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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 …

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Bindu School Site

Bindu School was opened in 1923 and closed in 1928. The memorial plaque was unveiled in 1988 by former teacher, Mrs Driscoll who taught at the school in 1927. The plaques …

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Keith Butler

1929 to 2012 (Eulogy by Tony Critch) May I start by adding my condolences to Elaine, to Craig, Jenny and Alex, Gloria and Doreen and all of the extended Butler …

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 …

Disappearance of Alexander Petroff

The “Big House” owned by Fry south of the highway and opposite the store was sold to an Alexander Petroff along with the associated farm in 1926. As his name …

Tenindewa Drought of 1922

Geraldton Express; January 10, 1923 Tenindewa Notes From our own Correspondent Thank goodness that dry year of 1922 has gone, and now that Mr Clement Wragge* is dead, he has …