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First Warren House

c. 1890 - 1900
Subcollections
Buildings
Overview

A sepia photograph of a house made of wooden tree trucks, the chimney is made from tree trunks bundled together to form a pointed top, the roof is of some type of canvas and held down with one wooden plank. To the left of the house is a wagon with towels hung over it. In the foreground is a camp fire and there are utensils next to the bottom of the chimney.

Historical information

The Warren Family came to Western Australia from South Australia in 1889 of there abouts.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-202-HSP1986.67
Item type
Photographs
Material
Photographic Paper
Width
16.4000 cm
Height or length
12 cm
Inscriptions and markings

On the back of the photograph handwritten in blue ink is "First Warren home in W.A. (Mr J.C. Warren)" and below this in pencil is "'WARNAMINUP' Elliot Warren's first house (Cicely Blackall 6/4/88)"

Year
c. 1890 - 1900
Public location
Last modified
Monday, 23 December, 2024
Rights category
Date of creation +70 years
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Courtesy of Katanning Historical Society.

Katanning Historical Society

Katanning Historical Society

First Warren House
First Warren House
Back of photograph of First Warren House
Back of photograph of First Warren House

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