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PUTLAND George Sydney George was born in
Islington, London in 1882, to George James Putland and Sarah Hutchins. He was
one of 11 children and his father’s occupation was listed as a Carman, a driver
of horse drawn carriages. They were living a tough and frugal existence in
England in the late 1800's. In 1897 (15 years old) he entered an apprenticeship
as a bookbinder starting at 4 shillings (40 cents) a week. In April 1900 he completed a
First Aid course in London and he joined the British Army to take up a position
in the Boer War as a medic. In 1903 he left South Africa to return to London
and studied to be a qualified male nurse and masseur. He attended one of the
first of these courses held in the UK and showed a particular interest in
dentistry. By 1907 he had completed courses at St. Luke’s Hospital in London
and was qualified for a number of medical treatments under the supervision of a
doctor. |
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GEORGE PUTLAND'S BUSINESS CARD #2 |
ST. LUKES HOSPITAL #3 |
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AMAZON In 1908 having graduated and with a restless nature, he and his good friend George Smith (an accountant) answered an advertisement seeking staff for a new hospital to be built near Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon, thousands of kilometers up into the Amazon River basin in Brazil. He attended the medical needs of the multi-racial workmen on the Madeira – Mamore Railway line near the Bolivian Border. Hospitals and staff had to cope with malaria, enteric fever, blackwater fever etc. and a very high mortality rate. Little was known then about mosquitoes as disease carriers and pioneering medical work was done there. He was in charge of the surgical ward and operating room, assisting in surgery by sterilizing equipment, acting as an anesthetist and doing general dental work. He was a good horseman and competent with a Colt 45, rifle or a shotgun. He spent four
years in an amazing and often dangerous life, working in a tropical hospital
environment in places such as Manaus and Porto Velho. George's fascinating
notes and photos of his time in Brazil have been collated and are held
with the family for those who may wish to view these. To view a very small selection CLICK HERE |
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GEORGE PUTLAND AT WORK CANDELARIA HOSPITAL #4 |
MADEIRA-MAMORE RAILWAY #5 |
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On a trip back to England,
near the end of his time in Brazil, George could not see himself settling down
in England, particularly with a war looming. While on the returning ship, he meet
an enchanting woman and his impulsive nature then took a leap. MARRIAGE Mary (Mollie) Anastasia Riordan and her twin brother Joseph were born on 26th December 1880 possibly at 7 Clements Road, Bermondsay, Surrey. Her father had a couperage business. It involved putting perishable foods in barrels of brine for ships going on ocean vorages. The business was doing badly maybe because it was slow to adopt refrigeration. She first met George when she boarded the ship from South America while escorting children from the Isle of Madeira. She was going to Paris via London on the way. The ship had come from brazil and on the ship, one of the children playing with a ball, threw it and hit a man, George Putland. He was returning to London from Brazil. Molly went to apologise and did so in English. They met that day and were swept away with each other. This quick shipboard romance led to a very quick engagement before they hit land. He followed her to Paris where they married six weeks later on 8th July 1914. It is not certain whether the marriage took place in Sacre Coeur or at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. The marriage certificate from the British Consul General, Paris, is dated 8th July 1914; her age 32, his 31; her address 1 Rue Paul Sauniere, Passy, his address Hotel de Passy; her occupation Governess, his Surgical Nurse. With his adventurous nature he saw an advertisement through Peet and Co,
London for virgin land to be settled in Western Australia and they decided to
buy, sight unseen! 10 acres of land at 15 Glenisla Road, Bickley. The property was
previously owned by Fred Loaring. On
his return from Brazil he had hoped to train as a dentist in the USA, however,
after meeting Mary, the whirlwind courtship and marriage, they decided they
could not live on a student salary in the States so opted to come to Western
Australia, clear his land and grow oranges. |
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THIS IS A 1914 ADVERT BY PEET & COMPANY IN PERTH, SHOWING HOW TEMPTING THIS TYPE OF ADVERTISING WAS. IT IS NOT THE AD THAT GEORGE PUTLAND PURCHASED LAND FROM BUT WAS ADVERTISING LAND FOR SALE IN AN AREA NEAR VICTORIA PARK ABOUT THE SAME TIME IN 1914.
