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J Platt

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  • Name J Platt 
    Gender Male 
    Droving 5 May 1906  Mardie Station Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Droving 18 Jan 1908  Byro Station Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Droving 3 May 1909  Wandagee Station Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Droving 29 Oct 1910  Peedamulla station Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Droving 3 Jun 1911  Wandagee Station Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Droving 9 Aug 1913  Mulga Downs station Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Droving 3 Oct 1913  Mulga Downs station Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I337  Drovers
    Last Modified 8 Mar 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDroving - Drover J. Platt has left Mardie with 3000 sheep for Mingenew. - 5 May 1906 - Mardie Station Western Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDroving - J. Platt is on his way to Mingenew with 1500 wethers purchased by Mr. G. J.Gooch from Nairn Bros' Byro station. These sheep were guaranteed to average 56 lbs. on the station. - 18 Jan 1908 - Byro Station Western Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDroving - Drover J. Platt entered Clifton Downs paddocks on May 11 with 1,500 sheep from Wandagee and 2,000 from Yalobia which he is droving to Mingenew. - 3 May 1909 - Wandagee Station Western Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDroving - On October 8 Drover J. Platt passed through Minderoo station with 4,000 wethers from Messrs. Burt Bros Peedamulla station, for Mr. Gooch's Wandagee. - 29 Oct 1910 - Peedamulla station Western Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDroving - WANDAGEE. Four thousand sheep are on the track for shipment by the special trip of the Paroo. Drover Platt is in charge. Mr. Doug Gooch, manager of Wandagee Station, writes:-One hundred and ten points of rain fell here on the 22nd. The dams filled, and a small river ran past the station. Feed is starting to sprout. - 3 Jun 1911 - Wandagee Station Western Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDroving - MULGA DOWNS. Our Roebourne correspondent writes, Drover Platt has just returned from Mulga Downs station with a mob of 2000 sheep for Cooyapooya station on account of Mr. S. I. Burges. He reports most of the country being in good condition. - 9 Aug 1913 - Mulga Downs station Western Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDroving - Drover J. Platt passed. Lyons River station on October 3 with 4000 ewes from Mulga Downs en route to Mingenew. He reports that he has had a rough time, having clashed with Drover Arthur Harris, who is travelling from Mt. Florrie to Mingenew with 280 head of cattle. If the cattle got to a' well first they bailed it and the sheep had to go on to the next well to get a drink. The last feed his horses got was at Mt Stewart, 200 miles from Lyons River station. - 3 Oct 1913 - Mulga Downs station Western Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [D1] National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75546394.
      STOCK AND STATION NEWS. (1906, May 5). Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA : 1905 - 1952), p. 2.

    2. [D1] National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75549526.
      STOCK AND STATION NEWS. (1908, January 18). Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA : 1905 - 1952), p. 2.

    3. [D1] National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74881800.
      DALGETY & CO.'S EEPOET. (1909, May 29). Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA : 1905 - 1952), p. 2

    4. [D1] National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74885297.
      Ashburton. (1910, October 29). Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA : 1905 - 1952), p. 2

    5. [D1] National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74888277.
      WANDAGEE. (1911, June 3). Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA : 1905 - 1952), p. 4

    6. [D1] National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75080191.
      MULGA DOWNS. (1913, August 9). Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA : 1905 - 1952), p. 3.

    7. [D1] National Library of Australia, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75100415.
      DROVING NOTES. (1913, November 15). Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA : 1905 - 1952), p. 3