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…
There is no record confirming that the A1 Aerated Water Factory Northam was ever linked to any established Aerated Water Manufacturer in Northam nor a premises to identify the factory site. The 12oz marble bottle is embossed on the back with the maker Barnett & Foster and bears the Niagara patent.
John Thomas Shepheard was born in Nottingham, England in 1861. By 1871 it seems the family had migrated to Western Australia. John Shepheard is first recorded at Roebourne in 1889 aged 28, having been a lucky prospector finding four ounces of gold close to Roebourne. Prior to this account he is mentioned as being involved in the North West…
Francis Walsby Holland was born in St. Pancras, London in 1848 to parents Francis Walsby (dec 1851) and Louisa Holland. There is no record of when he arrived in Western Australia but likely before 1871. His name is first mentioned in Western Australia in 1873 where he marries Jane Lavery at St. Patrick’s Church in Fremantle. A court case…
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