PEACE CERTIFICATE - JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
1910 - 1945The certificate has cream background with a Roman shaped entrance in mustard colour. At the top is a statue of Joan of Arc, underneath is an English badge. Between the left column and the right column are the words [JUSTICE OF THE PEACE] shaped in an arc, in Old English font. Under that George the Sixth, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland, and the/ British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor/ of India. To Alfred Tunbridge Skeet, Esq Greeting. Signed at the bottom by Sir James Mitchell, K.C.M.G. Has the stamp of Western Australia in orange colour. At the bottom of the border on each side is a black swan within a blue square. Between the squares in a blue rectangle printed in brown are the words [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]. The timber frame is black and chipped in the bottom corners.
Alfred Tunbridge Skeet, Esq. became a Justice of the Peace in 1910 when he was living in Forrestdale.
Alfred arrived in Western Australia in 1876 with his brother William. On 1 January 1885 they were granted 100 acres around Forrestdale Lake (then Lake Jandakot).
In February 1912 he married Lilian Dumsday with their first child Alfred George Skeet born early the following year. Lilian an Alfred had another four children, Laura (1913), Margery (1915), William Clive (1917, died Jan 1918) and Lillian Ursula (1919).
Alfred regularly campaigned for improvements to the Forrestdale area. He was the chair of the committee to build a community hall which opened its doors in May 1914 and spent close to six years campaigning for the telephone network to be extended to Forrestdale with it arriving in 1918. He spent on year, 1929 representing Forrestdale on the Armadale Kelmscott Road Board.
Alfred passed away in 1945 and was buried in Fremantle cometary, in the same plot as his brother William who had died in 1918.
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This object is part of a collection of items relating to the people, businesses and organisations who played a role in the early development of the City of Armadale since 1829. Following the establishment of the town of Kelmscott in 1830 the district has undergone a series of economic and population booms and busts. This collection tells the story of those who have played a significant role of the history and economic and social development of the City of Armadale.
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