The Managing Director of the Perth Aerated Water Company was Richard Henry Barugh. He was born at Beeford, Yorkshire, England in 1849. His father William was a successful farmer of over 500 acres employing 11 labourers and 5 boys on his property “Beeford Grange”. His son Richard, was the 3rd of 6 sons and 3 daughters. Richard married Maria…
Ashenden & Gooddy 1910 – 1911 Gaynor & Langley 1911 – 1913 Gaynor & Co 1913 – 1926 Langley W H S 1913 – 1927 EDWARD ASHENDEN was born in Dartford, Kent, England in 1873. At 10 years of age, he arrived in S. Australia with his family. In 1896 at the age of 23 years he moved across…
AW Sales “Rooster” trademark, Perth and Fremantle marble bottle is most sort after, because of the pictorial aspect of this bottle. It is a Dobson type patent and has the word “Pinnacle” on the reverse of the bottle. It comes in large and small sizes. No ginger beers were produced by the company. Alfred William Sales was born in…
ALFRED JOHN VINER was born in Reading, Berkshire, England in 1857. He was the eldest child of John Viner, carpenter/joiner and his wife Elizabeth nee Wicks. On the Census of 1881 Alfred was 23 years old and lived in Blakes Lodge at Reading and was a carpenter/joiner, like his father. By 1887 he had arrived in Australia and 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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