Robert Mackey was born in Devonport, Devonshire, England c1846. He was the youngest child of Richard Mackey and his wife Mary nee Willcocks. His father was a licenced victualler but by 1871 he gave his occupation as Aerated Water Manufacturer & was joined by 24 year old Robert at the town of Tavistock, producing cool drinks for the neighbourhood….
Charles Samuel Rhodes was born in Adelaide in 1868. He attended Prince Alfred College where he was awarded a prize in 1877. He married Louise Adelaide Hawkes & encouraged by the gold rush in the West he moved to Broad Arrow about 1896. His brother in law John Bowbear Hawkes also came to Broad Arrow to mine gold in…
Ravensthorpe is 541 Kilometres S E of Perth and 50 kilometres NW of Hopetoun, on the south coast of WA. The district was first settled by farmers, the Dunn brothers in 1860 but then gold was discovered in the area in 1898 and the region changed dramatically. Consequently, the rush for wealth saw the Phillips River area surveyed and…
In November 1900, Kelly & Walker were the Proprietors of the Premier Aerated Water and Bottling Works in Johnston Street, Collie. They had a large 40’ x 20’ iron and wood building with 12’ high walls on Lot 535 and Edward Henry Kelly applied for a gallon licence for the premises at this time. Kelly & Walker continued to…
There has been great interest in demijohns from this company in recent times. A one gallon Pioneer Aerated Water Company demijohn sold in Toowoomba in February for over $25,000. This bottle is believed to be a “one only” so the lucky Eastern States bidder has added one of WA’s rarest bottles to his large demijohn collection. Also, from this…
Pinjarra is situated approximately 84km’s south of Perth & was first settled in the early days of the colony. It was a very small town in the 1890’s & predominately a farming community with timber mills to the east and the fishing village of Mandurah to the west. There were two hotels in the town with the Premier Hotel…
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