Category: Potted Histories

Ephraim Clarke (1806 – 19.11.1875), arrived in the Colony per the Parkfield in 1841 with his wife and family as…

Roelands (1932 – ) Roelands is the name given to the Seven Hills farm property once owned by Mr Albany…

By Bonnie Milne The Ladies’ Guild, called the Brunswick Women’s Guild, met for the first time on 11 May 1905.…

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…