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 …
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 …
Opening of the Tenindewa Replica School Project 2015
View PostThe 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 …
Tenindewa – 100 years of written history
Speech by Tony Critch in December 2013 at the Tenindewa Christmas Tree centenary. Thanks for opportunity and congratulations and special thanks to our little team of organizers who have put this …
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 Store & Post Office
View PostDes & Annette Foster’s Wedding 197X
View PostTenindewa 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 …