Category: Local Identities

By Heather Wade, 2016 Oscar Rath was a founder of the Korijekup Fruit Settlement in Harvey[1]. He was born in…

A very old colonist passed away in the person of Mrs. Louise Clifton at her late residence, No. 6 Stone-street,…

We have the deepest regret to announce the death of another old and respected resident of the South West, in…

The man to whom Harvey people owe so much died peacefully in his sleep on 27 December. Malcolm Ernest Green…

By Peter Murphy – John Boyle O’Reilly Tours, Western Australia. John Boyle O’Reilly’s name is etched in Western Australia’s history…

The recent opening of Camp Mornington as a youth centre, and the publishing of the brief history of the town…

By Tony Howson, 2009 The first settlers on the block ‘with a house across the river’ (ref. Staples, ‘They Made…

Transcription of a letter written to Guy Gibney in Harvey from a mate, Roy Charman, at Gallipoli. Roy (Laurence Ray…

Written by Harry Scheutjens’ daughter, Anny-Maria Gardiner, from material gathered by his grandson Jason Scheutjens. Hendrikus Peter Scheutjens was born…