FREDERICK THOMAS CROWDER was born in 1856 in South Australia, the son of Nathaniel Crowder & wife Emily nee Haywood. Frederick’s father was also an aerated water manufacturer having commenced in S Australia around 1854. His son Frederick joined the company when he left school aged 15 years and by the age of 21 years, he was the company…
Crown Seal collectors of W.A. may have a brown 26oz bottle branded with a map of Australia and the letters COSCO through the maps centre. These initials stood for the Coast to Coast Trading Company. This was a wholesale grocery business run by the Matheson family. The Oxford Street Leederville premises produced this bottle in the late 1940’s. It…
CHRISTIAN ALFRED ANDRESEN was born in 1872. He arrived in Western Australia c1897 and in July was proprietor of the Challenge Hotel on Lot 57, on the corner of Tower and Rajah streets, Leonora. He ran this establishment till Sept 1899 and then Mrs Thompson of Menzies took out a 5 year lease. In November 1899 his wife applied…
CHARLTON YOUNG was the 4th child of nine children to farmer Robert Young and his wife Harriett nee Guest of Richmond, Tasmania. He was born on 7 Sept 1871 and his two younger brothers GORDON YOUNG born 1877 and ARTHUR (aka ARTHUR PATRICK YOUNG), born 1878 also made their way to the goldfields of Western Australia. In 1896 CHARLTON…
CHARLES ALEXANDER LINDAU was born c1876. In 1905 he was situated in Robinson Street, Carnarvon and applied for a gallon licence. In late 1905, the newly erected Gascoyne Mineral Springs aerated water factory built by William Herbert Fenner, was taken over by Leopold von Bibra and he appointed Charles Lindau as his manager. Von Bibra renovated the Cleaver Street…
ALBERT AMOS KIDD Kidd was born in California in 1878. As a nine year old boy, he arrived in Brisbane with his mother and was educated in Townsville and Brisbane. He was apprenticed to a watchmaker and jeweller but resigned to join the cool drink business. In April 1901, he was 23 years old and in Cairns, where he…
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