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EADES Charles.

In 1875 Charles Eades bought 16 hectares of land near Lake Toolbrunup and another 16 hectares in 1876.

Eades had been sentenced to seven years for sheep stealing and was twenty years old when he arrived in Western Australia.
Charles Eades was one of those men for whom the sentence of transportation to the Swan River Colony had presented the chance of a new life and opportunities, which were impossible for an agricultural labourer in nineteenth century England.
When he left England on board the Minden he could not have imagined that twenty-five years later he would own 80 hectares of land and lease a further 1,200 hectares. He initially worked for John Hassell at Jerramungup and later shepherded sheep in the vicinity of the Waikelongup Swamp.

                

The remains of a dam, which he built using a pick and wheelbarrow, can still be seen nearby.

In the 1870s he was cutting sandalwood and in October 1872 it was noted at Mount Barker:
Charles Eades passed the station with a three horse team laden with sandalwood for Albany.
In November he took another load to Albany and in 1874 a load of salt.
Hassell found him a reliable and trustworthy employee. In 1877, when some confusion arose over the boundaries of his land, Hassell wrote on his behalf:
I ask if you will be so good as to allow the boundaries to be altered in accordance with the enclosed sketch. Eades is a struggling settler and had broken up the land before the survey was made.
In 1876 William Carrol and William Ruse sank a dam for him, 3.2 kilometres from the lake. Eades employed James McGovern, a labourer, until 1876 when he left him to go whaling.2
In 1878 Eades began leasing 1,200 hectares of land for an annual rental of £3.25, until 1883 he employed labourer Thomas White and in 1884 James Kelly.
Eades farmed his freehold land until 1884, when it was acquired by Charles Armstrong”.
Note: Charles came out on the same ship (Minden) as Edward Treasure.

Glen Oliver: One of Charles Eades blocks of land was near Cheepanup Lake, which is about 12km from Toolbrunup Lake. I have seen the small dam on the site and Harry Herbert (Margaret Walkers brother) marked the site with a small cement plaque. I took a photo of it but haven't located it yet...

 

 

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References:                 Article:      Text from the book ‘Country Cavalcade’ by Judith Parnell 1982. Page 43

 

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