Albert Ernest Clark was born on the Isle of Wight, England in 1892. He was the youngest child of retired flour miller, Charles Frederick Clark’s, 10 children. In 1897 his eldest sister Annie Elizabeth Briden and her husband Harry arrived in Albany and after settling in Fremantle they journeyed to Port Hedland where daughter Ida Briden was born in…
Wises Post office Directories list the names of THOMAS KIRKPATRICK, W LANGLEY, GEORGE A PIESSE and F & C PIESSE as early manufacturers in the town of Katanning, followed by GSR MINERAL WATER CO LTD in the mid 30’s. Katanning is 280 km’s south east of Perth and the Roads Board was first gazetted in 1892 although the town…
Leonora is situated 833km north east of Perth and north of Kalgoorlie in the Mount Margaret and Malcolm goldfields. The townsite was gazetted on 15 Apr 1898 and even earlier, many blocks had been sold and buildings erected, even if some were only made of hessian and iron. Wises Post Office Directory lists the first manufacturer of cool drinks…
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