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Betty Brown Historical Centre (Shire of West Arthur) > Records

Oral History - Dorothy Craigie

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Caroline Telfer

2020

Overview

Oral history recorded with Darkan resident Dorothy Craigie

Historical information

Dorothy’s family moved in and out of the West Arthur area according to her father’s work. The family lived in Bowelling, Bulading, McAlinden, and Collie over the years. Dorothy eventually married Charlie Ricetti and they settled on a farm at Bulading before buying the farm Girrawheen on Craigie Road, south of Bowelling and west of McAlinden. Dorothy’s sister Rosemary married Charlie’s brother Jack Ricetti.

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cwa-org-50-20.046

Themes

People
Social History

Contextual Information

The Ricetti and Craigie families are long term residents of the Shire of West Arthur

Keywords

Place made

Darkan
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Well provenanced

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