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Jasper also became the sole owner of their former butcher's shop and house at 16 Railway Avenue in the Carnamah townsite [3]
At 12 noon on Friday 13 December 1929 they held a clearing sale on their property in Carnamah [4: 7-Dec-1929]
At the sale sold 1,500 sheep, 16 horses, two dairy cows, farm plant, machinery, sundries, and household furniture and effects [4]
Their 1,500 sheep consisted of 200 1½ and 2½ year old Crosbred ewes, 200 1½ and 2½ year old Merino ewes, [4]
500 mixed aged Merino ewes, 300 Crosbred weaners, four Romney Marsh rams, two Shropshire rams, and a Dorset Horn ram [4]
Farm plant and machinery included a Cletrac K model tractor; portable 7-horsepower Sunshine engine; 24-tyne cultivator; [4]
portable State Imperial chaffcutter and single bagger with screw-press; 3-horsepower Sunshine engine; 8-foot harvester; [4]
two of Smith's patent dam scoop and ploughs; 33-tyne Massey Harris drill combine; 8-foot stripper, 6-foot stripper; spring cart; [4]
10-disc Sundercut; 4-foot McKay disc plough; 22-disc cultivator; 17-disc Purser drill; 6-foot Massey Harris binder; bag loader, [4]
6-ton wagon; blacksmith forge, bellows and tools; two 200-gallon square tanks; harness, collars, chains and swings for 16 horses [4]
Following the dissolution of their partnership Sam left Carnamah and shifted to land in Wannamal [P297]
Jasper continued to reside in Perth however oversaw the farm in Carnamah, which during his time was named Bushy Park Farm [P297]
Hon. Albert Ernest GREEN, M.H.R.
Born 21 December 1869 in Avoca, Victoria, Australia [196]
Son of Thomas GREEN and Mary MARSHALL [15]
Educated at public schools in Avoca and Ballarat in Victoria, after which he worked as a Bricklayer and later Builder [196]
At the age of 20 he left Australia and travelled through the United States of America from 1889 to 1891 [196]
From 1891 to 1894 travelled through South and Central America, and in 1895 returned to Australia [196]
Married Emily Eleanor BERRY on 25 January 1899 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [15] [196]
Member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia 1911-1921 [196]
Federal Member for Kalgoorlie in the House of Representatives from 1922 until at least 1938 [196]
Published thanks to those in Moora and nearby districts who helped elect him, despite him being comparatively unknown [9]
In return he gave his assurance that he would do his utmost to see that their confidence was not misplaced [9: 2-Feb-1923]
Member of the Select Committee on the effect of the Navigation Act on Trade in 1923 [196]
Member of the Royal Commission on National Insurance in 1925 [196]
Minister for Defence 1929-1931, and Post-master General and Minister for Works and Railways in 1931 [196]
Deputy Directory of the Posts and Telegraphs Department in 1936 [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Resided at 15 Grout Street in the Melbourne suburb of Hampton in Victoria, Australia for at least the years 1933-1938 [196]
The Carnamah Progress Association pressed with him the issue of an Official Post Office for Carnamah on 30 May 1925 [9: 1-May-1925]
Promised and delivered in obtaining a new Post Office for Carnamah in 1932 [5: 10-Feb-1933]
The first telegraph transmitted from the new Post Office in Carnamah was sent to him on 30 June 1932 [7: page 183]
He also put up a good fright for the wheat growers following the Wheat Hold-up issue in the Federal Parliament [5: 16-Dec-1932]
Entertained by the Carnamah Road Board at an informal meeting at the Board room in Carnamah on 9 February 1932 [5: 17-Feb-1933]
The evening was in recognition for the work he'd done for the district particularly in connection with the Carnamah Post Office [5]
Among those present were representatives from the Carnamah and Three Springs Road Board and several Carnamah residents [5]
Received a petition for a new post office from the Three Springs Ratepayers & Citizens Association in early October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
He raised the issue for funding for post offices before the House of Representatives in Canberra on 6 October 1933 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
Received a telegram from John S. ROOKE, secretary of Carnamah's branch of the Wheatgrowers Union on 6/12/1933 [5: 8-Dec-1933]
The telegram was sent seeking his support in opposing the Limitation of the Wheat Bounty, which was a "travesty of justice" [5]
The next week he received similar telegrams from the Carnamah Road Board and the Three Springs Road Board [5: 15-Dec-1933]
He responded stating he too was against the differentiation in treatment involved in the Wheatgrowers Relief Bill [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Patron of the Carnamah Race Club in 1934 [5: 24-Nov-1933]
Attended and Officially Opened the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show on 6 September 1934 [5: 14-Sep-1934]
Raised the matter of Western Australian crop failures in the House of Representatives in November 1934 [5: 30-Nov-1934]
Arrived in Kalgoorlie on 28 July 1935 to commence a tour of his electorate, which included Carnamah and Three Springs [5: 16-Aug-1935]
He visited Carnamah and Three Springs on Wednesday 5 September 1935, meeting with the Road Board at Three Springs [5]
Patron of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1935 [5: 10-May-1935]
Forwarded a letter to the Three Springs Road Board from the Deputy Director of Posts & Telegraphs about the TS Post Office [5]
The letter revealed that Three Springs would not receive a new departmental post office building as requested [5: 22-Nov-1935]
The Carnamah District Road Board contacted him in 1936 about the erection of a telephone line between Carnamah and Perenjori [5]
If constructed a number of people would be able to get the telephone, and calls would be able to go more directly to Perenjori [5]
As it was, telephone calls from Carnamah and Coorow to Perenjori had to travel via Geraldton and Mullewa [5: 24-Jan-1936]
He wrote to the Road Board to inform the matter was receiving attention and that he would advise them further [5: 20-Mar-1936]
In November 1936 he had a Commonwealth electoral roll forwarded to the Carnamah District Road Board [5: 4-Dec-1936]
The roll was forwarded with instructions to have the local Postmaster provide claim cards for anyone not listed on the roll [5]
His hobbies included tennis, walking, billiards and philately/stamp collecting [196]
Father of three sons and one daughter including Arthur Albert Andrew, Emily Evelyn and Harold Thomas [196]
Alice Annie GREEN
Resided in Winchester 1921-1923 [19]
Bruce Gibson GREEN
Born 10 December 1925 in Perth, Western Australia [P133]
Son of Jasper William GREEN and Nellie GIBSON [P133]
Spent his childhood in Perth however spent some of his school holidays on his father's Bushy Park Farm in Carnamah [P133]
Educated at schools at North Cottesloe and Swanbourne and at Hale School in Wembley Downs [P133]
Attended the University of Western Australia, graduating with a BSc Honours; on leaving university worked for the C.S.I.R.O. [P133]
Farmer of Bushy Park Farm in Carnamah from C.1948 to 1981 [P133]
Member of the Carnamah Men's Hockey Club in 1951 [7: page 202]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 16 March 1951 - was Worshipful Master in 1964 [96] [153]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Golf Club 1951-1956 [0: image 04616] [4: 3-Aug-1956]
Committee Member 1952-1960 and Financial Member 1952-1971 of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society [13] [58]
Vice President in 1952, President in 1954 and Vice President and Captain in 1955 of the Carnamah Tennis Club [0: images 04678, 04759, 04787]
Helped build the Carnamah Tennis Club's new cement brick and tiled roof clubhouse in the early 1950s [7: page 215]
Won the trophy for gaining the most points in the British Breeds portion of the sheep section at the 1954 Carnamah Show [0: image 04749]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Farmers' Union of WA - was Secretary in 1956 and 1957 [4: 5-Apr-1957]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Pasture Improvement Group in 1957 [4: 5-Apr-1957]
Member of the Carnamah Parents and Citizens Association [P133]
Helped run the Carnamah Tennis Club's Junior Tennis [7: page 219]
Farmed Bushy Park in partnership with his father as "J. W. Green & Son" until 1967 [60] [P133]
In 1967 his wife bought out his father's share in the farm; farmed the farm in partnership with his wife 1967 onwards [P133]
Telephone number Carnamah-36U until 1968 and then telephone number Carnamah-2 from 1969 onwards [60]
Officer in Charge of Sector 1 of the Carnamah Bush Fire Brigade in 1973 and 1974 [100]
Along with his wife left Carnamah in 1981 and shifted to the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [P133]
While living at Cottesloe they ran a property in Bindoon from 1981 to 1992 [P133]
He was made a Life Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1982 [7: page 219]
Resided in Cottesloe until his death in 2003 [2]
Husband of Betty [P133]
Father of David [P176]
Died 29 July 2003; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [90]
Ashes interred into the Niche Wall at the Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah on 27 December 2003 [90]
Mrs Dulcie Frances Muriel GREEN
Wife of Leo Vincent GREEN; see Dulcie Frances Muriel FOSTER
"Edie" Edith Irene GREEN
Born 1904 in Bunbury, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Sam" Samuel John Morris GREEN and Emily May BROOKES [15]
Arrived in Carnamah with her parents C.1909 [6]
Resided with her parents in Carnamah from C.1909 until 1930 [6] [4: 4-Jan-1930] [--]
Member of the Carnamah Sunday School in 1914 [7: page 238]
Member of the Carnamah Girls Club [4: 4-Jan-1930]
Attended the Carnamah Race Club's Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 10 April 1924 in a dress of fancy blue voile [10: 24-Apr-1924]
Sole bridesmaid at the wedding of her sister Eva to Colin Campbell CUMMING on 9 March 1926 at the Carnamah Hall [9: 19-Mar-1926]
Announced the runner-up of the "Miss Carnamah Competition" at the CA Rifle Club's Grand Ball on 4 September 1926 [4: 11-Sep-1926]
Through her involvement in the competition helped raise £112 for the Carnamah Rifle Club to improve their rifle range [4: 11-Sep-1926]
One of the four organisers of the Masquerade Ball held in Carnamah on Saturday 14 May 1927 [4: 21-May-1927]
Attended the wedding dance for Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN in Carnamah on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
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]
Along with R. H. SMITH attended the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Carnamah on 8 August 1929 as "Dad and Aunty" [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Carnamah Show and opening of Centenary Park on 19 September 1929 [4: 28-Sep-1929]
Attended the Anglican Church's Freak Ball held in Carnamah on 3 October 1929 in a maize and blue crepe de chine dress [4: 12-Oct-1929]
She was tendered a farewell evening from the Carnamah Girls Club at the Carnamah Hall on 30 December 1929 [4: 4-Jan-1930]
In January 1930 left Carnamah and shifted with parents to Wannamal [4: 4-Jan-1930]
Mrs Emily May GREEN
Wife of "Sam" Samuel John Morris GREEN; see Emily May BROOKES
Eva Maud GREEN
