three Springs ratepayers held on Saturday 11 January 1936 to discuss the local water crisis [5: 17-Jan-1936]
Attended the Special Ratepayers Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board held on Monday 10 March 1936 [5: 13-Mar-1936]
The ratepayers supported himself and two other Members of the Board, however they found fault with the other three Members [5]
After much discussion three Members, including himself, resigned in protest and the Road Board automatically became defunct [5]
After the Road Board became defunct a Government Commissioner was sent to run things until a new Board was elected [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Himself and Edward HUNT received the support of the public when they re-nominated and were elected unopposed [5: 15-May-1936]
In 1936 the Commissioner for Taxation reduced the unimproved value of his Lots M833 and M836 from £1173 to £923 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Sold 206 sheep through Westralian Farmers Ltd at two Midland Markets on 23 September 1936 and 14 October 1936 [5]
The 206 sheep comprised 90 suckers (15 at 13/10, 55 at 11/7, 20 at 9/1), 70 shorn lambs (2 at 9/1, 51 at 7/4, 17 at 6/10) [5]
33 shorn ewes at 5/4, and 13 shorn wethers (6 at 11/1, 7 at 9/7 per head) [5: 25-Sep-1936, 16-Oct-1936]
In 1937 received permission from the Three Springs Road Board to make a stone crossing over the creek on Weir's Road [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Attended the meeting in Three Springs about extending telephonic facilities to East Three Springs on 9 March 1937 [5: 12-Mar-1937]
Loaned his truck to help cart 80 loads of sand, gravel and stones for the nursing quarters in Three Springs in April 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Attended the opening of the Nurse's Quarters in Three Springs and dinner at the Commercial Hotel on 27 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Sold 81 shorn wethers (60 at 18/1, 21 at 17/4) and 3 lambs at 22/7 through Westralian Farmers Ltd on 15 September 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Resided in Three Springs until his death in 1938 [2]
Father of Geoffrey and Adrian [P2]
Died 5 September 1938; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZB, 584) [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 10 September 1938:
Obituary - Death of Mr A. I. Broad - Funeral at Karrakatta
"A wave of genuine regret swept through the Three Springs district on Monday morning last with the receipt of the news that Mr Albert Irwin Broad had passed away in Perth at the comparatively early age of 45 years. The deceased gentleman, who had followed farming pursuits at Three Springs for the past twelve years, was widely known in the district and was very highly respected by all sections of the community. He at all times evinced a lively interest in public affairs, and ever since the inception of the Three Springs Road Board he has represented the ratepayers of the Womarden Ward. He was also prominently associated with the Three Springs Agricultural Society. The late Mr Broad was a returned solder and a valuable member of the Three Springs-Arrino Sub-Branch of the R.S.L. having served in the war with the 51st Battalion of the Australian Imperial Forces. Born at Mingenew, he was the third son of Mr and Mrs E. Broad sen, two of the pioneers of the Mingenew district, and he is survived by a widow and two young sons, for whom the deepest sympathy has been expressed right throughout the district. The deceased gentleman had been in ill health for some time past, and although every effort was made on his behalf from a medical standpoint his death was not altogether unexpected. The esteem in which the late Mr Broad was held was abundantly exemplified on Tuesday afternoon last, when his remains were laid to rest in the Anglican portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery, the service at the graveside being conducted by a former rector of Three Springs in the person of the Rev. E. G. Jaquet. Many residents of the district paid a last tribute by making a special journey to Perth for the funeral. These included the chairman and secretary of the Three Springs Road Board and members of the Three Springs-Arrino Sub-Branch of the R.S.L. and other public bodies. The chief mourners were Messrs C. E. Broad, E. L. Broad, F. H. Broad and J. O. Broad (brothers), Miss N. Broad (niece) and Mr C. McDonald (brother-in-law), the pall bearers being Messrs C. F. Thomas, E. Hunt, F. Connaughton and W. J. Turner (Three Springs Road Board), and O. S. Sowerby, A. Mortimer, A. R. Strutton and M. Williamson (Three Springs-Arrino Sub-Branch of the R.S.L.). Amongst others present at the graveside were Messrs W. Patrick M.L.A., H. Taplin (Midland Railway Company), S. M. Wreford (manager of the National Bank in Perth), R. Swirte (Shell Oil Company), Frank Laverack, C. H. Hope, E. K. Byrne, W. G. Jordan (Three Springs Road Board), W. D. S. Smith, P. G. Morgan, J. H. C. Haworth, Howard Smith, H. W. Weir, K. Whitlock, M. G. Hope, H. Parker, M. M. Wilson, N. P. Hawley, S. C. Gooch, R. P. Hope, I. A. Sackville, G. H. Bickford (secretary of Three Springs Road Board), W. R. Harris, T. J. Berrigan, W. Wilson, K, Watson, W. Fogarty, P. Oliver, G. P. White, K. White, M. K. White, Robbins, Mr and Mrs W. P. Eglou and Mrs Marsh. A large number of floral tributes were laid upon the grave."
Bruce Stewart BROAD
Born 1927 [193]
Son of "Sam" Samuel Ernest BROAD and Daisy Elizabeth DOWNES [193]
Resided with his parents on Victoria Location 7186 in Carnamah 1928-1938 [3] [19]
Student at the Carnamah State School [97], which he travelled to by riding his horse from his father's farm [P22]
Won the 8 & 9 Years Boys Egg & Spoon Race at the Inter-School Sports in Carnamah on Friday 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Along with his parents left Carnamah and shifted to farmland in Three Springs in 1938 [193]
Resided with his parents on Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs 1938 onwards [193]
Labourer on and later the Farmer of Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs [19] [193]
From 1969 onwards he was telephone number Three Springs-217 (previously in the name of his late father) [60]
Resided in Three Springs until at least 1975 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Sorrento [2]
Died 24 March 1993; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, Lawn 1, A013) [2]
Mrs Daisy Elizabeth BROAD
Wife of Samuel Ernest BROAD; see Daisy Elizabeth DOWNES
"Geoff" Geoffrey Hamil Irwin BROAD
Born 1927 [193]
Son of Albert Irwin BROAD and Grace Julie WHITE [193]
Resided with his parents on Noalimba Farm in Three Springs [193]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 as a "Sailor Boy" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Student at the Three Springs State School [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Came 2nd in one of the Boys Running Race at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports held in Three Springs on 17 March 1936 [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Came 2nd in the 8 & 9 Years Boys Flag Race at the Three Springs District Schools Athletic Championships in 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Following their father's death himself and his brother had time off school to help their mother during seeding and harvest [193]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]
Had PO Box 22 at the Three Springs Post Office [96]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club 1949-50 and 1950-51 [89]
Married Ramona Zarefa SHEPHERD in 1954 [193]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 20 June 1958 - was Worshipful Master in 1969 [96] [153]
Farmer in Three Springs until at least 1975 [19]
Father of Diana, Charmian and Robyn [193]
Mrs Grace Julie BROAD
Wife of Albert Irwin BROAD; see Grace Julie WHITE
Mrs Ramona Zarefa BROAD
Wife of Geoffrey Hamil Irwin BROAD; see Ramona Zarefa SHEPHERD
"Sam" Samuel Ernest BROAD
Born 20 May 1889 in Mingenew, Western Australia [16]
Son of Thomas BROAD and Elizabeth WHEELOCK [15]
Educated at the Yardarino State School and later at the Strawberry State School [193]
Farmer of Earne Hill Farm in Strawberry and also worked locally as a Shearer [193]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 1 March 1916 in Blackboy Hill; regimental number 2621 [30: item 3125647]
On enlistment was described as 6 feet 1 inches tall, weighing 182 lbs. with grey eyes, brown hair and a medium complexion [30]
Private / Lance Corporal in the 3rd Machine Gun Squadron of the Australian Imperial Force's 10th Light Horse Battalion [30]
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and received the Victory Medal and the British War Medal [30]
Arrived in Western Australia on the Oxfordshire on 4 August 1919 and was discharged from the A.I.F. on 20 January 1920 [30]
Won the Pillow Fight at the Arrino Picnic Railway Day held in Arrino on Saturday 29 November 1919 [9: 5-Dec-1919]
Over a month and a half in 1920 he shore 4086 sheep at Yarragadee Station in Mingenew, for which he was paid £34/13/5 [193]
Married Daisy Elizabeth DOWNES on 18 December 1926 at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka, South Mingenew [66]
For a period worked as a farmhand on Irwin BURGES' Willow Green Farm on the Irwin Flats in Irwin [193]
Farmer in Carnamah 1928-1938 [3] [19]
His farm was the 891 acre Victoria Location 7186, situated on the corner of what is now Turner Road and Waters Road [3] [62]
The farm was previously owned by Zebulun GREEN and was a portion of the Carnamah Estate (a soldier settlement estate) [44]
On purchase the property was only partially developed and he received assistance from his neighbours to clear further acreage [193]
Entered a number Exhibits in the Farm Produce section of the Carnamah Show and Sports Carnival on 4 October 1928 [4: 13-Oct-1928]
Won 1st for Chaff, 2nd for Sheaf of Wheat for Grain, 1st for Sheaf of Wheat for Hay and 1st for Sheaf of Early Variety Grain [4]
Telephone number Carnamah-11A from 1928 to 1938 [60]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1928, 1929 and 1930 [53]
Attended the Plain and Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Town Hall on Thursday 8 August 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Attended the Carnamah Anglican Church's Freak Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 3 October 1929 [4: 12-Oct-1929]
In 1932 was the owner of a Chevrolet car with license plate CA-130 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Travelled to Perth in mid July 1932 for the purpose of undergoing an operation at a metropolitan hospital [5: 15-Jul-1932]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1932-1937 [13]
Exhibited in the Horse and Sheep sections of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 14 September 1933 [5]
Won 1st prize for a Draught Mare in or with Foal and 2nd prizes for a Draught Mare and a Merino Ram [5: 22-Sep-1933]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Robert Clark FORRESTER on 18 September 1933 at the Winchester Cemetery [5: 22-Sep-1933]
In October 1933 sold five bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co for 5d. per pound [5: 13-Oct-1933]
Purchased a stud Koonoona merino ram from Mrs E. C. WELLS of Mingenew in February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
During August 1935 sold 21 suckers for 13/1 per head and 18 suckers for 15/10 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd [5: 30-Aug-1935]
A week later sold through Elders another 24 suckers for 13/10 per head and 18 suckers for 10/10 per head [5: 6-Sep-1935]
In mid September 1935 sold a further 18 suckers at 10/7 per head and 22 suckers at 13/1 per head [5: 20-Sep-1935]
He was among those from Carnamah who travelled to Perth in October 1935 to attend the Royal Show [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Sold six bales of wool at 14½d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Wool Sale in Perth on 7 October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
On 30 October 1935 sold 23 bales through Westralian Farmers - 4 at 15¼d., 17 at 15d., 1 at 14½d., 1 at 14d. per pound [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Received permission from the Carnamah District Road Board to truncate the road opposite ROOKE's farm in 1935 [5: 1 & 22-Nov-1935]
Sold 134 lambs through Dalgety & Co Ltd on 8 January 1936 - 72 of them at 16/5 per head and 62 at 13/3 per head [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
In March 1936 purchased a three foot Federation earth scoop from Westralian Farmers Ltd [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Attended the Farewell Bridge Evening for Tom & Johanna BERRIGAN in Carnamah on Sunday evening 21 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Sold 84 suckers (43 at 11/9, 17 at 10/10, 24 at 8/10) through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market in 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936, 2-Oct-1936]
Won the ribbon for the Champion Mare in the Horse section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Awarded1st prizes for Draught Mare in foal or with foal at foot, Clydesdale Mare, and Pair of Farm Horses bred by exhibitors [5]
Also received 2nd prize for Clydesdale Gelding in the Horse section, and in Grain & Fodder won 1st prize for Wheaten Chaff [5]
At the Show Ball he received the Jasper W. Green Trophy for gaining the most points in the Horse section [5]
Owing to his property being too small and salinity problems caused through clearing he decided to sell his farm in Carnamah [193]
During the 1937-38 financial year sold his farm, Victoria Location 7186, to neighbouring farmer John S. ROOKE [3]
Purchased Edmund K. BYRNE's Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs, and shifted there on 20 April 1938 [193]
Farmer of Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs 1938-1965 [19] [193]
The farm was located on the Midlands Road between the towns of Carnamah and Three Springs [P22]
Steward of the Pigs section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Twelfth Annual Show on 14 September 1939 [262]
Had the telephone connected in 1946 or 1947 - was telephone number Three Springs-217 [60]
Resided in Three Springs until his death in 1965 [2]
Father of Bruce [193]
Died 10 May 1965; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, Lawn 1, A013) [2]
From The Commonwealth Gazette, No. 135, 11 December 1919:
Lance Corporal 2621 S. E. Broad, 3rd Aust. Machine Gun Squadron. Distinguished Conduct Medal. "For his cool and courageous work at Es Salt on the 1 May 1918, in handling his gun at a critical time, several men being killed in his vicinity. He never left his gun for twenty four hours. This man has on several previous occasions distinguished himself by his pluck and ability. During the action above, 300 prisoners surrendered."
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 7 January 1938:
"The death occurred at Strawberry recently of Mrs. E. Broad, senr., mother of Mr. S. E. Broad, of Carnamah. The late Mrs. Broad had been an invalid for over 25 years."
Mrs Shirley Amy BROAD
Wife of Adrian Edward BROAD; see Shirley Amy WISE
F. E. BROCK
Builder in Three Springs in 1912 [6]
Charles BROCKMAN
Born C.1878 [176]
Donated 2/6 towards the fund being raised in aid of orphanages in 1899 through Elizabeth MACPHERSON of Carnamah [39: 5-Dec-1899]
Stockman on Arrino Station in Arrino 1904-1907 and Sheep Farmer in Three Springs 1908-1913 [6] [19]
Farmed a 200 acre Conditional Purchase (C.P.) block and a 3,000 acre pastoral lease near The Lakes in Three Springs in 1908 [44]
Continued to graze the 3,000 acre pastoral lease until 1909, and then from 1909 to 1913 had another 1,173 acres in pastoral leases [44]
In addition to leasehold his farm in Three Springs from 1909 to 1913 consisted of 40 acres freehold and 353 acres in C.P. blocks [44]
The 40 acre freehold block was Victoria Location 939, situated about six kilometres west of the Yarra Yarra Lakes [44] [62]
In 1910 grew 30 acres of crop on his farm in Three Springs [9: 17-Jun-1910]
In addition to his farm in Three Springs he also had 1,622 acres in Arrino during the 1910-11 financial year [44]
The 1,622 acres was in three Conditional Purchase leases, a grazing lease of 300 acres and the 160 acre Victoria Location 2258 [44]
Won some of the running races at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting held in Three Springs on 17 March 1915 [10: 26-Mar-1915]
Attended Arrino's Annual Sports Meeting held on Patrick M. DURACK's farm in Arrino on Easter Monday 1 April 1915 [10: 9-Apr-1915]
Competed in the day's events, winning the Throwing at the Wicket competition and coming 3rd in the Sheffield Handicap [10]
In 1918 he was living in Arrino [10: 4-Oct-1918]
His horse Spring Park won the Maiden Handicap at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports in Three Springs on 16 March 1918 [10: 22-Mar-1918]
At the Picnic Races held in Carnamah on Easter Monday 1 April 1918 his Spring Park came 2nd in the Flying Handicap [10: 12-Apr-1918]
Came 2nd in Tilting the Ring at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
At the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting on Thursday 6 March 1919 his horse Star won the Pony Race [9: 14-Mar-1919]
His horse Star ran in the horse races at the Sports Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Monday 17 March 1919 [124]
Spring Park competed at the Carnamah Race Club's Picnic Race Meeting in Carnamah on Thursday 27 March 1919 [10: 11-Apr-1919]
His horse Spring Park came 3rd in the F. J. Morgan Plate of seven furlongs at the Three Springs Races on 4 March 1920 [9: 12-Mar-1920]
Spring Park also came 3rd in the Carnamah Stakes at the Carnamah Race Club's Race Meeting on 11 March 1920 [10: 19-Mar-1920]
Spring Park won the Forced Handicap at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day 17 March 1920 [123]
Donated 10/6 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1920 [124]
Percy T. BRIDGE of Mingenew took him to the Mingenew Local Court in November 1930 over the sum of £21/15/3 [4: 29-Nov-1930]
Resided of late as a Pensioner in Mingenew [176]
Died 10 October 1953 in Three Springs; buried Mingenew Cemetery, Mingenew (Anglican, Plot 51A) [29] [176]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 17 October 1953:
"Elderly Native's Death - The death occurred in the North Midlands District Hospital at Three Springs during last week-end of an aged native named C. Brockman, of Mingenew, whose funeral took place in the Mingenew Cemetery on Tuesday last. As far as can be ascertained the old man did not know his own age, but it is thought by those who have known him for a very lengthy period that he was in the octogenarian stage of life. The deceased man had spent most of his life in and around Mingenew and in his younger days was an outstanding pedestrian."
