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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


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H. V. FRY

Purchased Waddy Waddy Farm in Waddy Forest for £2,450 through Charles SOMMERS on 11 September 1913 [39: 12-Sep-1913]
In addition to the sale price, he took over an existing mortgage of £2,583 and purchased a number of horses and plant for £350 [39]
The "splendid farm lands" consisted of 5,395 acres 11 miles from Latham and 13 miles from Coorow [39: 27-Aug-1913]
The farm consisted of Victoria Locations 3270, 3271, 3272, 3273, 3274, 3276, 3277, 3278, 3238, 3239, 3290, 4118, 5246, 5564, 5787 [39]
On purchase 1,300 acres of the farm was under crop and an additional 1,800 acres of forest country had been cleared [39: 27-Aug-1913]
The boundary of the farm was dog-proof fenced in netting, was subdivided into paddocks, had three dams and one well [39: 27-Aug-1913]
There was a house and sheds the farm and "fine stabling" for a dozen horses [39: 27-Aug-1913]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'H. V. Fry' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 10 May 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/fry [reference list]




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