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1914 PEET & CO ADVERT #6 |
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In 1914 they traveled to Australia
aboard the ship 'Persic', a blacked out trip for all, as the Great War had begun
in Europe. (blacked out meant the ships lights could not be used as enemy
patrols might see them)
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THE "PERSIC" #7 |
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GEORGE & MARY PUTLAND ON BOARD THE "PERSIC" #8 |
GEORGE & MARY PUTLAND ON BOARD THE "PERSIC" #9 |
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ALBANY IN 1914 #10 |
AUSTRALIA After disembarking at Albany, they gathered their belongings and managed to
find their way to Bickley and set up their tent! It's hard to imagine the
impact on the small Seventh Day Adventist’s Community of Bickley of these new
"strangers" from overseas. A total shock for Mary too. She had come
from a world of grand homes, chateaus and servants in Spain, Portugal and
France. They named the
property “Homeland Orangery” and
George immediately got to work and
built a bungalow style house of four rooms over the next three months. It had
lovely jarrah dado around the walls inside and jarrah polished floors.
Furniture was improvised by using kerosene boxes "painted" with black
boy gum (now Grass Tree Gum) broken down by methylated spirits.
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Due to the war, they were
unable to bring out Mary's collection of artefacts and belongings left in
Portugal. She had been working in Europe for ten years and had collected some
lovely things. She talked of the Chantilly lace garments, silver ornaments and
the waxed, carved, wooden objects left behind - they would be heirlooms now.
Most of her employment was as an English tutor and governess with the nobility
of France, Spain and Portugal living in lovely old "Chateau" homes
with lush gardens. One treasure she did manage
to bring to Australia. It was a beautiful velour felt hat in a glorious crimson
shade which could be bent or folded to any shape. Made in the Pyrenees, her
daughter Georgina, wore it when she was 16 but know-one knows where it ended
up. George giving Mary a beautiful Alpaca cape he'd brought in Bolivia while he
lived in South America - cream and gold-brown in colour and very soft. Mary
also brought a hand-woven Leghorn straw hat and a lovely silver bracelet with
dangling charms from Portugal that she gave to Georgina, who has since given
this to her daughter Elizabeth. |
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BICKLEY During 1915,
their first year of living in the hills at Bickley, there were floods in the
Darling Ranges. Bickley was affected as was Piesse Brook, which ran through
their property. There are tales of chickens and lettuce being washed down from
the Chinese gardens upstream in Carmel. George eventually dammed the creek and
made a lovely swimming pool which also irrigated the lower parts of the
orchard. Later he also acquired a “homestead block”, being 160 acres of Crown
Forest. |
GEORGINA PUTLAND #11 |
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HOMELAND ORANGERY, BICKLEY #12 |
HOMELAND ORANGERY, BICKLEY #14 |
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Unfortunately, with Mary's background, she
was not very domesticated nor prepared for the fairly hard and simple life in
the Australian bush. Nevertheless, she did her best to be a good mother and
always made sure everyone was well nourished and cared for. She battled along
making bread, butter, jams and pickles etc. What a contrast to her former life! They had cows
and pigs on the property which George taught himself to rear, supplemented with
mutton he purchased locally at 3 pence a pound (lb). Altogether it was a
very healthy life, nourished by freshly grown fruits and vegetables and the
children 'educated' by the many words of wisdom and experience of their loving
parents. George's adventurous life always fascinated Georgina, as they were very close. While her mother Mary's reminisces, were all glamorous and romantic. In hindsight Georgina thought her heart was "melded" with the nobility in Europe for whom she had worked and she felt a bit superior to the "common folk" of Bickley, but she was kind to all, and taught the children to appreciate the nicer things of life. In
November 1916 at a Darling Range Road Board meeting George Putland wrote
requesting the board to fence the ten chains of road fronting the property
which he had recently purchased from Mrs. Houghton on Glenisla Road. Should the
board decline to fence at present, he was prepared to erect the fence
conditionally that when the Glenisla Road was ultimately fenced he would
receive from the Board an amount in proportion to the cost of fencing the road.