Born 1902 in Northam, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Sam" Samuel John Morris GREEN and Emily May BROOKES [15]
Arrived in Carnamah with her parents C.1909 [6]
Member of the Carnamah Sunday School in 1914 [7: page 238]
Attended the Carnamah Race Club's Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 10 April 1924 in a dress of buff voile [10: 24-Apr-1924]
Attended the Grand Plain & Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on 6 August 1925 dressed as "Clever Mary" [9: 21-Aug-1925]
Married Colin Campbell CUMMING on 9 March 1926 at the Carnamah Town Hall [9: 19-Mar-1926]
Wore "a beautiful model frock of silk and georgette, beaded with pearls, a embroidered silk veil competing the set" [9]
Bridesmaid at her wedding was her sister Miss Edith I. GREEN who wore a "dress of blue shot silk and black picture hat" [9]
After the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at her parents' home in Carnamah [9]
Held their wedding reception at the Carnamah Hall where they were the recipients of presents and good wishes [9]
After marriage presumably resided with her husband on the Inering Estate in Carnamah [9: 19-Mar-1926] [19]
Believed to have resided in Carnamah until 1929 or 1930 [19] [60]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Dalkeith [2]
Mother of Irene, who married an American during the Second World War and moved to the United States of America [P297]
Died 11 November 1989; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 16, 321) [2]
Harry John GREEN
Miner in Winchester 1914-1916 [19]
Mrs "Lena" Helena Mena GREEN
Wife of "Zeb" Zebulun GREEN; see "Lena" Helena Mena SWEETMAN
Henry Robert Joseph GREEN
Born 6 November 1917 in York, Western Australia [16]
Married Vera Anne Maud GROVER in 1940 [66]
Resided in Salmon Gums prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 10 September 1941 [16]
Private WX20043 in the Australian Army's 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion Reinforcements [16]
Discharged from the Army on 25 October 1943 and enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 29 October 1943 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 441598 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 5 Aircraft Construction Squadron [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 30 January 1946 [16]
Farmer on the Waddy Estate in Carnamah in the 1950s [19]
Resided of late in the southern coastal Perth suburb of Mandurah [2]
Died 22 November 2002; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Jasper William GREEN
Born 1888 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of William Jonas GREEN and Selina FLORENCE [15]
His father came from a pioneering family of Victoria, was a Cabinet Maker by trade and ran a large furniture business in Prahran [P297]
Shifted with his parents and eight siblings from Victoria to Western Australia in 1898 [P297]
His parents left owing to the disastrous land boom and depression that had occurred in Victoria [P297]
His father was an undertaker and partner with Arthur E. Davies & Co. at 9-13 Collie Street in the Perth suburb of Fremantle [6]
Assisted his father in the funeral business, and later ran the business due to his father's ill-health [P297]
Resided with his parents at 30 Collie Street in the Perth suburb of Fremantle [6]
In partnership himself and his eldest brother "Sam" Samuel J. M. GREEN as "Green Bros" acquired land in Carnamah in 1909 [P297]
His brother resided on and worked their farmland in Carnamah while he visited and helped whenever he had any spare time [P297]
According to electoral rolls their farm in Carnamah during Sam's time on the property was named Fernlea Farm [19]
They also undertook large amounts of contract ploughing and seeding in Carnamah for the Midland Railway Company [34] [P297]
Following his father's death at the age of 63 years in 1913 he continued running the funeral business in Fremantle [P297]
Undertaker and Funeral Director with the firm Arthur E. Davies & Co. in Fremantle, and who also had a branch in Claremont [3] [6]
Due to running the business and helping support his younger siblings he was unable to take an active role on the Carnamah farm [P297]
Resided at 30 Collie Street in the Perth suburb of Fremantle 1914-1924 [6]
Married Nellie GIBSON in Fremantle in 1923 [66]
Resided at 121 Grant Street in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe 1925 onwards [6]
Himself and his brother Sam farmed in Carnamah in partnership as "Green Bros" until 1929 [P297]
In November 1929 they leased the 4,650 acres in Carnamah to Frederick W. ROBERTS of Waddy Forest [4: 23-Nov-1929, 7-Dec-1929]
On the dissolution of their partnership in 1929 he became the sole owner of their 4,650 acres in Carnamah [3] [P297]
The 4,650 acres in Carnamah were Victoria Locations 2958, 2959, 3053, 3314, 3315, 3316, 3516, 6430, 6431, 7422 and 7423 [3]
He also became the owner of their former butcher's shop at 16 Railway Avenue in the Carnamah townsite (Gov Lot 21) [3]
Absentee Farmer of Bushy Park Farm in Carnamah 1932-1967 [P297]
From 1932 until 1949 he had his Bushy Park Farm in Carnamah managed, contract cropped and later share-cropped [P297]
Employed "Ned" Edmund K. WELLS as resident manager of Bushy Park from 1932 until 1938 [P22]
For a number of years had HAIG Bros of Winchester and Carnamah contract crop the property each year [P297]
After HAIG Bros the farm was share-cropped by Albert E. GERSCH and then by Mervyn A. PERRY [P297]
His Bushy Park Farm was managed by Arthur J. R. WATSON in 1942, and by David C. MILLER n 1947 [5: 13-Feb-1932] [19]
In 1949 his son Bruce G. GREEN shifted to Carnamah to take over the management of his Bushy Park Farm [P297]
In 1931 he provided headquarters free of charge for the Carnamah Scout Troop and Cub Pack [4: 12-Dec-1931]
The wooden building he provided was his and his brother's former butcher's shop at 16 Railway Avenue, Carnamah [3] [4]
From 1936 onwards he provided both buildings at 16 Railway Avenue to be used as the first Police Station and quarters [P297]
The wooden building, originally their butcher's shop, was the Police Station and the stone building was the police quarters [8: page 31]
Sold his 16 Railway Avenue, Carnamah to William E. BARON of Carnamah during the 1949-50 financial year [3]
By 1932 he had purchased 9 Railway Avenue in the Carnamah townsite (Gov Lot 14) [3], on which he had a well and windmill [P7]
During the 1940-41 financial year sold 9 Railway Avenue including its well and windmill to the Carnamah District Road Board [3]
Four members of the Carnamah Rifle Club enjoyed good sport and helped eradicate emus on his farm in August 1932 [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Sold five bales of wool through Westralian Farmers Ltd at 15½d. per pound in October 1933 [5: 13-Oct-1933]
In July 1934 purchased a consignment of Southdown rams from Angus A. N. MCGILP of Waddy Forest [5: 22-Jun-1934]
Sent a wreath for the grave of Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Exhibited in the Sheep section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show at Centenary Park, Carnamah on 6 September 1934 [5]
Received 2nd prizes for Southdown Ram, Three Half-bred Ewes and Three Fat Lambs of Down Breed [5: 14-Sep-1934]
With a plot of Merredin wheat came 6th in the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's 50 acre crop competition in 1934 [5: 21-Dec-1934]
Vice President of the Carnamah Football Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 19-Apr-1935, 17-Apr-1936]
Himself and his wife were both members of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1935 [5: 24-May-1935]
Sold 596 sheep through Westralian Farmers Ltd with six consignments to the Midland Market over July and August 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
The 596 sheep consisted of 435 suckers (66 sold at 19/10, 65 at 18/10, 23 at 18/4, 22 at 17/10, 124 at 17/7, 38 at 17/-, [5]
29 at 16/4, 10 at 16/1, 47 at 14/10, 1 at 14/-, and 10 at 12/- per head); 116 lambs (25 at 16/7, 51 at 15/10, and 40 at 15/4 [5]
per head); and 45 ewes (2 at 16/10, 5 at 15/4, 2 at 15/1, and 36 at 10/7 per head) [5: 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30-Aug-1935]
Vice Patron 1935-1955 and Financial Member 1937-1958 of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society [13] [58]
Donated a trophy for the Horse section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Shows in 1938 and 1939 [13]
In 1939 also donated £1/1/- cash to the Carnamah District Agricultural Society [13]
Attended the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show at Centenary Park, Carnamah on Thursday 12 September 1935 [5]
Won 1st prize for Three Fat Lambs of Down Breed, and 2nd prize for Three Half Bred Ewes suitable for breeding export lambs [5]
Received Dalgety's Trophy for the Best Pen of Export Lambs exhibited in the Sheep section of the Show [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Appealed with the Carnamah District Road Board against the valuation of his townsite lots in Carnamah in 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
The Court of Appeal refused his appeal for a reduction on the assessed valuation in June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Sold four bales of wool at 15½d. and two bales at 14½d. per pound at the Wool Sale in Perth on 7 October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Sold 90 suckers and lambs at 15/8 per head on 15 January 1936, and 60 at 14/10 per head on 5 February 1936 [5: 17-Jan-1936, 7-Feb-1936]
He spent several days in Carnamah during May 1936 [5: 15-May-1936]
Inaugural Committee Member of the North Midlands Registered Stud Stockbreeders Association in 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
He was represented at meetings of the Association held in Carnamah by his manager Edmund K. WELLS [5: 22-May-1936]
Sold 90 suckers through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on 19 August 1936 - 75 at 23/10 and 15 at 22/10 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
The next week sold another 90 suckers through Westralian Farmers Ltd - 77 at 21/10 and 13 at 17/4 per head [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Sold 45 suckers at 22/7 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on 2 September 1936 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Exhibited in the Farmer's Class portion of the Sheep section at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 10 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Won 1st prize for three fat long-wool lambs suitable for export, and 2nd for three fat down breed lambs suitable for export [5]
His wife attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 10 September 1936 dressed in marina satin [5]
Sold 21 bales of wool through Westralian Farmers Ltd in 1936 - 10 bales at 17d., 6 at 15¾d. and 5 at 12d. per pound [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold three head of cattle through Westralian Farmers Ltd on 11 November 1936 for £7/17/6, £5/12/6 and £4/12/6 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Accompanied by Inspector THREADGOLD of Perth he visited his Bushy Park Farm in Carnamah in December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Came 2nd in the Royal Agricultural Society's Perpetual Executors Export Lamb Competition in 1936 with 96 / 100 points [5: 11-Dec-1936]
