Category: Potted Histories

The Wokalup Estate, consisting of a large acreage was originally taken up in the 1840s by Marshall Waller Clifton, Chief…

By Heather Wade, 2024. Daisy the Cow stands on the corner of Ommaney Road (South Western Highway) and Beela Road…

The inaugural surf carnival was held at the new beach at Myalup on 28 November 1937 and was attended by…

A poor quality image of the Australind Cricket Team 1898 was given to the ‘Bunbury I Remember When’ group in…

Chris Bishop, August 2024.  1904 map of the Bunbury/Australind region. The blue shape is the current Clifton Park. [1] 1…

By Heather Wade and Kerry Davis, 2024. 31 Hayward Street, taken March 2022. James Rogers was the first owner of…

Chris Bishop, September 2024. This article expands on a 2010 article about the history of bridges over the Lower Collie…

By Heather Wade, 2024. Originally, John Septimus Roe, the first Surveyor General of Western Australia, owned Leschenault Location 22 of…

(By the Tramp) I was doing the sights of Harvey under the able guidance of Danny McLennan… We started to…

By Heather Wade and Kerry Davis, 2024. Harvey House, July 2024. Both shops are vacant. William A Nelson, an architect,…