Pioneer Wall
Following is a selection of pioneers from the Chapman Valley District.
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walter john batten
joseph cooper
was born in May, 1840 in Manchester, England, the son of Richard and Letitia Cooper.
charles eastough
convict number 3011 was 33, when he and William Edwards, aged 18, were charged with stealing a sheep, the property of Mr. William Bush of Bishop Stortford.
john benjamin gray
number 12456, was convicted at Perth, Scotland, April 1847 for theft.
mervan heinrich
was born at Eudunda, SA on the 15th September 1922. He and his family drove across the Nullarbor to Western Australia in 1932 to take up farming at North Baandee.
thomas lauder
convict number 5602 was born in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1820 and arrived in Fremantle on board the convict ship Palmerston in 1861 for the crime of uttering and forging.
mackay brothers
Two brothers, Donald and Jannetas (Jock) MacKay were going to immigrate to Canada, but two of their friends and neighbours from Scotland, Alex and Donald Matheson were heading to Australia and talked the two brothers into joining them.
george wells
convict number 4103, was sentenced in Nottingham for stealing wood. He was transported and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia 7th September 1852 on board the convict ship Runnymede.