Mr Thomas Walker, Minister for Education, officially opened the Spearwood State School on Saturday 27 June 1914 with 500 people in attendance. He made a speech extolling the 'evidence of the...

Messrs. Jim Brindle and Alfred Mayor took up 10 acres of land on Hamilton Road in Spearwood around 1907, and within seven years had transformed it into what some observers called "the best...

A display of the produce of the Jandakot district at the Jandakot Agricultural Show in February 1901. Interior of the Jandakot Agricultural Hall shown with the fruits and vegetables on wooden...

The Premier of Western Australia, George Throssell, and the Minister for Lands, C.J. Moran, attended the 1901 Jandakot Agricultural Show and heard the concerns and opinions of the residents of the...

Premier George Throssell stands before a large crowd of Jandakot residents at the Jandakot Agricultural Show, 1901. The premier is wearing a hat and standing to the left. The crowd contains many...

On the evening of 15 July 1903 one of the buildings used to store explosives at the government facility beside Robb Jetty was blown to pieces with a nightwatchman inside. Thomas Whelan was killed...

On the evening of 15 July 1903 one of the buildings used to store explosives at the government facility beside Robb Jetty was blown to pieces with a nightwatchman inside. Thomas Whelan was killed...

The Fremantle to Armadale railway was a huge political topic for Jandakot residents in the early 20th century. A railway would allow market gardeners to get their produce to Fremantle on market...

The dairy cow belonging to Mr W. Spencer won top prize at the 1902 Jandakot Agricultural Show.

The Jandakot Agricultural Show was a chance for isolated settlers to come together and celebrate the produce of the district. Everyone entered their best fruits and vegetables, and expert judges...

Crowds of Jandakot residents gather outside the Jandakot Agricultural Hall for the 8th annual Agricultural Show in 1902. A mixture of men and women crowd together on the sandy ground, and the hall...

Members of the Jandakot Agricultural Society, the committee in charge of organising the Agricultural Show, and judges from government departments all pose for a photograph outside the Jandakot...

Grapes were grown in abundance throughout the Cockburn district, and Jandakot was no exception. Grapes were grown for eating as well as wine production, and in 1902 Charles Trebley won first prize...

The Jandakot Agricultural Hall was built in 1898, and became an important meeting place for the isolated settlers of the Jandakot district. The wraparound verandah seen here in July 1903 was added...

The tenth annual Jandakot Agricultural Show reportedly attracted over a thousand attendees, with displays of horses, vehicles, farm equipment and the best fruit and vegetables produced in the...

Inside the Hall at the 1904 Jandakot Agricultural Show were the displays of fruit and vegetables produced by the market gardeners of the district. Grapes are in the foreground on a central trestle...