Extract from Tenindewa Notes August 1st 1922 (From Our Own Correspondent) Wedding bells have rung out once more and the first wedding was celebrated at Tenindewa today, Miss Jean Eves …
ArtDrive in Tenindewa
View PostThe King’s representative visits Tenindewa
In 1932 Australia’s Governor General was a gentleman named Isaac Alfred Isaacs. He was born in Australia (1855-1948) and was Australia’s first Australian-born Governor General. He was of an English …
The Flock Reduction Scheme
View PostBrian Griffiths on the Opening of the Tenindewa Replica School
My name is Brian Griffiths. I am a descendant of H. J. Stafford, a pioneer of the Tenindewa district. My father, who established the store in Tenindewa, married Ivy Stafford, …
Opening of the Tenindewa Replica School Project 2015
View Post100 years of the Tenindewa Christmas Tree 2013
The first recorded Tenindewa Christmas tree was 100 years ago when the district went through a growth spurt. A school opened in 1913 and ran till 1939 and Tenindewa had …
Tenindewa – last manual telephone exchange in WA 1985
On April 13, 1985 Tenindewa was the last fully manual telephone exchange to be automated in WA. The first rural exchange to be converted was Brunswick Junction on 17 July …
Des & Annette Foster’s Wedding 197X
View PostAvro Anson Plane Crash 1941
Avro-Anson plane crash on 26 October 1941, just south of first crossing and east side of Menang Road in Kockatea Creek. Pilot survived. See page 46 of To Sow The Barley …
Great Indarra Rail Crash 1932
View PostTenindewa Drought of 1922
Geraldton Express; January 10, 1923 Tenindewa Thank goodness that dry year of 1922 has gone, and now that Mr Clement Wragge* is dead, he has taken all his forecasts for …
Tenindewa Hurricane 1915
Below is an article from the Tenindewa Notes column of the Geraldton Guardian Tuesday 2 March 1915. A real live hurricane visited Tenindewa on Thursday night last. (25th February 1915) …