Edmund Patrick BRODERICK
Farmer in Dudawa, East Arrino 1910-1914 [19] [44] [50]
From 1913 he was owner of 738 acres in Dudawa, namely Lots 31 and 32 of the Dudawa Estate [44]
Farmer in Arrino in partnership with William D. S. SMITH as "Broderick & Smith" in 1914 [6]
Grew 300 acres of crop on his farm in Arrino in 1914 [10: 19-Jun-1914]
Patrick BRODERICK
Farmer in Dudawa, East Arrino 1909-1912 [19] [44]
His farm was 738 acres in size and consisted of Lots 31 and 32 of the Dudawa Estate [44]
Appears to have transferred or sold his farm in Dudawa to Edmund P. BRODERICK during the 1912-13 financial year [44]
Allen Benjamin BROOKE
Farmer in Eneabba via Three Springs 1964- [19]
Mrs Margaret BROOKE
Resided on farmland in Eneabba via Three Springs 1954- [19]
Norman William BROOKER
Miner in Three Springs in 1953 [19]
George BROOKS
Labourer in Arrino in 1903 [50]
Resided at the Railway Station yard in Arrino [50]
Catherine Claire BROPHY
Teacher at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs in 1962 [19]
Thomas Wilkie BROUGH
Representative in Three Springs in 1958 and 1959 [19]
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs [19]
Alexander John Fairfield BROWN
Born 7 August 1902 in Day Dawn, Western Australia [16]
Son of Alexander John BROWN and Katie Elizabeth WARREN [15]
Employee of the Midland Railway Company [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Relieving Stationmaster of the Carnamah Railway Station for a fortnight over April and May 1925 [9: 24-Apr-1925]
Married "Claire" Clara Veronica BERRIGAN on 28 August 1928 at the Carnamah Hall in Carnamah [4: 8-Sep-1928]
At their wedding his best man was his brother Roy BROWN, while one of the bridesmaids was his sister Miss Una BROWN [4]
Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Muchea until being transferred to Three Springs in March 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Three Springs 1937-1946 [4] [6] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1937 [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Badminton Club [4]
Private W71809 in Three Springs' local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Himself and his wife were tendered a Farewell Dance at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Saturday 3 August 1946 [4]
Six speakers spoke about how the departure of himself and his wife was a distinct loss to the Three Springs district [4]
He was "helpful and obliging stationmaster, at all times most courteous in the discharge of his duties" [4]
"He was ever ready to assist in any effort having for its objective the welfare of the community and the town and district" [4]
Received a presentation from the Three Springs Golf Club, and a cheque from the people of Three Springs [4: 10-Aug-1946]
Following a transfer left Three Springs in August 1946 and shifted to Mingenew [4: 10-Aug-1946]
Railway Stationmaster in Mingenew 1946-1950 [4] [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Swan View [2]
Died 18 October 1970; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Roman Catholic, F, 61) [2]
Mrs Alice Amelia BROWN
Wife of Michael BROWN; see Alice Amelia READ
Arthur BROWN
Fettler in Arrino 1904-1910 [19]
Arthur Joseph BROWN
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1908-1910 [19]
E. T. BROWN
Station Manager in Three Springs in 1912 and 1913 [6]
Frank BROWN
Farmer in Three Springs in 1915 [50]
Edward Thomas BROWN
Stockman in Three Springs 1908-1910 [19] [50]
Ernest BROWN
Labourer on Arrino Station in Arrino 1904-1910 [19]
"Frank" Francis BROWN
Stock Manager / Farmer in Three Springs 1908-1911 [6] [50]
George A. BROWN
Shepherd on Mugawa Farm in Arrino in 1912 [50]
James Joseph BROWN
Farmer in Moora in 1903 [50]
Married Mary Anne SHERIDAN in 1909 [66]
Farmer in Moora until 1910 [50]
Newsagent in Three Springs in 1910 [6]
In 1910 his newsagent and tobacconist shop in Three Springs was managed by Charles MCKAY [6] [9: 14-Jan-1910]
Manager of Stephen SHERIDAN's General Store in Three Springs in 1911 [6]
Later in 1911 himself and Stephen SHERIDAN were general storekeepers in partnership as "Brown & Sheridan" [9: 17-Mar-1911]
In their general store they sold groceries, ironmongery, draper, wine, spirits and other items [9: 17-Mar-1911]
A Post and Telegraph Office was opened in premises adjoining their store on Friday 17 March 1911 [9: 24-Mar-1911]
Store Manager in Three Springs in 1912 and 1913 [6]
Commission Agent in Three Springs in 1912 and 1913 [50]
Foundation Committee Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1910 [9: 1-Jul-1910]
Addressed those present at the Arbor Day tree planting at the Three Springs State School on Friday 24 June 1910 [9: 1-Jul-1910]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers and Progress Association - was Vice President in 1910 and Secretary in 1911 [9: 1-Jul-1910, 5-May-1911]
In June 1910 he put up for sale the 1774 acre Lot M847 situated about eight and half miles east of Three Springs [9]
He had purchased the 1774 acres from the Midland Railway Company in 1909 however hadn't improved the property [9]
At the same time also put up for sale Aloba and Killarney Farms and eleven townsite blocks in Moora [9: 24-Jun-1910]
Member of the committee formed in July 1910 to obtain an Agricultural Hall for Three Springs [9: 22-Jul-1910]
Served on the Three Springs Local Board of Health - was Chairman in 1910 [9: 26-Aug-1910]
On behalf of local farmers forwarded sheaves of wheaten hay and oats to be exhibited at Moora's Annual Show in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
Foundation Secretary of the Three Springs Race Club in 1910 and 1911 [9: 23-Dec-1910]
By mid 1911 he had been appointed a Justice of the Peace and local Honorary Magistrate [31: 30-Jun-1911]
Presided over Senator P. J. LYNCH's talk on Referenda in Three Springs on Saturday evening 15 April 1911 [9: 21-Apr-1911]
Helped organise a Concert & Dance in mid 1911, the proceeds of which went to the building of a local Agricultural Hall [9: 2-Jun-1911]
John BROWN
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino in 1905 [50]
Resided in Arrino in 1906 [6]
John BROWN
Contractor in Three Springs 1916-1921 [19] [50]
Joseph William BROWN
Born 26 March 1915 in Western Australia [24] [P124]
He was admitted to the Clontarf Boys Home in South Perth on 29 January 1923 [271]
Resided at the Clontarf Boys Home until 1929 when himself and two other boys from the home went to Three Springs [P124]
Farmhand for Mrs Sara T. MALEY on Parakalia Farm in Three Springs from 1929 until her death in 1952 [P124]
He would rise each morning when it was still dark to milk the cows, and would then help with breakfast before the day's work [P124]
With money left to him by his late employer he purchased a property in Donnybrook [P2]
Dairy Farmer in Donnybrook 1952-1955 [P124]
He was assisted on his property in Donnybrook by Norman J. SHUTE and his wife Mrs Ethel M. SHUTE (nee MALEY) [P124]
The property was covered in bracken fern and was unsuccessful, so they left Donnybrook in shifted to Moora [P124]
Worked for KEAMY Bros in Moora before shifting back to Three Springs in 1957 [P124]
Sharefarmer in Three Springs 1958-1962, and Labourer in Three Springs 1964 onwards [19]
Resided with the SHUTE family at 51 Williamson Street, Three Springs [19]
Later worked as a Fettler for the Midland Railway Company in Three Springs [P2]
Described as a little man with a big heart who was always willing to help a lending hand [P124]
Resided at 51 Williamson Street in Three Springs until his death in 1987 [24]
Passed away at the age of 72 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [24]
Died 25 August 1987; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 130) [24]
Joss BROWN
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 24 October 1917 dressed as a "Chevalier" [10: 2-Nov-1917]
Mary BROWN
Born 1886 in Wandering, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Michael BROWN and Elizabeth WHITE [15]
Her paternal grandfather Thomas BROWN had been transported to Western Australia in 1953 for stealing a cow [201]
Resided with her parents on Noomballing Farm in Wandering until 1890 and then in Narrogin [201]
Her father, who was known as the "King of Narrogin" died nine months before her marriage [196] [201]
Married Senator "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH on 1 May 1933 at Saint Matthew's Roman Catholic Church in Narrogin [201]
Following their marriage she was welcomed to Three Springs at a Social and Dance held on Tuesday 1 August 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Resided with her husband on his Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [19]
During a stay at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1935 she became aware of its needs for a Maternity Ward [5]
In September 1935 herself and Randolph BARNHART interviewed the Commissioner of Lotteries about the Maternity Ward [5]
Also raised the Ward's necessity with the local press, after which an article was published in The North Midland Times [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 in black Spanish lace over taffeta [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Later resided in Outram Street in West Perth, and later with her unmarried sister Blanche in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [201]
Died 7 August 1959; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 2, G19) [2]
Mrs Mary Anne BROWN
Wife of James Joseph BROWN; see Mary Anne SHERIDAN
Maurice BROWN
Fettler in Arrino 1904-1909 [19] [50]
Michael BROWN
Born 1873 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of John BROWN and Mary HUGHES [193]
Married Alice Amelia READ in 1898 in New Norcia [15]
Farmer and at one time Hotelkeeper in Moora [19] [193]
Farmer and Grazier of Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1903-1906 [50]
During his time the station was listed with the spellings of Woodfanally Station and Woodphenatty Station [50]
After leaving Arrino he was a Pastoralist & Farmer in Three Springs [193]
Established a freehold property in Three Springs known as the Three Springs Estate and also leased additional land [9] [34]
From 1906 to 1908 leased 33,000 acres of land east of the railway line in Three Springs from the Midland Railway Company [34]
The 33,000 acres consisted of Pastoral Leases 435 (21,000 acres), 436 (4,000 acres) and 442 (8,000 acres) [34]
For the leasehold paid the Midland Railway Company £42, £16 and £8 per annum for each lease, or a total of £66 [34]
At the end of 1908 ceased leasing the 21,000 acres which the Midland Railway Company then subdivided and sold [34] [191]
Ceased leasing the 8,000 acres in 1909, however continued leasing the 4,000 acres, Pastoral Lease 436, until 1915 [34]
In 1910 grew approximately 60 acres of crop on his farm in Three Springs [9: 17-Jun-1910]
He was the only Justice of the Peace in the Three Springs district in 1910 [9: 23-Sep-1910]
In partnership with Michael OKES he was the farmer of Rothesay Station 80 miles east of Three Springs in 1910 [9: 14-Jan-1910]
He was the Postal Vote Officer for Three Springs for the Legislative Council elections held on 13 May 1910 [9: 22-Apr-1910]
In 1910 his Three Springs Estate consisted of 17,000 acres of freehold land, including many wells and situated near the railway [9]
He used the property almost exclusively for the grazing and breeding of sheep and cattle [9: 22-Jul-1910]
In mid 1910 the Land Purchase Board expressed interest in buying the property, as it could be subdivided into 20 smaller farms [9]
The Land Purchase Board rescinded their purchase of his well known Three Springs Estate in October 1910 [31: 24-Oct-1910]
R. E. HOURIGAN and Mr TEAGUE of Perth spent a week staying with on his Three Springs Estate in November 1910 [31: 23-Nov-1916]
Inaugural Vice President of the Three Springs Race Club in 1910 and 1911 [9: 23-Dec-1910]
In 1911 he was one of the few farmers in Three Springs who had a "really elegant home" [31: 30-Jun-1911]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers and Progress Association in 1911 [9: 24-Feb-1911]
Steward at the Three Springs Race Club's Inaugural Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Thursday 9 March 1911 [9: 10-Feb-1911]
In mid 1911 he had his Three Springs Estate property subdivided into about thirty agricultural farms [9: 2-Jun-1911]
He decided to reserve all of the wells on the property for the use by all of those who later purchased the thirty farms [9: 2-Jun-1911]
Once done he intended to sell off the farms on similar terms and conditions as those used by the Midland Railway Company [9: 2-Jun-1911]
In 1914 the Three Springs townsite obtained all of their water from a well on his property one mile out of town [10: 15-Sep-1914]
It wasn't the first time as in the winter of 1911 many obtained water from his well when the town dam was almost empty [31: 30-Jun-1911]
Left Three Springs shifted to a property in East Perenjori and by 1916 had moved again to a farm in Bowgada [193]
Farmer in Bowgada in 1917 [50]
Father of Louis, Eileen, Josephine, Lily, Michael, Alice, Theresa, Rita, Daphne and "Bob" Frederick [193]
Died 12 November 1917; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, FC, 386) [2]
The troughing pump and standpipe were removed from the town dam in Three Springs to "Brown's Well" in 1919 [9: 28-Mar-1919]
Howard Raymond BROWNER
Police Constable in Three Springs 1962-1965 [19]
Mrs Mary Iona BROWNER
Resided with her husband Howard at the Police Quarters in Three Springs 1962-1965 [19]
Alfred BROWNING
Born 1883 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Alfred BROWNING and Mary Ann ANDERSON [15]
Farmer in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1908 and 1909 [19] [44]
In 1909 he was farming two Conditional Purchase leases in Dudawa which jointly totalled 385 acres [44]
The two Conditional Purchase leases were what later became the 176 acre Lot 15 and the 209 acre Lot 16 of the Dudawa Estate [44]
Contractor in Yandanooka in 1919-1927 [19] [50]
Died 1949 [15]
Charles BROWNING
Railway Repairer in Three Springs in 1907 [6]
Labourer in Arrino in 1908 [44]
During the 1907-08 financial year he had a 160 acre Conditional Purchase block in Arrino [44]
Farm Manager of Green Brooch Farm in Carnamah 1916-1932 [19]
Draper in Arrino in 1923 and 1934 [6]
Contractor in Nanson in 1933 [19]
Elsie BROWNING
Born C.1897
Married "Albie" Albert Victor STOKES in 1915 [66]
Resided with her husband and children in Moora until October 1922 and then in Mogumber 1922-1925 [6] [9: 27-Oct-1922]
Resided with her husband and children in Three Springs, where Albie was the local railway stationmaster 1926-1933 [5] [6] [19]
Donor at the Gift Evening held for the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs on Wednesday 1 May 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Founding Member of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association in 1929, and Secretary in 1933 [5: 13-Oct-1933] [206]
Helped cater for the Anglican Church's Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
In 1933 herself and her husband, trading as "E. & A. Stokes" were the proprietors of The Springs Hostel in Three Springs [6]
Along with her husband left Three Springs and shifted to Dongara in September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Prior to leaving they were given a send-off in Three Springs, to which about 150 people attended, on Saturday 23 September 1933 [5]
At their send-off they were presented with a cheque from the residents of Three Springs [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Resided with her husband in the Railway House in Dongara [19]
Later resided in Bunbury WA [2]
Mother of Edna, Alma, Arnold and Doris [161]
Died 18 July 1981; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn 2, W4, 14) [2]
Frederick BROWNING
Farmer in Three Springs in 1907 [6]
Mrs Inez Eunice BROWNING
Born C.1927 in Bolton, Lancashire, England [24]
By 1958 she was living in Three Springs, and resided thereafter until her death in 1996 [19] [24]
Initially resided in Slaughter Street, Three Springs and later in Williamson Street, Three Springs [19] [24]
Died 15 October 1996 in Fremantle; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Uniting, Plot 66) [24]
Mrs Mary Ann BROWNING
Widow of Alfred BROWNING; see Mary Ann ANDERSON
Ronald Edward BROWNING
Born C.1927 in Guernsey, Channel Islands [24]
Counter Hand and later Business Proprietor in Three Springs [19] [24]
Had shifted to Three Springs by 1958 and resided thereafter until his death in 1989 [19] [24]
Initially resided at Slaughter Street, Three Springs and later in Williamson Street, Three Springs [19] [24]
By 1962 was working in Three Springs as a Carrier and by 1964 was the proprietor of "Browning's Transport & Agency Service" [60]
Died 29 March 1989; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 127) [24]
W. BROWNING
Barber in Three Springs in 1933 and 1934 [6]
Walter BROWNING
Farmer in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1908 and 1909 [19]
Farmer in Yandanooka 1922-1935 [19]
Farmer in Mingenew 1936-1950 [19]
Winifred BROWNRIGG
Born 4 May 1868 in Toodyay, Western Australia [P40]
Daughter of Michael BROWNRIGG and Winifred WARD [15]
