Category: Potted Histories

By G. E. Clarke, 1946 Much has been written on the ill-fated Australind Settlement Scheme, the information being obtained chiefly…

The Barbercuing [sic] of the Bullock Ye Old Scottish Custom To be held at Highland Valley, Roelands Wednesday, tenth day…

By Pat Gibson, 1990s Ask any Harvey District old-timer about picnics or holidays at Myalup Beach. They all have a…

Brunswick’s History Linked with Australind Venture By E.G. Davis, c. 1958 Two local rivers and the town of Brunswick got…

By E. G. Davis, ‘Harvey-Murray Times’, 1956. According to information supplied by Mrs. M. A. [Mary Angela] Eastcott on the…

By Wendy Fry, 2007 Following the death of her husband Henry Partridge Fry in England in 1881, Edith Horatia corresponded…

By GP Good, July 1989 The Church of St John Vianney is no longer part of the Australind landscape but…

By Frann Meredith, 2005 Turkey Point, so called because of the wild turkeys that once roamed there, originally formed part…

By Heather Wade, revised 2016 Thomas Hayward (1832–1915) was born in Suffolk, England, the son of a gentleman farmer. He…

This Commission was appointed to enquire into the existing condition of agriculture, together with the factors influencing it, and to…