1930 to 1947 Tenindewa Notes

October 30th 1930Geraldton Guardian and Express (No correspondent mentioned) Wheat Growers ProblemsBig Meeting at TenindewaImportant Resolutions Carried The largely attended meeting of wheat growers was held at Tenindewa on Sunday, …

1928 to 1939 Tenindewa Notes

Geraldton Express6th January 1928TENINDEWA TOPICS(From our Correspondent) I suppose you must be sick and tired receiving from your “cockie” correspondents how many bags of wheat Mr. Spendnothing reaped, and how …

1927 Tenindewa Notes

March 2nd, 1927Tenindewa Notes (From our Correspondent) As the only humming to be heard now comes from the busy bees I presume harvest is all finished. I think, without boasting, …

1925 to 1926 Tenindewa Notes

January 7th, 1925Doings at Tenindewa (From our Correspondent) Here’s wealth and successTo the staff of the “Express”With a prosperous and happy New YearAnd when I come down To Geraldton townI’ll …

1923 to 1924 Tenindewa Notes

January 1923Geraldton GuardianTenindewa Notes (From our Correspondent) Thank goodness that dry year of 1922 has gone, and now that Mr. Clement Wragge is dead, he has taken all his forecasts …

1921 to 1922 Tenindewa Notes

January 19th, 1921Geraldton ExpressTenindewa Notes (From our Correspondent) As the Engine Drivers Ass. forgot to provide a letter carrier for this district before they went “Bolshevik” I could not find …

1920 Tenindewa Notes

January 22nd, 1920Tenindewa Notes (From our own Correspondent) Very hot weather is the order of things around here, but still water and feed are plentiful and stock are good. There …

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Bob Desmond

Thanks to Faye (Desmond) Keeffe, this is Bob Desmond’s story as he told it titled “Looking Back Down the Dusty Track”, written in April 1999. Robert (Bob) Desmond’s Diary Well …

First Wedding in Tenindewa – Eves & Kember

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 Eileen …

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The Olman Story

The Beginnings of the Olman Family in the Mullewa /Tenindewa areas – as supplied by Lindsay Olman (2015) Archibald Alfred Alexander Olman The Davies family came to Mullewa in 1926, …

Margaret Alice Pumphery (nee Baker)

A letter to Doreen Butler (1965) from a Rumble family descendant I, Margaret Alice Pumphery (nee Baker), [am the] daughter of Evertine (nee Cousins) and Terence Baker. Evertine was daughter …

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Rob and Mel Weir History

Matthew Robert Weir was born on 17th Jan 1917 in the Goldfields town of Menzies. His parents were Matthew and Louisa Weir. Louisa’s maiden name was Baker. Her parents are …

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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 …