STIRLING, Edmund
19 August 1815 – 2 November 1897
Origin Norfolk, England, UK
Accompanying Family Possibly alone
First settled in Hamilton Hill, Fremantle, WA
Occupation in Australia Printed the 'West Aust Journal' for early settlers-subsequently owned 'Fremantle Gazette'
EDWARD LOMBE
Arrival Year 1830
Fremantle
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Edmund was the son of Naval Lieutenant John Stirling who served under Nelson at Trafalgar in 1805. Edmund established the 'Enquirer' Newspaper in Perth in 1840, parent newspaper to 'Daily News'. Edmund married Ethel Read 1837 who had arrived in Fremantle 1830 aboard ROCKINGSHIRE and had 11 children - all settled in WA.
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