NIVEN, R & A & Family
16 August 1856 – 25 May 1918
28 September 1876 – 1 July 1956
Origin Cardross, Scotland
First settled in Carnamah, WA
Original Occupation Farmer
Occupation in Australia Farmer
ORVIETO
Departure Port Tilbury
Arrival Year 1914
Fremantle
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On arrival in Fremantle Robert & Annie Niven travelled by train to Carnamah to a farm they had purchased before leaving Scotland. The Niven family were a pioneering & early settler family in Carnamah. They raised 14 children & became prosperous wheat & sheep farmers. The town today recognises the family in it's naming of "Niven Park", the local recreation & sporting complex.
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