DITCHBURN, R, E & Family
3 October 1868 – 24 December 1946
10 June 1875 – 23 April 1947
Origin Haxby, Yorkshire, England, UK
Accompanying Family Mary, Herbert, Edith, Hilda, Robert Stanley
First settled in Kukerin, WA
Original Occupation Farmer
Occupation in Australia Farmer
ORONTES
Departure Port London
Arrival Year 1911
Fremantle
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Robert & Elizabeth worked for a short time at 'Banndee'. They secured a grant of lease on 165 acre's at North Kukerin in 1911, taking possession March 1912. Property was named 'Golden Hill', after a farm near York, UK. It is still in the family. They had three boys and four girls with descendants now totalling over 300.
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