1916 to 1919 Tenindewa Notes

February 1st 1916 Tenindewa Notes (From our own Correspondent) The heavy storms of rain and wind on the 19th and 20th insts. did a lot of damage to standing crops …

1914 to 1915 Tenindewa Notes

March 5th, 1914Tenindewa Notes (From our own Correspondent) All the farmers around here are finishing harvest and trucking wheat and most are satisfied. Some came out well whilst others have …

1912 to 1913 Tenindewa Notes

Geraldton Guardian 8th March 1912Tenindewa Notes.(From Our Own Correspondent.) Tenindewa is a very busy place, just now, what with farmers ploughing, and carting, water, and new settlement going inland. Some …

1910 to 1911 Tenindewa Notes

October 9th, 1910Sunday Times Mr. Fry presents another example of what can be done by hard work and perseverance. With a capital of less than 100 pounds [$200.00], he selected …

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The Dunkin Family

Mining in the Blood Richard Dunkin (snr) came from Maldon, a gold mining and pastoral district in central Victoria. He took up land in the district of Tenindewa Western Australia …

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Bertha Benoit Memoirs

Written by Bertha Benoit – born Tenindewa Western Australia I was born 26 September in the year 1916, on a wheat farm “Sleepy Hollow” in the district of Bindu which …

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Michael Francis (Frank) Troy

1877 – 1953 MEMBER FOR MOUNT MAGNET, MINISTER OF THE CROWN, DEPUTY PREMIER, AND TENINDEWA PIONEER Before cars filled our roads the usual way of getting from somewhere to somewhere …

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The Tenindewa Staffords

Henry Job Stafford (1864-1959) Popularly known as HJ, Henry Job took up farming land north west from Tenindewa on the Yuna Road in around 1908. “To Sow the Barley” is one …

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Walter Brenkley

1892 to 1963 Walter Brenkley was one of the first farmers to take up land around the Tenindewa railway line in 1912. Walter Brenkley was born on the 9th March in …

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Tenindewa School Site

Tenindewa Primary School was opened from 1914 to 1939. The first school at Tenindewa opened on the 31′ March 1913 in a building donated by Mr. Norman FRY, one of …