Category: Local Identities

Story by Shirley O’Donovan, Sydney, 2021. Allan Bennison Black was born on the 30th January 1886 in Little River, Victoria,…

By Heather Wade, 2022. In 1898, an eight-bed hospital ward with a kitchen, laundry and ablution block was built by…

By Andrew Rigg, 2022. The Rigg name is well-known in the Shire of Harvey with an association beginning when Herbert…

By Carol Cameron, with research also from Michael Brereton, grandnephew of Daniel O’Brien – the brother of John Joseph O’Brien.…

Dr John Ferguson came on the ‘Trusty’ in 1842 as part of The Western Australian Company venture at Australind. He…

By Anne Kirkman, 2022. Family Background Flora Larsen was born in Port Melbourne, Victoria, and was orphaned at a young…

Bill Johnson was born and grew up in Yarloop. He left school to undertake an apprenticeship in fitting and turning…

I was born at Harvey Hospital on 14th January 1979, the second child to Gordon and Peta Whitwell. All went…

Elizabeth Aitken – Death Notice AITKEN – on July 30 1917, at St. Omer Private Hospital, Perth, W.A., Elizabeth, dearly…

Peter Jurgenson was born in Estonia and made Australia his home as a young man. He served during World War…