Merry Christmas Ronnie with the Family Tree. December 1971.
Now you've got it, Blotand all.
I have wanted to do it for years, but would never have got around to it if you hadn't twisted my arm. Thank you. Grampy.
Denis Bates 1903-1974
With a drawing of the "Family Tree" and typical of Grampy's sense of humour he wrote beneath the Blot from his pen
"YE BLOT ON YE FAMILY
ESCUTCHEON"
P/O Denis Bates
THE PRICE FAMILY in Western Australia:
Matthew Price 1854-1940
Pioneer of Western Australia
Explorer and Bridge Builder, Trail Blazer, Grazier,
Gold Miner and by all accounts a very Popular Fellow.
His Credits: Old Mandurah Traffic Bridge, Carnarvon Jetty, Rob's Jetty, Dongara Bridge. Overland Telegraph Line from Eucla to Western Australia. Matthew Price with Joseph Clarkson were the first two white men to sail into King Sound in their search for pearls.
