JOHN AND HARRIET MCQUEEN WITH THREE DAUGHTERS AT DEVON ROAD

John McQueen was born in Forfarshire Scotland and worked his way to Australia as a ship's carpenter. He spent some time in Brisbane where he met Harriet Hannah Southgate. They were married in Victoria and four of their children were born there. They left for Western Australia in 1895 where he worked at the WA Government Railway Workshop in Fremantle (later Midland) as a carpenter. He built his family home at 36 Devon Road while living in tents on the property with his family. John and his wife Harriet went on to have three baby boys who died in infancy and then three girls (one set of twins).