| Name |
Willam Woolhouse |
| Birth |
17 Mar 1849 |
Northam Western Australia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Station/Pr |
16 Feb 1894 |
Yarraloola Station Western Australia |
ONSL0W.
(From our own Correspondent.)
i have just returned from a visit to the flooded districts Eastward. The following is authentic : —
Messrs. H. & W. Woolhouse's Yarraloola station, Robe River, suffered severely. There was four feet of water in the dwelling house. The damage done to household goods and effects was something considerable.
Mrs. H. Woolhouse informed me that £200 would not cover the loss of her own personal effects. The rush of water was so sudden that there was no time to remove any of the furniture, the inmates of the house had to pass the night on a hill close by. The roaring of the water was deafening. About the first of the outhouses to go was the kitchen.
This was followed the fowl house, including over 100 fowls — the wash and bathroom, the blacksmith shop, the men's hut with store attached and pig sties where pigs were washed down the stream about ¾ miles before they got out.
The shearing sheds and sheep yards were completely demolished, likewise the cattle and yards. a wool press was carried out to sea and about 10 miles of fencing were washed away. Mr. Woolhouse could not give me a correct estimate of the amount of sheep lost, but does not consider any more than 500 will be missing at the muster.
Thousand of acres of subsoil are washed away and all the low-lying land for miles was under water. An old native apparently 70 years of age stated he has never known such a flood on the Robe. H W. Woolhouse estimates the total damage done will exceed £1000. |
| Station/Pr |
1897 |
Goomalling Western Australia |
Farmed with father at Greenough. Then in 1873 went to North West & opened up Robe River Station "Yarraloola" with brother. Henry was Inspector of sheep Northam Provinces 1881-3. Left after the 1897 drought to go droving in the South. In 1909 joined Gibbs at "Osmond Farm" Gooma111ng.
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 Droving |
9 Sept 1905 |
Hamelin Pool Western Australia [1] |
| A mob of 200 cows and heifers left Messrs. Snook & Waldecks run last week for Minginew in charge of drover William Woolhouse. They travelled via Hamelin Pool Owing to a 30 points fall of rain there should be surface water to assist the cattle over the dry stages. |
| Droving |
16 Dec 1905 |
Wooramel Station Western Australia [2] |
Mr. W. Woolhouse is droving the sheep to Wooramel station. Asked if he had any difficulty in passing through the country on the Ashburton where the recent losses of stock occurred, Mr. Waldeck replied in the
negative, and stated he did not see any evidences of poison plant.
He was not mistaken in the locality, for he saw the remains of the stock which were lost there. He holds that the theory advanced by Mr. Woolhouse, viz., that the stock died from inflammation not from poison, is the correct one. |
| Droving |
29 Jan 1906 |
Bibbawarra Western Australia [3] |
| Mr. W. Woolhouse is stated to have had bad luck with the mob of sheep he was droving from the Ashburton to Messrs Snook and Waldecks station, owing to the dryness of the season. The sheep are being spelled in the vicinity of Bibbawarra. |
| Droving |
12 Aug 1911 |
Minginew Western Australia [4] |
| Drover Woolhouse in charge, due Mingenew end August. 84 head mixed cattle in charge Drover Woolhouse, his own property, and 100 head of mixed cattle, the property of A, B. Lockyer |
| Death |
28 Mar 1921 |
Perth Western Australia |
- THE LATE WILLIAM WOOLHOUSE.
(See Illustrations.)
The late William Woolhouse, of Osmond Farm, Goomalling, whose photograph appears elsewhere was a son of the late George Woolhouse, who came from England to Western Australia in the sailing ship Trusty in 1844, and eventually became one of the pioneers of the Northam district.
The subject of our notice was born at Northam on March 17, 1849, and received his education at a local school. He began active life on his father's farm at Geraldton, where he continued until 24 years of age. Then in company with his brother, he penetrated into the interior of the North-West, and there established the Robe River station, one of the pioneer enterprises of the district.
In this venture Mr. Woolhouse displayed all those qualities of grit and endurance which marked most of the early settlers. Leaving Geraldton with a party of thirteen, and stock consisting of 380 head of cattle and 120 horses, they reached the Lyons River, but owing to the great drought which set in were compelled to leave the cattle at Mount Thompson.
The two brothers returned to Champion Bay, meeting en route on the Upper Murchison the ill-fated Clarkson's party, the leader of which, Henry Clarkson, had been killed by natives some few months earlier. Returning in the following December to collect the cattle they found that the natives had disturbed and killed a large proportion of the herd, and only 122 were brought in at the muster.
These they took to Champion Bay, and the following year (1876) again started with 2,400 sheep, which they successfully overlanded to the station, being favoured by a good season and a plentiful supply of water. A succession of good seasons followed and the station prospered until 1892, when the North-West was visited by a severe drought, and the Woolhouse brothers were forced to dispose of their interests in the district.
The station is now held by the Murray Pastoral Company. The brothers were successful breeders of thoroughbred horses, and with Gratitude won the Queen's Plate, for which event the mare was trained by Mr. W. Woolhouse, who also rode her to victory in the race. Leaving the North-West he returned to Northam and was droving stock for a number of years, until 1909, when he took up farming pursuits at Goomalling.
In early life Mr Woolhouse gave considerable attention to sport, and was an amateur jockey of some repute, bringing several horses successfully to the winning post. He married Mary, the daughter of the late Mr William Waldeck, of the Greenough Flats, and leaves a son and daughter.
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| Person ID |
I5 |
Pastoralists |
| Last Modified |
24 Mar 2024 |
1849 - 1921 (72 years)
