Farmhand for William A. T. SARGENT on Wongyarra Farm in Carnamah in 1939 [277]
He was one of five fathers who signed a letter to the Education Department in July 1939 requesting a school at East Carnamah [277]
The names of his children were two of the ten children listed in the official application for the school on 18 July 1939 [277]
Along with the other fathers signed a guarantee to supplement the Education Department if the attendance dropped below eight [277]
The Wongyarra State School at East Carnamah opened on 4 September 1939 and functioned until closing at the end of 1943 [277]
In 1939 the teacher of the Wongyarra State School boarded with his family with her own room at the charge of £1 per week [277]
Husband of Mabel [277]
Father of Douglas and Edna [277]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William Walker' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-walker [reference list] |
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