Various household documents relating to 'Ellerslie', Dunmore, home of the East family.
1. Revision sheet which seems to be for geometry.
2. Rail tags for consigning goods .
3. Consignment note for rabbit skins
4. Instructions Latimers Rabbit Destruction Co. with pamphlets detailing how to use poisons and what to do if you if you plan to use or sell the skins later.
5. Third Party policy for car Vauxhall
6. Photo Panoramic view of the Three Sisters in the Blue Mountains
7. Returned or Lost receipt with the number if the new plates.
8. Registration label
9. Certificate of registration for the car 19/12/1951
10. Motor Vehicle Drivers Licence 23/5/1961 - 4/9/1962
11. Car service reminder from Kiama Motors.
12. Kiama Motors Service statement. Provenance and SignifcanceThe East family is very well known in Shellharbour and Kiama. Thomas and Elizabeth East arrived in Australia in 1841 and farmed at ‘Prospect’, where East’s Caravan Park at Kiama is today. Thomas and Elizabeth had a family of six boys and six girls.
One son, John East, married Elizabeth Jarman in 1875 and settled at ‘Ellerslie’ farm at Dunmore. John and Elizabeth had a family of nine children, five boys and four girls, all raised on the farm.
Their youngest son, Wentworth ‘Wenty’ Lincoln East was Killed in Action in 1917 during the First World War. In a letter Wenty wrote to his parents, he said : “I am receiving all I require, and moreover I am facing this awful business calmly, knowing that if it comes to the worst, I am fully prepared for the end” (Kiama Library).
Percival ‘Percy’ John Walkden East, John and Elizabeth’s eldest son, carried on farming at ‘Ellerslie’.
In 1913, Percival married Elsie Gambell and two years later Leslie Percival East was born.
Sadly, Leslie was just four years old when his mother died, aged 31. Percy lost both his brother and wife within two years.DonorEast, Percival J.W.
