These are all of the oldest photos Dad had. the first two probably the oldest of them all, but Dad has written on the backs of a few of the others.
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(Dad, Gwen, Grandma, Ray, Grandad, Ralph, 1919)
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Jack Ralph Ray Gwen (l-r Ray, Jack, Ralph, Gwen in front 1919) |
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Ray & Gwen Edmonds |
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Jack & Ralph Edmonds |
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(Looks like Ray) |
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Scrub rolling Eyre Penin 1924 (This is possibly Gandad's own bullock team) |
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(The original Edmonds home at Pygery, c1918) |
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(This was the building supplied by the Govt on each block settled, usually serving as the first home) |
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Some of the scrub that was on our farm. JHE. |
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(Sheds and stables were mainly mallee posts with brush roofs. The termites loved them) |
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(No idea what this one is, could be Grandad)
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(Everything was horse power driven in the beginning) |
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E. H. Edmonds "Gayway" (Grandad won quite a few meets on "Gayway". As a young bloke he was known as "Skeeter", with quite a reputation as a jockey) |