The request was accepted. At the same meeting he was also granted permission to
remove dangerous trees overhanging his location, and also to plant ornamental
trees on the road frontage to his property. |
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VIEW FROM THE VERANDAH LOOKING NORTH TOWARDS WALNUT AND ALDERSYDE ROADS SNAKING AROUND THE HILLS #15 |
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THREE YEAR OLD GEORGINA #16 |
On 3rd January 1917 a baby boy, Gerard
Francis, was born and a couple of years later, on 30th April 1920 Ernestine
Maureen was born at St. Gerard’s Hospital,
Cambridge Street, Leederville to complete the family.
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St. JOHN’S AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION In June 1921 George Putland attended
a meeting of the Darling Range Road Board, organised to form a branch of the
St. John’s Ambulance Association in Kalamunda. He offered to give lessons in
first aid work and would be glad if members of the Board would make it known in
their wards that the classes would be held. Some of his pupils were Tom Millar,
Hector and Wilfred Price, also Roy Palmateer who went on to qualify as a
doctor. He was later awarded a Life Membership for his association with St.
John Ambulance and for his work in teaching first aid locally before and during
World War II.
WHEN GEORGE WAS SELLING FRUIT AT THE CLAREMONT SHOWGROUNDS THEY HAD A FAMILY PHOTO TAKEN in 1920
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L - R: MAUREEN , MARY (MOLLIE) PUTLAND AND GERARD |
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In 1922 George advertised in "Situations Wanted" the advert shown here. |
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LIFE AT BICKLEY Birthdays
were celebrated as 'gala days'. George would cut boughs from pine trees and tie
them to a chair for a "throne" for the birthday girl or boy. While
Mary cooked treats like coconut ice, condensed milk on bread with hundreds and
thousands sprinkled on top and a rare treat, homemade ice-cream. She would also
have a dish of hard boiled eggs painted prettily. After the meal they all
joined in having a 'concert' and a 'singalong'. Some of the children’s
earliest memories of their father, were when he'd sing songs from the deep
South of North America. "Go to sleep ma little Picaninny! Mumma's
little Alabama Coon". Both parents had good voices and over many
evenings the whole family would sit in the moonlight on the back verandah and
they'd sing duets from Gilbert and Sullivan- no radio and TV back then- not
even a piano - just George's Jews Harp twanging away. No electricity either - lights
were hurricane lanterns for bedrooms or candles in white enamel candlestick
holders. The wood fire
in the kitchen and a tall kerosene lamp in the "front room" was a
constant worry for the parents. "mind the lamp - mind the lamp" they
yelled out as the kids cavorted joyfully about the room. During the
Great Depression across the world (late 1920's) they were fortunate to be
living on our own land (20 Acres) and they never went hungry but they were very
short of cash for clothing and blankets etc. Mary washed bran and pollard bags
(cow feed bags) and opened them out and sewed them by hand to make blankets
called 'Waggas'. In the very cold weather, the children would put old woolly
jumpers into bran bags to give them some extra warmth - or cajole a cat into
bed! Toilet facilities were a
wooden "dunny" on the corner of the cowshed - about a hundred yards
from the house which was no fun in the rain! Being English, toilet activities
were considered 'unmentionable' so the phrase of asking "to go to the
library" was used. A hurricane lantern showing the way at night. The
children did have a chamber pot under their beds for emergencies. In those days
they slept on the verandahs with hessian blinds to keep the rain off. Transport was by horse and
cart. Their "rich" neighbours had a phaeton (a sporty open horse
drawn carriage - today's sports car!). The Putlands had 'Belle', a lovely white
