"Ben" Timothy BENJAMIN
Born 1879 [519]
Son of Robert BATCHER and Mary Ann [519]
He arrived at the Benedictine Monastery in New Norcia on 22 August 1898 and lived there until at least 1900 [519]
Married Mary ASSIL on 19 February 1900 at the Holy Trinity Church in New Norcia [519]
Aboriginal Shepherd employed by Donald MACPHERSON on Carnamah Station in 1910, receiving wages of £3 per month [497]
He was living in Carnamah with his wife and four children [497]
In March 1910 two of his daughters were sent by train from Carnamah to the Swan Native & Half Caste Mission in Midland Junction [497]
He expressed that he wished to "take the two little girls away from the mission when their education is finished" [497]
The two daughters are likely Conception, who was born in Victoria Plains in 1900, and Gertrude who was born in New Norcia in 1903 [15]
His younger two children remained with him and his wife in Carnamah [497]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1912 [9: 29-Nov-1912]
Referred to solely as 'Ben' and 'Benjamin' during his time in Carnamah [9: 29-Nov-1912] [497]
Died in 1948 in Mullewa, Western Australia [15]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Timothy Benjamin' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 1 July 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/timothy-benjamin [reference list] |
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