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PHOTOGRAPH: AGATHA GREENWOOD

1912
Overview

Faded sepia photograph of Agatha Greenwood aged 17 en route Antwerp to Perth on board the 'Cassel'. She is wearing a lace bonnet, possibly Belgian, a long skirt and layered blouse and is seated on a deck chair. A life boat is in the back ground. The photograph is mounted on cardboard in 2 shades of brown. On reverse, written with blue ball-point pen, Agatha Greenwood (17) 1912 on 'Cassel' .
* Note: Donor has requested that DONOR’S NAME be displayed IN ANY INTERPRETATION ACTIVITIES

Historical information

Samuel Greenwood migrated to Australia from London in 1912 with his two oldest sons, Samuel (13) and George (12) arriving at Fremantle on the 'Orama'. His wife Mary, three younger sons, Harold (9), Fred (7),and Francis (4) and two daughters, Elsie (15) and Agatha (17) sailed from Antwerp to Fremantle on the 'Cassel'. Also on the ship was Percy Dee, (22) who later married Agatha Greenwood.
Mary Greenwood had 11 children. Three of the daughters stayed in England as they were either married or engaged.
Samuel Greenwood migrated to Australia at the encouragement of a WA magistrate who, whilst in England on long service leave, was driven around by Samuel, a cabman.
The family lived in a weatherboard cottage at Peel Street, Jolimont. They later moved to 72 Redfern Street, Subiaco because they were concerned about the swampy conditions in Jolimont. Samuel Greenwood and family migrated to Australia due to the appointment of his employer as a magistrate in W.A. Samuel Greenwood served as an usher in the magistrates' court. Agatha married Percy Dee on Christmas Day, 1914, in the newly built St.Hugh's Church on the corner of Cardigan Terrace and Peel Street, Jolimont. It is thought to have been the first wedding at St.Hugh's. Percy and Agatha returned to England after the outbreak of war. Percy served in France. The couple had one daughter, Marguerite (Peggy) (who with Agatha visited her Australian relatives in 1922??) In 1957 Peggy and her husband Bob (Albert Alfred) Gunn migrated to Perth with their three children, one of whom is Pam Gunn. In 1958 Agatha and Percy again migrated to Perth in their retirement.

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Photographic record of migration of European settlers to Western Australia.

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