"Doug" Douglas Charles WEIR
Born 26 October 1934 in Three Springs, Western Australia [P304]
Son of Charles Alexander WEIR and Kathleen Ethel PIKE [P304]
Resided with his parents on Budjadung Farm in Three Springs [P304]
Student at the Three Springs State School 1941-1947 [P304]
Boarding Student at Scotch College in the Perth suburb of Swanbourne 1948-1950 [P304]
After leaving school returned to Three Springs and farmed with his father on Budjadung Farm [P304]
Member of the Three Springs Junior Farmers 1951-1957 [P304]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club from 1951-52 to 1954-55 and again from 1958-59 to 1959-60 [89]
Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society 1951-1960 - was President during the Society's second last year [P304]
Married Coral Mary PANNELL on 13 April 1957 in the Perth suburb of Fremantle[P304]
He and his wife resided on Budjadung Farm in Three Springs from 1957 until 1998 [P304]
Purchased Darenth Farm in Three Springs from Dick READING of Carnamah in 1963 [P304]
In 1969 took over his father's Budjadung Farm (Lot M1624) and farmed it in conjunction with his Darenth Farm (Lot M1544) [P304]
Farmed the two farms in Three Springs under the name of Darenth Farm [P304]
Member of the Three Springs Farmers' Union - served as President [P304]
Served on the Board of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs for 17 years, including six years as its President [P304]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club [P304]
Both he and his wife served as Adult Advisers to the Three Springs Junior Farmers [P304]
Member of the Three Springs Pastoralists and Graziers' Association - served as President for a year [P304]
Member of the North Midlands Agricultural Society [P304]
Member of the Water Skiing Club which operated at Lake Indoon in Eneabba in 1963 and 1964 [P304]
Member of the Coorow Pony Club then the Morawa Pony Club and later the Carnamah Pony Club [P304]
Member of the Three Springs Bowling Club [P304]
Member of the Three Springs Lions Club - served as President on two separate occasions [P304]
In 1998 his wife shifted to Geraldton, after which he spent some of his time in Geraldton and some on the farm in Three Springs [P304]
Father of Robert and Margaret [P304]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Douglas Charles Weir' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/douglas-charles-weir [reference list] |
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