Local Government
Wickepin
Region
Wheatbelt
Potts Farm
Wickepin
Wheatbelt
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| Municipal Inventory | Adopted | 16 Aug 1996 | Category 4 | |
The place is significant for its association with one of the earliest pioneers of the district, and the Italian POWs.
John Richard Potts emigrated with his family from Ireland in 1857, and took up land east of Narrogin in 1903. At the same time, Rose and Fairhead took up land in the same vicinity. Later he bought another property, Yambella. During World War two, the Italian prisoners of war working on his farm stoned the sides of the water reserve -drainage for Water Authority ?? Russell??
Individual Building or Group
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| Present Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Cottage |
| Original Use | FARMING\PASTORAL | Cottage |
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| DEMOGRAPHIC SETTLEMENT & MOBILITY | Settlements |
| OUTSIDE INFLUENCES | World Wars & other wars |
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