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Pioneers

The following families and individuals helped make Kalamunda what it is today.

Benjamin & Elizabeth Robins

  • Sheep Farmer ~ GOOSEBERRY HILL

Benjamin & Eliza Mason

  • Mill Owner ~ CARMEL 1864

William & Eleanor Mead

  • Farmer ~ GOOSEBERRY HILL 1873

Richard & Mary Weston

  • Wheelwright, Carpenter ~ PICKERING BROOK 1875

Septimus Burt & Edward Haynes

  • Ochardist ~ KALAMUNDA 1878

Henry & Anna Mottram

  • Timberman, Orchardist ~ CARMEL 1879

John & Emma Wallis

  • Orchardist, Carpenter and Midwife ~ WALLISTON 1880

Frederick & Elizabeth Stirk

  • First Townsite Settlers ~ KALAMUNDA 1881

John & Hester King

  • Orchardist and Midwife ~ PAULLS VALLEY 1888

White Bros & Edward Keane

  • Mill and Railway Co. Owners ~ CANNING MILLS 1889

Samuel & Annie Collins

  • Orchardist and Nurse ~ KALAMUNDA

R & W.H. McCormack

  • Carriers, Orchardists ~ MAIDA VALE 1890

John Manning

  • Dairy Farmer ~ LESMURDIE 1890

John & Emily Farrant

  • Land Agent ~ GOOSEBERRY HILL 1891

Robert & Margaret Dixon

  • Orchardist ~ GOOSEBERRY HILL 1891

Richard & Mary Urch

  • Horticulturist ~ KALAMUNDA 1892

George & Lucy Palmateer

  • Orchardist ~ BICKLEY 1893

Charles & Adelaide Ashcroft

  • Orchardist ~ BICKLEY 1893

George & Matilda Fawkes

  • Nurseryman, Orchardist ~ CARMEL 1893

Edward & Mary Owen

  • Orchardist ~ CARMEL 1893

Samuel Burkhardt

  • Storekeeper, Gardener ~ KALAMUNDA 1893

Joseph Arduino

  • Horticulturist, Vigneron ~ KALAMUNDA 1893

Levi Green

  • Ironmonger, Orchardist ~ CARMEL 1893

John McRae

  • Orchardist ~ KALAMUNDA 1893

Thomas Statham

  • Quarry Owner ~ MAIDA VALE 1894

Edward & Evelyn People

  • Horticulturist ~ GOOSEBERRY HILL 1894

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John Weaire

  • Farmer ~ MAIDA VALE 1894

Alfred Jecks

  • Gardener, Apiarist ~ LESMURDIE 1894

Jacob & Annie Schmitt

  • Orchardist ~ KALAMUNDA 1895

Walter Swindells

  • First Teacher ~ KALAMUNDA 1895

Fred & Cecelia Croxton

  • Teamster ~ PIESSE BROOK 1896

Charles & Emma Brooks

  • First Storekeeper ~ KALAMUNDA 1896

Albert Wheelwright

  • Horticulturist ~ LESMURDIE 1897

Richard Brady

  • DRRB Secretary 1905-1945 ~ LESMURDIE 1897

Archibald & Maude Sanderson

  • Orchardist, Politician ~ LESMURDIE 1897

Albert & Catherine Schunke

  • Orchardist ~ LESMURDIE 1897

Samuel Fernihough

  • Poultry Farmer ~ WALLISTON 1897

Arthur & Annie Gibbs

  • Gardener ~ CARMEL 1897

Thomas & Emily Price

  • Orchardist ~ CANNING MILLS 1897

Benjamin & Hester

  • Newman Woodcutter ~ KALAMUNDA 1897

Henry & Caroline McCullagh

  • First Post Office ~ KALAMUNDA 1898

Edward & Alic Myerson

  • Orchardist, Lay Preacher ~ MAIDA VALE 1898

Thomas & Matilda Winsor Timberman, Dairy Farmer ~ KALAMUNDA 1899
William Patterson

  • Builder ~ LESMURDIE 1900

Frank & Cecelia Laverack

  • Orchardist ~ CANNING MILLS 1900

Sydney & Edith Smailes

  • Orchardist, Timberman ~ CANNING MILLS 1900

Albert & Maud Annetts

  • Orchardist ~ CARMEL 1900

William & Edith Guppy

  • Timber Merchant ~ KALAMUNDA 1900

William & Mary Bryant

  • Carpenter, Orchardist ~ KALAMUNDA 1900

Ah Ling

  • Market Gardener ~ GOOSEBERRY HILL 1900

Hie Toy

  • Market Gardener ~ CARMEL 1900

Frederick Williams

  • Artist ~ GOOSEBERRY HILL 1901

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