Prior to getting married she had worked as a School Teacher in Moonyoonooka near Geraldton [P2]
Married Charles Frederick THOMAS on 31 August 1892 in Geraldton [P40]
Resided in Geraldton until shifting with her husband and children to prospective farmland in Three Springs in 1906 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Resided on Kadathinni Farm in Three Springs 1906-1946 [P40]
Herself and her husband hosted a social at the schoolroom in Three Springs on Saturday evening 30 July 1910 [9: 12-Aug-1910]
Their social, which consisted of supper followed songs and musical items, was attended by a large circle of their friends [9]
Played the piano overture "Boomerang" at the opening of the Concert & Dance held in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Her first grandchild and son of her daughter Winifred, Walter K. BOOTH, was born in 1918, however was a delicate baby [P40]
She cared for and raised her grandson Walter who lived with her herself and her husband on Kadathinni in Three Springs [P40]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE at the Three Springs Hall on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Herself and her husband spent three months on a touring holiday of the Eastern States of Australia in 1923 [9: 4-May-1923]
Taught English to Boris J. PASKOS, an immigrant from Greece who worked as a farmhand for her husband [P2]
Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church Committee in 1925 [124]
Donated a sheep and milk for the Refreshment Stall at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1925 [124]
Also donated a china tea set to be raffled, the proceeds of which went towards the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church [124]
Successfully exhibited in the Poultry section of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Won 1st prizes for male and female Rhode Island Reds, male and female White Leghorns, Muscovy Drake, and for Duck [4]
Foundation Member of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association in 1929 [206]
Exhibited in the Poultry and Confectionary sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Second Annual Show in 1929 [4]
Won 1st prizes for male and female Rhode Island Reds and male and female White Leghorns in the Poultry section [4: 5-Oct-1929]
Also won 1st prize for a male Brown Leghorn and 2nd for a female Leghorn; in Confectionary won 2nd prize for Cream Puffs [4]
Herself, Charlie and their daughter Nora were among those from Three Springs who attended the 1929 Perth Royal Show [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Received 2nd prize for Sponge Sandwich at the Carnamah Show at Centenary Park, Carnamah on 18 September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Won 2nd prizes for male and female Rhode Island Reds and for Roses 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 satin [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the R.S.L. Ball held at the Three Springs Hall on Friday 1 September 1933 in a dress of blue satin [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball in Carnamah on 2 September 1933 in a dress of black georgette [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Received 2nd prize for Farmers Lunch in the Confectionary section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Show Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in a dress of black georgette [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Donated a cushion to be raffled at the North Midlands District Hospital Ball at the Three Springs Hall on 22 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
Returned to Three Springs improved in health on Saturday 30 May 1936 after spending a vacation in Perth [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Sold a baconer for £3/5/6 and a chopper for £2 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market in November 1936 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
In July 1937 sold through Elders six baconers at £2/12/6 per head, one baconer for £1/18/6 and one porker for £1/17/6 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Resided in Three Springs until her death in 1946 [24]
Mother of Winifred Mary, Letitia Catherine, Charles Frederick Jnr, Alma Elizabeth, Nora Mary, Amy Dolores and Irene Agnes [P40]
Died 2 June 1946 in Three Springs WA; buried Three Springs General Cemetery (Roman Catholic, Plot 34) [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 15 June 1946:
"Obituary - Late Mrs. C. F. Thomas - Death at Three Springs. On the morning of the 2nd inst., the death occurred at Three Springs of one of the first settlers of that district in the person of Mrs. Winifred Mary Thomas, relict of the late Mr. C. F. Thomas of Three Springs. The deceased lady was seventy-five years of age, and during her residence of forty years at Three Springs she watched the district and many of its residents grow from infancy. Born as Winifred Mary Brownrigg at Toodyay in 1871, she was of Irish parentage and the youngest of four daughters. At that time her father was employed as an engineer in the flour mill at Toodyay, but a short time afterwards he transferred with his family to a similar position at Clinch's Mill at Greenough, the journey from Fremantle to Geraldton being made by sea. The late Mrs. Thomas lived with her family until she reached the age of sixteen years, at which time her father died. She then accepted employment, first as a cashier at Kenny's Store in Geraldton and later as a school teacher. She followed the latter vocation at the Convent School in Geraldton and later at the Moonyoonooka State School, and whilst at Moonyoonooka she won high praise from the educational authorities for her teaching ability. It was also whilst at Moonyoonooka that she became a great friend of the late Archdeacon Louch, then a minister at Geraldton, and who later honoured her by being present at her wedding in the Catholic Church. In 1891 the deceased lady was married to Mr. Charles Frederick Thomas, who was following farming pursuits at Moonyoonooka, and the altar before which she was married is now located in the chapel of Nazareth House at Geraldton. About this time there were reports of gold discoveries at Cue, and her husband joined in the rush, driving his own team of ten horses and transporting the first load of diggers to this portion of the Murchison. On a later trip to Cue the late Mrs. Thomas made the journey in a sulky, driving behind her husband's waggon--accompanied by her first child. With the gold rush over they returned to Moonyoonooka and early in 1906 the late Mr. Thomas moved to Three Springs as one of the first farmers in that district. A few months later his wife followed with her six children and their tutor, the late Mrs. Thomas being the second woman to settle at Three Springs. Close to the railway line and about one mile from the siding they established a home, and in a separate cottage the education of the children was continued. By the middle of 1906 a tiny patch of fifteen acres had been cleared, and to this spot the deceased lady one day took her children in order that they would witness the turning of the first furrow in the district. At that time there were many people who were extremely doubtful about wheat ever being grown at Three Springs, but she felt that history was being made and time has certainly justified her faith in the possibilities of the district. For many years the prevailing conditions were hard for the pioneering settlers and more especially for a woman with a large family; but despite all these hardships, never did the deceased lady every forsake her gardening or her reading, her religion or her hospitality. Gardening was her favourite hobby, and with more leisure time in the latter years she kept a beautiful garden, growing flowers, shrubs and vegetable. In the early years... [details to come]. In the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends, the funeral took place in the Catholic portion of the Three Springs Cemetery with the Very Rev. Father B. Gallagher officiating at the graveside. The pall-bearers were Messrs. W. J. Turner, C. E. Maley, M. M. Wilson, J. J. Thorpe, H. Nairn and E. Hunt, and the casket was borne to the graveside by Messrs J. B. Clune, B. G. Antonio, H. R. Carter and C. Dodd. An exceptionally large number of floral tributes was laid upon the grave, included in the collection being those from the following:- Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Thomas (son and daughter in-law); Winnie, Lettie, Alma, Nora and Irene (daughters); Marie, Rufie, Pauline, Frances, Julie, Anthony and David Thomas (grandchildren); Bill and Betty Hunt (grandchildren); Wally and Edie (Mr. and Mrs. W. Booth jun.); C. F. Coffey and E. Burge; chairman, members and secretary of Three Springs Road Board; Country Women's Association; M. and Mrs. Lionel Brimson; Mr. and Mrs. Saggers and Rita; Mr. and Mrs. H. Nairn; Durack Bros.; Mr. and Mrs. B. Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ball; Mrs. Dodd and Charlie; Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Mayrhofer and family; Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Jordan, Bill and Lynette: Doris Bynder; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clune and family; Mr. And Mrs. Sleaford; Mrs. E. Turner and family and Miss Carroll; Mr. and Mrs. E. W Franklin and family; Mr. and Mrs. Gooch and family; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Bickford and family; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rojo and Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Franklin; Mr. and Mrs Hebiton and family; Mrs. Duffy, Ted and Biddy; Mr. Jim Thomas; Mrs. S. J. Howard, Sue, Nada and Bill; Mr. And Mrs. Alf Hunter; Mrs. Carter, sen. and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Carter and family; Mrs. Berrigan and Mr. and Mrs. A. Brown and Pattie; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Maley; Mona and Betty Barrett; Mr. A. Saunders and Joy; Mrs. I. E. Byrne and family."
"Ted" Edward John BRUCE
Born C.1905 [2]
Boot Repairer in Arrino 1933 [19]
Lived with his wife and two daughters on the back of a covered in truck behind the Arrino Hall [P2]
Boot Repairer in Perenjori 1935-1939 [19]
Saddler in Dongara in 1941 [19]
Saddler, Boot-maker and Upholsterer in Carnamah 1941-1944 [0: image 04045] [6] [57]
Initially ran his business from premises belonging to Elders Smith & Co at 1 Macpherson Street, Carnamah [0: image 04082]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1941 [13]
At the end of March 1942 shifted his business to the old saddlers shop further up Macpherson Street [0: image 04082]
The old saddlers shop was situated between the Presbyterian Church and North Midland Times printing offices [P4]
Advertised his business locally in The North Midland Times newspaper [0: image 02945]
By 1947 he was living in Mullewa where he was working as a Saddler [19]
Resided in Perth before shifting to the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs [147]
Loaded everything he owned into his motor vehicle and set off for Three Springs [P4]
On the way he called in at Dick and Bridie EVANS' house in Carnamah on Christmas Day, 25 December 1977 [P4]
Resided at the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs from 29 December 1977 until his death on 30 September 1979 [147]
Husband of Jane [19]
Father of Shirley [P4] and Jessie [0: image 04192]
Died 30 September 1979; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, A, 677) [2]
Henry BRYAN
Blacksmith in Three Springs 1925-1927 [6] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1926, and Secretary in 1927 [4: 28-Aug-1926, 7-May-1927]
He had £15 stolen from him by a thief in Three Springs in early May 1927 [4: 21-May-1927]
Himself and Owen WILLIAMS convened a meeting to form a Rifle Club in Three Springs in June 1927 [4: 18-Jun-1927]
Arthur J. BRYCE
Miner in Arrino in 1900 [6]
"Maurie" Maurice Arthur BUCK
Born 2 June 1893 in York, Yorkshire, England [16] [20]
Son of upholsterer William Francis George BUCK and Alice Jane MARKE [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with his parents at 215 Portnall Road in Paddington, London, England [20]
Worked as a Gardener in England prior to leaving for Western Australia [70]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Armadale and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 July 1912 [70]
Manager of the National Bank in Three Springs 1927-1929 [6] [19]
Departed Three Springs on 17 May 1927 on three weeks leave, during which time he was relieved by F. W. TONG [4: 21-May-1927]
At the end of his leave returned to Three Springs in his new Singer car on Thursday 9 June 1927 [4: 18-Jun-1927]
Inaugural Committee Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1928 [4: 28-Sep-1928]
Attended the conference in Three Springs on 2 March 1928 to discuss the formation of a Road Board in Three Springs [4: 10-Mar-1928]
Vice President of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Saturday 17 March 1928 [124]
Attended the wedding dance of Charles ROBERTSON and Winifred M. LANG at the Carnamah Hall on 27 March 1928 [4: 31-Mar-1928]
Attended the wedding of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Part of the admirable orchestra at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show Ball on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Progress Association in 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Attended the Anglican Church's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 27 June 1929 as a "Spanish Gentleman" [4: 6-Jul-1929]
He was said to have been "in addition to several other worthy accomplishments... a violinist of some note" [4: 14-May-1927]
Married Mary Cecilia BURTON in Perth in 1935 [66]
Resident of the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley when he enlisted in the Australian Army on 3 January 1941 [16]
Class 1 Warrant Officer W17214 in the Western Australian District Accounts Office of the Australian Army Pay Corps [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 17 December 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 29 September 1968; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 7, 322) [2]
Robert BUCKLAND
Butcher in Three Springs in 1914 [6] [50]
In August 1914 sold his butchering business in Three Springs to Messrs BYRNE and HAYNES [10: 21-Aug-1914]
Anthony Martin BUCKLEY
Farmer in Three Springs 1953-1956 [19]
Sharefarmer in Carnamah 1958-1961 [19]
Mrs Betty BUCKLEY
Resided in Three Springs 1956-1961 [19]
Elizabeth BUCKLEY
Resided in Three Springs in 1953 [19]
Mrs Erna Jean BUCKLEY
Resided in Three Springs 1953-1956 and in Carnamah 1958-1961 [19]
John BUCKLEY
Farmer in Three Springs 1948-1950 [19]
Mrs Margaret Mary BUCKLEY
Resided in Three Springs 1948-1950 [19]
"Mick" Michael BUCKLEY
Farmer in Arrino / Three Springs 1949-1962 [6] [19]
Leased and farmed Mount Loreto Farm on the Three Springs-Morawa Road from the Estate of the late Patrick J. LYNCH [201]
Michael Leslie BUCKLEY
Farmer in Three Springs 1949-1962 [19]
Mrs Nora May BUCKLEY
Resided in Three Springs in 1949 and 1950 [19]
Valentine BUCKLEY
Farmer in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Born 1903 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of George BRANDIS and Estella Annie KEYES [15]
Labourer in Coomberdale 1925-1927 [19]
Married Edith Olive ANGEL in 1934 [66]
Railway Ganger in Three Springs 1943-1959 [19]
In 1959 resided in Slaughter Street, Three Springs [24]
Passed away from a heart attack at the age of 53 years at the Wheat Bin in Arrino [24]
Died 21 December 1959 in Arrino; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Row 2, Plot 35) [24]
Selina May BRANDIS
Born 1885 in Dongara, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Joseph BRANDIS and Mary Ann STEPHENS [15]
Married John Edward LEONARD in Dongara in 1904 [15]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs, where he worked as a Fettler, Labourer and later Railway Ganger [19]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Won 1st prizes for Cabbage and Onions in the Vegetable section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Resided in Three Springs until her death in 1951 [24]
Mother of Muriel, Alda, Alfred, Eileen, Dorothy, Evelyn, Ernest, Gordon, Cyril and Ronald [P2]
Died 21 June 1951 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 23) [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 30 June 1951:
"Deaths at Three Springs - Two deaths occurred at Three Springs on Thursday of last week, the deceased persons being old and highly respected residents of the district in Mr George Charles Franklin and Mrs Selina May Leonard. The late Mr Franklin, who was one of the early settlers of Three Springs, was seventy seven years of age, and is survived by a widow and three sons and one daughter. The late Mrs Leonard, who is survived by her husband, was the mother of a large family comprising five sons and five daughters, other district relatives being twenty six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Both funerals took place at Three Springs on Saturday last."
