Perroomba

ERROOMBA A History of the Whittam family in Australia BRENTON SEAGER





p27 p153 vii Preface 71 Perroomba xi Acknowledgements 79 Chemistry 1 A New Life 9 The Baker’s Daughter 85 Genealogical Horticulturist 15 A New Generation 99 A Beautiful Life 25 The Postmistress 107 Welcome to Guildholme p6 31 Old Aunts of Perroomba 123 Doug p144 37 Renaissance Man 133 The Larrikin 43 A Tragic End 143 Brothers in Arms 49 Bound for New South Wales 155 The Realtor 63 Pillar of the Church

p112 p117 p34 p41 163 Love One Another 247 Voov 181 251 Wig 191 Clayton 255 Elizabeth Douglas Whittam 195 Maxwell Douglas Whittam 259 Transport King 227 David Alan Whittam 263 Thrice in Love 231 Robert Henry Douglas Meyer 275 Tiddles 235 Russell Douglas Whittam 279 David D S Whittam 239 Jeanette Douglas Whittam 283 References 243 John Douglas Whittam



Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker” outside the Legion of Honour Source: Kappe, Eelco. “A Discussion of the Thinker by Rodin.” TripImprover, 28 Mar. 2019, www.tripimprover.com/blog/ the-thinker-by-auguste-rodin.



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William and Anne put down roots in Adelaide







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Ancestry





an unusual encounter The account of the strange man











Elizabeth and Helen, matriarchs in the old house