In May 1940 spent his holidays accompanied by his wife and two children on his Bushy Park Farm in Carnamah [5: 24-May-1940]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1940, 1941 and 1942 [53]
Around 1940 had the telephone connected at Bushy Park - which was telephone number Carnamah-36U [60]
In early December 1940 was in Carnamah on a visit to his Bushy Park "stud property" [5: 6-Dec-1940]
Arrived in Carnamah in November 1941 to temporarily take over the management of his farm Bushy Park in Carnamah [5: 5-Dec-1941]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 20 July 1945 [96]
Farmed Bushy Park Farm in Carnamah in partnership with his son Bruce G. GREEN as "J. W. Green & Son" until 1967 [P133]
In 1967 sold his share of the Bushy Park Farm in Carnamah to his daughter-in-law Mrs "Betty" Elizabeth S. GREEN [P133]
Resided at 121 Grant Street and later at 123 Grant Street in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe until his death in 1980 [2] [6] [61]
Father of Bruce and Betty [P22]
Died 20 February 1980; ashes interred at Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 24, 276) [2]
His wife Nellie passed away at the age of 83 years later in 1980 and her ashes were also interred at the Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
"Geoff" Geoffrey George William GREEN
Born 9 October 1920 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [84]
Son of "Zeb" Zebulun GREEN and "Lena" Helana Mena SWEETMAN [84]
Resided with his parents in Carnamah [P27]
Baptised by North Midlands Methodist Missioner Thomas COOK of Three Springs on 25 December 1920 [84]
Student at the Carnamah State School [7: page 87] [97]
Attended the Carnamah Children's Fancy Dress Ball as "Father Christmas" on Saturday 15 October 1927 [9: 21-Oct-1927]
Member of the Carnamah Boy Scouts in 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Attended the Boy Scouts camp held at POPE Bros farm in Carnamah from 28 August to 1 September 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Married "Joyce" Violet Joyce OWEN in 1942 [66]
He probably first met his wife-to-be as a child in Carnamah in 1927, when she was living in Carnamah with his parents [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Hamilton Hill [2]
Father of Geoff, Del and Reg [45]
Died 30 September 2006; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Lakes Small Bronze, BP1S, 74) [2]
John William GREEN
Farmhand in Winchester 1921-1927 [19]
Leo Vincent GREEN
Born 3 October 1903 in Dookie, Victoria, Australia [16]
Travelled to Western Australia with "Jack" John A. GILMOUR to inspect prospective farmland in February 1929 [P118]
On 24 April 1929 took out a contract with the Midland Railway Company 2,000 acres of virgin land near Carnamah [27]
The 2,000 acres was Lot M1797 of Victoria Location 2022 and cost £850, which he paid for by instalments over 18 years [27]
Jack purchased the adjacent Lot M1798 - both their lots being on the south side of what is now Camac Road [27] [62]
Returned to Victoria and prior to shifting to his lot he worked as a farmhand in Willenabrina, Victoria, Australia [50]
Himself and "Jack" John A. GILMOUR left Victoria and shifted to their blocks near Carnamah in March 1931 [P118]
Farmer of Daldee Farm at Five Gums near Carnamah 1931-1945 [5: 21-Dec-1945] [61]
Himself and "Jack" John A. GILMOUR farmed their blocks together for the first two years and then farmed independently [P118]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Competitor in the Parkinson Tennis Club's Open Championship Tournament in Carnamah on Tuesday 1 January 1935 [5: 21-Dec-1934]
Accompanied by Lloyd and Dulcie FOSTER left Carnamah for Dowerin on Wednesday 15 January 1936 [5: 17-Jan-1936]
Married Dulcie Frances Muriel FOSTER on 1 September 1936 at the Methodist Church in the Perth suburb of West Leederville [5]
They were married by Methodist Minister Rev. W. Stephen LEWIS of Morawa and formerly of Three Springs [5]
His best man was Dulcie's brother Lloyd J. FOSTER [5: 4 & 18-Sep-1936]
After the ceremony had their wedding breakfast with about 40 guests at the Leederville Hall, and then left for their honeymoon [5]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club in 1936-37 and 1940-41 [89]
Secretary of the Five Gums School Committee in 1937, which was formed to push for the establishment of a school at Five Gums [278]
Around 1940 had the telephone connected - was telephone number Carnamah-17U [60]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1941 [13]
Private in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Around November 1941 received a letter from a David WALSH of the city Lawrence in the United States [0: image 04050]
David WALSH worked in the Arlington Mills and in the bottom of a bale of wool had found his address on a piece of paper [0]
A copy of the letter was published in The North Midland Times newspaper on Friday 5 November 1941 [0]
On 27 April 1943 was ploughing on his Five Gums property when the main whipple-tree of his plough broke [12: 7-May-1943]
The breakage caused his horses to come together and sensing a disaster he threw clear his son Neville who was with him [12]
Unfortunately in throwing his son he fell under the discs of his plough giving him serious injuries [12]
His horses became frightened by the happing and after circling five times ran over his son and over him a second time [12]
He managed to clam and unyoke the horses before struggling with his son the three quarters of a mile home [12]
On learning of the accident his neighbour Glen THREADGOLD rushed the pair to the hospital in Three Springs [12]
He was found to have a compound fracture of the jaw, complicated fracture of the ribs and severe shock [12]
His son Neville was not seriously injured; the Five Gums and Inering farmers rallied and planted his crop that year [12]
Sold his Daldee Farm at Five Gums near Carnamah to Donald R. CAMAC in late 1945 [P21]
On 18 January 1946 held a clearing sale to sell his livestock, horses, farm machinery and household effects [5: 21-Dec-1945]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Father of Neville, Alison and Gail [P4]
Died 7 July 1980; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Garden of Remembrance, A6, 177) [2]
Marjorie Elaine GREEN
Born 1907 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Married Howard William HALL in Perth in 1934 [66]
In 1939 she was living at 23 De Lisle Street in the Perth suburb of North Fremantle [277]
Appointed sole teacher of the new Assisted Regulation Four East Carnamah State School on Wongyarra Farm, Carnamah [277]
Officially opened and began teaching at the East Carnamah State School on 4 September 1939 [277]
Four days later wrote to the Education Department and successfully requested the name of the school be changed to Wongyarra [277]
School Teacher of the Wongyarra State School on Wongyarra Farm in Carnamah in 1939 and 1940 [73] [277]
At a charge of £1 per week she boarded with Mrs Mabel G. WALKER in a house on Wongyarra Farm [277]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club in 1939-40 and 1940-41 [89]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1940 [7: page 230]
Starred in the Carnamah Repertory Club's productions of the plays "Square Pegs" and "One Evening at Nero's" [7: page 230]
Her talent as an actress was described as "colourful and vigorous" [7: page 230]
At the end of 1940 she resigned as teacher of the Wongyarra State School [277]
Her husband was Killed in Action in a Flying Battle over the Java Sea in Indonesia on 21 May 1944 [16]
He had enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force 20 March 1940 and was serving with its 20th Squadron [16]
Mark GREEN
Resided in Winchester in 1916 [34]
In June 1916 had Boans stores of Perth send him by train food and goods to the value of £7/3/1 [34]
In August 1916 was working in Winchester for the Midland Railway Company cutting scrub on Lot M922 [34]
Cleared the scrub from 149 acres of Lot M922, for which he was paid 2/- per acre [34]
Mrs Norma Agnes GREEN
Born C.1921 [2]
Wife of Wilfred Albert GREEN [19]
Along with her husband and children arrived in Carnamah in February 1954 [0: image 04730]
Left Carnamah in July 1954 to spend her husband's long service leave in Augusta [0: image 04734]
Returned to Carnamah and resided with her husband and children at the School House from 1955 to 1957 [19] [60]
Later resided in the costal town of Augusta [2]
Died 26 March 2001; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery in Fremantle WA [2]
"Rex" Reginald Zebulun GREEN
Born 7 April 1923 in Katanning, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Zeb" Zebulun GREEN and "Lena" Helena Mena SWEETMAN [17] [66]
Resided with his parents in Carnamah [19]
Attended the Carnamah Children's Fancy Dress Ball as a "Clown" on Saturday 15 October 1927 [9: 21-Oct-1927]
Student at the Carnamah State School 1931-1935 [7: page 87] [97]
Won a 1st prize for a Crayon Drawing and a 2nd for Boys Handwork at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
At the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 14 September 1930 won a 1st prize in the Educational section for Writing [5: 22-Sep-1933]
Won 1st prizes for Handwork and a Crayon Drawing at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Resided in the Perth suburb of South Guildford prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 18 July 1944 [16]
Bombardier WX41628 in the Australian Army's 2/3 Splash Spotting Battery during the Second World War [16] [17]
Killed in Action on 19 December 1945 [17]
Presumed dead at sea between Ambon, Indonesia and Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia [18]
Memorialised on the Ambon Memorial at the Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon Island, Indonesia [17]
"Sam" Samuel John Morris GREEN
Born 1881 in Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of William Jonas GREEN and Selina FLORENCE [15]
His father came from a pioneering family of Victoria, was a Cabinet Maker by trade and ran a large furniture business in Prahran [P297]
Following the disastrous land boom and depression they left Victoria in 1898 and shifted to Western Australia [P297]
Married Emily May BROOKES in Guildford in 1902 [15]
Engine Driver for the Midland Railway Company, during which time he took a liking to the land at Carnamah [P297]
In partnership as "Green Bros" himself and his younger brother Jasper W. GREEN acquired land in Carnamah in 1909 [P297]
Himself, his wife and their two daughters took up residence in Carnamah in 1909 [P297]
Farmer of Fernlea Farm in Carnamah 1909-1929 [6] [19] [P297]
His brother Jasper resided and worked in Perth, however visited Carnamah whenever he had any spare time [P297]
They owned two farms - one just north and another just south of where the Carnamah townsite was later gazetted [P297]
Their farm just north of Carnamah was 231 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 6430 and 6431 [44]
Their other farm, south of Carnamah, was 964 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 3353, 3430, 3431 and 3436 [44]
In addition to the two farms also leased and farmed a 3,180 acre farm in Carnamah belonging to Charles J. A. HORROCKS [61]
They also undertook large amounts of contract ploughing and seeding in Carnamah for the Midland Railway Company [34] [P297]