half draft horse who pulled the plough and the spring cart loaded with the
children or logs for firewood. Belle was great and didn't mind two or three
children scrambling over her broad back. Georgina remembers going up
the hill opposite their house where her Dad was ploughing the orange groves
with a single furrow plough – he was in dungaree pants and grey flannel shirt -
typical work clothes. One time while she sat at the end of the row as he
laboriously ploughed, Belle trod on her foot. There was much crying from a five
year old and many kisses from Dad. She often remembered the lovely scent of the
orchard and orange blossoms from those days. |
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CARMEL SCHOOL
Georgina started school when she was six and a half years old. (If you were
born after 1st June you started next February). She was always the tallest girl
in the class - at fourteen years old she was 5ft 9in tall and took size 7 shoes
(11 fractional). Shoes were
always a problem for her so her father got her men's tan boots - Oh the
horror and chagrin at having to wear them. These days they are
fashion! The children
walked or rode to the Carmel State School about two miles away (still there as
a Heritage site) through a rough bush track. They have memories of passing
Bickley Railway Station, peering into an empty waiting room as there was only
one train every second day at 7am, then up past the gravel pits (they were
warned never to play in them). In winter, thick frost covered everything. There
was beautiful caroling from magpies, dainty dew-drop spider webs festooning the
blackboys and pretty yellow gorse bushes. |
1922 GEORGINA'S FIRST DAY AT SCHOOL #19 |
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Sometimes
they went the 'long way' to school around the newly made 'brown road'. There
was no bitumen in those days. Going this way they would see more birds, rabbits
and kangaroos although they would arrive at school late, about 9:30 or 10am.
They knew they'd be in trouble and held our cold little hands out for 'cuts'- 6
whacks each hand- they would blubber of course but still held their teacher Mr.
Jackson in high regard as he was a great teacher. Mr. A.E. Jackson- trying to
instill some love of arts, drama, poetry and the finer values of life into a
rather bovine type of bush children who loved to pull wings off butterflies or
kill little birds with a 'Ging' (sling shot) what frustration he must
have had! Fortunately,
not all the children were rough and a number got scholarships. His own son
David Jackson became the youngest Army Lieutenant Colonel in WA at that time
and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in World War II. He was
the same age as Gerard Putland. |
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1922 CARMEL SCHOOL #20 Children known to have attended: HERB ANNETTS, BASIL BLAMIRE, MERVYN BLAMIRE, MADGE CHAMPION, ALICE HEWISON, EDNA JACKSON, STANLEY LITTLELY, MAVIS MASON, MOLLIE OWEN, ERNEST MITCHELL, GEORGINA PUTLAND, BERYL SOMERS, MARJORIE TAYLOR, NELL TAYLOR, GWEN WALKER, MYRTLE WALKER, EMMA WALLIS, FREDA WALLIS, GRACE WALLIS, PERCY WALLIS |
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UPPER DARLING RANGE SCHOOL SPORTS DAY 1930 #21 |
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MORE LIFE AT BICKLEY The nearest
neighbour was Mrs Houghton, one of the first settlers in the area who had a
large tract of Government land granted at five shillings an acre. George had
bought 14 acres of this in London at £60 an acre - someone made a profit,
but not him! He eventually added for £5 a year rental, a good lease of 100
acres of bushland to run cattle, sheep or horses and use wood but it was not
fenced, so little used except for firewood. The children were never allowed to
go alone to the 100 acres as they could have easily gotten lost in the thick
Jarrah forest. In 1916 he
purchased an adjoining property in Glenisla Road, from a Mrs. Houghton. Eldest
daughter Georgina would often go off down under and orange tree covered in
perfumed blossom and lie on the grass and “dream” of her future. She remembers
