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 …
Timothy Smiddy (Ned) Higgins
Born: 16th December 1906Married Sylvia May Stevens 2nd March 1931Died: 15th September 1993 at the age of 87. PREFACE BY TONY CRITCH Growing up in the 1950s and 60s …
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, …
Albert Cream – My Farming Life at Ajax 1951- 1987
The early days At a Christmas tree function at Tenindewa in 1950, I agreed to go share farming with Dave Heelan on his farm named Ajax. The farm was named …
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 …
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 …
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.
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 …
Arthur Charles Beamont
1916 – 2010 – Eulogy by Euan Beamont Dad was one of the last old timers…those that grew up when everything was hard work. He was born in 1916 in Subiaco. Son …
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 …