Initially resided in a small house on the 261 acres, however later shifted to the house on Charles J. A. HORROCKS' farm [P297]
The Midland Railway Company hired his services to do carting in Carnamah throughout March, April and May of 1914 [34]
He received three cheques from the Company for £38/8/9, £22/19/4, £48/5/8, and £12/14/5 [34]
All four cheques were for wages to himself and his assistant, the hiring of a man, and the hiring of his horse and dray [34]
In 1915 hired and used from the Midland Railway Company a steam traction tractor to seed crops in Carnamah [34]
The tractor was hired from the Midland Railway Company for £5 per week and was the first tractor used in Carnamah [34] [P297]
The hiring of the tractor was conditional that he make good any damages and return it to the Company whenever requested [34]
He was capable of operating the tractor, which was fuelled by wood, as he was familiar with steam locomotives [P297]
In May 1915 had the tractor pulling one disc, two spring tooth cultivators and three drills - which spanned 26 feet [34]
During the 1918-19 financial year they extended their farm just south of Carnamah by 500 acres to a total of 1,464 acres [44]
The 500 acres was Victoria Location 3328 and was purchased from William F. H. JAQUES of Mingenew [44]
During the 1921-22 financial year himself and his brother Jasper purchased Charles J. A. HORROCKS' 3,180 farm in Carnamah [P297]
The 3,180 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 2958, 2959, 3314, 3315, 3316 and 3516 three miles north of Carnamah [44] [P297]
During the 1923-24 financial year sold their 1,464 acre farm just south of Carnamah to Cecil F. TAYLOR [44]
The 1,464 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 3328, 3353, 3430, 3431 and 3436 [44]
In 1924 himself and his brother established the first butcher's shop in the Carnamah district [P297]
Their butcher's shop traded as the "Carnamah Butchering Company" and was at 16 Railway Avenue, Carnamah [60] [P297]
On the block was a wooden building which was the shop and a white stone house which was the butcher's residence [P297]
The shop was telephone number Carnamah-2 and was the second place in the Carnamah townsite to have the telephone [60]
During the 1920s himself and his brother extended their farm holdings in Carnamah to a total of 4,650 adjoining acres [3]
They acquired a further 1,240 acres in addition to their original 231 acres and the 3,179 acres purchased from HORROCKS [3]
The 1,240 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 3053, 7422 and 7423 [3]
They appear to have purchased Victoria Location 3053 from Albert R. STRUTTON of Three Springs [44] [62]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
On 20 December 1917 saw a railway tricycle go past his property, and minutes later saw a train approach from the same direction [10]
He ran to the tracks and tried to signal to the driver that there was a tricycle ahead, however the driver didn't understand [10]
Minutes later the train collided and ran over the tricycle, killing one man and knocking another unconscious [10: 11-Jan-1918]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
Attended a meeting in Carnamah on 12 April 1925 about the road over the sandplain between Carnamah and Watheroo [9: 17-Apr-1925]
Member of the Carnamah Ratepayers and Citizens Association in 1928 [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Attended the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 8 August 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
In November 1929 himself and his brother Jasper leased their 4,650 acre farm in Carnamah to F. W. ROBERTS [4: 23-Nov-1929, 7-Dec-1929]
Their 4,650 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 2958, 2959, 3053, 3314, 3315, 3316, 3516, 6430, 6431, 7422 and 7423 [3]
Himself and his brother dissolved partnership in 1929, upon which Jasper became the owner of the 4,650 acres [3] [P297]
At a clearing sale on the farm on 13 December 1929 they sold 1,500 sheep, 16 horses and extensive farm machinery [4: 7-Dec-1929]
Along with his wife and their daughter Edith left Carnamah in January 1930 and shifted to Wannamal [4: 4-Jan-1930]
Farmer of Norranda Farm in Wannamal 1930-1932 [114: pages 230, 276]
In 1929 he had taken out a lease of 4,894 acres of farmland in Wannamal (Swan Location 3241, lease 68/1742) [114: page 230]
His brother Jasper had taken out an adjoining block in Wannamal of 3,400 acres (Swan Location 3233, lease 68/1782) [114]
Both himself and his brother Jasper sold their land in Wannamal to Robert MOORE on 5 May 1932 [114: page 276]
After leaving Wannamal shifted to the goldfields where he worked as a prospector [P297]
Father of Eva Maud and Edith Irene [15]
Died in Coolgardie in 1954 [P297]
Wilfred Albert GREEN
Born 1916 [15]
Along with his wife and children arrived in Carnamah in February 1954 [0: image 04730]
Headmaster of the Carnamah State School for the first half of 1954 [0: images 04730, 04734]
Member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League in 1954 [7: page 193]
Committee Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1954 and 1955 [58]
Left Carnamah in July 1954 to spend his long service leave in Augusta WA [0: image 04734]
Returned to Carnamah and was Headmaster of the Carnamah State School from 1955 to 1957 [60]
Resided at the School House in Carnamah which was telephone number Carnamah-74 [60]
Later resided in the coastal town of Augusta [2]
Husband of Norma [19]
Died 2 August 1983; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
"Zeb" Zebulun GREEN
Born 1 December 1896 in Broome Hill, Western Australia [16]
Son of George GREEN and Bridget Mary Ellen REILLY [15]
Farmer at an unknown location in 1914 [94]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 19 November 1914 [94]
Gave his mother as his next of kin, her address at the time being Broomehill WA [94]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A50 Itonus on 19 February 1915 [94]
Driver 726 in the Australian Imperial Force's 10th Light Horse during the First World War; was awarded the Military Medal [18]
In November 1919 his engagement was announced to Miss Helena M. GREEN of Donnybrook Farm in Arrino [9: 14-Nov-1919]
Married "Lena" Helena Mena SWEETMAN in Perth in 1920 [66]
Farmer of York Grove Farm in Carnamah 1921-1923 [9] [19] [84]
His 882 acre farm was Victoria Location 7186 on the Soldier Settlement Scheme's Carnamah Estate [44]
Unsuccessfully applied to also take up the 1,232 acre Victoria Location 7185, which was also part of the Carnamah Estate [P300]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1922 - he was "one of the most popular players of the team" [9: 2-Feb-1923]
Member of the Carnamah Amateur Concert Party in 1922 [9: 15-Sep-1922]
Himself and his wife performed a dialogue at the Carnamah Amateur Concert Party's Concert on 7 September 1922 [9]
Splendidly fulfilled the position of Father Christmas at the Christmas Tree held in Carnamah on 15 December 1922 [9: 5-Jan-1923]
Was complimented on the way he filled the role, his witty remarks resulting in laughter from the adults and children present [9]
Farewelled by the Carnamah Football Club at the Footballers Smoke Social at the Carnamah Hall on Tuesday 23 January 1923 [9]
During the evening Carnamah farmer Richard ROBERTSON spoke of his "good fellowship and popularity in the district" [9]
In response he said he would always look upon his time spent in Carnamah as one of the happiest in his life [9: 2-Feb-1923]
Also said that the people of Carnamah "were the finest lot of people and sports he had ever had the pleasure to be amongst" [9]
Left Carnamah during early 1923 however by October 1926 himself and his family had returned to the district [9: 2-Feb-1923] [60]
On their return he appears to have resumed farming, as he had the telephone connected to his farm in 1926 and 1927 [60]
His house on the farm was telephone number Carnamah-11A [60]
Upon enrolling to vote in 1927 his wife enrolled with an address of Hillside Farm in Carnamah [19]
When only partly developed he appears to have sold his 882 acre farm in Carnamah to Samuel E. BROAD [60] [61] [193]
Commission Agent in Carnamah from 1926 to 1929 [60]
His agency business in Carnamah was telephone number Carnamah-24 [60]
Resided with his family at 24 Slater Street in the Carnamah townsite, which was then on the corner of Yarra Yarra Road [3] [P92]
Also worked as a Fencing Contractor in Carnamah in 1928 and 1929 [4: 22-Sep-1928, 31-Aug-1929, 19-Oct-1929]
Labourer in Carnamah 1930-1933 [6]
Put in a tender to the Carnamah Road Board to clear 1½ miles of road near Winchester in 1927 - his tender was accepted [9: 23-Sep-1927]
Member of the team of married men who defeated a team of single men at cricket in Carnamah in November 1928 [4: 24-Nov-1928]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in the 1920s and 1930s [53]
In August 1930 was contracted by the Carnamah District Road Board to clear Reading Road in Carnamah [4: 30-Aug-1930]
He also worked for local farmers doing work such as ploughing and training horses [P27]
In 1932 had a hired Chevrolet truck which license plate CA-12 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Rendered a vocal or elocutionary item at the R.S.L. Smoke Social and Friends Night held in Carnamah on 27 August 1932 [5: 2-Sep-1932]
Member of John BOWMAN's XI who competed against the Carnamah Cricket Club at the opening of the 1932-33 season [5: 21-Oct-1932]
Competitor in John A. KENNY's 2nd Billiard Tournament conducted within Mackie's Buildings in Carnamah in 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
In October 1933 he was employed by the Main Roads Board on a carting contract for the Mingenew-Mullewa Road [5: 13-Oct-1933]
During October his wife and children left Carnamah to join him at Mingenew [5: 13-Oct-1933]
By November 1933 he was working in Geraldton, but was still employed on a contract with the Main Roads Board [5: 3-Nov-1933]
His wife and children left Carnamah on Thursday 2 November 1933 to join him in Geraldton for six months [5: 3-Nov-1933]
They later resided with him in Dongara before returning to Carnamah in mid May 1935 [5: 24-May-1935]
Later in 1935 he was living and working in Yalgoo however his wife and children continued to live in Carnamah [5: 9-Aug-1935]
After spending a few days with his wife and children in Carnamah he returned to Yalgoo on Monday night 5 August 1935 [5: 9-Aug-1935]
Labourer in Dongara in 1938 and in Gunyidi 1939-1941 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Bickley prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 11 November 1941 [16]
Sergeant W42521 in the Australian Army's 7 Employment Company during the Second World War [16]
Died from injuries on 31 May 1943 in Queensland, Australia [18]
Buried at the Adelaide River War Cemetery in the Northern Territory of Australia [17]
His name appears on the Arrino Roll of Honour, presumably because his wife had come from Arrino [16] [19]
Father of Geoff, Monica, Rex, Elva, and twins Judith and Rae [17] [84] [279]
"Rita" Marguerite Mary GREENBUSHES
Born 19 May 1906 [26]
Married James Frederick BUCKLE in Perth in 1930 [66]
Resided in Carnamah with her husband from 1935 until 1949 [19]
During their time in Carnamah they were PO Box 39 at the Carnamah Post Office [19]
Died 3 October 1983; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton WA [26]
Richard Harrison GREENUP
Born 1894 in Caldbeck, Cumberland, England [20] [21]