having lovely talks with her Dad while helping him pack oranges for markets
overseas. Each orange was wrapped in a square of tissue paper and packed into a
half bushel “flats” or bushel “dumps” made of thin wood, nailed and stamped as
follows. G.S.PUTLAND |
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One
consignment to England was caught in a dock strike and instead of making £1,000
he lost £400 in fees. Such was life in the 1920's. |
1922 GEORGE, MARY & GERARD |
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As the children got older they
took on more chores. Georgina milked the cow and Gerard and Maureen fed the
chooks and pigs. When they were on their own, Maureen loved to play the role of
'teacher' (a precursor to her later life). She was "Miss Hayes" and
lined up stones as pupils and whacked them for 'talking'. For entertainment in winter
the kids would perform on Sunday afternoons, with their parents as the
audience. Georgina often acted out the usually 'beautiful countess' using
shades of mother's stories of her past. In fine weather they would be allowed
to walk to the 'Stone' (a large granite rock over the creek) or go along the
brown road (now Glenisla Road) looking for flowers and birds - how exciting! When our cow was
"dry" they would go for milk to the Palmateers across the road. They
had a lovely old stone house, beautiful gardens and a pond with willow trees
and some guava trees – which the kids would nick a few when they could. The
Palmateers had a tennis court too! The families were never on
"visiting" terms as such as they were Seventh Day Adventist and
believed Catholics were the devil's mates. You sometimes wonder whether times
have changed very much although tolerance of others is now more the norm with
religion in Australia. George was described as
“very go ahead”, being a willing participant in most district activities such
as Agricultural Shows or social tennis parties. See, for example the photo of
George with his exhibition of fruit at the Royal Show in 1929, which he mounted
and artistically arranged on a “T’ model Ford truck. Family photos show him as
being an upright, good-looking man with a smiling, honest face (also given to
wearing bow-ties!). |
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EXHIBITION OF FRUIT AT THE PERTH ROYAL SHOW. GEORGE PUTLAND ON RIGHT #23 |
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During the Depression,
George would take fruit to "Open Markets" in Wellington Street Perth
(now the freeway) on Friday nights and Saturday. Prior to owning a vehicle
George took fruit to market in a horse and cart each week for 4 years. These
were the open markets at the east end of Wellington Street. He'd set up a stall
and hope to make a few pounds. After 1923, when they acquired a one-ton Ford
truck (top speed 25mph), fruit was also taken to markets in Victoria Park and
South Perth on Fridays, sleeping (sometimes with the children) in the truck
overnight ready for the early morning markets in Wellington Street on
Saturdays. Sometimes his wife Mary, would go with him and the kids would be
cared for by Mrs. Houghton- they thought she was an "old ogre" but
she was probably only in her late 50's. She would pull the children’s clothes off and
stand them under the outside water pump then bundle them into the kitchen
where they would be shivering cold but soon warmed by a big fire. Then it was
'jamas' on, tea and off to bed by 6pm. Tea was hard boiled eggs, bread and
dripping and a cup of cocoa. Occasionally they made trip to Perth once or
twice a year by train, with the journey taking 2 hours. The spring cart and
horse would often be left for the day at Bickley Siding until the return on the
evening train. |
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KERBSIDE MARKETS, WELLINGTON STREET, PERTH #24 |
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In 1929
George was contracted to cart water to the Carmel school, but as he was not
very impressed with the Department's slow payment for services rendered, he
soon gave the job away.