James Thomas BRANDY
Foreman in Three Springs in 1927 [19]
Rev. Henry Vincent BRAY
Arrived in Three Springs in April 1930 to succeed C. G. JACKSON as local Methodist Home Missioner [4: 29-Mar-1930]
Conducted services in Dudawa, Arrino, Three Springs, Carnamah and Waddy Forest [4: 7-Jun-1930, 11-Oct-1930]
Resided at the Wesley Manse on Carter Street in the Three Springs townsite [50]
Attended the Fifth Annual Convention of the Methodist Missioners and Probationers in Perth during late August 1930 [4: 30-Aug-1930]
Attended the welcome to Anglican rector Rev. Albert CURTIS held at the Church Hall in Carnamah on 8 September 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
Officiated at the wedding of A. Clinton BROUN and Mary R. MORCOMBE at the Hall in Coorow on 25 October 1930 [4: 1-Nov-1930]
Left Three Springs in February 1932 after being transferred to Lake Grace [120: 17-Feb-1932] [4: 28-May-1932]
Francis Arthur BRAYLEY
Born C.1915 [2]
Student at W.A.M. College in the Perth hills suburb of Carmel in 1936 [50]
Married Verna Alma BURGESS in Arrino on Tuesday afternoon 6 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Following their marriage they resided in Perth [5: 16-Apr-1937]
They resided in Arrino in 1939, during which time he gave his occupation as "Student" [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Bickley from as early as 1952 until his death in 1974 [2] [4: 1-Nov-1952]
Died 15 September 1974: buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Seventh Day Adventist Church, BA, 336) [2]
Mrs Verna Alma BRAYLEY
Wife of Francis Arthur BRAYLEY; see Verna Alma BURGESS
Catherine Therese BRENNAN
Born 3 October 1958 in Three Springs, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Resided with her parents in Mayrhofer Street, Three Springs 1958-1961 [P307]
Accidentally drowned at the town dam in Three Springs at the age of two and a half years [P307]
Died 11 April 1961; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Row 3, Plot 90) [24]
Donna Catherine BRENNAN
Born 17 April 1963 in Three Springs, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Student at the Dominican Convent in Three Springs 1969-1975 and then at Stella Maris College in Geraldton 1976-1981 [P307]
Studied at the University of Western Australia 1982-1987 and Berkley University in California, United States of America in 1991 [P307]
Obtained a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics and worked as a private consultant [P307]
Ellen BRENNAN
Born C.1892 [2]
Married "John" Doric John SELWAY in Perth in 1935 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1935-1953 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Floreat Park [2]
Died 10 July 1967; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 3, 24) [2]
Felix BRENNAN
Labourer in Three Springs in 1922 [50]
Farmhand for Ernest T. C. KLOPPER in Three Springs in 1922 and 1923 [19]
Mrs Gloria Catherine BRENNAN
Wife of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN; see Gloria Catherine LYNCH
Gregory Patrick BRENNAN
Son of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs until 1997 [P307]
In September 1997 shifted with his parents from Three Springs to the Perth suburb of Marrangaroo [P307]
J. BRENNAN
Line Repairer in Three Springs in 1917 [6]
Farmer in Three Springs in 1918 and 1919 [6]
James BRENNAN
Clerk in Three Springs in 1929 [19]
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs [19]
Jan Bernadette BRENNAN
Born 17 April 1960 in Three Springs, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Educated at the Dominican Convent / Saint Paul's School in Three Springs and then at Stella Maris College in Geraldton [P307]
After leaving school began working for State Government housing agency Homeswest [P307]
Married Peter MORAN in March 1992 [P307]
In 2007 was Senior Maintenance Officer for Homeswest in the Perth suburb of Mirrabooka [P307]
John Anthony BRENNAN
Born 21 January 1935 in Three Springs, Western Australia [98]
Son of Patrick Joseph BRENNAN and Stella Mary Agnes REYNOLDS [P307]
His father had migrated from Northern Ireland in 1925 and his mother had been born in Dongara [P307]
Grew up with his parents, two brothers and three sisters in Yandanooka 1935-1942 and then in Three Springs [P307]
Student at the Yandanooka State School in Yandanooka until 1942 [P307]
Resided with his parents and siblings in Williamson Street in the Three Springs townsite 1942 onwards [P307]
Himself and his brother John were enrolled at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 23 November 1942 [98]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1958 and 1959 [19]
Mrs Lorna May BRENNAN
Resided in Three Springs in 1958 and 1959 [19]
Maria Therese Frances BRENNAN
Born 7 September 1965 in Mount Lawley, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs [P307]
Student at the Dominican Convent / Saint Paul's School in Three Springs 1971-1977 [P307]
Attended Stella Maris College in Geraldton 1978-1982 [P307]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1989 [P307]
Resided at 8 Touche Street in the Three Springs townsite [P307]
Later resided in Perth and worked as a cleaner at the Catholic Centre in the Perth suburb of Leederville [P307]
Patricia Mary BRENNAN
Born 28 August 1961 in Three Springs, Western Australia [P307]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN and Gloria Catherine LYNCH [P307]
Educated at the Dominican Convent / Saint Paul's School in Three Springs and then at Stella Maris College in Geraldton [P307]
Worked as Secretary for a Catholic School in the Perth suburb of Yangebup [P307]
Married Lindsay DANIELS in March 1987 [P307]
Patrick Joseph BRENNAN
Born 1901 in Northern Ireland [P307]
Departed London, England on the Bendigo and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 3 January 1925 [70]
Married Stella Mary Agnes REYNOLDS in 1932 [66]
Contractor in Mingenew in 1932 [19]
Contractor in Yandanooka 1933-1942 [19] [P307]
Member of the Yandanooka Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 21-Feb-1936]
Along with his wife and children left Yandanooka and shifted to Three Springs in 1942 [P307]
Contractor in Three Springs 1942-1958 [19] [P307]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bedford Park [2]
Died 6 April 1966; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 4, 198) [2]
"Paddy" Patrick Daniel BRENNAN
Born 19 August 1933 in Three Springs, Western Australia [P307]
Son of Patrick Joseph BRENNAN and Stella Mary Agnes REYNOLDS [P307]
His father had migrated from Northern Ireland in 1925 and his mother had been born in Dongara [P307]
Grew up with his parents, two brothers and three sisters in Yandanooka 1933-1942 and then in Three Springs [P307]
Student at the Yandanooka State School in Yandanooka 1939-1942 [P307]
Resided with his parents and siblings in Williamson Street in the Three Springs townsite 1942-1956 [P307]
Himself and his brother John were enrolled at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 23 November 1942 [98]
Student at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs 1942-1946 [98] [P307]
Finished his schooling as a student at Christian Brothers College in Geraldton in 1947 and 1948 [P307]
After leaving school at the age of 15 he worked as a farmhand and shearer - much of which work was in Dudawa, East Arrino [P307]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1949 and 1950, and 1960-1970 [P307]
Member of the Arrino Football Club 1951-1959 [P307]
Married Gloria Catherine LYNCH on 1 December 1956 at the Catholic Church in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [P307]
Resided in Mayrhofer Street, Three Springs 1956-1963 [P307]
Grader Driver for the Three Springs Shire Council and later worked for the Talc Mine in Three Springs [P307]
Resided in Perth for six years from 1963 to 1968 and then after having a house built shifted back to Three Springs [P307]
Resided in Touche Street, Three Springs 1968-1997 [P307]
Worked for the Talc Mine in Three Springs until 1972 when he began working as a Machinery Salesman [P307]
Machinery Salesman in the Three Springs, Mingenew and Morawa districts 1972-1983 [P307]
Machinery Salesman for John Deere dealership Waltons in Carnamah 1983-1996 [P307]
Member of the Three Springs Bowling Club 1968-1997 [P307]
Justice of the Peace in Three Springs from September 1979, and served on the Three Springs Shire Council in 1996-97 [P307]
After selling their house they left Three Springs in September 1997 and shifted to the Perth suburb of Marangaroo [P307]
Father of Gregory, Catherine, Jan, Patricia, Donna and Maria [P307]
Patrick William BRENNAN
Farmer in Three Springs 1955-1958 [19]
Mrs Stella Mary Agnes BRENNAN
Wife of Patrick Joseph BRENNAN; see Stella Mary Agnes REYNOLDS
William BRENNAN
Carpenter in Three Springs in 1910 [6]
Mrs "Bessie" Betsy Dawson BRENNAND
Wife of "Jack" John BRENNAND; see "Bessie" Betsy Dawson TALBOT
Esther BRENNAND
Born 4 March 1913 in Arrino, Western Australia [15] [166]
Daughter of William BRENNAND and Mary Ellen THOMPSON [166]
Resided with her parents in Arrino 1913-1916 and then in Watheroo 1916 onwards [19]
Educated at the Watheroo State School in Watheroo from 3 February 1919 to 1 April 1927 [166]
Married John Henry BROWNE in 1931 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 9 August 1979; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (IC Section, Niche Wall, A, 75) [2]
James BRENNAND
Born 1886 in Preston, Lancashire, England [20] [21]
Son of Daniel BRENNAND and Margaret HELM [20] [21]
His father worked as a Tape Sizer at a Cotton Mill [20]
He was one of ten children with nine siblings - Daniel, Elizabeth, Agnes, William, Margaret, John, Joseph, Ernest and Arthur [20]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings on Coupe Green in Walton le Dale, Lancashire, England [20]
His mother died at the age of 42 years in 1894 [21]
His father married widowed cotton weaver Mrs Betty ALDRED nee HARTLEY in 1895 [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with his father, stepmother and siblings at 149 Blackburn Road in Great Harwood, Lancashire, England [20]
Married Margaret Ann HARTLEY in Lancashire, England in 1907 [21]
Along with his wife departed Liverpool, England on the steamship Belgic for Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 September 1911 [203]
Labourer, Railway Fettler and then Leaseholder in Arrino 1913-1917 [6] [19] [44] [50]
From 1915 to 1918 paid rates for the quarter acre Lot 86 in the Arrino townsite [44]
Himself and his wife were passengers on the train that went into a washaway near Gunyidi on the night of Monday 23 July 1917 [10]
The disaster was reported as the worst rail accident in the State's history, with three people being killed and 14 injured [10]
He suffered shock and a severe injury to his back and for at least a week was a patient at the Moora Hospital in Moora [10: 27-Jul-1917]
Farmer of Laund Farm in Yandanooka 1917-1925 [6] [19]
Died 16 July 1960; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Anglican, A7, 480) [2]
"Jack" John BRENNAND
Born 1888 in Preston, Lancashire, England [20] [21]
Son of Daniel BRENNAND and Margaret HELM [20] [21]
His father worked as a Tape Sizer at a Cotton Mill [20]
He was one of ten children with nine siblings - Daniel, Elizabeth, Agnes, William, Margaret, James, Joseph, Ernest and Arthur [20]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings on Coupe Green in Walton le Dale, Lancashire, England [20]
His mother died at the age of 42 years in 1894 [21]
His father married widowed cotton weaver Mrs Betty ALDRED nee HARTLEY in 1895 [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with his father, stepmother and siblings at 149 Blackburn Road in Great Harwood, Lancashire, England [20]
Married "Bessie" Betsy Dawson TALBOT in 1907 in Lancashire, England [21]
Departed London, England on the steamship Orontes for Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 December 1910 [203]
Fettler in Arrino 1911-1914 [19] [50]
His wife and son John departed London, England on the steamship Gothic for Fremantle, Western Australia on 20 July 1912 [70]
Fettler in Three Springs 1914-1917 [19] [50]
Farmer in Arrino in 1918 and 1919 [6]
Farmer in Morawa 1919-1922 [50]
Storekeeper in Latham 1923-1934 [6] [19]
Resided in Dongara from 1935 until his death in 1958 [2] [6]
Garage Employee in Dongara [19]
Died 16 March 1958; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LE, 438) [2]
John BRENNAND
Born 28 February 1910 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England [16]
Son of "Jack" John BRENNAND and "Bessie" Betsy Dawson TALBOT [--]
Departed London, England with his mother on the steamship Gothic for Fremantle, Western Australia on 20 July 1912 [203]
He could be the "Jack Brennan" under school age who was listed as a prospective student of the Coorow State School in 1913 [215]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs in 1916 and 1917 and in Arrino in 1918 and 1919 [6] [19]
Farmer in Latham 1931-1935 [19] [50]
Mechanic in Dongara in 1938 [19]
Married Joan DOWNES in 1939 [66]
Private W71943 in Dongara's Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Died 3 May 1983; buried at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia [26]
Mrs Margaret Ann BRENNAND
Wife of James BRENNAND; see Margaret Ann HARTLEY
Mrs Mary Ellen BRENNAND
Wife of William BRENNAND; see Mary Ellen THOMPSON
William BRENNAND
Born 1882 in Preston, Lancashire, England [20] [21]
Son of Daniel BRENNAND and Margaret HELM [20] [21]
His father worked as a Tape Sizer at a Cotton Mill [20]
He was one of ten children with nine siblings - Daniel, Elizabeth, Agnes, Margaret, James, John, Joseph, Ernest and Arthur [20]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings on Coupe Green in Walton le Dale, Lancashire, England [20]
His mother died at the age of 42 years in 1894 [21]
His father married widowed cotton weaver Mrs Betty ALDRED nee HARTLEY in 1895 [20] [21]
In 1901 he was living with Joseph WHIPP, who he worked for as a farmhand, at 2 Helmscroft Road in Haslingden, Lancashire [20]
Married Mary Ellen THOMPSON in 1909 in Lancashire, England [21]
Departed Antwerp, Belgium on the steamship Gneisenau and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 January 1911 [70]
Railway Pumper in Arrino 1911-1916 [19]
To join him his wife departed Liverpool, England on the steamship Belgic for Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 September 1911 [203]
His wife travelled out on the Belgic with his brother James and sister-in-law Margaret A. BRENNAND [203]
Initially resided with his wife within the railway yards in Arrino [19]
Purchased Lot 62 of the Arrino townsite from the State Government on 28 October 1912, and by 1913 had a house on the block [44]
Attended and sang at the Concert held at the railway goods shed in Arrino on Friday evening 11 September 1914 [10: 18-Sep-1914]
Railway Fettler and Pumper in Watheroo 1916-1945 [6]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Carnamah retiree John James ANGEL at the Moora Cemetery on 27 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936] [12: 31-Jul-1936]
He continued to reside in Watheroo until at least 1949 [6]
Father of Esther [166]
Mrs BRENNER
Came 2nd in the Married Ladies Running Race at the Annual Sports Meeting in Arrino on Easter Monday 1 April 1915 [10: 9-Apr-1915]
Alfred Crickmer BRETT
Born 1887 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England [20] [21]
Son of Zephania BRETT and Emma CRICKMER [20] [21]
Grew up in the English country of Suffolk where his father worked as Foreman of a Malt House, and later as a Caretaker [20]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings George, Emma and Herbert at 77 Crown Street in Saint Margaret, Suffolk [20]
Ten years later he was working as a Drapers Apprentice and was living with his parents and siblings in Saint Peter, Suffolk [20]
Married (1) Hilda ESLICK in England in 1910 [21]
Prior to leaving England he had worked as a Tailor's Cutter [70]
Along with his wife departed London, England on the Orsova and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 7 February 1911 [70]
Contractor in Dudawa, East Arrino 1914-1916 [19]
Railway Fettler in Wurarga in 1916 [50]
Station-hand on Gabyon Station in Wurarga 1925-1936 [50]
Storekeeper in Pintharuka 1938-1947 [19]
Married (2) Mavis Alice Clarissa BARR in Perth in 1947 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Father of Thirza [--]
Died 17 May 1957; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, M, 5) [2]
Mrs Hilda BRETT
First wife of Alfred Crickmer BRETT; see Hilda ESLICK
Mrs Mavis Alice Clarissa BRETT
Second wife of Alfred Crickmer BRETT; see Mavis Alice Clarissa BARR
Thirza Gertrude BRETT
Born 1914 [15]
Daughter of Alfred Crickmer BRETT and Hilda ESLICK [--]
Resided with her parents in Dudawa, East Arrino 1914-1916 [19]
Resided in Bunjil 1936-1941 [19] [50]
Married Alfred Edward BAMFORD in Perth in 1941 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Gosnells [2]
Died 3 May 2002; buried Guildford Cemetery, Perth suburb of Guildford (Roman Catholic, E, 462) [2]
Hilda Muriel BREWER
Born 1892 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [32]
Daughter of Charles BREWER and Martha Adeline SMITH [32]
Married "Nat" Nathaniel MCKENZIE in 1915 in Perth [66]
Resided in Gingin until mid 1921 when her husband began leasing the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs [10: 15-Jul-1921]
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1921-1927, and then on farmland in Three Springs 1928 onwards [6] [10] [19]
One of her children came 2nd in the Baby Competition conducted at the Three Springs Day on 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Won a case of wine in a raffle at the Hospital Ball in the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Thursday 5 April 1923 [9: 27-Apr-1923]
Her brother Charles J. L. BREWER was the licensee and proprietor of the Carnamah Hotel in Carnamah 1928-1932 [4: 16-Jul-1932]
Attended the wedding of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Came 2nd in the Ladies Motor Car Driving at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 20-Sep-1928]
Her father and brother George visited herself and her family in Three Springs in late September 1928 [4: 3-Nov-1928]
Won 1st prize for a male Plymouth Rock in the Poultry section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Attended the House Party at the home of Ted and Esther SHEAHAN in Three Springs on Thursday 24 August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Attended the R.S.L. Ball held at the Three Springs Hall on Friday 1 September 1933 in a dress of red georgette [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Won 1st prize for male and 2nd for female Plymouth Rocks at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Exhibited in the Poultry and Confectionary sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 13 September 1934 [5]
In the Poultry section Won 1st prize for male Black Orpington, which was also the Champion Male Bird in Show [5]
Received 2nd prizes for Bread and Plain Scones in the Confectionary section [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Helped run the North Midlands Wheatgrowers Union Annual Picnic and Ball held in Three Springs on 21 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Won 1st prize for Scones in the Confectionary section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Steward of the Confectionary section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1939 [262]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Resided in Three Springs until about 1962 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Mother of Betty, Gwen, Frederick, Audrey, William, Dorothy and Maxine [P2]
Died 25 August 1982; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, AA, 46) [2]
Walter Thomas BREWERTON
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1909-1914 [19]
Labourer in Three Springs 1916-1933 [9] [19] [124]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1916, 1918, 1923 and 1926 [124]
Donated 10/- in 1916, £1/1/- in 1918, 10/- in 1919, and £1/1/- in 1925 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee [124]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
He was an inmate of the Cottage Hospital in Three Springs in May 1927, suffering from injuries including a broken jaw [4: 14-May-1927]
"Eric" Arthur John Eric BRIDGE
Born 28 February 1912 in Maylands, Western Australia [16]
Office Assistant of Victoria Street in Mingenew [50]
Competed in the North Midland Districts Easter Tennis Tournament held in Mingenew on 20, 21 and 22 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
With George S. IRONSIDE of Mingenew won the Men's Handicap Doubles portion of the Tournament, which had 72 entries [5]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 6-Dec-1935, 5-Mar-1937]
Member of the Mingenew Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Friendly Society (M.U.O.F.S.) in 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Attended the Half Yearly Installation of Officers of the Carnamah Lodge of the M.U.O.F.S. in Carnamah on 19 October 1936 [5]