Son of William Harrison GREENUP and Jane IVINSON [20] [21]
Appears to have spent his younger years in Caldbeck where his father was a Yeoman Farmer [20]
In 1901 was living with his parents and siblings John, Dora and James at Upton House in Caldbeck, Cumberland, England [20]
Departed London, England on the Esperance Bay on 11 May 1925 for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [203]
Farmhand in Carnamah, Western Australia in 1932 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Alfred Cove [2]
Died 20 October 1980; ashes scattered to the wind at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
"Jim" James Bapty GREIG
Born 18 January 1896 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India [207]
Son of Rev. Thomas Hutchison GREIG and Alice Renton BAPTY [264]
His father worked as a Chaplain in India and later as a Minister of the Established Church in Scotland [20]
In 1901 was living with his parents and siblings Annie, Alice, Agnes & Hew at 54 Grange Loan in Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland [20]
Secured employment in Scotland with H. Randolph CHRISTIE who had purchased farmland in Carnamah, Western Australia [195]
Travelled with H. Randolph CHRISTIE and Randolph's wife Rosa, brother Duncan and sister Lena to Carnamah in 1914 [195]
They travelled from Edinburgh, Scotland to Liverpool, England by train, and were unable to get any sleep during the journey [195]
They stayed briefly at the Exchange Hotel in Liverpool, during which time he wrote to his mother back in Scotland [195]
During their stay he visited Queen Victoria's Statue and found Liverpool to be a nasty and dirty place [195]
At Liverpool Lena CHRISTIE wrote to his mother to say how splendid he was and that he was getting along well with them [195]
They departed Liverpool, England on the S. S. Medic on 27 June 1914 en route for Albany, Western Australia [34] [195]
During the voyage he saw hundreds of flying fish, about half a dozen porpoises and hoped to see a shark [195]
He took with him on the ship a pedigree dog and her pups that had been bred by his mother, who bred and sold dogs [195]
Each night he slept until 1:45 a.m. when he got up, had a salt-water bath, and then unlocked the kennels and let the dogs out [195]
He let the dogs run around on the ship until locking them up at 8:00 a.m. in time for him to get ready for breakfast at 8:30 [195]
Each day had lunch at 1:00 p.m., afternoon tea at 3:30, dinner at 6:30 and supper at 9:00 p.m., and fed the dogs at 9:30 a.m. [195]
They arrived on the S. S. Medic in Albany, Western Australia in early August 1914 [195]
After their arrival they travelled by train from Albany to Perth on 4 August 1914, and then onto Carnamah [195]
Farmhand on H. Randolph CHRISTIE's Felton Mains and Kilmaurs Farms in Carnamah in 1914 and 1915 [195]
From Carnamah he periodically wrote to his mother back in Scotland, and usually just in time to catch the mail train [195]
In a letter to his mother he said about Randolph's farms: "The farms seem very nice but there is a scarcity of water" [195]
The pedigree dogs and pups he'd brought with him from Scotland were quarantined on arrival in Western Australia [195]
He got the dogs back, however they were treated poorly at quarantine and came out with a skin disease [195]
His mother had an agreement with Randolph in the event that he wished to purchase one of the dogs/pups named Gamble [195]
By November 1914 his dogs bar one were slowly getting over their poor treatment while quarantined [195]
His one dog not improving was ill and expected not to live, in which case the Government was going to compensate its value [195]
The pedigree dogs were a failure as when he went to sell them he was asked "what are they for, and what can they do" [195]
He was greatly looking forward to seeing and shooting kangaroos however there were very few in Carnamah [195]
There were however lots of wild turkeys, cockatoos and parrots - and he shot both wild turkeys and green parrots [195]
In a letter stated that flies were "the worry of our lives out here" and that the only time there weren't many was at night [195]
In October 1914 clearers working on the farm gave Randolph an injured parrot that fell with a tree being cleared [195]
He was the only one who could catch the parrot, which had a broken wing, and had to remove part of the damaged wing [195]
Killed his first snake in Carnamah on 18 November 1914, which was three foot long and one inch thick [195]
During his time in Carnamah he grew taller, stronger and broader [195]
In November 1914 his employer Randolph purchased another farm named Lucerne in Serpentine, Western Australia [195]
Left Carnamah by train on 25 November 1914 and shifted with Randolph and Randolph's wife and sister to Lucerne [195]
Farmhand on H. Randolph CHRISTIE's Lucerne Farm in Serpentine for part of November and December 1914 [195]
By late December 1914 he was back in Carnamah working on Randolph's Felton Mains and Kilmaurs Farms [195]
Although he returned to Carnamah he left his pedigree dogs with Randolph at Lucerne Farm in Serpentine [195]
In late January 1915 he helped finish a well on the farm in Carnamah, which was the first hope of a good water supply [195]
Two bores had been sunk on the farm, which he described as having a "jolly good flow" of "salt water saltier than the sea" [195]
In early February 1915 he was keenly awaiting the full moon so he could go shooting kangaroos at watering holes [195]
His intention was to tan the skin of the first kangaroo he shot and send it to his parents in Scotland to use as a mat [195]
He worked on Felton Mains and Kilmaurs Farms in Carnamah with the farms' general manager Sidney EDWARDS [195]
In a letter to his mother in Scotland on 10 February 1915 he requested she post him a Stewart's self filling pen [195]
He wanted the pen to give to Sidney EDWARDS, who he remarked is "a great friend of mine" [195]
Left Carnamah on Sunday 21 February 1915 and shifted back to Lucerne Farm in Serpentine [195]
Farmhand on H. Randolph CHRISTIE's Lucerne Farm in Serpentine from February to May 1915 [195]
Greatly disliked the fleas at Lucerne, which were everywhere including out in the paddocks [195]
In mid May 1915 he didn't like the "unsettled state of things at Lucerne" and intended to leave within a few days [195]
He hoped to get a job as an engine cleaner with the Government Railways, who paid 6/6 per day [195]
His plan with the Government Railways was to live on 26/- per week and save 10/- per week and in time get promoted [195]
Randolph suggested he go droving, which paid £2 per week and keep, but he would be on his own for six to twelve months [195]
At an unknown date he was in the Australian State of Victoria where he was working as a farmhand for £1 per week and keep [195]
At the time he wanted to return to his homeland however didn't want to work there a farmhand as it was too much work [195]
Through letters himself and his brother Hew were contemplating going coffee farming in Africa [195]
His mother kept his letters and letters from his siblings and they ended up years later in a house in Roydon, Essex, England [P299]
In about 1990 the house was being cleared out and papers and rubbish burnt in the garden, from which the letters were saved [P299]
The letters were saved by a 15 year old student named Andrew working on the weekend for the man clearing out the house [P299]
The student sold for £20 the letters and some other papers to his teacher David PUGH, who held onto them for 15+ years [P299]
In February 2007 the Carnamah Historical Society received copies of his letters written in Carnamah from David PUGH [P299]
David PUGH gifted the letters and other papers to the Edinburgh City Archives in Edinburgh, Scotland on 14 June 2007 [P299]
He later resided in England, Canada, the United States of America, in England, and again in the United States of America [207]
Departed Southampton, England on the Pittsburgh on 10 August 1923 destined for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada [203]
Farm Labourer in Bergen, Alberta, Canada in 1923 [207]
Arrived on the White Star Dominion in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 24 January 1924 [207]
On arrival in Vancouver he was 5 feet 2 inches tall, of medium complexion with brown hair and brown eyes [207]
Resided in Los Angeles, California, United States of America; and in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America [207]
Returned to England and resided with his mother at Rozel in Roydon, Essex, England [207]
Departed Southampton, England on the S. S. Ascania on 25 November 1927 for New York, United States of America [207]
Following his arrival he proceeded to stay with his friend Harry STIVIRS at 222 McDaniels Avenue in Highland, Illinois [207]
Employed as a Wireman in 1927, and by 1930 was working as an Electrician [207]
In 1930 was living with his wife Edna and infant daughter Barbara in Evanston City in Illinois, United States of America [207]
Died 7 April 1991 in Charlotte, Florida, United States of America [207]
Bevan John GREGORY
Born 27 December 1903 in Moonta, South Australia [55]
Son of Edward Albert GREGORY and Ethel Alice TILLY [55]
Grew up in North Kilkerran, South Australia and later resided in Moonta, South Australia [P77]
General Carrier in South Australia - was a carrier of livestock, grain, machinery, groceries/supplies and also alcohol to hotels [P77]
Married (1) Mollie Agnes Blanche Durell GREGORY on 24 October 1921 in South Australia [55]
Husband of (2) Muriel Florence [P155]
In 1951 transported Bill HEINRICH's machinery from South Australia to Carnamah, Western Australia [P77]
After unloading their machinery sold his truck and trailer and purchased farmland in Carnamah from Norman R. WATSON [P77]
The farmland totalled 873 acres and was Lot M1082 of Victoria Location 1935 [3]
After buying the farm travelled to Perth and sold his other two trucks equipped with semi trailers [P77]
Returned to South Australia, purchased a small truck and shifted to Carnamah, Western Australia around April 1951 [P77]
Wheat and Sheep Farmer in Carnamah 1951-1957 [60] [P23]
His home on the farm was telephone number Carnamah-11W [60]
In addition to farming his own 873 acres he also share-cropped part of LEISHMAN Bros' Gregorfields Farm in Winchester [P77]
Committee Member and Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1952-1957 [13] [58]
In 1957 sold his farm in Carnamah to Lionel C. and Brenda M. HEINRICH of South Australia [3]
Appears to have remained in Carnamah after selling the farm [19]
In 1959 purchased a house on an eight acre block just west of Carnamah town from James ARMSTRONG [3]
The eight acre block was Gov Lot 77 on Yarra Yarra Road (later part of the Carnamah-Eneabba Road) [3]
His new home in Carnamah was telephone number Carnamah-62 [60]
Appears to have remained in Carnamah until 1961 [60] and then purchased a small farm just north of Three Springs [P77]
Farmer in Three Springs [P77]
On leaving Three Springs he shifted to Perth, and resided of late in the Perth suburb of Innaloo [2] [P77]
Father of Harold John, Jean Elizabeth and Ruth Alice [55]
Double first cousin once removed of Coorow farmer Milton Jabez TILLY; and double second cousin of Jill TILLY of Carnamah [P8]
Died 30 November 1975; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 8, 104) [2]
