Category: Potted Histories

By Daphne Foulkes-Taylor, 2002 In 1840, William Dacres Williams, prior to his departure from England to the proposed settlement of…

By Bonnie Milne To create employment during the Depression of the 1930s the Government sponsored a scheme to divert the…

Mrs Blackburn spent a few memorable months with her grandparents, Fred and Josephine Gardner, living in Fourth Street, Harvey, 65…

HARVEY PERSONALITIES 1936 This article appeared in the Sunday Times, 9 August 1936. Townspeople and Well-Known Farmers Throughout the Harvey…

A Look back – Governor Stirling’s Land – The Citrus Colony. This article appeared in Western Mail, Thursday 13 February…

Country Towns and Districts – Productive Harvey – Dairying Industry’s Growth – (By “Scribe”) This article appeared in the Western…

THE STATE’S FRUIT INDUSTRY – HARVEY – (By G.H.) This article appeared in the Western Mail, 27 November 1909 It…

This article appeared in the Southern Times (Bunbury), 24 Aug 1905 A Day at the Citrus Centre – Where and…

By E G Davis. At the turn of the century the coastal strip from Australind to the west of Harvey,…

Wine appreciation might now be the trendy adjunct to a four-wheel drive and a mobile phone, but winemaking was underway…