Photograph - Sam Isaacs’ Farm
B/W photo of wooden rail fence with a field and then a farmhouse in the back ground.
Samuel Isaacs was born in Augusta in 1845 and was given the tribal name Yebble by his Aboriginal mother. His father was a Native American mariner who came to Western Australia in the early 1830's on a whaling ship. Samuel grew up to be an expert horse and bullock handler.
Sam Isaacs became a hero in 1876, when he and 16 year old Grace Bussell helped rescue the passengers and crew of the stricken vessel, S.S. Georgette in Calgarup Bay near Redgate.
They both received medals from the Royal Humane Society of England but Grace was to receive a silver medal whilst Sam a Bronze . Though it seemed unfair that Grace was to receive a higher award, Sam was awarded by the State government, a Crown Grant of a 100 acres of land.
He chose a farming property along the banks of Margaret River, not far from the Bussell’s Homestead and named it “Fernbrook”.
Sam cleared the block and then built his own home where he raised his six children. He made his living working on farms and bullock driving at the sawmills of Karridale and Boyanup. The rock where the Georgette sank is now known as Isaacs Rock in his honour.
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