George Layman was born at

Wonnerup House Wonnerup House is a heritage-listed farm precinct in Wonnerup, Western Australia, Wonnerup, Western Australia. The current house was built in 1859 by George Layman, George Layman Jr., one year after the original house built in 1837 by his fathe ...

in 1838 and resided there until his death on 13 December 1921. His father, George Layman, was fatally speared by a local

Wardandi The Wadandi, also spelt Wardandi and other variants, are an Aboriginal people of south-western Western Australia, one of fourteen language groups of the Noongar peoples. Name There are at least three theories about the meaning of the tribal et ...

Noongar warrior referred to as Goewar, also spelt as Gayware, Gaywal or Geewar in 1841. Elijah Dawson, Captain John Molloy and two Bussell brothers along with troopers retaliated against the local tribe and

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many Aboriginal people including women and children. George Layman Jnr, growing up at Wonnerup, was influenced by the Noongar peoples and learnt their language, along with amassing a collection of artefacts from all over Western Australia. He was involved in whaling in the area. Layman was a member of the

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from 1884 until 1888. His son,

Charles Layman Charles Henry Layman (4 June 1865 – 23 March 1926) was an Australian politician who was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia from 1904 to 1914, representing the seat of Nelson. Layman was born in Wonnerup (a rural loca ...

, was also a member of parliament.

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