BROOKS, Hilda & Gladys
25 April 1884 – 9 July 1940
25 August 1907 – 23 February 1971
Origin Cambridge England
Accompanying Family Christina Brooks aged 7 and Gwendoline Brooks aged 3
First settled in Babakin WA
Original Occupation Housewife
Occupation in Australia Housewife
ZEALANDIC
Departure Port Liverpool
Arrival Year 1913
Fremantle
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Hilda arrived with three young daughters to join husband Ernest on virgin land at Babakin. What a shock for a city girl and postman husband. Their gimlett and bag house with saplings and chicken wire beds, chaff filled mattresses, earth floor, no windows or water. Their sons were born at Babakin.
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