An evacuation centre has been set-up for people forced to flee the bushfire in Walpole believed to be sparked by arsonists as Roger Cook says he hopes the person responsible has the book thrown at them.
Rescuers are desperately trying to get the remaining 46 whales left alive on Cheynes Beach near Albany into deep water. Sadly, despite the all-night vigil of volunteers, 51 of the animals died overnight.
History: Sheep, drought, gunfire and a murder Cecilia Cissy Thompson, nee Cook, with her three children to Frank Snellgrove Thompson. Pictures: Contributed, Greenmount Homestead
People and Places Vicky Bowden, Greenmount Homestead 18th Mar 2021 5:00 AM
Albert Cook’s mother Elizabeth started her family in 1861 with Florence; a child was born roughly every two years thereafter, until the birth of her eighth and last child Ethel in 1878.
Of the eight children born to Elizabeth, six survived into adulthood.
Cecilia, or “Cissy” as she was known by her family, was child number five, born in 1871 with the given name of Cecilia Adelaide Maude Cook.