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THE LEAN YEARS
by a Catterick Group Settler's Daughter

The story of a family who came to Western Australia from England under the
'Group Settlement Scheme' in 1924. They struggled to establish a farm in the
South West's Bridgetown district, faced many difficulties and overcame them.

   By Millie McRobb

Indexed by Dot Wells, April 2000.




 






General Index
Places and Locations
People Mentioned in the Book
Shipping Information
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GENERAL   INDEX


   
[ page numbers in yellow are illustrations ] Page No.
   
Agricultural Department 91
Aherns 65
Australia House 1
Bairds 65
Battye Library vii
Blackwood Times 52, 68
Boans 65
Bridgetown Agricultural Show 65, 66
Bridgetown Agricultural Society 65, 66
Bridgetown Mechanics Institute 52, 53
Britannia 15
Butter cooler 20
Car accident (1933) 59
Catterick Comedy 52
Charabancs 1
Church of England Mothers' Union 14
Connell & Kirby 32
Coolgardie safe 20, 28, 32
Dad & Dave 40, 70
Dairy Marketing Board of WA 94, 95
Dave & Mabel 70
Dingo Flour 86
Dyola dye 86
Edinburgh bun 16
Empire Settlement Act 2, 7, 8
English News of the World 63
Foys 65
Fremantle Migrants' Home 18
Fremantle Press vii
Fremantle Television Institute vii
Garioch School 2
Golden Eagle, The 71
Grand Theatre 94
Highland Light Infantry 1, 2, 10
Hogmanay 15
Immigration Office 18
Jacky & Mary 42
Lazarus Imports 85, 86
London Daily Chronicle 8
London Palladium 10
Lumia Sparkle 38
Lux 63
Lyals Golden Syrup 63
Main Roads Department 71
Mama dolls 86, 87
Manjimup Hospital 76
Masonic Lodge 49
Maypole Margarine 63
Mendits 72
Nelson Agricultural Society 65, 66
O'Callaghans store 71
Overseas League Magazine 9
Perth Committee of the Women's Auxiliary 22
Sydney Harbour Bridge 15, 17, 18
Taxation Department 94
Ugly Men's Association 5
Wesfarmers 87
West Australian Newspapers vii, 22
Woolworths 21

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LOCATIONS


[ page numbers in yellow are illustrations ] Page No.
   
Aldershot (England) 1
Army Vocational Training Centre 8, 22
Augusta ix, 38
Bay of Biscay 13
Bend, The 47
Botanical Gardens 14
Bowgada 53
Boyup Brook 36, 53, 88
Bridgetown 24, 25, 26, 27, 32, 36, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 49,
50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 67, 68, 80, 85, 87, 91
Bridgetown Bakery 70, 54, 70
Bridgetown Hospital 94, 52
Bridgetown Hotel 42, 48, 49, 54
Brunswick Junction 24
Buchanan's Estate 2
Buckingham Palace 7, 8, 9
Buggy Mansion 19
Bunbury vii, 24, 44, 79, 88, 89
Busselton ix
Canary Isles 13
Canberra 91
Cape Town 14, 21, 85
Catterick Camp 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 38, 50
Caversham 94
Cottesloe 49, 56
Cottesloe Hotel 49
Cue 64
Denmark ix
Dunsborough 78
Fairbridge Farm 89
Fremantle 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 32, 49, 53, 92, 94
Fremantle Wharf 17
General Australian Hospital (Number 8) 19
Greenbushes ix, 20, 25, 26, 28, 32,, 53, 55, 56, 57, 91
Guppy Park 89
Hester 22, 43, 45, 51
Hester Siding x, 25, 32, 36, 43, 78
Immigrants' Home 18, 19, 20, 21
Jardee 50, 54
Kalgoorlie 79
Karrakatta Camp 94
Karrakatta Cemetery 95
Kellerberrin 4
Las Palmas 13
Mandurah 94
Manjimup ix, 54, 68, 76
Martellup House 81
Maryhill Barracks 1, 2
Northcliffe ix, 67
Peel Estate ix
Pemberton 67, 68, 69
Penang 13
Perenjori 53
Perth 24, 44, 49, 51, 53, 67, 92, 94
Perth Hospital 59
Picton 24
Picton Inn 24
Picton Junction 24
Pigmy Land 14
Pinjarra 24, 50, 53, 89
Stan Reilly Frail Aged Lodge 19
Table Mountain 14
Tilbury 8
Tilbury Docks 12
Union Jack Hostel 7
West Perth 75
Widgiemooltha 71
Wilga 53
Wiluna 70
Winnigup 25, 47
Yanmah 68