Mrs Muriel Florence GREGORY
Married (1) Bevan John GREGORY [P155]
Resided with her husband Bevan on his farm in Carnamah in the 1950s [P77]
Married (2) Clem HILL [P155]
Retired in South Australia with her husband Clem [P155]
Russell Edward GREIVE
Born C.1962 in Perth, Western Australia [24]
Son of Brian Evan GREIVE and Lenore Elizabeth DUFFIELD [P325]
Resided with his parents at the residence adjoining the R. & I. Bank at 8 Macpherson Street, Carnamah in 1965 and 1966 [P149]
Passed away at the age of four years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [24]
Died 1 March 1966; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs WA (Anglican, Row 4, Plot 166) [24]
John GRIFFIN
Farmhand on Petan Farm in Winchester 1917-1927 [19]
"Ernie" Ernest Llewellyn GRIFFITH
Born 22 December 1910 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Son of Llewellyn GRIFFITH and Jessie SPENCER [P345]
Grew up on his father's Glencoe Farm in Caron, South Perenjori [P345]
His father's farm consisted of Victoria Location 7516 and a third of Victoria Location 4029 [P345]
He was the eldest of five children, with four siblings - John, Louise, Frank and Marjorie [P345]
Seeded and harvested crops on his father's Glencoe Farm in Caron, and worked locally as a contractor [P345]
Contract ploughed the road along the Wongan-Mullewa railway from three miles south of Caron to three miles north of Bowgada [P345]
He fulfilled the contract on what is now the Mullewa-Wubin Road with the help of his younger brother John [P345]
Also contracted to plough firebreaks for about 40 miles along the Wongan-Mullewa railway line [P345]
In 1927 ploughed with his horse team the recently marked out recreation ground in Caron [P345]
Member of the Caron Tennis Club 1929-1939 [P345]
Also a member of the Caron Football Club and of the Caron Cricket Club [P345]
Played his piano accordion at dances held in the building of the Caron State School [P345]
Married Gladys May GERSCH on Friday 29 May 1936 at the Caron State School in Caron, South Perenjori [5: 5-Jun-1936]
His best man was Gladys' brother Albert E. GERSCH of Winchester [5]
Following their wedding they held their wedding reception with 150 family and friends at the Caron State School [5]
Farmer of Dunromin Farm in Carnamah-Winchester 1937-1976 [19] [P88]
Initially leased Dunromin Farm from FRANCIS Bros of Maitland, South Australia, before buying it from them in 1939 [3] [P88]
The farm was 1,713 acres in size and consisted of Lots M924 and M1221 of Victoria Location 1937 [3]
For a period also share-farmed a portion of adjoining Gregorfields Farm in Winchester [P88]
Initially lived in an old house on Dunromin near Burns Road but later built a new brick home on the farm near Billeroo Road [P88]
His four children attended the Billeroo State School at Billeroo, East Winchester and later the Carnamah State School [P88]
Private W71740 in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
In additional to his own farm also ran his brothers farms in Caron during the Second World War [P88]
Had his brother-in-law Leslie G. ARMSTRONG man-powered in December 1944 to run Glencoe Farm in Caron [P345]
He was the Polling Officer in Winchester for all government elections for a number of years [P88]
Committee Member 1946-1969 and Financial Member 1946-1971 of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1946-1971 [13] [58]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Winchester farmer Charles Brazier BURN on 21 September 1947 at the Winchester Cemetery [0]
Steward of the Poultry section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Shows in 1947 and 1949 [13]
Obtained the telephone in 1950 - was telephone number Carnamah-7R [60]
Committee Member of Carnamah's branch of the Farmers Union in 1950 and 1951 [0: image 04608] [4: 22-Apr-1950]
Committee Member in 1951 and President in 1957 of the Carnamah Parents and Citizens Association [0: image 04611] [4: 22-Mar-1957]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Carnamah farmer Charles William John TURNER on 10 July 1956 at the Winchester Cemetery [4]
By 1961 had been made a Justice of the Peace for the local Magisterial District [22]
As a Justice of the Peace presided as Magistrate at criminal and traffic cases that went before the Carnamah Police Court [22]
The Carnamah Police Court dealt with cases for Carnamah, Winchester, Waddy Forest, Coorow, Marchagee and Gunyidi [22]
Presided over his first case on 1 October 1961, and between 1961 and 1963 presided and made rulings at 45 cases [22]
Foundation Member of the Carnamah Bowling Club [P88]
Served on the Board of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs 1965-1976 [109]
Retired and left Carnamah in the 1970s at which point Dunromin Farm was taken over by his son Allan [P88]
On leaving Carnamah travelled around Australia and on the conclusion of their travels settled in Safety Bay [P88]
Resided in the southern Perth suburb of Safety Bay until his death in 1977 [2]
Father of Joy, Kay, Margaret and Allan [P88]
Died 14 April 1977; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 16, 7) [2]
Mrs Gladys May GRIFFITH
Wife of "Ernie" Ernest Llewellyn GRIFFITH; see Gladys May GERSCH
Mrs "Al" Alice Jane GRIERSON
Wife of "Bill" Leonard William GRIERSON; see "Al" Alice Jane DAVISON
"Bill" Leonard William GRIERSON
Born 30 January 1909 in Pretoria, South Africa [16]
Adopted son of "Dave" David GRIERSON and Rachel MANN [P97]
Along with his parents departed Liverpool, England on the Pakeha for Fremantle, Western Australia on 13 April 1921 [203]
Resided with his parents in Irwin, Deepdale, Yuna, Northampton, Nabawa and then at Koorda [136]
Educated at the old Moonyanooka School near Deepdale and later at the first school in Yuna [136]
Resided in Koorda in the 1920s and 1930s [136]
Married "Al" Alice Jane DAVISON in Perth on 28 February 1931 [P97]
Farmhand and later Farmer in Koorda [P50]
While living in Koorda Al and himself spent some of their holidays with his Al's family in Carnamah [0: images 02880 & 03561] [P50]
Accompanied his wife and son to Carnamah for a holiday on 28 February 1936, and returned to Koorda on 4 March 1936 [5: 6-Mar-1936]
In late 1939 leased John M. TULLY's 1367 acre La Colline Farm in Carnamah [P50]
Along with his wife and son Bill left Koorda and shifted to Carnamah in early 1940 [P50]
Soon after purchased La Colline Farm from John TULLY [P50]
La Colline Farm's 1367 acres consisted of Victoria Location 7174; Lot M925 and part of Lot M765 of Victoria Location 1934 [3]
The farm had been named La Colline by John TULLY - La Colline meaning "The Hill" in French [P50]
Farmer of La Colline Farm in Carnamah 1940-1977 [P50]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1941-1971 [13]
Member of the Carnamah Volunteer Defence Corps in 1941 [4: 29-Mar-1941]
Member of the Carnamah Miniature Rifle Club - was Vice President in 1941 and Captain 1946-1952 [85] [0: images 04414, 04454, 04532 & 04654]
Corporal in the local Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps 1942-1945 [16]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 18 August 1944 - was Worshipful Master in 1953 [96] [153]
Committee Member 1945-1960 and Vice Patron 1964-1967 of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society [58]
Steward of the Wool section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Victory Show in 1945 and Annual Shows 1947-1949 [13]
Committee Member in 1946 and Vice President in 1951 of the Carnamah Parents and Citizens Association [0: images 04388 & 04611]
By 1947 had obtained the telephone - was telephone number Carnamah-24 [60]
Casket bearer at the funeral of William Henry WATSON at the Winchester Cemetery on 13 September 1948 [0]
In 1949 extended his farm by 565 acres with the purchase of part of neighbouring farmer Thomas JOHNSTON's farm [3]
The 565 acres was a Portion of Victoria Location 7182 and took his farm up to a total of 1932 acres [3]
In 1949 was a member of both the Carnamah Miniature Rifle Club and the Three Springs Rifle Club [4: 3-Sep-1949]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Farmers' Union of WA - was Secretary in 1950 and 1951 [4: 22-Apr-1950 & 7-Apr-1951]
Committee Member of Carnamah's branch of the Farmers' Union of WA 1951-1957 [0: image 04608] [4: 5-Apr-1957]
Casket bearer at the funeral of John BOWMAN on 28 July 1952 at the Winchester Cemetery [4]
Was also a casket bearer at the funeral of Mrs Margaret Swan BOWMAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 8 December 1954 [4]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club 1952-1958 - was a Committee Member in 1957 [0: image 04634] [4: 5-Apr-1957 & 11-Jul-1958]
Member of the Carnamah Small Bore Rifle Club 1954-1956 [0: image 04732] [4: 3-Aug-1956]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Ada Rose HAIG at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 September 1955 [4]
By 1956 had been made a Justice of the Peace for the local Magisterial District [22]
As a Justice of the Peace presided as Magistrate at criminal and traffic cases that went before the Carnamah Police Court [22]
The Carnamah Police Court dealt with cases involving Carnamah, Winchester, Waddy Forest, Coorow, Marchagee and Gunyidi [22]
Presided over his first case on 18 September 1956; between 1956 and 1963 presided and made rulings at 52 cases [22]
Director on the Board of Co-operative Bulk Handling, other wise known as CBH from 1964 to 1974 [288]
Travelled to Perth once a month to attend the one day long meeting of the Board of Co-operative Bulk Handling [P50]
His wife accompanied him and they usually stayed three or four days at the Imperial Hotel in Wellington Street, Perth [P50]
Also travelled around the State and once to Queensland with other Board members to check on receival points [P50]
Enjoyed his work as a Director of CBH except for at harvest time when local farmers directed their complaints to him [P50]
In 1977 retired with his wife Al to 66 Port Leander Drive in Dongara (their son Bill taking over the farm) [P50]
Father of Bill [P50]
Died 23 March 1978 in Perth WA; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 17, 184) [P1]
Edward GRIFFITHS
Labourer in Carnamah 1914-1932 [19]
Hilda Mabel GRILLETT
Born 20 April 1889 in Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia [P33] [54]
Daughter of John GRILLETT and Elizabeth TAYLOR [54]
Dressmaker at Myer's Store in Bendigo and then after being transferred at Myer's Store in Melbourne [P33]
Married "Fred" Frederick William COLE in 1912 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [54] [P33]
Initially resided with her husband in a goldmining district of Victoria and then in Western Australia [P120]
They resided at 88 Nicholson Road in the Perth suburb of Subiaco in 1915; at 170 Heytesbury Road in Subiaco 1916 and 1917; [6]
at 14 Gloster Street in Subiaco in 1918; at 35 Henry Street in Subiaco in 1919; and at 180 Nicholson Road in Subiaco in 1920 [6]
Resided in Bruce Rock in the Central Wheatbelt in 1920 and 1921 [6]
Resided at 200 Rokeby Road in Subiaco 1922-1927; and at 234 Nicholson Road in Subiaco in 1928 and 1929 [6]
In 1926 she had purchased as an investment a 1,388 farm in Carnamah from Wilfred C. GARDINER [3] [27] [P33]
Purchased the farm on the recommendation of family friend Robert BOWRAN, who owned the farm next door [4: 5-Oct-1929]
The farm was the 1,388 acre Lot M1210 of Victoria Location 1938 on the north side of the Carnamah-Bunjil Road [3] [62]
