A newspaper report dated 10 October 1903 lists Robert G Meares as having won first prize for aerated waters at the Northam Agricultural Show. This may be about the year his company was formed. From 1906 to 1911 Meares is described as occupying premises in Fitzgerald Street, Northam. While there is no conclusive evidence, it is likely that R…
James Albert Turner conducted a cordial factory in Goomalling from 1912 to 1923 before relocating to a new factory at 5-7 Peel Terrace, Northam. The factory was situated on the north east corner of Peel Terrace and Fitzgerald Street on property owned by Cecil and George Throssell. A 1928 newspaper saw Turner advertising as selling Aerated Water & Hop…
Henry Gratte came to Western Australia and is recorded as manager of the Acme Company in Coolgardie during the period 1899 – 1901. Acme Co traded as aerated water manufacturers and wine and spirit merchants but folded around 1902. By 1904 Gratte and wife Amelia had relocated to Northam taking up employment with Henry Edmeades as brewer at the…
Gustus Luber, a Jewish draper and storekeeper appears to have arrived in Northam in 1894. He soon acquired a gallon licence and between April and July 1896 purchased four adjoining parcels of land totalling nearly 2 acres. This land is bounded by Fitzgerald Street, Grey Street and the Avon River. Luber established the Eclipse Brewery recorded as the first…
The origins of the Osborn & Cavanagh families begin in the early years of Western Australian history. William John Osborn arrived in Western Australia from England in 1858 as assistant convict warder at Guildford with his wife and 6 young children. Sometime during 1859 they moved to the Victoria Plains – Dongara district where their seventh child Henry was…
This company has not been attributed to any of the existing Midland Junction aerated water companies during the period of 1911 to 1914. There appears to be no record of advertising during this period for Loco Aerated Waters. One likely scenario could be a connection with the Loco Coffee Palace, Midland Junction. Stephen Brown owned the land and a…
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