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FAMILY GATHERING AT THE ORCHARD #25 |
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Much to her parents worry
Georgina had to leave school in 1929 at age 14 and stay at home as it was not
financially possible for her to go on with more education. Although their
parents would have loved to have given them more education, they just couldn't
afford it. However, fate played a hand in 1933 when, sadly, Mary decided to
leave George on the orchard and move to Perth with the children. While they loved each
other, the years of rural life had taken its toll and she could not adjust or
continue to settle into the basic and fairly hard living in the hills. Mary
enrolled Maureen and Georgina into Victoria Square College in Perth as
boarders. The fees were paid for by selling her beautiful emerald and diamond
engagement ring, bought by George at Tiffany's in Paris. She also supplemented
her income by helping Sister Raymond in the College kitchen (the snooty girls
at the College rebuffed Maureen and Georgina because of this). Mary lived in a
little flat nearby. Georgina had not done her
Junior Exam but the nuns thought she would be able to cope with sub-leaving so
she started with English, History, Art, Geology, Economics and Italian (the
latter dropped after one term). While Georgina was not interested in languages,
Maureen was the opposite and achieved distinctions in her Alliance Francaise
exams. In her last year at college Georgina passed her leaving exam and gained
the only distinction in the State for Geology, which she loved (thanks to her Dad's
interest in nature). It was a pity she wasn't born 40 years later, there
weren't jobs allowed for girls in geology in those days - it was men's business
- unlike now. George found it very hard to keep the orchard operating, particularly as
he got older as he was there by himself. In 1938
the property was advertised for sale or as a partnership. The three children
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GEORGINA MARY PUTLAND Georgina
was born on the 12th June 1915, at Valesco Hospital, opposite Parliament
House, Perth. She became a nursing sister (double Certificate) also an artist
and teacher of ceramic china painting. She married S/Sgt AIF Sydney R. Dwyer in Perth in
1941 and moved to Wagin and then Katanning where they had four children; John,
Denis, Maurice and Elizabeth. John Patrick was born 2nd December 1943. Georgina or Georgie as she liked to be known, died on 11th November 2015 aged 100 years. Her husband Sydney died on 20th March 1984 aged 69 years.
2015 GEORGINA 100 YEARS OLD #27
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GEORGINA PUTLAND #26 The current owners of the Bickley property, having build a new home for themselves, decided to do a complete renovation of the original Putland cottage making it into a rentable home stay. When the restoration was completed in 2014, the descendants of George Putland were invited to an afternoon tea and to view what had been done. |
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2014 GEORGINA & FAMILY VISITING THE ORIGINAL RENOVATED HOUSE #28 |
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GERARD FRANCIS PUTLAND Gerard Francis, their only son, was born on the 3rd January 1917. In 1938 Gerard worked as foreman/manager for Wilson and John’s Nursery at the bottom of Union Road Carmel. They had another nursery at Cannington that specialized in palms. Wilson and Johns were one of the biggest nursery concerns at the time, with Carmel being about 35 acres. Gerard was in charge of 6 men (4 Southern Italians, 1 Australian and 1 Englishman), budding roses and fruit trees, propagating vines and growing cut flowers including gladioli. Wilson and Johns probably took over the property about 1920, it having been previously leased to Chinese market gardeners about 1913. Gerard remembers beautiful crimson-flowered rhododendrons at least 30 feet high growing in the nursery. |
GERARD PUTLAND PROPAGATING AT WILSON & JOHNS NURSERY #29 |
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GERARD PUTLAND c1940 #30 |
Gerard later became an orchardist at Karragullen and also a farmer and grazier
at Bakers Hill. During
World War 2 Gerard (Terry), was serving in the RAAF at the Kalgoorlie airbase. While there, he met and announced his
engagement to Kathleen (Kit) Turich (Turić) in May
1944. Kit was born on 26th July 1920 in Kalgoorlie to a Croatian
family and educated at the Convent there. He married Kit and in 1946 left the
Service and bought a property in Gardiner Road, Karragullen from the Sandover
Family (early merchants in Perth). They had six children Anthony, Stephen,
George and Theresa, Gerard and Colleen. Gerard
(Terry) Francis Putland died on 21st March 2004 aged 87 years. |
GERARD & KATHLEEN PUTLAND #31 |
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1955 KARRAGULLEN CATHOLIC CHURCH GROUP Back Row L-R: VIOLA SONEGO, STELLA ITALIANO, TERESA GHILARDUCCI, LINA CODA, ANNA PLOZZA, ANGELO GHILARDUCCI, BRUNO POLETTI.