Her farm in Carnamah was share-farmed by their friend Robert BOWRAN in 1927 and 1928 [4: 5-Oct-1929]
In 1929 herself, her husband and their three children left the Perth suburb of Subiaco and shifted to her farm in Carnamah [P33]
Resided on Ginawarra Farm in Carnamah 1929-1958 [4: 16-Nov-1929] [19]
Ginawarra was an Aboriginal word meaning "no women allowed" as there was a corroboree ground in their front paddock [P33]
When her husband was working away from home as a building contractor the farm was run by farmhands and their sons [P33]
In November 1929 purchased a new Ford truck from Carnamah dealer Rupert LAFFAN [4: 16-Nov-1929]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Show on 18 September 1930 in a frock of navy blue crepe de chine [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Assisted by way of donation or help with the Carnamah Boy Scouts camp held in Carnamah in early September 1932 [5: 9-Sep-1932]
Had Miss M. GRAHAM-STUART of East Fremantle as a visitor at her home in Carnamah in October 1932 [5: 28-Oct-1932]
Attended the American Gift Evening held in Carnamah on 17 July 1933 in aid of the Carnamah Presbyterian Church [5: 21-Jul-1933]
Attended the Surprise Party tendered to Mrs Eva and Miss Joyce COWDEROY in Carnamah on Friday 5 January 1934 [5: 12-Jan-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Placed strychnine in two soaks on her farm in January 1935 - which killed 1190 rabbits, eight emus and four kangaroos [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Judged the Fancy Work Section of the 1935 Carnamah Agricultural Show, and attended the Show Ball in floral morocain [5: 20-Sep-1935]
On 13 January 1936 she lent her car, which contained licence plate M-41, to Jack CARROLL [88]
The car was lent on the understanding it would be returned about three hours later however it wasn't returned at all [88]
At 10:30 a.m. on 23 January 1936 she reported the matter to Constable Alan O. FIEBIG at the Carnamah Police Station [88]
Herself and Mrs Thomasina A. GALLEHAWK returned to Carnamah on 27 January 1936 after a sojourn in Perth [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Herself and her daughter Dorcas travelled from Carnamah to Perth on Thursday 6 February 1936 [5: 7-Feb-1936]
Under the Farmers' Debts Adjustment Act she applied in 1936 for her debts to be written down or suspended [5: 24-Apr-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening & Play Presentation at the Carnamah Hall on 17 June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Costume Judge at the Coorow Tennis Club's Back to Childhood Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 22 August 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Attended the Ball after the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow on 3 September 1936 dressed in floral morocain [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Judged the Fancy Work section and donated special prizes for the Educational section at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1936 [5]
Attended the Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1936 dressed in figured oriental crepe de chine [5: 4 & 18-Sep-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social including three plays at the Carnamah Hall on Friday 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Sold 20 lambs at 14/1 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 18 November 1936 [5: 20-Nov-1936]
Member of Carnamah's Parkinson Tennis Club in 1936-37 [0: image 03239]
Assisted the Carnamah Repertory Club by making many of their costumes in the later 1930s [7: page 226]
Judged the Fancywork section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [0: image 03689]
Made a donation of 10/- to the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1937 and again in 1938 [13]
Ownership of her 1388 acres in Carnamah changed to her son Gordon's name during the 1958-59 financial year [3]
Resided on Ginawarra Farm in Carnamah until 1958 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Mother of Dorcas, Frederick and Gordon [P33]
Died 12 May 1968; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Edith Lillian GRIMM
Born 17 October 1903 in Perth, Western Australia [P244]
Daughter of Ernest Burns GRIMM and Allison Major BURTON [15]
Sister of both Mrs Edna B. FOWLER of Winchester and Mrs F. May NINEHAM of Billeroo, East Winchester / Carnamah [P23]
One of the suppliers of music at the farewell to Geoffrey K. RYDER at the Carnamah Hall on 10 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Spent a holiday with her sister Mrs F. May NINEHAM in Carnamah in early November 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Married "Herbie" Herbert Edward NINEHAM in Perth in 1935 [66]
Resided with her husband on his farm in Carnamah 1935-1953 [19]
Herself and her husband accompanied by Miss C. Jessie WYLIE motored from Carnamah to Perth on Friday 3 July 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
The three of them plus Carnamah butcher Ernest C. ANDREW returned to Carnamah a week later on 10 July 1936 [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday for Miss Eileen R. PERRY in Carnamah on Saturday evening 18 July 1936 [5: 24-Jul-1936]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Red Cross Society [141]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1948 [72] [0: image 04504]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Fremantle in 1954, however spent a few days in Carnamah in December 1954 [0: image 04778]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Spearwood from 1955 until her death in 1982 [2] [7: page 64]
Died 24 January 1982; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Crematorium A, A6, 107) [2]
Edna Burns GRIMM
Born 3 October 1908 [P235]
Daughter of Ernest Burns GRIMM and Allison Major BURTON [P23]
Through her childhood resided with her parents at 35 Samson Street and then at 76 Samson Street in East Perth [P235]
Educated at the East Perth School and learnt music at a nearby convent before working as a dressmaker [P235]
Married "Harold" Hubert Harold Spencer FOWLER in Perth on 21 July 1928 [P23]
Resided on Fairview Farm in Winchester 1928-1957 [P23]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association in 1932 [5: 9-Sep-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 15 September 1932 in a gown of pink georgette [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Attended the Farewell Social for George & Ester MULLIGAN at Marathon Farm in Winchester on Thursday 25 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Her sisters May and Edith were married to Herbie and Charlie NINEHAM and resided on farms at Billeroo, East Winchester [P23]
During January 1937 herself, her husband and their children holidayed in Perth [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Resided on Fairview Farm in Winchester until 1957 when herself and her husband retired to Perth [P23]
Resided at 19 Renwick Street in South Perth from 1957 until C.1995 [P235]
Spent twelve months at Waminda Hostel in the Perth suburb of Bentley, and then moved to Ningana Nursing Home [P235]
Resided at Swan Cottage Ningana Nursing Home at 73 Jarrah Road in the Perth suburb of Bentley, where she passed away [P235]
Mother of George, Cecil, Winnie and Dulice [P23]
Died 12 December 1997; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Niche Wall, W2, 71) [2]
"May" Florence May GRIMM
Born 16 October 1900 [P244]
Daughter of Ernest Burns GRIMM and Allison Major BURTON [P23]
Married "Charlie" Arthur Charles NINEHAM in Perth in 1928 [66]
Resided with her husband on his and his brother's farm in Carnamah from 1928 [19] to 1940 [P244]
Her sister Miss Edith L. GRIMM spent a holiday in Carnamah in early November 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Along with her husband and daughter travelled from Carnamah to Perth on Thursday 12 March 1936 [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Departed Fremantle, Western Australia on the Hobsons Bay on Saturday 21 March 1936 for an extended holiday in England [5]
They departed London, England on the Orontes and arrived back in Fremantle, Western Australia on 27 October 1936 [63]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Red Cross Society [141]
Herself and her husband left Carnamah in 1940 and shifted to the Perth suburb of East Cannington [P244]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Melville [2]
Mother of Edith [P244]
Died 4 August 1982; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Niche Wall, D, 43) [2]
Florence GRINDROD
Born 1887 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England [20] [21]
Prior to coming to Australia she was a Stage Actress and had travelled the world in that capacity three times [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Married William PRICE - supposedly in 1923 in Perth, Western Australia [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Resided with her husband in Dowerin 1923-1934 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Shifted with her husband to Carnamah, where they resided in 1935 and 1936 [5: 4-Sep-1936] [50]
Died from heart failure in Carnamah on 31 August 1936; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row K, Plot 4) [1]
Rev. Father Michael LYNCH officiated at her funeral, which was undertaken by Henry Parkin & Son of Carnamah [1]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 4 September 1936:
"Obituary - The Late Mrs. Florence Price. The death occurred on Monday morning, August 31, when Mrs. Florence Price, of Carnamah, passed away suddenly. The deceased, who had suffered ill-health for a number of years was subject to heart attacks. Following an attack on Monday, she was conveyed to the Carnamah Hospital, but had passed away before arrival. The late Mrs. Price, formerly Miss Grimrod, of Rochdale, Lancashire, England, who had had a brilliant stage career, having toured the world three times, during which she played a season of three years, as leading lady, in South America, was married in Perth to Mr. W. Price in 1923, when they went to Dowerin where they resided for 11 years. Eighteen months ago Mr. and Mrs. Price came to reside in Carnamah. The late Mrs. Price was possessed of a happy, congenial nature and during her short residence in Carnamah she had made a large circle of friends. The deceased, who was 48 years of age, leaves a husband to mourn his sad loss. The funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon, the cortege proceeding from the Catholic Church to the Winchester Cemetery where the Rev. Father Lynch performed the last rights. The pall-bearers were Messrs. J. K. Forrester, C. Martyn, T. F. Paterson, C. Ryan, G. A. Bradshaw and E. C. Andrews. Amongst those present were Messrs. J. Chave, M. Clune, W. Davison, A. C. Bierman, C. Robertson, R. A. Pike, C. A. Mettam, S. Ford, M. Leslie, E. Hellewell, H. Parkin and A. Cowderoy. Floral tributes were received from Mr and Mrs E. C. Andrews and family, Mr and Mrs C. A. Mettam and family, Mr and Mrs M. Plunkett, Mr and Mrs T. F. Paterson, Mr and Mrs C. Martyn, Mr and Mrs G. A. Bradshaw and family, Mr and Mrs A. J. Mortimer, Mrs L. P. Parker, Mrs C. Townsend and Mrs L. Ferguson, Miss L. Louston and Mr A. Cowderoy, Mr and Mrs M. Leslie, Bethel and Trevor, and the Carnamah Golf Club."
