Frank Robert HIGGINS

Born 1874 in Blackwood, Western Australia ^[15]
Son of John HIGGINS and "Kate" Catherine FANNAN or FANNING ^[15]
Labourer in Bamboo Creek northeast of Marble Bar in 1903 ^[50]
Labourer on Muccan Station near Marble Bar in 1906 ^[50]
Farm Manager in Moora 1908-1910 ^{[9: 2-Oct-1908] [19]}
     His eye needed four stitches after a horse he was riding took him against a wire clothesline in Moora in September 1908 ^{[9: 2-Oct-1908]}
     Along with other bachelors, he organised a picnic attended by 80 on the Walebing Road in Moora on 11 October 1908 ^{[9: 16-Oct-1908]}
Farm Manager for Charles E. WRIGHT of Hyde Park Farm in Perenjori in 1912 ^{[9: 22-Nov-1912]}
     His employer worked for the Midland Railway Company in Three Springs and visited the farm when on leave ^{[9: 22-Nov-1912]}
Contractor in Moora in 1912 and 1913 ^[50]
Contractor in Perenjori in 1914 ^{[19] [50]}
Contractor in Coorow in 1915 ^[6]
Contractor in Marchagee in 1919 ^[19]
Sunk a well and did other work in Coorow for Robert W. OWEN-DAINTREY in 1920 ^{[10: 17-Sep-1920]}
Contactor in Coorow in 1921 and 1922 ^[50]
Contractor in Winchester 1932-1937 ^{[4: 12-Nov-1932] [50]}
     In 1932 had a hired Ford truck licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board, with license plate CA-16 ^{[4: 12-Nov-1932]}
     Paid £1/1/- by the Carnamah District Road Board in November 1933 for effecting repairs to a water soak in Winchester ^{[300: page 49]}
     The Road Board paid him £6/6/6 on 11 May 1934 and £2/12/4 on 5 June 1934 for work done on roads in Winchester ^{[300: page 62, 66]}
     Corresponded with the Carnamah District Road Board regarding truck registrations in April 1936 ^{[5: 17-Apr-1936]}
     Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son ^[53]
Died 3 August 1937; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, FA, 199) ^[2]
The effects of his estate were sold by auction at the Carnamah Police Station at 2 p.m. on 12 March 1938 ^[88]

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