TWINE FAMILY AT "NEWGAIN"

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c. 1903

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Overview

Faded photograph, Twine family gathered at Newgain.
All adults are standing to the left of front steps to the verandah. All are wearing formal dress (suggests an occasion) Three older older people seated as well as a lady and two other men. The two seated men are holding children. Thee babies are also being held by standing adults.
There is a dog on a lead in front of the verandah.
A small wooden shingled shed is visible in the upper right corner.

Historical information

Another photo in the Shire of Toodyay museum collection (2001.1467) appears to have been taken at the same time - with some of the same people present - who are posed in the same spot next to the house. Based on the date attributed to that photo, we have attributed the same date of c1903 to this photo, as well as the same occasion - a Christmas gathering of the Twine and McDermott families.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1476

Item type

Photographs

Inscriptions and markings

Family names listed on the reverse are Ethel, Mary, Walter, Ernest, Rose, Ann, Ida, Mrs James, James, Frank, Tom Grieve (husband of Mary), Mena. Sara, Hannah, Old James (Father of Henry James), Mrs Henry James, children of Walter and Rose.

Contextual Information

James Twine came to the colony as a labourer in 1833 and bought a farm in Guildford. He traded this farm with Dr Viveash's Toodyay holdings in 1852 in order to consolidate his land with his stepson's inherited lands. Further purchases during the 1860s lead to a 1400 acre property he called 'Newgain'. He and his sons also took large pastoral leases to the east and developed the neighbouring farm, 'Maisemore'. James Twine was an inaugural member of the Toodyay Road Board. He retired in 1874 and has sons took over management of the properties.
(Shire of Toodyay Municipal Inventory 2013, Newgain Granary associated historical information)

Keywords

Year

c. 1903