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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Buxton William de Winton RANDALL

Born C.1885 in Greece [20]
Son of Rev. Edward RANDALL, M.A. F.S.A. of Patras, Greece [81: 25-Aug-1912]
When the 1901 British Census was taken he was a visitor in the home of Edward EAST in Kensington, London, England [20]
Farmer in partnership with William SIMPSON in Donnelly River, Western Australia until mid 1912 [295: 4-Jun-1912]
Married Margaret Fullarton McDougall RALSTON on 8 August 1912 at Saint Barnabas Church in Greenbushes [81: 25-Aug-1912]
His wife gave birth to an unnamed daughter in Manjimup in 1913 [15]
He took up 498.5 acres of land 13 miles west of Manjimup, consisting of Nelson Locations 3826 and 5483 [81: 18-Dec-1927]
     His land consisted of mostly first-class red karri loam with a lesser amount of second-class sandy and gravelly country [81]
     By 1927 one acre of the property was cleared, 350 acres of timber was rung and there were 448 chains of four-wire fencing [81]
     The venture possibly failed, as the Agricultural Bank called for tenders for the purchase of his property in December 1927 [81]
Farmhand in Carnamah in 1927 [19]
In 1931 he was working as a Motor Driver and was living at 10 Litchfield Place in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park [50]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Buxton William de Winton Randall' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 10 May 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/buxton-william-de-winton-randall [reference list]




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