The child's parents were married in 1912 at Katanning (Marriage Registration 21/1912, Katanning). The child was buried at "Hill View" by her father. Witnesses present at the burial were Letitia and Emily Brown. On 28 March 1936, John and Elvein Brown were killed when their car was struck by a Fremantle-bound train on the Napier Street, Cottesloe, level crossing. The parents' monument at the Arthur River Cemetery lists no other children born to this couple.

Also known as CONNORS.

In 1853, Connor was sentenced to 20 years for robbery and wounding in York, England. He was literate. Three years later, he was transported to Fremantle on the "William Hammond", arriving on 29 March 1856. He obtained his Ticket of Leave on 16 June 1858 and a Conditional Pardon on the 7 September 1861. Apart from an assault upon his person in 1871, there is little information about Mr Connor who lived out his life in the south of this state.

The actual death place of Charles Connor is not recorded.  On this particular day, Connor and his mate were fishing in the river.  While standing on slippery rocks, he accidentally slipped into the water.

He is buried somewhere in the Arthur River area.

Donald Owen was a '7-month baby', so born two months prematurely. His parents were married in 1911 at Katanning (Marriage Registration 37/1911, Katanning). The child was buried on Wyuna Estate at West Wagin, Arthur River, by EA Kavanagh, H Darling and W Mann. The infant's parents were married in 1911 (Marriage Registration 37/1911, Katanning) and had a prematurely born son, James, who died 1 August 1911, aged 3 hours and Keith William who was born and died in 1913. Both of these children are remembered in this website. John Dill Gavin was a contractor at the Wyuna Estate. He died in 1924 and Grace Emma married a Mr Edward J Fox in 1927.

Amy went missing on 10 February and, although extensive searching was carried out, no trace could be found of the little girl. On 9 July, Police Constable Chipper received a report that the remains of the child had been found i the bush about 3 miles from the Arthur River Bridge and about100 yards from the road between Barron's property and Tarwonga Inn. The remains were collected and taken to the Mt Pleasant Inn. An inquest found that the child had died from starvation and exposure in the bush on or about 13 February.

It was not the first tragedy to strike the Harris family while living at the 131-Mile. Two boys, twins, aged 3 years, drowned in a well. At one time, as William Harris arrived home with his team and the children, as usual, ran to meet him, one child slipped off the wagon and fell under wheels causing death. A daughter, aged 12 years, was burned to death when her dress caught on fire. Yet another daughter, Frances Agnes Mary, who married a Mr Claydon, also appears in this website when she and one of her sisters drowned while she was teaching her sister to swim.

Mary Noonan was born in Limerick, Ireland, in 1834.  She arrived in Western Australia on 13 January 1853 aboard the "Travancore" with her parents, William and Eleanor, and siblings Bridget, William, Elinor and Margaret.

She married William Harris on 10 August 1853 (Marriage Registration 537/1853, Perth) at the Wesley Church in Perth.  Their children were: Charlotte Letitia Mary born 1855 in Perth (Birth Registration 2701/1855); Elizabeth Margaret born 3 September 1859 in Perth (Birth Registration 4751/1859); Charles William born 1861 (Birth Registration 5951/1861); George Albert born 21 July 1863 in Albany Road (Birth Registration 8057/1864); Thomas Edmund born 1866 in Beaufort (Birth Registration 9641/1866); Mary Alice born 1869 in Williams Bridge (Birth Registration 11273/1869); Frances Agnes born 1874 Williams Bridge (Birth Registration 15505/1874); Emily Jane born 1876, Arthur River (Birth Registration 17712/1876 Arthur River); Amy born 1877 in Arthur River.

Five members of the Harris family died tragically and are memorialised in a plaque on the family property.  Buried side by side are twin boys, aged three years, who drowned in a well on this property; a girl, aged 12 years, who was burned to death when her dress caught on fire; a girl aged 1 month who died of whopping cough and an unnamed baby girl who died at birth.  Another sister, Frances Agnes Mary Claydon (nee Harris) drowned with her sister in the Hillman River in 1893 while teaching that sister to swim.   

Ann Draper and John Taylor were married 17 November 1846 in Perth (Marriage Registration 194/1846, Perth) and proceeded to create a large family. Ann died on 19 January 1884 aged about 54 years. John Taylor was concerned that no cemetery was available for burials in the area and so the family donated the land, situated on a hill overlooking the small community of Arthur River, where the church and graveyard are now established. The Taylor's child, whose name has not been identified, was aged about 9 years when she died in the late 1870s. She is buried on the Taylor property named Mt Pleasant (now "Kokarrup", owned by Baton Hatherly). A stone monument with plaque is on "Kokarrup" across the Albany Highway from St Paul's Church.

Herbert Charles Thwaites was brought to Moodiarrup from Perth in the latter part of 1875 by a teamster in the employ of John Dearle. His parents were somewhere in the colony having previously worked as a steward and servant on board the "Georgette", a steamship plying the coast of WA. On 18 March 1876, Herbert went to draw water from a well at Moodiarrup. Whilst there, he tried to take a bird's nest from a corner of the well. He fell in and was drowned. An inquest was held at Moodiarrup on 21 March 1876. The jury came to the verdict of accidental drowning. He was buried at Moodiarrup at the same site as John Dearle's first wife, Emma.