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The Dumble Family Legacy
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Alice Matilda Dumble. 1870 - 1936 |
Henry Arthur Dumble. 1874 - 1946 |
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Wentworth Football Club 1912. Arthur Dumble can be see front row, third from left |
Henry Arthur Dumble commences employment with the Commonwealth Quarantine Service in 1921 as Assistant Caretaker, and will remain in this position until 1925, when his is then promoted to the position of Caretaker of the Woodman Point Quarantine Station.
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Babs Poore and Arthur Dumble at Woodman Point. c1920's |
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Collecting the quarantine's mail in Fremantle - Babs Poore and Arthur Dumble. c1930's |
Daughter Pat Martin writes about her family and the Quarantine Station:
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The West Australian (Perth, WA) Saturday 9 June 1934
Sunday Times (Perth, WA) Sunday 20 September 1936
Alice Matilda Dumble passes away on 13th September 1936, at Woodman Point.
Henry Arthur Dumble retires from the Commonwealth Quarantine Service on Wednesday 1st February 1939, after 19 years.
The West Australian (Perth, WA) Wednesday 1 February 1939
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Alice Matilda Dumble passes away 13th September 1936. Aged 66. |
Family records and photographs courtesy of Mrs Pat Martin. |
Compiled by Earle Seubert
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