|
Wongamine
Wongamine is a locality in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Located approximately 30 km from the nearby town of Goomalling and 19 km from Toodyay along Toodyay Road. The region comes under the jurisdiction of the Shire of Goomalling Education The locality had a primary school from 1876 until it shut down in 1945. William Perrin taught at Buckland Primary School from 1871 to 1876 then Wongamine Primary School to 1900. He was one of many ex-convict teachers. Photo of Wongamine School circa 1895 https://collectionswa.net.au/items/9b5be3a8-1a5c-40c5-ad51-d8460e884ab7 Notable people Notable people from or who have lived in Wongamine include: * William Perrin, ticket of leave settler, and teacher * Charles Dempster Charles Edward Dempster (19 December 1839 – 22 July 1907) was a politician in Western Australia, serving two terms in the Legislative Council—as the member for the seat of Toodyay from 1873 to 1874, and as one of the three East Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ex-convict School Teachers In Western Australia
Following Western Australia's convict era, 37 ex-convicts were appointed school teachers in the colony. The appointment of such a large number of ex-convicts to what was considered a respectable government position was highly unusual for a penal colony, as the social stigma of conviction usually excluded ex-convicts from such positions. The appointment of a large number of ex-convicts as school teachers was largely due to the poor levels of education in the generation of Western Australians who had been children when the Swan River Colony was first settled. Many of them were illiterate or barely literate, and so unsuitable for appointment as school teachers. Those settlers who did have a good education were in high demand, and were not attracted to the low wages offered for teachers. On the other hand, educated convicts had little prospect of obtaining better wages or conditions than those available to teachers, and the position offered a chance to overcome the social stigma of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Perrin (convict)
William Henry Perrin (1831–1903) was a convict transported to Western Australia, who later became one of the colony's ex-convict school teachers. Born in the United Kingdom in 1831, Perrin was married with two children, and working as a grocer's clerk, when he was convicted of rape Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without their consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or ag ... and sentenced to fifteen years' transportation. He arrived in Western Australia on board the ''Palmerston'' in February 1861, and received his ticket of leave the following year. He was employed by the Dempster family at their Wongamine farm, and later purchased a small block of land on the boundary of their estate. In 1868, Perrin began teaching a small class of children there. The following year he received a government grant of for a schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shire Of Goomalling
The Shire of Goomalling is a local government area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, about northeast of Perth, the state capital. The Shire covers an area of and its seat of government is the town of Goomalling. History On 18 January 1895, the Goomalling Road District was created. On 1 July 1961, it became a Shire following the enactment of the ''Local Government Act 1960''. Wards The shire has been divided into 4 wards: * Town Ward (4 councillors) * North Ward (2 councillors) * South Ward (2 councillors) * Central Ward (1 councillor) Towns and localities * Cunjardine * Goomalling * Hulongine * Jennacubbine * Karranadgin * Konnongorring * Mumberkine * Rossmore Rossmore may refer to: * Rossmore, Johannesburg, South Africa * Rossmore, West Virginia, United States Australia *Rossmore, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney * Rossmore, Queensland, a neighbourhood in the Gympie Region United Kingdom *Rossm ... * Ucarty West * Walyormouring * Wongamine Pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Dempster
Charles Edward Dempster (19 December 1839 – 22 July 1907) was a politician in Western Australia, serving two terms in the Legislative Council—as the member for the seat of Toodyay from 1873 to 1874, and as one of the three East Province members from 1894 until 1907. A farmer and grazier by trade, he was also one of the first European explorers of the Esperance district as well as a councillor and chairman on the Toodyay and Northam Road Boards for many years. Biography Dempster was born in Fremantle, Western Australia, to James McLean Dempster, a sea captain, and Ann Ellen Pratt. He was educated at Lowe's School in Fremantle and at Reverend Dacres Williams' School in Guildford. In the 1860s, he, his brother Andrew and fellow pastoralists Charles Harper and Bernard Clarkson undertook various explorations. In 1864, he and his brother became the first European explorers to reach the Esperance district, and they opened up a stock route to the markets at Perth. By 1866, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wheatbelt (Western Australia)
The Wheatbelt is one of nine regions of Western Australia defined as administrative areas for the state's regional development, and a vernacular term for the area converted to agriculture during colonisation. It partially surrounds the Perth metropolitan area, extending north from Perth to the Mid West region, and east to the Goldfields–Esperance region. It is bordered to the south by the South West and Great Southern regions, and to the west by the Indian Ocean, the Perth metropolitan area, and the Peel region. Altogether, it has an area of (including islands). The region has 42 local government authorities, with an estimated population of 75,000 residents. The Wheatbelt accounts for approximately three per cent of Western Australia's population. Ecosystems The area, once a diverse ecosystem, reduced when clearing began in the 1890s with the removal of plant species such as eucalypt woodlands and mallee, is now home to around 11% of Australia's critically en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of . It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. the state has 2.76 million inhabitants percent of the national total. The vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The first Europeans to visit Western Australia belonged to the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616. The first permanent European colony of Western Australia occurred following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towns In Western Australia
A town is a human settlement. Towns are generally larger than villages and smaller than city, cities, though the criteria to distinguish between them vary considerably in different parts of the world. Origin and use The word "town" shares an origin with the German language, German word , the Dutch language, Dutch word , and the Old Norse . The original Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic word, *''tūnan'', is thought to be an early borrowing from Proto-Celtic language, Proto-Celtic *''dūnom'' (cf. Old Irish , Welsh language, Welsh ). The original sense of the word in both Germanic and Celtic was that of a fortress or an enclosure. Cognates of ''town'' in many modern Germanic languages designate a fence or a hedge. In English and Dutch, the meaning of the word took on the sense of the space which these fences enclosed, and through which a track must run. In England, a town was a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls or other larger fort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Towns In Western Australia")