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Alexander McKinley was born 15/11/1867. He married Anne Jane Elizabeth McKinley (no relation) on 29/12/1891 & on 1/01/1892 the newly married couple set sail from London, bound for Western Australia aboard the SS Oroya. Eight weeks later they landed at Albany & proceeded by train to Perth. Alexander worked for Midland Railway Company, then farmed a property WT Loton in the Upper Swan. After staying four years with Loton, Alexander decided to branch out on his own. He took up two blocks of land in the Koojan area in 1896 & began clearing a spot where he could build a house. After some months of work his wife and their two small daughters joined him. The property was named "Moore Park". Alexander died 9/09/1954 aged 86 & was laid to rest in Moora Cemetery.

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