BILL SORRELL
1985Black and white photo of a man identified as Bill Sorrell slouching and leaning on a large box. On top of the box is another box, with Bill written on the dividing slats. The man is wearing a miner's hard hat with a cloth forming a shade over neck, and wearing long sleeved top with bib and brace overalls. He is holding a newspaper in his left hand. The large box has Bill's poem written in white paint: Stones of the sea. Garden shrubs in the background.
This photograph of Bill was taken at his home in Drummond Street, Toodyay.
Bill Sorrell was born in Coolgardie in 1910. He was employed by the Western Australian Government Railways as a Guard. Bill was forced into early retirement from the railways by a shunting accident which left him partially paralysed.
Bill moved to Toodyay in 1952 and died of natural causes on December 21, 1987.
He is confirmed as being employed by the WAGR (Western Australian Government Railways) in Kalgoorlie as a porter in 1943, with Midland shunting staff in 1946, then in 1949 at Kondinin, at Wongan Hills in 1954, and at Toodyay as a guard in 1958, 1963, 1968, 1972, 1977.( His address for the period of 1958-1983 was c/- Railways, Toodyay.)
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On back of photo: "Bill Sorrell 1985".
Bill used a paintbrush attached to his walking stick to decorate his Toodyay house, taking 14 years to complete the project. He was known for writing poetry and placing poetic eulogies in newspapers at his own expense for people he knew who had died.
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BOY RECLINING ON A BENCH
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HENRY AND ALICE FINLAY
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FRANCES SYRED
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ADMIRAL SIR JAMES STIRLING
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EUPHEMIA MACKINTOSH NEE DRUMMOND
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LENGTH OF VALENCIENNES LACE EDGING
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SMALL PILE OF STONE RUBBLE WITH FALLEN TREES
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LETTERS CARVED ON ROCK
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MEMBERS BAR AT THE TOODYAY RACECOURSE
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OPENING OF THE NEW TOODYAY ROAD BOARD OFFICES IN THE RESTORED COURTHOUSE, 1959
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GROUP AT ENTRANCE OF THE NEW TOODYAY ROAD BOARD OFFICES IN THE OLD COURTHOUSE
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OPENING OF THE TOODYAY PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1959
