Harry Francis Townsend worked in Tenindewa on the wheat bins and used to ride a horse from Tenindewa to Greenough to spend time with his eventual wife, Christina Mary Kember. …
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 …
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 …
Norman McNeil Fry
To those that might read and enjoy this story it must be recognized that the facts that we have used here to build this story probably represent just a fraction …
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 …
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 …
100 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 …
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 …
Memories of a Migrant by Kathleen Rumble
A collection of short stories between 1914 to 1922. These stories reflect the contrast between England and the Rumble family’s new home, Tenindewa in the Australian bush. Seen through the …
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 …
On the Road Again – an autobiography by Kevin Critch
Kevin was born in Geraldton in 1921 and died in 2010. His autobiography starts in 1853 when his grandfather was born, and documents Kevin’s life each decade until the 1990s.
To Sow the Barley by Doreen Lindsay (nee Butler)
A history of Tenindewa by Doreen Lindsay covering the period 1873 to 1988. Contains names of teachers, and families in the town.
Tenindewa Pioneer Well (Woolya Water Reserve)
Early history of Wollya Water Reserve Researched by Lance Stevens Southern Cross Historical Society 2010 The availability of water for settlers in the newly opened district of Tenindewa was a …
Woolya Reserve
Tenindewa has had a few names including Kockatea over time but originally it was known as Woolya after the aboriginal spring or soakage on water reserve 945. These days it …
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