Attended the Official Opening of the Three Springs Golf Club's new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5]
Himself and Three Springs farmer Evander W. FRANKLIN won the Men's Foursomes competition at the opening [5: 28-May-1937]
Secretary of the Victoria Districts Golf Association in 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Mary J. STEPHEN of Arrino and Mingenew at the Mingenew Cemetery on 15 August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 2 September 1940 [16]
Flying Officer 17601 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 78 Operational Base Unit during the Second World War [16]
Married Doris May YORK, of Watheroo and previously of Carnamah, in Perth in 1943 [66] [P289]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 23 November 1945 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Lynwood [2]
Died 13 October 1980; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (IC Section, Niche Wall, W2, 43) [2]
Dorothy Ida BRIDGE
20 July 1893 in Crafers, South Australia [55] [50]
Daughter of Percy Thomas BRIDGE and Ida Esther Miller HEIMANN [55]
Resided with her parents in Mingenew, Western Australia 1911-1939 [4: 17-Jan-1942] [19] [50]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of oriental silver tissue [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 6-Dec-1935, 5-Mar-1937]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club in 1936 [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Attended the Official Opening of the new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
Mrs Ida Esther Miller BRIDGE
Wife of Percy Thomas BRIDGE; see Ida Esther Miller HEIMANN
John BRIDGE
Farmer in Arrino 1922-1924 [6]
Percy Charles BRIDGE
Born 8 March 1906 in Popanyinning, Western Australia [16]
Son of Percy Thomas BRIDGE and Ida Esther Miller HEIMANN [10: 24-Jan-1919]
Resided with his parents in Mingenew [10: 24-Jan-1919]
Attended the Guildford Grammar School in the Perth suburb of Guildford on a scholarship in 1919 [10: 24-Jan-1919]
Employee at the National Bank in Three Springs in 1928 and 1929 [4: 7-Jan-1928, 6-Apr-1929]
Attended the wedding dance of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN in Carnamah on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Beach Committee's Dance held at the Dongara Hall in Dongara on Monday evening 28 February 1929 [4: 2-Feb-1929]
Travelled to Mingenew to spend the Easter holidays with his parents and other family members in 1929 [4: 6-Apr-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Most originally dressed gentleman as "Felix" at the Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 27 June 1929 [4: 6-Jul-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Bank Clerk in Kulin in 1936 [50]
Married Nancy Wilhelmina McCARTER in 1936 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 26 March 1942 [16]
Private W66865 in the Australian Army's 7th Battalion during a portion of the Second World War [16]
Clerk in Three Springs 1943-1949 [19]
Resided with his wife in Carter Street, Three Springs [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Died 11 October 1991; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 17, 283) [2]
Percy Thomas BRIDGE
Born C.1866 [55]
Son of William BRIDGE [55]
Married Ida Esther Miller HEIMANN on 26 October 1892 in Bridgewater, South Australia [55]
Their first daughter was born in Crafers, South Australia in 1893 and their second in Myponga, South Australia in 1894 [55]
By 1896 they had moved to Western Australia with their third daughter born that year at Cue and their fourth at Cue in 1898 [15]
His brother Charles Edward BRIDGE married his wife's sister Laura Henrietta Miller HEIMANN in 1892 [55]
Storekeeper at Tuckanarra on the Murchison goldfields in Western Australia 1900-1904 [6] [50]
He was a Justice of the Peace for the Murchison Magisterial District in 1904 [4: 30-Aug-1930]
Storekeeper at Lennonville in the Murchison Goldfields in 1905 and 1906 [6] [50]
Store Manager and later Storekeeper & Commission Agent in Mingenew 1911-1941 [4: 17-Jan-1942] [19] [50]
He was the manager of Messrs Samuel F. Moore & Company's General Store in Mingenew in 1915 and 1916 [10: 11-May-1915] [152]
Later managed the store for the executors of the Estate of the Late Samuel F. MOORE [4: 19-Aug-1939]
He also oversaw the firm's General Store in Morawa which provided supplies to farmers in Morawa and Pintharuka [152]
After two poor years and then the 1914 drought the firm had 40 farmers in Morawa and Pintharuka who owed £2,760 [152]
They were unable to provide the 40 farmers with any further credit, however the Government came to their rescue [152]
He went out to see the conditions and after reporting to the Government he was able to provide them with bare necessities [152]
Served on the Upper Irwin Road Board in 1917 and 1918 [101: page 151]
Served on the Mingenew (previously Upper Irwin) Road Board 1923-1928 and was Chairman 1925-1928 [101: page 152] [4: 10-Mar-1928]
Acting Chairman of the Mingenew Road Board for three months of 1924, owing to Everard F. DARLOT's ill-health [9: 25-Jul-1924]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of Western Australia in Mingenew on 15 December 1916 [152]
His belief was that farming in Mingenew hadn't been altogether satisfactory as there had been setbacks [152]
The storekeeping business he worked for had carried a number of farmers on credit [152]
The farmers who couldn't make it were getting weeded out, and most of those they will still carrying were getting ahead [152]
He believed large estates were blocking farming and that share-cropping terms asked by some landowners were impossible [152]
He'd helped one man get out of a share-farming contract and had successfully advised another not to enter into one [152]
In both instances the men had to mortgage all of their property to the same landowner and therefore risked losing everything [152]
In this business he'd had difficulty in getting payment from the Industries Assistance Board (I.A.B.) for farmers' accounts [152]
He allowed farmers to book up twice their store allowance from I.A.B. if they travelled in for stores every two months [152]
The I.A.B. refused to pay him as he'd allowed them to book up too much, but they finally paid up after legal proceedings [152]
He praised the assistance given to farmers by the I.A.B. and Agricultural Bank, but found it wasn't always well supervised [152]
There were farmers who didn't need but were getting assistance, and others who were too easily given too much assistance [152]
He believed central and southern Morawa were suitable for farming but that Pintharuka was dangerously bordering too far east [152]
Member of the Mingenew Dramatic Society - was President in 1919 [10: 24-Jan-1919]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mingenew linesman Alexander G. SPEAR at the Mingenew Cemetery in August 1919 [10: 8-Aug-1919]
By the end of the 1922-23 financial year he was the owner of nine blocks in the Mingenew townsite [44]
Foundation Noble Grand Master of the Mingenew branch of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Friendly Society in 1923 [101: page 105]
He remained a member of the Mingenew Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Society until at least 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
He was Secretary of the Mingenew Lodge in 1929, and District Grand Master 1931-1934 [4: 31-Aug-1929, 30-May-1931] [5: 11-May-1934]
Attended the Installation Meetings of the M.U.O.F.S. Lodge in Carnamah between 1931 and 1936 [4: 30-May-1931] [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Organiser of the Centenary Carnival Dance held at the Agricultural Hall in Mingenew on 12 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
After holidaying in the Perth metropolis he returned to Mingenew in early October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Member of the Mingenew Recreation Advisory Committee 1929-1934 [4: 20-Jul-1929] [101: page 129]
He was sworn in as a Justice of the Peace for the Victoria Magisterial District on 27 August 1930 [4: 30-Aug-1930]
As a Justice of the Peace he performed the duties of magistrate at cases that went before the Mingenew Police Court [4: 16-May-1931]
As a local Justice of the Peace he was sometimes appointed of Acting Coroner of inquests held in Mingenew [4: 16-May-1931]
In May 1931 he was appointed a member of the Mingenew Children's Court [4: 30-May-1931]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club - was Vice President in 1930 [4: 10-May-1930]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club - was President 1930-1937 [4: 20-Sep-1930, 16-May-1931, 16-Jul-1932, 1-Jun-1935] [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club - was President in 1930-31 [4: 20-Dec-1930]
By 1932 he was the owner of the vacant 30 Robertson Street in the Carnamah townsite (Lot 60 of Victoria Location 1936) [3]
Owned a Chevrolet wagon and Studebaker Eight car with license plates MI-88 and MI-99 in 1932 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Member of the Mingenew Agricultural Society - was Treasurer in 1933 [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Attended the Official Opening of the Three Springs Golf Club's new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
In 1937 he was "one of the oldest Diocesan Lay Readers in the State" [5: 28-May-1937]
Preacher of a special service at Saint James Anglican Church in Three Springs on Sunday evening 30 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
His store in Mingenew was telephone number Mingenew-1 [4: 29-Mar-1941]
By March 1941 he'd sent three quarters of a ton of paper from Mingenew to aid the war-time collection of waste paper [4: 29-Mar-1941]
Sold his general store and agency business in Mingenew to William H. G. HOWARD in January 1942 [4: 17-Jan-1942]
In 1947 sold his vacant block at 30 Robertson Street in the Carnamah townsite to Hugh F. MCKENZIE-MCHARG [3]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Father of at least five children - Dorothy Ida, Gwendoline Hope, Adeline Grace, Florence Alma and Percy Charles [10: 24-Jan-1919] [15] [55]
Died 16 September 1958; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, HC, 10) [2]
Mrs Nancy Wilhelmina BRIDGE
Wife of Percy Charles BRIDGE; see Nancy Wilhelmina McCARTER
Annie BRIGHT
Housekeeper in Three Springs 1919-1953 [19]
Albert BRIMSON
Born 12 July 1908 in Three Springs, Western Australia [16]
Son of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [4: 4-May-1946]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs [19]
Won the 10 to 12 Years Boys Running Race at the Peace Celebrations in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
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 Football Club in 1935 [5: 7-Jun-1935]
Married Hilda Margaret MORLEY in Perth in 1936 [66]
In 1942 was living in Chittering, and in Pinjarra in 1946 [4: 4-May-1946] [16]
Private W69034 in Chittering's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Amy Olive BRIMSON
Born 1903 in North Beach, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs [19]
Won the Girls 50 Yards running race at the annual "Three Springs Day" held on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Married Theodore E. TONKIN in 1942 [66]
Mrs Beverley Ellen BRIMSON
By 1975 was living at 4 Williamson Street in Three Springs [19]
Later resided on Victoria Location 10835 in Three Springs [19]
Mrs Catherine Lucy BRIMSON
Wife of Lionel Henry BRIMSON; see Catherine Lucy CULLEN
"Doug" Douglas James BRIMSON
Born 18 October 1928 in Midland Junction, Western Australia [45] [98]
Son of Lionel Henry BRIMSON and Catherine Lucy CULLEN [P137]
Began his schooling at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 19 July 1935 [98]
Farmer in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Farmer of Hillview Farm in Arrino 1956-1961 [19]
Farmer of Victoria Location 10488 in Eneabba via Three Springs from 1962 until at least 1982 [19]
The farmland in Eneabba had previously been purchased by his father [P102]
An election was held on 7 May 1964 to elect a member for Eneabba to the Carnamah Shire Council [7: page 126]
Served on the Carnamah Shire Council representing the Eneabba Ward 1964-1966 and again 1972-1979 [7: page 112]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club [45]
On leaving Eneabba resided initially in Geraldton and later in the Perth suburb of Karrinyup [45]
Passed away at the age of 76 years at the Palliative Care Unit at Hollywood Private Hospital in the Perth suburb of Hollywood [45]
Husband of June [45]
Father of Helen, Steven, Coral and Trevor [45]
Died 22 May 2005 in Hollywood WA; cremated at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA [45]
"Pincher" Ernest Edward Walter BRIMSON
Born 1906 [15]
Son of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Labourer in Three Springs 1929-1939 and Farmer in Three Springs 1941-1948 [19]
Came 3rd in the 12 to 15 Years Boys Race at the Peace Celebrations in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Winner of Tilting at the Ring at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1927-1935 [4: 7-May-1927] [5: 15-Jun-1934, 21-Jun-1935]
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]
Played for the North Midlands Football Association in a match against the Perenjori-Morawa Association on 28 July 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
Provisional Umpire for the first game of the North Midlands Football Association in Three Springs in 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
In June 1937 he was appointed a Central Umpire of the North Midlands Football Association [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Boundary Umpire of the final three matches of the North Midlands Football Association in 1937 [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Motored to Perth with Alfred HUNTER and Cecil M. MALEY on 28 July 1937 and returned to Three Springs the next day [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Married Maude Louisa WILTON [P2]
Sharefarmer and Manager of a property in Arrino in 1948 [P2]
Collapsed to the floor early one morning and after being taken to the hospital in Three Springs died that afternoon [P2]
After he had collapsed his wife had walked about two miles to get help with their infant children in its pram [P2]
Fanny Edith BRIMSON
Born 1899 in Swan, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Presumably resided in Three Springs with her parents 1908-1919 [19]
Married "Harry" Henry MANSFIELD in 1919 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs in 1921 and 1922 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Midland [2]
Died 10 February 1978; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Anglican, F, 14) [2]
Mrs Fanny Jane BRIMSON
Wife of George BRIMSON; see Fanny Jane YATES
Mrs Florence Gertrude BRIMSON
Wife of George William BRIMSON; see Florence Gertrude NASH
George BRIMSON
Born 1869 in Northam, Western Australia [15]
Son of Robert BRIMSON and Susan WALDOCK [15]
Married Fanny Jane YATES in 1896 in the Perth suburb of Guildford [15]
Railway Fettler in Three Springs in 1908 [19]
By later 1908 he was working as a Contractor, and in 1909 was living on Lake View Farm in Three Springs [19]
Contractor in Three Springs 1908-1913 and Clearing Contractor in Three Springs 1914-1922 [6]
Farmer of 160 acres in Three Springs (Victoria Location 3728) as early as 1910 [44]
In addition to his 160 acres his wife had a 500 acre grazing lease in Three Springs from 1910 to 1912 (Lease 4616/68) [44]
By 1919 he had purchased a further 100 acres and by 1923 yet another 100 acres (Victoria Locations 3339 and 3463 respectively) [44]
He kept the racetrack clear at the Three Springs Race Club's Inaugural Race Meeting on Thursday 9 March 1911 [9: 17-Mar-1911]
His horse Patchwork came 2nd in the First Class Hack Race at the "Three Springs Day" on Monday 16 September 1915 [10: 24-Sep-1915]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
His horse Marramatta came 3rd in the Local Handicap race at the Carnamah Races on Easter Monday 28 March 1921 [10: 1-Apr-1921
Marramatta had previously run in the Flying Handicap race Picnic Race Meeting in Carnamah on 16 September 1920 [10: 1-Oct-1920]
Marramatta came 2nd in the Flying Handicap at the Picnic Race Meeting in Carnamah on 22 September 1921 [9: 30-Sep-1921]
According to electoral rolls he resided in Three Springs until 1921 [19]
By 1924 his 360 acre farm in Three Springs had been sold and was owned by Charles F. THOMAS [44]
Father of Hilda, Fanny, Lionel, Amy, George, Ernest, Albert, Rosey, Leita and Ivy [4: 4-May-1946]
"Dido" George William BRIMSON
Born 1905 in Subiaco, Western Australia [15]
Son of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs [19]
Won 4th prize for a Schoolchild's Crayon Drawing at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1922 [10: 12-May-1922]
Participated in the Kangaroo Hunting & Picnic Party's hunt in Three Springs on Friday and Saturday 1-2 September 1922 [9: 15-Sep-1922]
Married Florence Gertrude NASH in Perth in 1927 [66]
Labourer on Bonnie Doon Farm in Three Springs 1932-1935 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Resided of late in the Mandurah suburb of Halls Head [2]
Died 17 May 1988; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Hilda May BRIMSON
Born 1895 in Chittering, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Fanny Jane YATES, who married George BRIMSON in 1896 [15]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs [19]
Married William KNAPP in 1919 [66]
Resided in Three Springs 1921-1943 and in Carnamah 1947-1965 [19] [50]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE at the Three Springs Hall on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
A Dance was held in aid of herself and her family at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 4 May 1934 [5: 11-May-1934]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Joondanna [2]
Mother of Gladys, William, Walter, George, Albert and Grace [98]
Died 31 August 1988; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn 5, Niche Wall, W10, 81) [2]
Ivy BRIMSON
Born 1913 [15]
Daughter of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [4: 4-May-1946]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs [19]
Married (1) Wilfred James COLES in 1931 [66]
Resided in Arrino 1931-1938 and in Three Springs 1938-1941 [19]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
Married (2) WISE [4: 4-May-1946]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Yokine [2]
Mother of Hazel [84]
Died 31 May 1983; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, IC, 708) [2]
Mrs Janice Beth BRIMSON
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1962-1975 [19]
Leita BRIMSON
Born 1912 [15]
Daughter of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [4: 4-May-1946]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs [19]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Married George Able WILTON in 1928 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs in 1928 and 1929, in Yuna 1930-1935, and again in Three Springs 1938-1941 [19]
Lionel Albert BRIMSON
Shearer of Slaughter Street, Three Springs for at least the years 1962-1965 [19]
Lionel Henry BRIMSON
Born 1901 in Upper Swan, Western Australia [15]
Son of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Himself and Arthur S. MORTIMER won the Rescue Race at the Three Springs Day on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
Farmer in Three Springs 1925-1952 [6] [19]
Farmer in Eneabba via Three Springs 1956-1961 [19]
Farmer of Hillview Farm in Arrino [P102] 1962 onwards [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1920 [10: 23-Jul-1920]
From 1947 to 1954 was telephone number Three Springs-226 [60]
In retirement resided at Lot 2 Church Street in the coastal town of Dongara [19] [24]
Father of Sylvia, Douglas, Kathleen, Maureen, Lionel and Robert [P137]
Died 27 February 1978 in Geraldton; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Uniting, Plot 83) [24]
M. BRIMSON
Grazier in Three Springs 1933-1940 [6]
Mrs Margaret June BRIMSON
Resided on Hillview Farm in Arrino 1956-1961 [19]
Resided on Victoria Location 10488 in Eneabba from 1962 until at least 1977 [19]
Mrs Maude Louisa BRIMSON
Wife of "Pincher" Ernest Edward Walter BRIMSON; see Maude Louisa WILTON
Robert Arthur BRIMSON
Farmer of 4 Williamson Street, Three Springs in 1975 [19]
Later resided on Victoria Location 10835 in Three Springs [19]
"Rose" Rosey BRIMSON
Born 1910 [15]
Daughter of George BRIMSON and Fanny Jane YATES [15]
Student at the Three Springs State School in 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Came 2nd in the 8 to 10 Years Girls Running Race at the Peace Celebrations in Three Springs on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Received 1st prizes for Writing and Drawing at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Won a 1st prize for Writing at the annual picnic and show, the Three Springs Day, held on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Resided in Carnamah for part of the year 1928 [4: 28-Jul-1928]
In July 1928 took an active part in the formation of a Ladies Football Club in Carnamah [4: 28-Jul-1928]
