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W.S.H. first went to the North West in 1861 as a member of Francis Gregory's Exploration Party, returning in 1863 to establish Andover, the first station in the district, on behalf of Mr. John Wellard. Here it was that he rendered assistance to Mr & Mrs John Withnell and family when they arrived in April 1864, giving them shelter for the first month.
Here Aubrey Hall grew up, becoming a good rider,
stockman, swimmer, boatman, with a vivid interest in
the people and country around him. His schooling
opportunities were very limited, but from his well educated father he received
a wide general instruction & gained a love of books &
learning that stayed with him all his long life. He
left school at 14 and joined the firm of Batemans in
Roebourne as a clerk. Later he started in business
on his own as a shipping agent, ran a butchery,
had other business
interests which financed him into a
partnership in Abydos Station * The
first world war & a great
long drought [? ruined]
him & from then on he was connected
with various properties in the Roebourne
& Gascoyne districts.
In 1868 W.S.H. was married to H.B.
Lazenby at Cardup near Armadale. Their
first two elder sons, Ernest & Aubrey, were
born in Perth before Mrs Hall and young
family joined Mr Hall in Cossack,
in 1874. Where he was engaged in business
ventures and pearling Here he had gone with business
as a storekeeper and had was also engaged in the
new pearling industry. Cossack was then a
thriving centre point for a district extending from
the Ashburton to the De Grey, and was thronged
with a colourful crowd of different colours races.
Mr Hall was the son of Wm. Shakespeare Hall who came to the Swan River Colony in February 1830 (at the age of four) with his parents Henry Edward & Sarah Theodosia Hall & five brothers & sisters in the ship "Protector."
He entered fully into the social & civic life of Rbne & Cossack & was, for some time, Mayor of Rbne; a Justice of the Peace for the State from 1899 until his death.
When H. Aubrey Hall — well known Nor'-West pioneer — died in 1963 in his 92nd year, his life & that of his father, had spanned all but seven months of this state's existence.
After a short time spent in Fremantle, the
Halls took up their large grant of land at
Mandurah, where a house was built and an
attempt at farming was made. This was not
a success for various reasons, the main cause being that stock sickened
& died in a mysterious manner — we now know
this to be the lack of essential trace elements
in the soil. From Mandurah the family
moved to Wongong Farm on the Canning
near Armadale, where a successful thriving farm &
orchard was established. W.S. Hall
worked here & on the Blackwood before going
to seek his fortune on the Victorian Goldfields.
When H Aubrey Hall — well known Nor'West
pioneer — died in 1963 in his 92 year, his
life, & that of his father, had spanned all but
one year of this state's existence. Mr Hall was the son of
Wm S. Hall who came to the Swan River Colony
in Feby 1830 at the age of 4 with his parents
HE & ST Hall in the ship "Protector". stet.
W.S.H. first went to the N.W. in 1861 as a member of F.G's exploration party, returning in 1863 to establish Andover the first station in the district, on behalf of Mr J Wellard. Here it was that he rendered assistance to Mr & Mrs Joh Withnell & family when they arrived in Apl 1864 giving them shelter for the first month.
In 1868 W.S. Hall returned to Perth
was ind. to H.B.L. at Cardup, near Perth. There
it was that His first two sons, Ernest & Aubrey
were born in Perth before Mis Hall &
young family joined Mr Hall in
Cossack in 1874 where he was now
involved in pearling & business
ventures. [? —tially]
owing to the lack of a school
Despite the lack of formal schooling
the young Aubrey received wide general
education instruction from his well
educated father. This gave him a love
of learning & books that never left
him. Although much of his long life,
revolved around the pastoral industry
through force of circumstances, by
inclination his inborn leaning towards things historical would seem to indicate a totally different career if it had been possible. He was a veritable walking encyclopaedia of the genealogy of the early families & his personal library was extensive & included Burke's Peerage & Baronetage, Fairbairne's Book of Crests and other such books of reference not now commonly found in the average home.
His love of the north and faith in
it never wavered & to him the deserted
the town of Cossack was God's own acre
the yarns he told of the days before the
turn of the century were filled with
colourful characters, warm friendships,
great courage at times & not a little
humour. He was given to expressing
himself in verse.
