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William Dunn

Male 21 Dec1846 - 1932

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  • Name William Dunn 
    Birth 21 Dec1846 
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Dec 1932 
    Burial 22 Dec 1932  Church of England Cemetery, Albany Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I956  The Cream Family
    Last Modified 1 May 2012 

    Father James Richard Dunn,   b. 1813, County Kent England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1875, Porongorup Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth F Henderson,   b. Sep 1823, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Feb 1914, Plantagenet, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Family ID F270  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alice Keyser   d. 3 Nov 1950, Albany District Hospital Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 2 May 1878  Church of England, Albany Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1928 'Personal

      GOLDEN WEDDING
      Mr. and Mrs. William Dunn
      Porongcrups

      Congratulations of Albany and district residents were yesterday freely extended Mr. and Mrs. William Dunn, of Woodburn, Porongorups Ranges, on the attainment of their golden wedding.

      Mr. Dunn is the eldest son of the late Mr. James Richard Dunn, who came to this State over eighty years ago from Kent, England, and was one of the early pioneers of the neighborhood. This gentleman was a member of the Civil Service for a considerable time, and in the course of his bush experience turned his hand to almost every kind of work that confronted the new settler, finally taking up "Woodburn" in 1860, upon his retirement from the Government service.

      His son William, who celebrated yesterday's happy event, was born at Albany on December 18, 1846, and received his education at local schools. He joined his father at the Porongorups in 1863, and from that time until his retirement a few years ago devoted his energies to the de velopment of his picturesque property.

      The original block owned by Mr. Dunn was only 40 acres, but his son added extensively to the property, and now the homestead stands in the centre of nearly 1000 acres. His sons and daughters are actively interested in its working.

      For many I years ago Mr Dunn closely associated himself with local government, and served both as a member of the Albany and Plantagent Roads Boards.

      He married in 1878 Alice, daughter of the late Mr. Charles Keyser, who came from America in 1836, and settled in Busselton, where Mrs Dunn was born. The family consists of five sons and four daughters.
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    Children 
     1. William Dunn,   b. 1846   d. 1932 (Age 86 years)
     2. Amy Clarice Dunn,   b. 1893, Albany, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Charles Stewart Henderson Dunn,   b. 1879, Albany, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Edward Ernst George Dunn,   b. 1897, Albany, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Herbert Walter Dunn,   b. 1895, Albany, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Irene Alice Dunn,   b. 1900, Albany, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Mervyn James Dunn,   b. 1883, Albany, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 No 1891, Porongorup Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)
     8. Irvine William Dunn,   b. 1888, Albany, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Raymond Keyser Dunn,   b. 1880, Albany, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1916 (Age 36 years)
     10. Kate Elizabeth Dunn,   b. 1886, Albany, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
     11. Margaret Eliza Dunn,   b. 1891, Albany, Western Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F269  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 May 2012 

  • Notes 
    • 1932 'Family Notices

      FUNERAL.
      DUNN
      The friends of the late William Dunn, of "Woodburn," Porongorups, are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, the Church of England Cemetery, Albany. The funeral will leave St. John's Church after a service commencing at 2.30 o'clock, this Thursday, afternoon.
      J. C. MEWS, undertaker.
      [2]
    • 1894 'THE WEALTH OF NATIONS MINE

      THE WEALTH OF NATIONS MINE.

      To THE EDITOR.
      SIR,

      May I crave for a little of your space regarding the attitude shown by the diggers towards Dunn's celebrated Wealth of Nations gold mine. As a digger I must first say and give every possible due praise to the Messrs. Dunn Bros. for the pluck and energy shown by them, they having for the last three years been travelling and prospecting in that remote country, undergoing many privations and hardships for the benefit of their country, as almost every man, woman and child will derive a certain amount of benefit by the above discovery.

      Therefore, every digger should see that the Dunns get fair play, and help them, to protect their property from being rushed in a cowardly manner.In the first place Dunn, with his acute and thorough knowledge of mining laws,rode into Coolgardie and immediately reported this discovery. The honesty of those men's purpose should never be forgotten by the diggers, as they acted like men, and it is a cowardly shame if these worthy men's property is to be seized by a frenzied crowd of diggers, and we diggers should not allow it to be tolerated.

      Scarcely a man in one hundred would have acted so straightIy and faithfully as the Dunns did. I don't think I should have done it myself, as I should have tried to have got as much of it before reporting it. Not only this, but the Dunns I consider only took a small portion of ground, considering the circumstances of the case, and they gave everybody a chance.

      I am writing this in the interests of fair play, and I am sure every genuine digger will endorse what I say. Once more I ask of my comrades to join together and see that the Dunns get justice, and not only this, but I conclude by wishing the Messrs Dunn Bros. John G. Dunn, William Dunn and Thomas Dunn every good luck and long life of enjoyment in the shape of tons of gold from the noted mine Wealth of

      Nations.

      Yours. &c,

      A DIGGER, AND ONE WHO WAS THERE.

      Southern Cross, August 10. [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] National Library of Australia.
      1928 'Personal.', Albany Advertiser (WA : 1897 - 1950), 3 May, p. 2,http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70172436

    2. [S2] National Library of Australia.
      1932 'Family Notices.', Albany Advertiser (WA : 1897 - 1950), 22 December, p. 1, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70223880

    3. [S2] National Library of Australia.
      1894 'THE WEALTH OF NATIONS MINE.', The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 20 August, p. 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3065656