Came equal first in the "Ladies Race" at the Carnamah Show and Sports Carnival on Thursday 4 October 1928 [4: 13-Oct-1928]
In mid October 1928 she left Carnamah and returned to Three Springs [4: 20-Oct-1928]
Along with Alf HUNTER attended the Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 27 June 1929 as "Mr & Mrs Three Springs" [4: 6-Jul-1929]
Married "Alf" Alfred HUNTER in 1929 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1929-1956, where he was the proprietor of the Three Springs Garage [5: 9-Feb-1934] [19]
Won 2nd prize for a Knitted Infant's Woollen Jacket at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 19 September 1935 [5]
Also won 1st prize for Exhibit by Lady in the Novelty Competition at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won 1st prize for Rainbow Cake at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Part of the group who attended the Masquerade Ball in Carnamah on 5 December 1936 dressed as "Mickie & Minnie" [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Herself, her husband and their children spent a two week holiday on the Murchison River in January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-1937, 5-Feb-1937]
Sylvia Dawn BRIMSON
Born 5 August 1927 in Midland Junction, Western Australia [98]
Daughter of Lionel Henry BRIMSON and Catherine Lucy CULLEN [98]
Resided with her parents on farmland in Three Springs [19] [98]
Began her schooling at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs on 19 June 1935 [98]
Shop Assistant in Three Springs in 1949 and 1950 [19]
Married Clement Ronald ROWE in 1950 [66]
Resided in Three Springs 1950-1962 [19]
By 1964 was living on Victoria Location 10560 in Eneabba via Three Springs [19]
Lawrence BRIOTTI
Contractor in Three Springs in 1955 and 1956 [19]
Adrian Edward BROAD
Born 1929 [193]
Son of Albert Irwin BROAD and Grace Julie WHITE [193]
Resided with his parents on Noalimba Farm in Three Springs [193]
Following their father's death himself and his brother had time off school to help their mother during seeding and harvest [193]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club 1949-50 and 1950-51 [4: 25-Mar-1950] [89]
Married Shirley Amy WISE in 1955 [193]
Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society - was Secretary in 1960 [4: 26-Feb-1960]
Speaker at the Farewell Dance for Ron & Irene QUARTERMAINE at the Three Springs Hall during February 1960 [4: 26-Feb-1960]
He was telephone number Three Springs-297, and was listed under "Dookanooka Pastoral Co." 1964-1968 [60]
Farmed in Three Springs until at least 1975 [19]
Father of Dean, Julie and Kent [193]
"Bert" Albert Irwin BROAD
Born 1892 in Mingenew, Western Australia [4] [15]
Son of Edward BROAD and Ellen Jane OLIVER [15]
Resided with his parents on Manarra Farm in Mingenew, and later farmed with his father [193]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 24 February 1916 [94]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A48 Seang Bee on 18 July 1916 [94]
Driver 2032 in the Australian Imperial Force's 51st Battalion on the Western Front during the First World War [94]
During the war his brother Lewis, who served with the 11th Battalion, was Killed in Action in Belgium on 20 September 1917 [94]
Returned to Western Australia on 4 June 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [94]
Farmer of Orango Farm in Mingenew in partnership with his brother Frank 1919-1926 [193]
In 1926 dissolved partnership with his brother Frank and purchased 996 acres of land east of Three Springs [193]
The 996 acres consisted of Lots M833 and M836 of Victoria Location 2020, and were purchased from William HARRIS [44] [61]
Married Grace Julie WHITE in Perth on 7 July 1926 [193]
Farmer of Noalimba Farm in Three Springs 1926-1938 [193]
On purchase 200 acres of the property had been cleared, and it contained a well, a couple of dams and a one roomed hut [193]
The well had previously been sunk by the Government and one of the dams had been made over an old Aboriginal waterhole [193]
Named the property Noalimba, which was the Aboriginal word for "Lang of Plenty" [193]
Further developed the property and extended the one roomed hut to a six roomed weatherboard home with an iron roof [193]
He was the first in Three Springs to purchase a tractor - a McCormick Deering 1530 with pneumatic tyres [193]
Extended his farm with the purchase of 500 adjoining acres in 1938, and took over the livestock brand BA7 [193]
Inaugural Member for Wombarden on the Three Springs District Road Board in 1929 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Served on the Three Springs Road Board as the Member for Wombarden until his death in 1938 [5: 25-Nov-1932, 19-Apr-1935] [193]
In February 1929 advertised a two year old 17-run McCormack-Deering drill for sale for a cheap price [4: 16-Feb-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
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]
In 1934 voted in favour of dances held at the Three Springs Hall being allowed to continue after midnight on Saturdays [5: 15-Jun-1934]
The motion was unsuccessful by one vote, resulting in a continued disadvantage to the hall, town and all who attended dances [5]
At the Road Board's monthly meeting in October 1936 the motion was put forward again and passed six votes to one [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Won 1st prize for Green Wheat and 2nd for Green Oats at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Attended the Annual Ratepayers' Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board at 3 p.m. on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Member of the Three Springs-Arrino Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League [4: 10-Sep-1938]
In October 1935 sold 54 shorn wethers at 10/10 per head and 22 wethers at 9/1 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd [5: 11-Oct-1935]
A week later sold 30 shorn lambs at 10/7 per head and 52 shorn hoggets at 10/4 per head [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Sold through Westralian Farmers Ltd at a wool sale in Perth one bale of wool for 12¾d. per pound on 7 October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Presided over the meeting of Three Springs ratepayers held on Saturday 11 January 1936 to discuss the local water crisis [5: 17-Jan-1936]
Attended the Special Ratepayers Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board held on Monday 10 March 1936 [5: 13-Mar-1936]
The ratepayers supported himself and two other Members of the Board, however they found fault with the other three Members [5]
After much discussion three Members, including himself, resigned in protest and the Road Board automatically became defunct [5]
After the Road Board became defunct a Government Commissioner was sent to run things until a new Board was elected [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Himself and Edward HUNT received the support of the public when they re-nominated and were elected unopposed [5: 15-May-1936]
In 1936 the Commissioner for Taxation reduced the unimproved value of his Lots M833 and M836 from £1173 to £923 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Sold 206 sheep through Westralian Farmers Ltd at two Midland Markets on 23 September 1936 and 14 October 1936 [5]
The 206 sheep comprised 90 suckers (15 at 13/10, 55 at 11/7, 20 at 9/1), 70 shorn lambs (2 at 9/1, 51 at 7/4, 17 at 6/10) [5]
33 shorn ewes at 5/4, and 13 shorn wethers (6 at 11/1, 7 at 9/7 per head) [5: 25-Sep-1936, 16-Oct-1936]
In 1937 received permission from the Three Springs Road Board to make a stone crossing over the creek on Weir's Road [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Attended the meeting in Three Springs about extending telephonic facilities to East Three Springs on 9 March 1937 [5: 12-Mar-1937]
Loaned his truck to help cart 80 loads of sand, gravel and stones for the nursing quarters in Three Springs in April 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Attended the opening of the Nurse's Quarters in Three Springs and dinner at the Commercial Hotel on 27 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Sold 81 shorn wethers (60 at 18/1, 21 at 17/4) and 3 lambs at 22/7 through Westralian Farmers Ltd on 15 September 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Resided in Three Springs until his death in 1938 [2]
Father of Geoffrey and Adrian [P2]
Died 5 September 1938; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZB, 584) [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 10 September 1938:
Obituary - Death of Mr A. I. Broad - Funeral at Karrakatta
"A wave of genuine regret swept through the Three Springs district on Monday morning last with the receipt of the news that Mr Albert Irwin Broad had passed away in Perth at the comparatively early age of 45 years. The deceased gentleman, who had followed farming pursuits at Three Springs for the past twelve years, was widely known in the district and was very highly respected by all sections of the community. He at all times evinced a lively interest in public affairs, and ever since the inception of the Three Springs Road Board he has represented the ratepayers of the Womarden Ward. He was also prominently associated with the Three Springs Agricultural Society. The late Mr Broad was a returned solder and a valuable member of the Three Springs-Arrino Sub-Branch of the R.S.L. having served in the war with the 51st Battalion of the Australian Imperial Forces. Born at Mingenew, he was the third son of Mr and Mrs E. Broad sen, two of the pioneers of the Mingenew district, and he is survived by a widow and two young sons, for whom the deepest sympathy has been expressed right throughout the district. The deceased gentleman had been in ill health for some time past, and although every effort was made on his behalf from a medical standpoint his death was not altogether unexpected. The esteem in which the late Mr Broad was held was abundantly exemplified on Tuesday afternoon last, when his remains were laid to rest in the Anglican portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery, the service at the graveside being conducted by a former rector of Three Springs in the person of the Rev. E. G. Jaquet. Many residents of the district paid a last tribute by making a special journey to Perth for the funeral. These included the chairman and secretary of the Three Springs Road Board and members of the Three Springs-Arrino Sub-Branch of the R.S.L. and other public bodies. The chief mourners were Messrs C. E. Broad, E. L. Broad, F. H. Broad and J. O. Broad (brothers), Miss N. Broad (niece) and Mr C. McDonald (brother-in-law), the pall bearers being Messrs C. F. Thomas, E. Hunt, F. Connaughton and W. J. Turner (Three Springs Road Board), and O. S. Sowerby, A. Mortimer, A. R. Strutton and M. Williamson (Three Springs-Arrino Sub-Branch of the R.S.L.). Amongst others present at the graveside were Messrs W. Patrick M.L.A., H. Taplin (Midland Railway Company), S. M. Wreford (manager of the National Bank in Perth), R. Swirte (Shell Oil Company), Frank Laverack, C. H. Hope, E. K. Byrne, W. G. Jordan (Three Springs Road Board), W. D. S. Smith, P. G. Morgan, J. H. C. Haworth, Howard Smith, H. W. Weir, K. Whitlock, M. G. Hope, H. Parker, M. M. Wilson, N. P. Hawley, S. C. Gooch, R. P. Hope, I. A. Sackville, G. H. Bickford (secretary of Three Springs Road Board), W. R. Harris, T. J. Berrigan, W. Wilson, K, Watson, W. Fogarty, P. Oliver, G. P. White, K. White, M. K. White, Robbins, Mr and Mrs W. P. Eglou and Mrs Marsh. A large number of floral tributes were laid upon the grave."
Bruce Stewart BROAD
Born 1927 [193]
Son of "Sam" Samuel Ernest BROAD and Daisy Elizabeth DOWNES [193]
Resided with his parents on Victoria Location 7186 in Carnamah 1928-1938 [3] [19]
Student at the Carnamah State School [97], which he travelled to by riding his horse from his father's farm [P22]
Won the 8 & 9 Years Boys Egg & Spoon Race at the Inter-School Sports in Carnamah on Friday 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Along with his parents left Carnamah and shifted to farmland in Three Springs in 1938 [193]
Resided with his parents on Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs 1938 onwards [193]
Labourer on and later the Farmer of Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs [19] [193]
From 1969 onwards he was telephone number Three Springs-217 (previously in the name of his late father) [60]
Resided in Three Springs until at least 1975 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Sorrento [2]
Died 24 March 1993; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, Lawn 1, A013) [2]
Mrs Daisy Elizabeth BROAD
Wife of Samuel Ernest BROAD; see Daisy Elizabeth DOWNES
"Geoff" Geoffrey Hamil Irwin BROAD
Born 1927 [193]
Son of Albert Irwin BROAD and Grace Julie WHITE [193]
Resided with his parents on Noalimba Farm in Three Springs [193]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on Friday 6 December 1929 as a "Sailor Boy" [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Student at the Three Springs State School [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Came 2nd in one of the Boys Running Race at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports held in Three Springs on 17 March 1936 [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Came 2nd in the 8 & 9 Years Boys Flag Race at the Three Springs District Schools Athletic Championships in 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Following their father's death himself and his brother had time off school to help their mother during seeding and harvest [193]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]
Had PO Box 22 at the Three Springs Post Office [96]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club 1949-50 and 1950-51 [89]
Married Ramona Zarefa SHEPHERD in 1954 [193]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 20 June 1958 - was Worshipful Master in 1969 [96] [153]
Farmer in Three Springs until at least 1975 [19]
Father of Diana, Charmian and Robyn [193]
Mrs Grace Julie BROAD
Wife of Albert Irwin BROAD; see Grace Julie WHITE
Mrs Ramona Zarefa BROAD
Wife of Geoffrey Hamil Irwin BROAD; see Ramona Zarefa SHEPHERD
"Sam" Samuel Ernest BROAD
Born 20 May 1889 in Mingenew, Western Australia [16]
Son of Thomas BROAD and Elizabeth WHEELOCK [15]
Educated at the Yardarino State School and later at the Strawberry State School [193]
Farmer of Earne Hill Farm in Strawberry and also worked locally as a Shearer [193]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 1 March 1916 in Blackboy Hill; regimental number 2621 [30: item 3125647]
On enlistment was described as 6 feet 1 inches tall, weighing 182 lbs. with grey eyes, brown hair and a medium complexion [30]
Private / Lance Corporal in the 3rd Machine Gun Squadron of the Australian Imperial Force's 10th Light Horse Battalion [30]
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal and received the Victory Medal and the British War Medal [30]
Arrived in Western Australia on the Oxfordshire on 4 August 1919 and was discharged from the A.I.F. on 20 January 1920 [30]
Won the Pillow Fight at the Arrino Picnic Railway Day held in Arrino on Saturday 29 November 1919 [9: 5-Dec-1919]
Over a month and a half in 1920 he shore 4086 sheep at Yarragadee Station in Mingenew, for which he was paid £34/13/5 [193]
Married Daisy Elizabeth DOWNES on 18 December 1926 at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka, South Mingenew [66]
For a period worked as a farmhand on Irwin BURGES' Willow Green Farm on the Irwin Flats in Irwin [193]
Farmer in Carnamah 1928-1938 [3] [19]
His farm was the 891 acre Victoria Location 7186, situated on the corner of what is now Turner Road and Waters Road [3] [62]
The farm was previously owned by Zebulun GREEN and was a portion of the Carnamah Estate (a soldier settlement estate) [44]
On purchase the property was only partially developed and he received assistance from his neighbours to clear further acreage [193]
Entered a number Exhibits in the Farm Produce section of the Carnamah Show and Sports Carnival on 4 October 1928 [4: 13-Oct-1928]
Won 1st for Chaff, 2nd for Sheaf of Wheat for Grain, 1st for Sheaf of Wheat for Hay and 1st for Sheaf of Early Variety Grain [4]
Telephone number Carnamah-11A from 1928 to 1938 [60]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1928, 1929 and 1930 [53]
Attended the Plain and Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Town Hall on Thursday 8 August 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Attended the Carnamah Anglican Church's Freak Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 3 October 1929 [4: 12-Oct-1929]
In 1932 was the owner of a Chevrolet car with license plate CA-130 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Travelled to Perth in mid July 1932 for the purpose of undergoing an operation at a metropolitan hospital [5: 15-Jul-1932]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1932-1937 [13]
Exhibited in the Horse and Sheep sections of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 14 September 1933 [5]
Won 1st prize for a Draught Mare in or with Foal and 2nd prizes for a Draught Mare and a Merino Ram [5: 22-Sep-1933]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Robert Clark FORRESTER on 18 September 1933 at the Winchester Cemetery [5: 22-Sep-1933]
In October 1933 sold five bales of wool through Elder Smith & Co for 5d. per pound [5: 13-Oct-1933]
Purchased a stud Koonoona merino ram from Mrs E. C. WELLS of Mingenew in February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
During August 1935 sold 21 suckers for 13/1 per head and 18 suckers for 15/10 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd [5: 30-Aug-1935]
A week later sold through Elders another 24 suckers for 13/10 per head and 18 suckers for 10/10 per head [5: 6-Sep-1935]
In mid September 1935 sold a further 18 suckers at 10/7 per head and 22 suckers at 13/1 per head [5: 20-Sep-1935]
He was among those from Carnamah who travelled to Perth in October 1935 to attend the Royal Show [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Sold six bales of wool at 14½d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Wool Sale in Perth on 7 October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
On 30 October 1935 sold 23 bales through Westralian Farmers - 4 at 15¼d., 17 at 15d., 1 at 14½d., 1 at 14d. per pound [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Received permission from the Carnamah District Road Board to truncate the road opposite ROOKE's farm in 1935 [5: 1 & 22-Nov-1935]
Sold 134 lambs through Dalgety & Co Ltd on 8 January 1936 - 72 of them at 16/5 per head and 62 at 13/3 per head [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
In March 1936 purchased a three foot Federation earth scoop from Westralian Farmers Ltd [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Attended the Farewell Bridge Evening for Tom & Johanna BERRIGAN in Carnamah on Sunday evening 21 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Sold 84 suckers (43 at 11/9, 17 at 10/10, 24 at 8/10) through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market in 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936, 2-Oct-1936]
Won the ribbon for the Champion Mare in the Horse section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Awarded1st prizes for Draught Mare in foal or with foal at foot, Clydesdale Mare, and Pair of Farm Horses bred by exhibitors [5]
Also received 2nd prize for Clydesdale Gelding in the Horse section, and in Grain & Fodder won 1st prize for Wheaten Chaff [5]
At the Show Ball he received the Jasper W. Green Trophy for gaining the most points in the Horse section [5]
Owing to his property being too small and salinity problems caused through clearing he decided to sell his farm in Carnamah [193]
During the 1937-38 financial year sold his farm, Victoria Location 7186, to neighbouring farmer John S. ROOKE [3]
Purchased Edmund K. BYRNE's Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs, and shifted there on 20 April 1938 [193]
Farmer of Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs 1938-1965 [19] [193]
The farm was located on the Midlands Road between the towns of Carnamah and Three Springs [P22]
Steward of the Pigs section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Twelfth Annual Show on 14 September 1939 [262]
Had the telephone connected in 1946 or 1947 - was telephone number Three Springs-217 [60]
Resided in Three Springs until his death in 1965 [2]
Father of Bruce [193]
Died 10 May 1965; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, Lawn 1, A013) [2]
From The Commonwealth Gazette, No. 135, 11 December 1919:
Lance Corporal 2621 S. E. Broad, 3rd Aust. Machine Gun Squadron. Distinguished Conduct Medal. "For his cool and courageous work at Es Salt on the 1 May 1918, in handling his gun at a critical time, several men being killed in his vicinity. He never left his gun for twenty four hours. This man has on several previous occasions distinguished himself by his pluck and ability. During the action above, 300 prisoners surrendered."
