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Gugeri Family, Butler's Swamp

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1919

Overview

Two hand tinted photographs.

07.210a
Two girls and a young boy climbing a dead tree with water and scrub in the background and fencing on the left.

07.210b
Two men and three children on the dried swamp bed. Scrub, trees and water in background.

Historical information

Born in 1845 in London, died 1930 at Beaconsfield, Perth, Western Australia. Educated at St Mary's College, Woolhampton and also at Como, Italy. Studied to become a civil engineer. Married Catherine Jane Jackson 1873, who died in 1889. In 1871 he rented 16 acres as a vineyard holder at Swan, now known as Houghton. In 1885 he held a sale by auction of 38 acres of land at Claremont, netting him a profit of 300 pounds. He married his second wife, Belinda Mary Morris in 1890. He became a wine merchant until 1893. Children by his first wife Catherine were Maria, Ida, Catherine Rose Mary, Anthony Denis, Cecilia Mary Agnes, Francis, Mabel, Felix Patrick Bernard. Children by his second wife were Barbara, Eileen Mary, Dorothy, Dominic Joseph Aloysuis, Leo Edward Divers, Vincent Louis, Deborah and Mary Lane.

Details

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Registration number

cwa-org-28--7-210-a,b

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07.210a
07.210b
Caption for images [At Butler's Swamp - Claremont - 26.12.1919].

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-31.973430904757, 115.77713751719

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Claremont Museum, Town of Claremont, Western Australia, 6010

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