In April 1886 a Cricket Match between the Chittering and Culham Clubs was held at Enderslea Farm to raise funds to build the local Holy Trinity Church. 30 pounds was raised. Later again "the people of the district kept a general holiday when cricket, racing and other popular...
MARY ANNE FRIEND wrote a diary during her voyage out to Western Australia in 1829. She was the wife of the WANSTEAD'S master Captain Mathew Curling Friend and this trip has particular interest as Henry and Sarah Morley were travelling below decks as steerage passengers...
Enderslea Farm was used as a location by the film crew for the film The Walers War Horse in early 2014. It was a really interesting day watching all the activity. I had never seen anything like it before. About 300,000 horses were shipped to...
Founded in 1853 by Henry and Sarah Morley, Enderslea Farm is 165 years old in 2018. FIONA HARRIS has done remarkable research into the history of the Morley Family here and in Sussex England. ...
The stone Chimney of the original Shepherds Hut that probably Caroline Morley and her ticket of leave husband Daniel Baughan shared on Enderslea Farm in 1853 after they were married. This is all that's left of the Shepherd's Hut, circled in red in this drawing of...
There is an interesting collection of early Western Australia Colonial furniture at Enderslea Farm. The farm itself was established in 1853 so pre Gold Rush furniture seemed the appropriate way to furnish. Henry and Sarah Morley arrived in Perth on the Wanstead on January 30th 1830.They were...
There are various collections at Enderslea Farm. Old bottles is one of them.If anyone is interested in old bottles a bottle club can be reached at www.colonialbottleclubofwa.com Another collection at Enderslea Farm consists of Old postcards depicting medical and nursing scenes. The Post Card Collectors...
My grandmother, Elsie Ford, and my mother, Jean Clarke, collected blue crockery for many years. It looks very colourful on the dresser in the kitchen at Enderslea Farm. My mother was a country girl. She grew up in Katanning during the early 20th Century. When...
I love this coloured print that hangs in the bedroom at Enderslea. I bought it in Melbourne many years ago. Its not really relevant in any way to Enderslea except to show the marked difference in the 19th Century lives of gentry women as compared...
This drawing was owned by Douglas Jecks a descendant of Henry and Sarah Morley. He was in the road looking at the farm when my father Ken Clarke went up and said hello. As a result we received a coloured photocopy of this drawing. After Douglas and...