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 7 January 1938:
"The death occurred at Strawberry recently of Mrs. E. Broad, senr., mother of Mr. S. E. Broad, of Carnamah. The late Mrs. Broad had been an invalid for over 25 years."
Mrs Shirley Amy BROAD
Wife of Adrian Edward BROAD; see Shirley Amy WISE
F. E. BROCK
Builder in Three Springs in 1912 [6]
Charles BROCKMAN
Born C.1878 [176]
Donated 2/6 towards the fund being raised in aid of orphanages in 1899 through Elizabeth MACPHERSON of Carnamah [39: 5-Dec-1899]
Stockman on Arrino Station in Arrino 1904-1907 and Sheep Farmer in Three Springs 1908-1913 [6] [19]
Farmed a 200 acre Conditional Purchase (C.P.) block and a 3,000 acre pastoral lease near The Lakes in Three Springs in 1908 [44]
Continued to graze the 3,000 acre pastoral lease until 1909, and then from 1909 to 1913 had another 1,173 acres in pastoral leases [44]
In addition to leasehold his farm in Three Springs from 1909 to 1913 consisted of 40 acres freehold and 353 acres in C.P. blocks [44]
The 40 acre freehold block was Victoria Location 939, situated about six kilometres west of the Yarra Yarra Lakes [44] [62]
In 1910 grew 30 acres of crop on his farm in Three Springs [9: 17-Jun-1910]
In addition to his farm in Three Springs he also had 1,622 acres in Arrino during the 1910-11 financial year [44]
The 1,622 acres was in three Conditional Purchase leases, a grazing lease of 300 acres and the 160 acre Victoria Location 2258 [44]
Won some of the running races at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting held in Three Springs on 17 March 1915 [10: 26-Mar-1915]
Attended Arrino's Annual Sports Meeting held on Patrick M. DURACK's farm in Arrino on Easter Monday 1 April 1915 [10: 9-Apr-1915]
Competed in the day's events, winning the Throwing at the Wicket competition and coming 3rd in the Sheffield Handicap [10]
In 1918 he was living in Arrino [10: 4-Oct-1918]
His horse Spring Park won the Maiden Handicap at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports in Three Springs on 16 March 1918 [10: 22-Mar-1918]
At the Picnic Races held in Carnamah on Easter Monday 1 April 1918 his Spring Park came 2nd in the Flying Handicap [10: 12-Apr-1918]
Came 2nd in Tilting the Ring at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 26 September 1918 [10: 4-Oct-1918]
At the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting on Thursday 6 March 1919 his horse Star won the Pony Race [9: 14-Mar-1919]
His horse Star ran in the horse races at the Sports Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Monday 17 March 1919 [124]
Spring Park competed at the Carnamah Race Club's Picnic Race Meeting in Carnamah on Thursday 27 March 1919 [10: 11-Apr-1919]
His horse Spring Park came 3rd in the F. J. Morgan Plate of seven furlongs at the Three Springs Races on 4 March 1920 [9: 12-Mar-1920]
Spring Park also came 3rd in the Carnamah Stakes at the Carnamah Race Club's Race Meeting on 11 March 1920 [10: 19-Mar-1920]
Spring Park won the Forced Handicap at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day 17 March 1920 [123]
Donated 10/6 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1920 [124]
Percy T. BRIDGE of Mingenew took him to the Mingenew Local Court in November 1930 over the sum of £21/15/3 [4: 29-Nov-1930]
Resided of late as a Pensioner in Mingenew [176]
Died 10 October 1953 in Three Springs; buried Mingenew Cemetery, Mingenew (Anglican, Plot 51A) [29] [176]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 17 October 1953:
"Elderly Native's Death - The death occurred in the North Midlands District Hospital at Three Springs during last week-end of an aged native named C. Brockman, of Mingenew, whose funeral took place in the Mingenew Cemetery on Tuesday last. As far as can be ascertained the old man did not know his own age, but it is thought by those who have known him for a very lengthy period that he was in the octogenarian stage of life. The deceased man had spent most of his life in and around Mingenew and in his younger days was an outstanding pedestrian."
Edmund Patrick BRODERICK
Farmer in Dudawa, East Arrino 1910-1914 [19] [44] [50]
From 1913 he was owner of 738 acres in Dudawa, namely Lots 31 and 32 of the Dudawa Estate [44]
Farmer in Arrino in partnership with William D. S. SMITH as "Broderick & Smith" in 1914 [6]
Grew 300 acres of crop on his farm in Arrino in 1914 [10: 19-Jun-1914]
Patrick BRODERICK
Farmer in Dudawa, East Arrino 1909-1912 [19] [44]
His farm was 738 acres in size and consisted of Lots 31 and 32 of the Dudawa Estate [44]
Appears to have transferred or sold his farm in Dudawa to Edmund P. BRODERICK during the 1912-13 financial year [44]
Allen Benjamin BROOKE
Farmer in Eneabba via Three Springs 1964- [19]
Mrs Margaret BROOKE
Resided on farmland in Eneabba via Three Springs 1954- [19]
Norman William BROOKER
Miner in Three Springs in 1953 [19]
George BROOKS
Labourer in Arrino in 1903 [50]
Resided at the Railway Station yard in Arrino [50]
Catherine Claire BROPHY
Teacher at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs in 1962 [19]
Thomas Wilkie BROUGH
Representative in Three Springs in 1958 and 1959 [19]
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs [19]
Alexander John Fairfield BROWN
Born 7 August 1902 in Day Dawn, Western Australia [16]
Son of Alexander John BROWN and Katie Elizabeth WARREN [15]
Employee of the Midland Railway Company [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Relieving Stationmaster of the Carnamah Railway Station for a fortnight over April and May 1925 [9: 24-Apr-1925]
Married "Claire" Clara Veronica BERRIGAN on 28 August 1928 at the Carnamah Hall in Carnamah [4: 8-Sep-1928]
At their wedding his best man was his brother Roy BROWN, while one of the bridesmaids was his sister Miss Una BROWN [4]
Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Muchea until being transferred to Three Springs in March 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Three Springs 1937-1946 [4] [6] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1937 [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Badminton Club [4]
Private W71809 in Three Springs' local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Himself and his wife were tendered a Farewell Dance at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Saturday 3 August 1946 [4]
Six speakers spoke about how the departure of himself and his wife was a distinct loss to the Three Springs district [4]
He was "helpful and obliging stationmaster, at all times most courteous in the discharge of his duties" [4]
"He was ever ready to assist in any effort having for its objective the welfare of the community and the town and district" [4]
Received a presentation from the Three Springs Golf Club, and a cheque from the people of Three Springs [4: 10-Aug-1946]
Following a transfer left Three Springs in August 1946 and shifted to Mingenew [4: 10-Aug-1946]
Railway Stationmaster in Mingenew 1946-1950 [4] [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Swan View [2]
Died 18 October 1970; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Roman Catholic, F, 61) [2]
Mrs Alice Amelia BROWN
Wife of Michael BROWN; see Alice Amelia READ
Arthur BROWN
Fettler in Arrino 1904-1910 [19]
Arthur Joseph BROWN
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1908-1910 [19]
E. T. BROWN
Station Manager in Three Springs in 1912 and 1913 [6]
Frank BROWN
Farmer in Three Springs in 1915 [50]
Edward Thomas BROWN
Stockman in Three Springs 1908-1910 [19] [50]
Ernest BROWN
Labourer on Arrino Station in Arrino 1904-1910 [19]
"Frank" Francis BROWN
Stock Manager / Farmer in Three Springs 1908-1911 [6] [50]
George A. BROWN
Shepherd on Mugawa Farm in Arrino in 1912 [50]
James Joseph BROWN
Farmer in Moora in 1903 [50]
Married Mary Anne SHERIDAN in 1909 [66]
Farmer in Moora until 1910 [50]
Newsagent in Three Springs in 1910 [6]
In 1910 his newsagent and tobacconist shop in Three Springs was managed by Charles MCKAY [6] [9: 14-Jan-1910]
Manager of Stephen SHERIDAN's General Store in Three Springs in 1911 [6]
Later in 1911 himself and Stephen SHERIDAN were general storekeepers in partnership as "Brown & Sheridan" [9: 17-Mar-1911]
In their general store they sold groceries, ironmongery, draper, wine, spirits and other items [9: 17-Mar-1911]
A Post and Telegraph Office was opened in premises adjoining their store on Friday 17 March 1911 [9: 24-Mar-1911]
Store Manager in Three Springs in 1912 and 1913 [6]
Commission Agent in Three Springs in 1912 and 1913 [50]
Foundation Committee Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1910 [9: 1-Jul-1910]
Addressed those present at the Arbor Day tree planting at the Three Springs State School on Friday 24 June 1910 [9: 1-Jul-1910]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers and Progress Association - was Vice President in 1910 and Secretary in 1911 [9: 1-Jul-1910, 5-May-1911]
In June 1910 he put up for sale the 1774 acre Lot M847 situated about eight and half miles east of Three Springs [9]
He had purchased the 1774 acres from the Midland Railway Company in 1909 however hadn't improved the property [9]
At the same time also put up for sale Aloba and Killarney Farms and eleven townsite blocks in Moora [9: 24-Jun-1910]
Member of the committee formed in July 1910 to obtain an Agricultural Hall for Three Springs [9: 22-Jul-1910]
Served on the Three Springs Local Board of Health - was Chairman in 1910 [9: 26-Aug-1910]
On behalf of local farmers forwarded sheaves of wheaten hay and oats to be exhibited at Moora's Annual Show in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
Foundation Secretary of the Three Springs Race Club in 1910 and 1911 [9: 23-Dec-1910]
By mid 1911 he had been appointed a Justice of the Peace and local Honorary Magistrate [31: 30-Jun-1911]
Presided over Senator P. J. LYNCH's talk on Referenda in Three Springs on Saturday evening 15 April 1911 [9: 21-Apr-1911]
Helped organise a Concert & Dance in mid 1911, the proceeds of which went to the building of a local Agricultural Hall [9: 2-Jun-1911]
John BROWN
Station-hand on Woopenatty Station in Arrino in 1905 [50]
Resided in Arrino in 1906 [6]
John BROWN
Contractor in Three Springs 1916-1921 [19] [50]
Joseph William BROWN
Born 26 March 1915 in Western Australia [24] [P124]
He was admitted to the Clontarf Boys Home in South Perth on 29 January 1923 [271]
Resided at the Clontarf Boys Home until 1929 when himself and two other boys from the home went to Three Springs [P124]
Farmhand for Mrs Sara T. MALEY on Parakalia Farm in Three Springs from 1929 until her death in 1952 [P124]
He would rise each morning when it was still dark to milk the cows, and would then help with breakfast before the day's work [P124]
With money left to him by his late employer he purchased a property in Donnybrook [P2]
Dairy Farmer in Donnybrook 1952-1955 [P124]
He was assisted on his property in Donnybrook by Norman J. SHUTE and his wife Mrs Ethel M. SHUTE (nee MALEY) [P124]
The property was covered in bracken fern and was unsuccessful, so they left Donnybrook in shifted to Moora [P124]
Worked for KEAMY Bros in Moora before shifting back to Three Springs in 1957 [P124]
Sharefarmer in Three Springs 1958-1962, and Labourer in Three Springs 1964 onwards [19]
Resided with the SHUTE family at 51 Williamson Street, Three Springs [19]
Later worked as a Fettler for the Midland Railway Company in Three Springs [P2]
Described as a little man with a big heart who was always willing to help a lending hand [P124]
Resided at 51 Williamson Street in Three Springs until his death in 1987 [24]
Passed away at the age of 72 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [24]
Died 25 August 1987; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 130) [24]
Joss BROWN
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 24 October 1917 dressed as a "Chevalier" [10: 2-Nov-1917]
Mary BROWN
Born 1886 in Wandering, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Michael BROWN and Elizabeth WHITE [15]
Her paternal grandfather Thomas BROWN had been transported to Western Australia in 1953 for stealing a cow [201]
Resided with her parents on Noomballing Farm in Wandering until 1890 and then in Narrogin [201]
Her father, who was known as the "King of Narrogin" died nine months before her marriage [196] [201]
Married Senator "Paddy" Patrick Joseph LYNCH on 1 May 1933 at Saint Matthew's Roman Catholic Church in Narrogin [201]
Following their marriage she was welcomed to Three Springs at a Social and Dance held on Tuesday 1 August 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Resided with her husband on his Mount Leonora Farm in Three Springs [19]
During a stay at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1935 she became aware of its needs for a Maternity Ward [5]
In September 1935 herself and Randolph BARNHART interviewed the Commissioner of Lotteries about the Maternity Ward [5]
Also raised the Ward's necessity with the local press, after which an article was published in The North Midland Times [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 in black Spanish lace over taffeta [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Later resided in Outram Street in West Perth, and later with her unmarried sister Blanche in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [201]
Died 7 August 1959; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 2, G19) [2]
Mrs Mary Anne BROWN
Wife of James Joseph BROWN; see Mary Anne SHERIDAN
Maurice BROWN
Fettler in Arrino 1904-1909 [19] [50]
Michael BROWN
Born 1873 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of John BROWN and Mary HUGHES [193]
Married Alice Amelia READ in 1898 in New Norcia [15]
Farmer and at one time Hotelkeeper in Moora [19] [193]
Farmer and Grazier of Woopenatty Station in Arrino 1903-1906 [50]
During his time the station was listed with the spellings of Woodfanally Station and Woodphenatty Station [50]
After leaving Arrino he was a Pastoralist & Farmer in Three Springs [193]
Established a freehold property in Three Springs known as the Three Springs Estate and also leased additional land [9] [34]
From 1906 to 1908 leased 33,000 acres of land east of the railway line in Three Springs from the Midland Railway Company [34]
The 33,000 acres consisted of Pastoral Leases 435 (21,000 acres), 436 (4,000 acres) and 442 (8,000 acres) [34]
For the leasehold paid the Midland Railway Company £42, £16 and £8 per annum for each lease, or a total of £66 [34]
At the end of 1908 ceased leasing the 21,000 acres which the Midland Railway Company then subdivided and sold [34] [191]
Ceased leasing the 8,000 acres in 1909, however continued leasing the 4,000 acres, Pastoral Lease 436, until 1915 [34]
In 1910 grew approximately 60 acres of crop on his farm in Three Springs [9: 17-Jun-1910]
He was the only Justice of the Peace in the Three Springs district in 1910 [9: 23-Sep-1910]
In partnership with Michael OKES he was the farmer of Rothesay Station 80 miles east of Three Springs in 1910 [9: 14-Jan-1910]
He was the Postal Vote Officer for Three Springs for the Legislative Council elections held on 13 May 1910 [9: 22-Apr-1910]
In 1910 his Three Springs Estate consisted of 17,000 acres of freehold land, including many wells and situated near the railway [9]
He used the property almost exclusively for the grazing and breeding of sheep and cattle [9: 22-Jul-1910]
In mid 1910 the Land Purchase Board expressed interest in buying the property, as it could be subdivided into 20 smaller farms [9]
The Land Purchase Board rescinded their purchase of his well known Three Springs Estate in October 1910 [31: 24-Oct-1910]
R. E. HOURIGAN and Mr TEAGUE of Perth spent a week staying with on his Three Springs Estate in November 1910 [31: 23-Nov-1916]
Inaugural Vice President of the Three Springs Race Club in 1910 and 1911 [9: 23-Dec-1910]
In 1911 he was one of the few farmers in Three Springs who had a "really elegant home" [31: 30-Jun-1911]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers and Progress Association in 1911 [9: 24-Feb-1911]
Steward at the Three Springs Race Club's Inaugural Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Thursday 9 March 1911 [9: 10-Feb-1911]
In mid 1911 he had his Three Springs Estate property subdivided into about thirty agricultural farms [9: 2-Jun-1911]
He decided to reserve all of the wells on the property for the use by all of those who later purchased the thirty farms [9: 2-Jun-1911]
Once done he intended to sell off the farms on similar terms and conditions as those used by the Midland Railway Company [9: 2-Jun-1911]
In 1914 the Three Springs townsite obtained all of their water from a well on his property one mile out of town [10: 15-Sep-1914]
It wasn't the first time as in the winter of 1911 many obtained water from his well when the town dam was almost empty [31: 30-Jun-1911]
Left Three Springs shifted to a property in East Perenjori and by 1916 had moved again to a farm in Bowgada [193]
Farmer in Bowgada in 1917 [50]
Father of Louis, Eileen, Josephine, Lily, Michael, Alice, Theresa, Rita, Daphne and "Bob" Frederick [193]
Died 12 November 1917; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, FC, 386) [2]
The troughing pump and standpipe were removed from the town dam in Three Springs to "Brown's Well" in 1919 [9: 28-Mar-1919]
Howard Raymond BROWNER
Police Constable in Three Springs 1962-1965 [19]
Mrs Mary Iona BROWNER
Resided with her husband Howard at the Police Quarters in Three Springs 1962-1965 [19]
Alfred BROWNING
Born 1883 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Alfred BROWNING and Mary Ann ANDERSON [15]
Farmer in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1908 and 1909 [19] [44]
In 1909 he was farming two Conditional Purchase leases in Dudawa which jointly totalled 385 acres [44]
The two Conditional Purchase leases were what later became the 176 acre Lot 15 and the 209 acre Lot 16 of the Dudawa Estate [44]
Contractor in Yandanooka in 1919-1927 [19] [50]
Died 1949 [15]
Charles BROWNING
Railway Repairer in Three Springs in 1907 [6]
Labourer in Arrino in 1908 [44]
During the 1907-08 financial year he had a 160 acre Conditional Purchase block in Arrino [44]
Farm Manager of Green Brooch Farm in Carnamah 1916-1932 [19]
