Book - "The Christian Year" owned by Elijah Dawson II

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1882

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Overview

Brown leather bound hardback cover. 244 white pages of black printed text.

"The Christian Year" by English churchman and poet John Keble is a profoundly influential collection of poems and hymns designed to accompany the liturgical calendar of the Church of England. It was immensely popular in the 19th century, with its success leading to Keble being appointed as the Chair of Poetry at Oxford.

Historical information

This book is from Westbrook, the home of Elijah Dawson II (junior) and was used by his daughter, Dora Dawson.

Westbrook Homestead is closely associated with Elijah Dawson I (senior) who was one of the first settlers in the Busselton area. Dawson was a valuable assistant not only to Captain Molloy, but also to the Bussell family. In 1846 Dawson purchased Westbrook from Thomas Turner. Westbrook was located in Vasse, between where Kaloorup Road and Northerly Street now run.

The Westbrook Homestead was built between 1863 and 1866 and the Dawson family lived there until it was sold to William Taylor in 1906.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-124-2020.107

Item type

Books

Themes

Religion

Material

Paper

Inscriptions and markings

Front cover: "The Christian Year"
Inside page: "The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holydays Throughout the Year"

Contextual information

A typed note was inside the book, and reads as follows:

"This book is from 'Westbrook', the home of Elijah Dawson, and was used by his daughter. Prayers were read daily at breakfast in the dining room. The name on the fly-leaf was Dora Dawson. Publishing Date 1882"

Elijah Dawson II married Elizabeth 'Bessie' (nee Betts) in March 28, 1867 in Busselton - they had 13 children, one of them being Dora.

Dora Agnes DAWSON (1886-1961) daughter to Elijah DAWSON and Elizabeth "Bessie" BETTS. She didn't marry and lived her last few years with her widowed sister-in-law (wife of her brother Frederick Raymond DAWSON) in Perth until her death.

Keywords

Literature With Religious Morals

Elijah Dawson

Place made

Printed by Rivingtons, Waterloo Place, London

Year

1882

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Social or spiritual significance

Last modified

Saturday, 21 February, 2026