SYREDS COTTAGE AT BEJOORDING
c. 1900Black and white photo at Bejoording homestead (Syred's Cottage) with five people standing outside. Man on left has his hand on his hip, and wearing shirt, trousers and hat.
The couple in the middle at the gate are the Syreds - W.E. (William Edward) Syred has a white beard, and wearing light-coloured trousers, dark waistcoat and white hat.
His daughter Alice is wearing a dark dress with a grey overall covering, and a white bonnet-type head-dress.
Woman to the right inside the fence is wearing a dark dress.
Man on the far right, touching post and rail Harper fence, is wearing a white shirt, dark trousers, braces and a felt hat with head-band.
Large tree at the rear.
Numerous trees and shrubs in the front garden.
House is built of white blocks (probably decorative ashlar render) with a verandah, iron roof and three windows (2 on the left and 1 on the right of the front door).
Man on the right is holding a dog.
Syred's cottage was the home of William Edward Syred and Frances (nee Martin).
Constructed of mud brick around 1860, extensions were gradually added to the original three roomed construction, to accommodate the couple's ten children.
"Batty" Fowler, a local builder who excelled in making mud 'bats', undoubtedly assisted in the building of the cottage.
The stone front verandah slabs were hewn from the granite rock behind the cottage and the mud bricks were made near the spring.
In 1897 a mud bat school was built near the house and used for a short time.
Details
Details
On back of photo, in pencil: "Bejoording Home of the Syred Family. Previous acc. no.: TCH 83:41. Acc. by DP (David Pitcher), no date. "Copy of TCH 83:40. Members of Syred family outside Bejoording Homestead. George Syred wih his mother, F. Syred (under tree), Mr. W.E. (William) Syred with his daughter Alice at gate."
Same image as 2001.1216 held in the Shire of Toodyay collection.
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