Mrs Joan GRINTER
Born C.1926 [2]
Wife of Frank GRINTER [19]
Along with her husband resided in Robertson Street, Carnamah in 1961 and 1962 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bicton [2]
Died 27 January 2004; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Evania Daisy GROVE
Born 1912 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Married "Bert" Bertie Woodlands GALLEHAWK in Perth in 1932 [66]
Resided with her husband on Strathcona Farm, Carnamah 1932-1956 [19]
Following the death of her husband left Carnamah and resided at 38 Roscommon Road in the Perth suburb of Floreat Park [3]
Had the telephone connected on the farm in Carnamah until 1965, which was number Carnamah-221 [60]
Inherited her husband's 2,360 acres of farmland in Carnamah (Victoria Location 6924, and Lot M1469 of Victoria Location 2023) [3]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Floreat Park until her death in 2001 [2]
Died 23 March 2001; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, KA, 757) [2]
Myrtle Lily GROVE
Born 1914 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Married Herbert George GALLEHAWK in Perth in 1937 [2]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Carnamah 1937-1956 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Morley [2]
Died 24 February 1998; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (VC Section, Ground Niche, E, 10) [2]
"Lizzie" Elizabeth Ellen GRUNDY
Born 1873 in Bolton, Lancashire, England [20] [21]
Daughter of Joshua GRUNDY and Ellen VICKERS [20] [21]
Her father worked as the Manager of a Cotton Cloth Manufacture and his mother worked as a Cotton Weaver [20]
Resided for a number of years with her parents and siblings at 7 Elton Street in Tonge with Haulgh, Lancashire, England [20]
Worked in the 1890s and early 1900s as a Cotton Winder [20]
Later resided with her parents and siblings Francis, Jane, Frances and Florence at 9 Bury Old Road in Bolton, Lancashire, England [20]
Married "Bert" Herbert MURRAY in 1903 in Lancashire, England [21]
Remained in England when her husband and daughter Edna shifted to Western Australia in the early 1920s [P162]
Along with her daughter Hilda and son Fred departed London, England on the Orsova on 28 April 1923 [203]
They arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on the Orsova on 31 May 1923 [70]
Following their arrival they settled with her husband and daughter Edna on the Inering Estate in Carnamah [P252]
Resided on Highfields Farm on the Inering Estate in Carnamah 1923-1939 [3] [19]
Her sister Miss Jane GRUNDY arrived in Western Australia on 24 August 1936 to live with them in Carnamah [63] [P162]
Attended the wedding dance of Charles ROBERTSON and Winifred LANG at the Carnamah Hall on 27 March 1928 [4: 31-Mar-1928]
Herself and her sister-in-law Mrs Emma GRUNDY, who was in England, kept in touch by writing letters to one another [226]
One such letter, dated 24 October 1928, years later ended up in the possession of Emma's niece Mrs Lena JACKSON [P323]
In May 2007 the Carnamah Historical Society received a copy of the letter from Lena's daughter Mrs L. Barbara MELLOR [P323]
Although at that time smoking cigarettes was deemed harmless, she insisted to her husband that they were bad for his health [226]
Hosted a Presbyterian Church service conducted by Rev. John BARNES at her home on Sunday 30 October 1932 [5: 21-Oct-1932]
Following her husband's death in 1933 inherited Highfields Farm, which was the 790 acre Lot 16 of the Inering Estate [3]
Farmer of Highfields Farm on the Inering Estate in Carnamah 1933-1939 [3] [6]
The farm, Lot 16 of the Inering Estate, bounds both the Back Inering Road and the Caron Road [62]
Due to flooding she had to make a considerable detour and still cross water to make it into Carnamah town on 7 June 1933 [5: 9-Jun-1933]
At the time the Darlings Creek had flooded and was covering the then Inering Road (now either the CA-PJ or Caron Road) [5: 9-Jun-1933]
She wrote to the Carnamah District Road Board in June 1933 requesting they improve the drainage on the Caron Road [5: 16-Jun-1933]
In June 1933 purchased a new Co-op A separator - a household separator including a disc skimming bowl [5: 23-Jun-1933]
Hosted the Methodist Church service for Inering at her home on the afternoon of Sunday 22 October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association 1933-1937 [5: 11-Aug-1933, 15-Jan-1937]
She was elected Vice President of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association on 2 December 1933 [5: 8-Dec-1933]
In April 1934 purchased a Sunshine seed box to be attached and transform her 10 disc Sundercut into a Sunderseeder [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Sent a wreath for the grave of Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Sold 72 suckers at 11/4, 23 suckers at 14/1 and 9 ewes at 8/1 per head through Elder Smith & Co in early September 1935 [5: 6-Sep-1935]
Wore a charming frock of blue and floral georgette to her daughter Edna's wedding in February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Sold 40 lambs at 15/7 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 11 March 1936 [5: 13-Mar-1936]
In April 1936 her neighbour applied with the Carnamah District Road Board to erect two gates on the Back Inering Road [5: 17-Apr-1936]
She objected to the gates on the road, which led to her farm and was at that time known locally as "Murray's Road" [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Attended the local C.W.A. Farewell for Mrs Amy F. DYKE and Mrs Clarissa E. HUMPHRYES on 9 January 1937 [5: 15-Jan-1937]
Sold 42 lambs at 13/7 and 39 lambs at 12/4 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on 13 January 1937 [5: 15-Jan-1937]
From 1940 her Highfields Farm was farmed by her son-in-law Kenneth J. SIVYER, who was later the owner of the farm [3]
Mother of Hilda, Edna and Fred [158]
Died 22 November 1964; buried at the Mandurah Public Cemetery in Mandurah, Western Australia [158]
"Janie" Jane GRUNDY
Born 1878 in Bolton, Lancashire, England [20] [21]
Daughter of Joshua GRUNDY and Ellen VICKERS [20] [21]
Her father worked as the Manager of a Cotton Cloth Manufacture and his mother worked as a Cotton Weaver [20]
Baptised at Bolton Le Moors, Lancashire, England on 20 February 1878 [33]
Resided for a number of years with her parents and siblings at 7 Elton Street in Tonge with Haulgh, Lancashire, England [20]
Later resided with her parents and siblings Elizabeth, Francis, Frances and Florence at 9 Bury Old Road in Bolton, Lancashire [20]
Worked as a Cotton Winder and Weaver's Cotton Winder from the 1890s until leaving England in 1926 [20] [203]
Departed London, England on the Orama on 24 July 1926 and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 24 August 1926 [63] [203]
Resided on Highfields Farm on the Inering Estate in Carnamah, Western Australia 1926-1950 [19] [P162]
Resided with her sister Mrs "Lizzie" Elizabeth E. MURRAY and brother-in-law "Bert" Herbert MURRAY on Highfields Farm [P162]
Attended the "Gimlets" Annual Picnic on Sunday 18 September 1932 on Richard BATTY's farm in Carnamah [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Returned to Carnamah with her sister by train on Saturday 17 February 1934 after a fortnights holidays in Perth [5: 23-Feb-1934]
Herself and her sister-in-law Mrs Emma GRUNDY, who was in England, kept in touch by writing letters to one another [226]
One such letter, dated 25 October 1950, years later ended up in the possession of Emma's niece Mrs Lena JACKSON [P323]
In May 2007 the Carnamah Historical Society received a copy of the letter from Lena's daughter Mrs L. Barbara MELLOR [P323]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association [115]
After her sister Lizzie left Carnamah resided on Highfields Farm with her niece Edna and nephew-in-law Kenneth J. SIVYER [226]
Resided in Carnamah until 1950 [19] [226]
Died 18 May 1958; buried at the Mandurah Public Cemetery in Mandurah, Western Australia [158]
"Del" Delia Mary GUGERI
Born 1903 in Cottesloe, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Anthony Denis GUGERI and Alice Selina JECKS [15]
Married "Gil" Gilbert Henry GLASKIN on 21 June 1923 [P258]
Resided in Boojerabba Street, Carnamah [19] with her husband and son Gerald [P258] from 1926 until June 1927 [7: page 94]
Left Carnamah and moved to Perth with husband and son in June 1927 [P258]
Could be the "Mrs Glaskin" who visited Carnamah in 1954, staying with Mr and Mrs LUSHEY [0: image 04734]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Graylands [2]
Mother of Gerald Marcus GLASKIN [P258]
Died 18 March 1960; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZE, 469) [2]
Eric Hubert GURR
Born 16 February 1908 in Mile End, South Australia [55]
Son of William Herbert GURR and Violet Marion NEWBERY [55]
Grew up in South Australia and began his working life there as a bank employee [P145]
Married "Betty" Elizabeth Sutherland SEWELL on 26 July 1937 [P145]
In 1937 purchased Andrew SMART's general storekeeping and agency business in Carnamah [11]
General Storekeeper and Commission Agent at 7 Macpherson Street, Carnamah from 1937 to 1944 [0: images 04581 & 04589] [11]
Seller of Groceries, Hardware, Drapery, Fruit, Vegetables, Petrol, Oils, Tyres, Tubes, Batteries and Explosives [150]
In addition to selling general items was also in 1937 an agent for Louis Dreyfus and Co (Wheat Buyers), [11]
H. J. Wigmore & Co Ltd, National Mutual Life Insurance and Queensland Fire Insurance Company Ltd [11]
Like Andrew SMART leased the store's premises at 7 Macpherson Street from their owner Louis P. PARKER [3]
Resided with his wife and later daughter Gillian in the back of the shop at 7 Macpherson Street from 1937 to C.1939 [P145]
Advertised his business in the Schedule for the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's 1938 show [13]
"Keep your money in the District! By Shopping locally with E. H. Gurr, General Merchant & Agent" [13]
Agencies: Louis Dreyfus & Co, H.. J. Wigmore & Co Ltd, National Mutual Life Association of Australia Ltd [13]
Petrols, Oils, Batteries, Motor Tyres and Tubes, Licensced to sell Explosives [13]
P.O. Box 44 Carnamah Phone 1; Right from East to West, Gurr's Store is the BEST!" [13]
Carnamah Distributor of Texaco petrol and kerosene in 1938 and 1939 [0: images 02833 & 03003]
Was also an agent in Carnamah for Goodyear tyres and associated supplies in 1939 [0: image 03843]
By 1940 had expanded his agency business and in addition to the firms he represented in 1938 and 1939 he also an agent for [13]
Dalgety & Co Ltd; International Harvester Co Ltd; and Tasma, Astor and Radiola Wireless Sets [13]
During the 1938-39 financial year Louis P. PARKER sold his store's premises to Walter R. and Florence M. YORK [3]
Following the sale leased his store's premises at 7 Macpherson Street from their new owners until the 1940-41 financial year [3]
During the 1940-41 financial year purchased the land and shop on 7 Macpherson Street from W.R. and F.M. YORK [3]
Initially resided in Carnamah with his wife in a couple of rooms situated at the back of the shop at 7 Macpherson Street [P129]
Resided with his wife and daughters Gillian and Diana in a house in Niven Crescent, Carnamah in 1940 and 1941 [60] [P145]
During their time in Niven Crescent their home was telephone number Carnamah-2 [60]
Resided with his wife and daughters in the stone house at 5 Macpherson Street, Carnamah 1941-1952 [P145]
Rented the stone house from Walter R. and Florence M. YORK until purchasing it from them C.1946 [3]
Went before the Carnamah Police Court on 1 May 1940 for having the weight of retail packages in his shop incorrectly stated [22]
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