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ERNESTINE MAUREEN PUTLAND On 30th April 1920 Ernestine Maureen was
born at St. Gerard’s Hospital, Cambridge Street, Leederville to complete the
family. Maureen, as she preferred to be known, became a skillful artist
and for many years was in charge of teaching handicapped children. Maureen
married Sgt. Edgar J. Cunnington, a policeman, and began married life living in
Quairading. They worked in many country locations around WA and had
four children, Loretta, Phillip, Pamela and Joanne. Loretta Mary was born 16th September 1942. Maureen died on 5th July 2018 aged 98 years. Her husband Edgar died on 29th September 1998 aged 79 years. |
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St. Brigids Girls -Senior Class "C" |
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The current owners of the Bickley property, having build a new home for themselves, decided to do a complete renovation of the original Putland cottage making it into a rentable home stay. When the restoration was completed in 2014, the descendants of George Putland were invited to an afternoon tea and to view what had been done. |
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2014 MAUREEN & FAMILY VISITING THE ORIGINAL RENOVATED HOUSE #33 |
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MALE NURSE’S ASSOCIATION About 1946 the need was felt in WA to train our medical Orderlies who served in
Military Hospitals during the war, to become State Registered Nurses. So the
Male Nurses Association of W.A. was founded and, as a result of its activities,
plus the cooperation of W.A. Authorities, Training Schools were created in nine
centres of this State. George Putland was a founding member of the Male
Nurses Association of W.A. The
Members became trainees of those centres (hospitals), and under the capable tuition
of the Nursing Sisters. The Course was for three years and, after a successful
Final Examination, they become the first State Registered General Male Nurses
in W.A. On the 19th February 1947 George Putland M.M.E., M.P., London, conducted a series of Training Lectures for the Male Nurses' Association at the Perth Women's Service Guild Rooms, Cecil Buildings, Sherwood Court. All medical Orderlies were cordially invited to attend.
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GLENISLA ROAD, CARMEL 1932 #34 |
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PROPERTY SOLD George sold
the Bickley property in 1946, retired to Park Road, Gooseberry Hill. It was first sold to
the Boyanich family then about 1950 to the Farandas. Today the property owners are Harrie and Petra
Smeets. The cottage originally built in 1914 has now been lovingly
renovated into the perfect luxury getaway transforming it into “Bickley
Valley Cottage”, a delightful award winning, 3 bedroom, heritage cottage,
set among the rolling hills of the Bickley Valley. The perfect place to
take a break and escape to stunning views and old world charm in your very own
luxury cottage, fully equipped and refurbished for your comfort. Visitors are
encouraged to stay and discover the hidden gems of the Perth Hills for themselves! |
ADVERTISEMENT NOVEMBER 1938 #35 |
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VIEW OF THE RENOVATED "BICKLEY VALLEY COTTAGE" #36 |
VIEW OF THE RENOVATED "BICKLEY VALLEY COTTAGE" #37 |
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VIEW OF THE RENOVATED "BICKLEY VALLEY COTTAGE" #38 |
VIEW OF THE RENOVATED "BICKLEY VALLEY COTTAGE" #39
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Harrie was
born in the Netherlands and, Petra is from Germany. He comes from a farming family, and she grew up working with her
parents in their Pub and catering business. They met while working abroad in a
hotel in Switzerland and later came to live in Australia to start their own
venture! Together they have created their lovely home in the Bickley Valley and
enjoy being able to share this lifestyle with others! They
started farming asparagus in 1988, which means the farm is now over
30 years old! They grow green, purple and white asparagus on the property,
all organically grown, handpicked, sorted and bunched on site, so you know
it’s the best asparagus you can find.
George and Mary divorced in March 1950
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REFLECTION FROM THE FAMILY It
would be fair to say that George Sydney Putland lived an extraordinary life for
those times. The Amazon was a far-off location to work in and very dangerous.
Many never returned. Mary Putland lived a grand life in Europe for those times
and perhaps their whirlwind romance was an attraction of two different adventuresome
souls. Sadly, it was the difficulty of their great Australian adventure in the
depression years that was the undoing of their relationship. When all is said
and done, we salute them or we as Putland descendants would not be here today. We can only say "Thank you".
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References: Article: Gordon Freegard Images: Georgina Putland 1, 3, 9, 11, 16, 19, 26, 27
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