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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


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Alfred George WALLIS

Marine Dealer of 40 Melrose Street in the Perth suburb of Leederville in 1925 [50]
Purchased 860 acres of farmland in Coorow from "Alex" Alexander R. P. GRANT on 8 November 1926 [27]
The 860 acres was Lot M1391 of Victoria Location 2023 and still had instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company [27]
Farmer in Coorow 1927-1929 [19]
He extended his farm by 669 acres to a total of 1,529 acres with land purchased from Mrs Eva H. FARLEY on 28 September 1927 [27]
The 669 acres was Lot M1387 of Victoria Location 2023 and also still had instalments owning to the Midland Railway Company [27]
He was one of 98 people from the Coorow district who signed a petition in 1929 for a local hotel license to be granted [39: 6-Feb-1929]
His address was 16 Lindsay Street in Perth during the 1930s and early 1940s [3]
The final instalments on his two blocks of farmland in Coorow were due to the Midland Railway Company in 1940 [27]
On 20 July 1942 the Company rescinded the sale on both blocks and resold them to James T. C. HAWORTH on 6 January 1947 [27]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Alfred George Wallis' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/alfred-george-wallis [reference list]




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