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Elijah Quartermaine came out from Oxfordshire, England and arrived in the Swan River colony with his wife Elizabeth in 1838, which in those days took just on six months to do the trip. During that six months Mr Quartermaine’s eldest son Charles was born.
He came out under engagement to Mr Smith and Dr Viveash, who had taken up land in the York district. He remained with the firm for about 10 years, and selected land on his own account at Beverley. This property was called “Addington”.
In 1851 he was grazing 1,900 sheep and, finding abundant water and feed for his sheep in the area, Quartermaine permanently settled and was the first to secure land (1852). His first lease was on Kojonup location 11, which was to become the homestead of Yowangup – a name derived from a spring on his property.
He was satisfied with the prospects, as he found some of the pools in the district. He then took up on lease 80,000 acres of the area taking in what was afterwards to become Katanning, Woodanilling, Carrolup, the Police Pools and Corakin. He brought along 3,000 sheep, which were shepherded here. This depended on water from the various pools, which dried up quickly, and sometimes the sheep had to be shifted about halfway down to the Blackwood.
Elijah Quartermaine is considered to be the first settler in the district of Katanning by permanently settling and being the first to secure land (1852). Yowangup Homestead was constructed by Elijah c.1860-62, with assistance of builder John Cronin, as his primary residence and, with the exception of 1906 to 1914, it has been owned and mostly occupied by his direct descendants from the 1860s to around 2017. It was built on land purchased in 1855 and used for seasonal grazing of sheep from at least 1852 and probably into the 1840s Descendants of Quartermaine still own and manage the property, which also has grave on it. The family burial ground at Yowangup Homestead is believed to hold the remains of Elijah Quartermaine, a shepherd named Walker, and the burials of at least five of Elijah’s grandchildren.
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With gratitude to Arthur Todd for encouragement, help and support. Lost Katanning, Old Railway Station, 67 Austral Terrace, Katanning
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