"Patrick" / "Paddy" Placido FARRELL
Born 18 August 1901 in Victoria Plains, Western Australia [15] [519]
Son of "Ernie" Ernest FARRELL and Mary EGAN or HIGGINS [15]
Attended school in New Norcia and was educated up to the fifth standard [86: 9-Jan-1946]
He and Jessie NEBRONG of Carnamah had a son together, Arthur John FARRELL, who was born in Carnamah in 1918 [15] [16]
Resided in Mingenew in 1921 [86: 9-Jan-1946]
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club in 1920-21 [86: 12-Mar-1921]
Member of the Mingenew Football Club in 1921 [9: 12-Aug-1921]
Married Mona Lucy ISAACS in Roelands in 1923 [15]
Resided in Roelands in the mid 1920s [120: 21-May-1925]
Their son John, or Jackie, was born in Bunbury in 1923 and died in Bunbury in 1925 at the age of 1 year 8 month [15] [120: 21-May-1925]
Member of the Brunswick-Roelands Cricket Club in 1926-27 [318: 9-Nov-1926] [435: 15-Mar-1927]
Resided in Mingenew in 1929 [86: 9-Jan-1946]
Member of the Mingenew Football Club in 1929 [86: 24-Aug-1929]
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club in 1928-29 and the start of 1929-30 [4: 13-Oct-1928] [86: 13-Apr-1929, 19-Oct-1929]
Worked in and around Bunbury for approximately 17 years, from about 1929 to 1945 [86: 9-Jan-1946]
Member of the Roelands-Burekup Cricket Club in 1937-38 to 1939-40 [435: 4-Apr-1939] [559: 1-Apr-1938, 4-Apr-1940]
He was living in Roelands when his son Arthur John FARRELL enlisted in the Australian Army in 1942 [30: item 6452828]
Resided in Geraldton from 1945 until at least 1949 [86: 9-Jan-1946] [50]
In 1946 he lived at Waggrakine in Geraldton, where he worked for Walter SMITH doing tomato gardening work [86]
SMITH was an insurance agent and tomato grower and as part of his employment he was provided with a house to live in [86]
It's believed he was the first person in Western Australia to gain citizenship rights under the Native (Citizenship Rights) Act 1944 [86]
He went before the Court of Petty Sessions in Geraldton on 7 January 1946 to seek citizenship rights [86: 9-Jan-1946]
He advised he'd always resided in house, never lived at a native camp, and "lived according to a white man's customs" [86]
His employer reported he was industrious, capable of managing his own affairs, and that his education was sufficient [86]
In regards to his home, his employer remarked, "I don't think you would find a cleaner home if you went all through Geraldton" [86]
He had only one interaction with the law, which was for drinking after he received word his son serving in the war was okay [86]
Resided in Carnarvon from as early as 1968 until his death in 1980 [15] [50]
In 1968 and 1972 he and his wife were living at 7 Crowther Street and in 1977 they were at 32 Crowther Street, Carnarvon [50]
His wife passed away at the age of 74 in 1978 [15], after which he continued to reside at 32 Crowther Street [50]
Died 1981 in Carnarvon, Western Australia [15]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Placido Farrell' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 28 April 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/placido-farrell [reference list] |
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