Draper in Arrino in 1923 and 1934 [6]
Contractor in Nanson in 1933 [19]
Elsie BROWNING
Born C.1897
Married "Albie" Albert Victor STOKES in 1915 [66]
Resided with her husband and children in Moora until October 1922 and then in Mogumber 1922-1925 [6] [9: 27-Oct-1922]
Resided with her husband and children in Three Springs, where Albie was the local railway stationmaster 1926-1933 [5] [6] [19]
Donor at the Gift Evening held for the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs on Wednesday 1 May 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Founding Member of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association in 1929, and Secretary in 1933 [5: 13-Oct-1933] [206]
Helped cater for the Anglican Church's Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Three Springs on 28 November 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
In 1933 herself and her husband, trading as "E. & A. Stokes" were the proprietors of The Springs Hostel in Three Springs [6]
Along with her husband left Three Springs and shifted to Dongara in September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Prior to leaving they were given a send-off in Three Springs, to which about 150 people attended, on Saturday 23 September 1933 [5]
At their send-off they were presented with a cheque from the residents of Three Springs [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Resided with her husband in the Railway House in Dongara [19]
Later resided in Bunbury WA [2]
Mother of Edna, Alma, Arnold and Doris [161]
Died 18 July 1981; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn 2, W4, 14) [2]
Frederick BROWNING
Farmer in Three Springs in 1907 [6]
Mrs Inez Eunice BROWNING
Born C.1927 in Bolton, Lancashire, England [24]
By 1958 she was living in Three Springs, and resided thereafter until her death in 1996 [19] [24]
Initially resided in Slaughter Street, Three Springs and later in Williamson Street, Three Springs [19] [24]
Died 15 October 1996 in Fremantle; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Uniting, Plot 66) [24]
Mrs Mary Ann BROWNING
Widow of Alfred BROWNING; see Mary Ann ANDERSON
Ronald Edward BROWNING
Born C.1927 in Guernsey, Channel Islands [24]
Counter Hand and later Business Proprietor in Three Springs [19] [24]
Had shifted to Three Springs by 1958 and resided thereafter until his death in 1989 [19] [24]
Initially resided at Slaughter Street, Three Springs and later in Williamson Street, Three Springs [19] [24]
By 1962 was working in Three Springs as a Carrier and by 1964 was the proprietor of "Browning's Transport & Agency Service" [60]
Died 29 March 1989; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 127) [24]
W. BROWNING
Barber in Three Springs in 1933 and 1934 [6]
Walter BROWNING
Farmer in Dudawa, East Arrino in 1908 and 1909 [19]
Farmer in Yandanooka 1922-1935 [19]
Farmer in Mingenew 1936-1950 [19]
Winifred BROWNRIGG
Born 4 May 1868 in Toodyay, Western Australia [P40]
Daughter of Michael BROWNRIGG and Winifred WARD [15]
Prior to getting married she had worked as a School Teacher in Moonyoonooka near Geraldton [P2]
Married Charles Frederick THOMAS on 31 August 1892 in Geraldton [P40]
Resided in Geraldton until shifting with her husband and children to prospective farmland in Three Springs in 1906 [120: 26-Dec-1929]
Resided on Kadathinni Farm in Three Springs 1906-1946 [P40]
Herself and her husband hosted a social at the schoolroom in Three Springs on Saturday evening 30 July 1910 [9: 12-Aug-1910]
Their social, which consisted of supper followed songs and musical items, was attended by a large circle of their friends [9]
Played the piano overture "Boomerang" at the opening of the Concert & Dance held in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Her first grandchild and son of her daughter Winifred, Walter K. BOOTH, was born in 1918, however was a delicate baby [P40]
She cared for and raised her grandson Walter who lived with her herself and her husband on Kadathinni in Three Springs [P40]
Attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE at the Three Springs Hall on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Herself and her husband spent three months on a touring holiday of the Eastern States of Australia in 1923 [9: 4-May-1923]
Taught English to Boris J. PASKOS, an immigrant from Greece who worked as a farmhand for her husband [P2]
Member of the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church Committee in 1925 [124]
Donated a sheep and milk for the Refreshment Stall at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1925 [124]
Also donated a china tea set to be raffled, the proceeds of which went towards the Three Springs Roman Catholic Church [124]
Successfully exhibited in the Poultry section of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Won 1st prizes for male and female Rhode Island Reds, male and female White Leghorns, Muscovy Drake, and for Duck [4]
Foundation Member of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association in 1929 [206]
Exhibited in the Poultry and Confectionary sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Second Annual Show in 1929 [4]
Won 1st prizes for male and female Rhode Island Reds and male and female White Leghorns in the Poultry section [4: 5-Oct-1929]
Also won 1st prize for a male Brown Leghorn and 2nd for a female Leghorn; in Confectionary won 2nd prize for Cream Puffs [4]
Herself, Charlie and their daughter Nora were among those from Three Springs who attended the 1929 Perth Royal Show [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Received 2nd prize for Sponge Sandwich at the Carnamah Show at Centenary Park, Carnamah on 18 September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Won 2nd prizes for male and female Rhode Island Reds and for Roses 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 satin [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the R.S.L. Ball held at the Three Springs Hall on Friday 1 September 1933 in a dress of blue satin [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball in Carnamah on 2 September 1933 in a dress of black georgette [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Received 2nd prize for Farmers Lunch in the Confectionary section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Show Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in a dress of black georgette [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Donated a cushion to be raffled at the North Midlands District Hospital Ball at the Three Springs Hall on 22 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
Returned to Three Springs improved in health on Saturday 30 May 1936 after spending a vacation in Perth [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Sold a baconer for £3/5/6 and a chopper for £2 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market in November 1936 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
In July 1937 sold through Elders six baconers at £2/12/6 per head, one baconer for £1/18/6 and one porker for £1/17/6 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Resided in Three Springs until her death in 1946 [24]
Mother of Winifred Mary, Letitia Catherine, Charles Frederick Jnr, Alma Elizabeth, Nora Mary, Amy Dolores and Irene Agnes [P40]
Died 2 June 1946 in Three Springs WA; buried Three Springs General Cemetery (Roman Catholic, Plot 34) [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 15 June 1946:
"Obituary - Late Mrs. C. F. Thomas - Death at Three Springs. On the morning of the 2nd inst., the death occurred at Three Springs of one of the first settlers of that district in the person of Mrs. Winifred Mary Thomas, relict of the late Mr. C. F. Thomas of Three Springs. The deceased lady was seventy-five years of age, and during her residence of forty years at Three Springs she watched the district and many of its residents grow from infancy. Born as Winifred Mary Brownrigg at Toodyay in 1871, she was of Irish parentage and the youngest of four daughters. At that time her father was employed as an engineer in the flour mill at Toodyay, but a short time afterwards he transferred with his family to a similar position at Clinch's Mill at Greenough, the journey from Fremantle to Geraldton being made by sea. The late Mrs. Thomas lived with her family until she reached the age of sixteen years, at which time her father died. She then accepted employment, first as a cashier at Kenny's Store in Geraldton and later as a school teacher. She followed the latter vocation at the Convent School in Geraldton and later at the Moonyoonooka State School, and whilst at Moonyoonooka she won high praise from the educational authorities for her teaching ability. It was also whilst at Moonyoonooka that she became a great friend of the late Archdeacon Louch, then a minister at Geraldton, and who later honoured her by being present at her wedding in the Catholic Church. In 1891 the deceased lady was married to Mr. Charles Frederick Thomas, who was following farming pursuits at Moonyoonooka, and the altar before which she was married is now located in the chapel of Nazareth House at Geraldton. About this time there were reports of gold discoveries at Cue, and her husband joined in the rush, driving his own team of ten horses and transporting the first load of diggers to this portion of the Murchison. On a later trip to Cue the late Mrs. Thomas made the journey in a sulky, driving behind her husband's waggon--accompanied by her first child. With the gold rush over they returned to Moonyoonooka and early in 1906 the late Mr. Thomas moved to Three Springs as one of the first farmers in that district. A few months later his wife followed with her six children and their tutor, the late Mrs. Thomas being the second woman to settle at Three Springs. Close to the railway line and about one mile from the siding they established a home, and in a separate cottage the education of the children was continued. By the middle of 1906 a tiny patch of fifteen acres had been cleared, and to this spot the deceased lady one day took her children in order that they would witness the turning of the first furrow in the district. At that time there were many people who were extremely doubtful about wheat ever being grown at Three Springs, but she felt that history was being made and time has certainly justified her faith in the possibilities of the district. For many years the prevailing conditions were hard for the pioneering settlers and more especially for a woman with a large family; but despite all these hardships, never did the deceased lady every forsake her gardening or her reading, her religion or her hospitality. Gardening was her favourite hobby, and with more leisure time in the latter years she kept a beautiful garden, growing flowers, shrubs and vegetable. In the early years... [details to come]. In the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends, the funeral took place in the Catholic portion of the Three Springs Cemetery with the Very Rev. Father B. Gallagher officiating at the graveside. The pall-bearers were Messrs. W. J. Turner, C. E. Maley, M. M. Wilson, J. J. Thorpe, H. Nairn and E. Hunt, and the casket was borne to the graveside by Messrs J. B. Clune, B. G. Antonio, H. R. Carter and C. Dodd. An exceptionally large number of floral tributes was laid upon the grave, included in the collection being those from the following:- Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Thomas (son and daughter in-law); Winnie, Lettie, Alma, Nora and Irene (daughters); Marie, Rufie, Pauline, Frances, Julie, Anthony and David Thomas (grandchildren); Bill and Betty Hunt (grandchildren); Wally and Edie (Mr. and Mrs. W. Booth jun.); C. F. Coffey and E. Burge; chairman, members and secretary of Three Springs Road Board; Country Women's Association; M. and Mrs. Lionel Brimson; Mr. and Mrs. Saggers and Rita; Mr. and Mrs. H. Nairn; Durack Bros.; Mr. and Mrs. B. Antonio; Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ball; Mrs. Dodd and Charlie; Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Mayrhofer and family; Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Jordan, Bill and Lynette: Doris Bynder; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clune and family; Mr. And Mrs. Sleaford; Mrs. E. Turner and family and Miss Carroll; Mr. and Mrs. E. W Franklin and family; Mr. and Mrs. Gooch and family; Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Bickford and family; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Rojo and Mr. and Mrs. A.H. Franklin; Mr. and Mrs Hebiton and family; Mrs. Duffy, Ted and Biddy; Mr. Jim Thomas; Mrs. S. J. Howard, Sue, Nada and Bill; Mr. And Mrs. Alf Hunter; Mrs. Carter, sen. and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Carter and family; Mrs. Berrigan and Mr. and Mrs. A. Brown and Pattie; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Maley; Mona and Betty Barrett; Mr. A. Saunders and Joy; Mrs. I. E. Byrne and family."
"Ted" Edward John BRUCE
Born C.1905 [2]
Boot Repairer in Arrino 1933 [19]
Lived with his wife and two daughters on the back of a covered in truck behind the Arrino Hall [P2]
Boot Repairer in Perenjori 1935-1939 [19]
Saddler in Dongara in 1941 [19]
Saddler, Boot-maker and Upholsterer in Carnamah 1941-1944 [0: image 04045] [6] [57]
Initially ran his business from premises belonging to Elders Smith & Co at 1 Macpherson Street, Carnamah [0: image 04082]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1941 [13]
At the end of March 1942 shifted his business to the old saddlers shop further up Macpherson Street [0: image 04082]
The old saddlers shop was situated between the Presbyterian Church and North Midland Times printing offices [P4]
Advertised his business locally in The North Midland Times newspaper [0: image 02945]
By 1947 he was living in Mullewa where he was working as a Saddler [19]
Resided in Perth before shifting to the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs [147]
Loaded everything he owned into his motor vehicle and set off for Three Springs [P4]
On the way he called in at Dick and Bridie EVANS' house in Carnamah on Christmas Day, 25 December 1977 [P4]
Resided at the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs from 29 December 1977 until his death on 30 September 1979 [147]
Husband of Jane [19]
Father of Shirley [P4] and Jessie [0: image 04192]
Died 30 September 1979; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, A, 677) [2]
Henry BRYAN
Blacksmith in Three Springs 1925-1927 [6] [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1926, and Secretary in 1927 [4: 28-Aug-1926, 7-May-1927]
He had £15 stolen from him by a thief in Three Springs in early May 1927 [4: 21-May-1927]
Himself and Owen WILLIAMS convened a meeting to form a Rifle Club in Three Springs in June 1927 [4: 18-Jun-1927]
Arthur J. BRYCE
Miner in Arrino in 1900 [6]
"Maurie" Maurice Arthur BUCK
Born 2 June 1893 in York, Yorkshire, England [16] [20]
Son of upholsterer William Francis George BUCK and Alice Jane MARKE [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with his parents at 215 Portnall Road in Paddington, London, England [20]
Worked as a Gardener in England prior to leaving for Western Australia [70]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Armadale and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 July 1912 [70]
Manager of the National Bank in Three Springs 1927-1929 [6] [19]
Departed Three Springs on 17 May 1927 on three weeks leave, during which time he was relieved by F. W. TONG [4: 21-May-1927]
At the end of his leave returned to Three Springs in his new Singer car on Thursday 9 June 1927 [4: 18-Jun-1927]
Inaugural Committee Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1928 [4: 28-Sep-1928]
Attended the conference in Three Springs on 2 March 1928 to discuss the formation of a Road Board in Three Springs [4: 10-Mar-1928]
Vice President of the Picnic Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day Saturday 17 March 1928 [124]
Attended the wedding dance of Charles ROBERTSON and Winifred M. LANG at the Carnamah Hall on 27 March 1928 [4: 31-Mar-1928]
Attended the wedding of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Part of the admirable orchestra at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show Ball on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Member of the Three Springs Progress Association in 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Attended the Anglican Church's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 27 June 1929 as a "Spanish Gentleman" [4: 6-Jul-1929]
He was said to have been "in addition to several other worthy accomplishments... a violinist of some note" [4: 14-May-1927]
Married Mary Cecilia BURTON in Perth in 1935 [66]
Resident of the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley when he enlisted in the Australian Army on 3 January 1941 [16]
Class 1 Warrant Officer W17214 in the Western Australian District Accounts Office of the Australian Army Pay Corps [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 17 December 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 29 September 1968; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 7, 322) [2]
Robert BUCKLAND
Butcher in Three Springs in 1914 [6] [50]
In August 1914 sold his butchering business in Three Springs to Messrs BYRNE and HAYNES [10: 21-Aug-1914]
Anthony Martin BUCKLEY
Farmer in Three Springs 1953-1956 [19]
Sharefarmer in Carnamah 1958-1961 [19]
Mrs Betty BUCKLEY
Resided in Three Springs 1956-1961 [19]
Elizabeth BUCKLEY
Resided in Three Springs in 1953 [19]
Mrs Erna Jean BUCKLEY
Resided in Three Springs 1953-1956 and in Carnamah 1958-1961 [19]
John BUCKLEY
Farmer in Three Springs 1948-1950 [19]
Mrs Margaret Mary BUCKLEY
Resided in Three Springs 1948-1950 [19]
"Mick" Michael BUCKLEY
Farmer in Arrino / Three Springs 1949-1962 [6] [19]
Leased and farmed Mount Loreto Farm on the Three Springs-Morawa Road from the Estate of the late Patrick J. LYNCH [201]
Michael Leslie BUCKLEY
Farmer in Three Springs 1949-1962 [19]
Mrs Nora May BUCKLEY
Resided in Three Springs in 1949 and 1950 [19]
Valentine BUCKLEY
Farmer in Three Springs in 1952 and 1953 [19]