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VAUX Kaye

Kaye Vaux arrived in Ongerup in 1946 when she married Don Vaux and moved to Wigboro on the Ongerup Pingrup Road.
She brought with her a great love for the land, instilled from her childhood in the Porongerups. Like so many farmers wives of the day she became a multi talented right hand man to her husband, book keeping, recording farm stats, helping out with machinery work, keeping a home and raising children.
In her younger working days Kaye had various office/bookkeeping jobs in central Perth and then at the Byford munitions factory during the war years.
Kaye had a deep and enduring love of flora and fauna, spending hours out with the family exploring and picnicking in the bush. A number of projects on the farm including saving remnant bushland, desalination work and tree planting were implemented through her research and passion.
Her energy and drive for speaking up about the needs in farming communities sometimes ended up in verse. She shared her love of poetry with many in Ongerup and there was some friendly rivalry with her friend Grace Foster who wrote verse and music to accompany it.



KAYE VAUX
 
Kaye was a founding member of the friends of the Fitzgerald group, when she discovered they intended to mine the area she and many other passionate conservationists lobbied hard to have the area declared a National Park and later a World Biosphere area.
Kaye along with Joan Slee, Ann Bainbridge and Ann Flint formed a Cubs group for the local children.
They took them on trips to Perth, some of the children had never been to Perth before.
She was also involved in setting up the Ongerup Wildflower show and establishing the Ongerup Museum.
Kaye moved to Ongerup town in her later years and became an Avon lady, and she re-invented and sewed many, many wonder cushions which are still made today.
She always had an ear out in Ongerup for anyone daring to use a chainsaw on her beloved trees and was quickly on the scene if one started up in town.
She also had sharp eyes as one unlucky car thief found out ... her daughter Patti living in Mandurah told mum that their car had been stolen to which Kaye replied "I'll look out for it as they are probably heading east!"
Kaye was living in the Ongerup caravan park at the time and a familiar looking HR Holden drove around the park and out again. Kaye promptly reported to the local police and the thief was apprehended just out the Jerry road.
What followed was brother Len JP sentencing the guy to community service which he did at a football club shearing fundraising day at Vaux's shed!!
As her health declined Kaye moved to a home in Albany in 2003 and quickly settled into life there enjoying the social life and the many outings on offer.
Kaye passed away on 24.6.2019 aged 97 and was farewelled by family and friends in Albany leaving a legacy of conservation, community and family.”

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