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THE   PEOPLE


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Aberdeen, Dr 94
Anderson, Dr 94
Angwin, W.C. (Minister for Lands) 22
Bryce, M.J. (MLA) v
Buchanan (Lt) 1, 2
Cain, Charles 79
Campion, Lady 22
Campion, William, Sir (Governor) 22, 23, 28
Clark, N. 97
Colebatch, Hal, Sir (Agent General to London) 22
Crawcour, I. 22
Crombie, J. 97
Cullen, Alf 66
De-Valera, Eamon 2
Dilkes, Ron 45, 97
Doust, Henry T. 66
Duncan Family 42
Duncan, Mrs 45
Durtanovich Family 76
Dwyer (US President) 49
Einihovici, Dr 81
Elvey, Colin 82
Evans, Alan 82
Fyfe, Will 2
Gifford Family 34, 85
Gifford, Harold 36
Gilchrist, W. 97
Godley Family 42
Gray-Smith Family 34
Gray-Smith, Guy 82
Gray-Smith, Jack 82
Gray-Smith, Keith 82
Guppy, Peta vii
Haw Haw, William Joyce, Lord 92
Hayward, Thomas 89
Head, F. 97
Hobbs, Talbot, Sir (Major General) 22, 23
Holdsworth Brothers 25
Holdsworth, Mr 43
Holdsworth, Mrs 43, 44
Hosmer, Dick 30, 97
Hosmer, E., Mrs 29, 57
Hosmer, Violet 34
Jennings, Rev 35, 55, 57
Jolson, Al 92
Joyce, William (Lord Haw Haw) 92
Karafillis Family 76
Kendal 97
King George V 7, 10
Knox, Alice, Lady (Lady in Waiting) 8, 9, 10, 14
Kraplijanov Family 76
Lauder, Harry 2
Laurie, Jock 56
Lawson, Henry 68
Letchford Family 34, 85
Lindsay, J., Mr 20, 68
Lindsay, H., Mrs 68
Long, Bernie 29
Long, Jesse 30, 51, 52
Long, May 30
Long, J., Mrs 29
Long, J. 97
Lysol 33
MacKinnon, Graham (MLC) 25
MacKinnon, Mr 42
MacKinnon, Mrs 25, 42
Mahomet (Afghan Trader) 47
Maiss Family 49
Maiss, Jack 48
Maiss, Mrs 48
Markey, Gus 51
Markey, Hannah 52, 53
Mary Anne 48
Mather, Frank 4, 5
McKelvie Family 34
McLeary, J. 97
McRobb, Bert 57
McRobb, Jean 65
Mears, "Granddad" 47
Mears, "Grandma" 47
Mears, Frank 47
Mears, John 47
Mears, Mrs 47, 48
Melbourne, W. 97
Merson, Billy 10
Murray, Dave 75
Nairn, Dr 94
Narelle vii
Newcomb 97
Oswald Family 61
Oswald, Ernie 59, 61
Oswald, Meg 56, 57, 58, 59, 61
Palmer, Doug 6
Palmer, Isobel 6, 29, 35, 57
Palmer, Jock 6, 35
Palmer, Millie 6, 57
Palmer, Percy 6, 35, 37, 57, 60, 93
Palmer (Sergeant) 8
Palmer, Syd 30
Parker, Barry 28, 29
Pascoe, Steve 76
Phelps, F. 97
Pizzey, J. 97
Queen Mary 7, 8, 9, 10, 14
Raad, Taufic (Indian Herbalist) 92
Richards, Ron 57
Richardson, Mrs 29
Rodgers, Mr 54
Rudd, Steele 70
Russell vii
Samson Family 49
Shepherdson Brothers 53
Shugars, J. 97
Siderus, George 77
Sleeman, H.R. (MLA) 22
Smith, Jack (MLA) 26, 67, 68, 69
Smith, Lew 82
Smith, P. vii
Smith. S. 97
Smollett (Major) 8
Stanich Family 76
Stibbard, H.J. (Major) 4, 8, 9
Stibbard, Mrs 8
Sugars, Jim 51, 52
Sutton, G.L., Dr 95
Tonkin, John (WA Premier) 85
Tony vii
Treadgold Family 10
Treadgold, Tim 51
Treadgold, S. 97
Tucak Family 76
Tucak, Charles 75
Turner, Alexander 36
Turner, Mr 36
Vidovich, Helen vii
Vlahov Family 76
Waddington, Alf 66
Wallace, Nellie 10
Wenn, Tom 25
White, Betsy 61
Wilkinson 97
Wilkinson, Fred 82
Wilson 97
Wilson, Barbara 65
Wilson, Flossie 73
Wilson, Fred vii, 29, 73
Wimbridge Family 24
Wiseman, Fred 30, 34, 78, 82, 87, 97
Woodhead Family 42
Zinnekar Family 42
Zinnekar, Alf 27
 

SHIPS   AND   SCHOONERS


[ page numbers in yellow are illustrations ] Page No.
   
Bendigo, S.S. 8, 12, 15, 53
Charon 13

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