1928 to 1947 Tenindewa Notes

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

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 …

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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 …

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The Shorts of Tenindewa

As told by John Short. My father Edward Ralph (Ralph) Short (born 1905) and his brother John Francis (Jack) (born 1903) came to WA in 1929. Ralph had served his …

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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, …

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Butlers 140 years of farming

Thomas Butler was born in Cadamstown, County Kildare in 1820. He served in the British Army in Afghanistan, Burma and India in the 13th Foot Regiment (#2365) before coming to …

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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 …

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Avro Anson Plane Crash 1941

An Avro-Anson trainer plane crash on 26 October 1941, just south of first crossing and on the left or the east side of Menang Road in Kockatea Creek. Pilot survived. …