John Boyle O’Reilly (1844 – 1890)
By Peter Murphy – John Boyle O’Reilly Tours, Western Australia. John Boyle O’Reilly’s name is etched in Western Australia’s history…
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Hoffman Mill
Hoffman was a tiny sawmill town of about one hundred and fifty souls. There were houses for married couples, huts…
1906 Harvey Show
Leopoldo Zunini, Royal Consol of Italy, travelled throughout Western Australia in the early 1900s and wrote his impressions of various…
Harvey Church of Christ (1978)
It is now just 80 years since the Harvey Church of Christ was received into the Conference of Christ of…
Frederick William Howson of Bunbury & Australind
By Tony Howson, 2009 The first settlers on the block ‘with a house across the river’ (ref. Staples, ‘They Made…
Clifton – Fry Wedding (1905)
An extremely pretty wedding took place in the Brunswick Hall on Thursday 27 July, when Mr Reginald Clifton, second son…
A Brief History of Roelands
Reproduced from a letter by James A Kane to Chris Hartley for the School’s 75th Anniversary in 1978 and made…
Roy Charman
Transcription of a letter written to Guy Gibney in Harvey from a mate, Roy Charman, at Gallipoli. Roy (Laurence Ray…
Harry Scheutjens (1922 – 1999)
Written by Harry Scheutjens’ daughter, Anny-Maria Gardiner, from material gathered by his grandson Jason Scheutjens. Hendrikus Peter Scheutjens was born…
Education in Western Australia
EDUCATION IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA During the early years of settlement in the colony of Western Australia there was no organised…