ROAD BOARD

By far the most significant happening for 1912 was the constituting of the Gnowangerup District Road Board. Since 1908, when the town had been declared, the Progress Association had tirelessly worked to this goal. James Bell was appointed to prepare an electors’ roll and then to conduct the first local government election.

In May 1912 the first Road Board Election was held. From 256 ratepayers, 7 members were required, yet only 74 electors cast a vote for the 13 candidates. The seven men gaining the most votes were declared elected. They were:
A. B. Stone                 58
Arthur Aylmore            57                        
G. A. Johnston            50                        
Andrew McDonald        49                        
Patrick Corbett            48                        
Andrew Moir                46                        
David Collins               45   

THE NATIONAL BANK OF AUSTRALASIA BUILDING
 BOUGHT BY ROAD BOARD & MOVED TO NEW SITE NEXT TO DAVIES & SON STORE       PHOTO TAKEN  1957          #1

GNOWANGERUP ROAD BOARD 1933        #2
Back Row L - R:    R. A. WILKINSON, NELSON LEMMON, P. G. GREEN, TTOM MUIR, R.W. T. WELLSTEAD
Front Row L - R:   JIM GARNETT, J. L. BALL, J. GRIFFITHS (Chairman), S. FOSTER (Secretary), P. DAVIS
 

GNOWANGERUP ROAD BOARD 1937        #3
 Back Row L - R:   TOM McDONALD (Clerk), BILL CUNEO (Secretary), A. E. HASSELL, NORMAN  P. DAVIS, TOM MUIR, R. W. T. WELLSTEAD.
Front Row L - R:     FELIX GROCOCK, JIM GARNETT, NELSON LEMMON (Chairman), DICK CHAMBERS (Vice Chairman), REG AUSTIN.
 

C. A. HINKLEY
 BOARD MEMBER  1923 - 1926
BOARD MEMBER  1929 - 1930
CHAIRMAN  1925 - 1926
 

NELSON LEMMON
 ELECTED  1932           RETIRED   1937
CHAIRMAN  1935 - 1937

WILLIAM JOHN CUNEO  AASA AIMA
 SENIOR ENGINEER  1934 - 1961
SHIRE COUNCILLOR  1961 - 1965
 

REG AUSTIN  J.P.
 ELECTED 1935         RETIRED 1940
CHAIRMAN  1940 - 1944
 
 
 

D. K. HOUSE  O.B.E.   J.P.
ROAD BOARD  1942 - 1953, 1954 - 1961
CHAIRMAN  1944 - 1955, 1959 - 1961
SHIRE COUNCIL  1961 - 1969
PRESIDENT  1961 - 1962
 
 

G. E. P. WELLARD   J.P.
 MEMBER  1944 - 1959
VICE CHAIRMAN  1946 - 1954
CHAIRMAN  1954 - 1959

 

E. B. NORRISH  J.P.
 Elected  1955         RETIRED   1977
VICE CHAIRMAN  1957 - 1961
DEPUTY PRESIDENT  1961 - 1962
PRESIDENT  1962 - 1964
 

J. V. McDONALD  J.P.  M.B.E.
 MEMBER  1960 - 1985
DEPUTY PRESIDENT  1962 - 1964
PRESIDENT  1964 - 1976
 

R. K. BROWN   J.P.
 MEMBER  1965 - 1982
DEPUTY PRESIENT  1978 - 1980
PRESIDENT  1980 - 1982
 

J. F. O'MEEHAN  J.P.
 ELECTED  1967         RETIRED  1980
DEPUTY PRESIDENT   1969 - 1976
PRESIDENT  1976 - 1980
 

MONTY HOUSE  J.P.
 COUNCILLOR  1972 - 1981
COUNCILLOR  1982 - 1986
SHIRE PRESDENT  1982 - 1986
 

KEN E. PECK   J.P.
 MEMBER  1981
DEPUTY PRESIDENT   1984 - 1986
PRESIDENT  1986 - 1994
 

JAN SAVAGE   J.P.
 MEMBER   1987
DEPUTY PRESIDENT  1994 - 1995
PRESIDENT  1995 - 2007
 

K. E.  PECK  A.M. J.P.
 MEMBER  1984
DEPUTY PRESIDENT  1984 - 1986, 2005 - 2007
PRESIDENT  1986 - 1994, 2007
 

R. J. GARNETT
 MEMBER 1988 -
DEPUTY PRESIDENT  1991 - 1994
PRESIDENT  1994 - 1995
 

BACK END LOADER ON 3 TON CHEV TIP TRUCK           #4
 

 Back end loader on the back of a 3 ton Chev Tip Truck, invented by Bill Cuneo who was the Clerk Engineer         It is believed to be the first one in W.A. Teddie Noakes on back of truck, driver Albert Frantom
 

RUSSELL GRADER.  ARTHUR BELL DRIVER               #5
 

RUSSELL GRADER.           #6 
 

LOW LOADER AND CATERPILLAR  1960               #7
 

 ROAD BOARD MALCOLM MOORE GRADERS  1960s           #8
 

ROAD BOARD WORKSHOP YARD 1962                 #9
 

GNOWANGERUP ROAD BOARD OFFICES  1962                #10
 

GNOWANGERUP SHIRE OFFICES  2020    #11

GNOWANGERUP ROAD BOARD/SHIRE COUNCIL
SERVING MEMBERS FROM 1912

Alymore A 1912-1917

Collins D 1912-1913

Corbett P 1912-1913

Johnston GA 1912-1917

MacKenzie S 1912-1916

McDonald A 1912-1913

Moir A.J 1912-1913

Stone AB 1912-1913

Clemesha EC 1913-1914

Harper LE 1913-1914

John WL 1913- 1917

O’Meehan F  1913-1917

Thompson JW 1913-1914

Garnett B 1914-1914

Garnett J 1914-1921

Lee J 1914-1916

Richards A 1914-1917

Collins D 1915-1920

Bell J 1917-1920

Hassell E 1917-1920

McDonald A 1917-1923

Moir AJ 1917-1920

Parry G 1917-1917

Thompson JW 1917-1917

Corbett M 1918-1920

Lee J 1919-1920

Moir EG 1920-1920

Moir JE 1920-1921

Moir LE 1920-1927

St John W 1920-1921

Stutley CW 1920-1921

Alymore A 1921-1922

Davis RB 1921-1923

Howard RD 1921-1923

Vaux J 1922-1925

Davis NLP 1923-1926

Grocock FJ 1923-1924

Henning CH 1923-1925

Hinkley CA 1923-1926

Moir JE 1923-1925

Howard RD 1924-1927

Murray WW 1924-1930

Ball JL 1925-1934

Garnett J 1925-1936

Moir OP 1925-1928

Richardson OP 1925-1928

Brown JW 1926-1932

Gaze WO 1926-1932

Davis NLP 1927-1936

Wellstead RWT 1927-1955

Parkinson AW 1928-1929

Vaux J 1928-1931

Hinkley CA 1929-1930

Griffiths J 1930-1934

Moir JA 1930-1931

Parker JR 1931-1932

Green BG 1932-1935

Lemmon N 1932-1937

Willkinson A.O.S 1932-1934

Muir T 1933 -1936

Chambers E 1934-1939

Grocock FJ 1934-1940

Hassell AE 1934-1938

Austin RC 1935-1944

Davis RB 1936-1939

Lloyd-woods W 1936-1942

Moir JA 1936-1939

Davis NLP 1937-1938

McHardy J  1938-1943

Vaux SF 1938-1945

Bungey C 1939-1944

Griffiths J 1939 1942

Moore G 1939-1944

Baxter A 1940-1960

House DK 1942-1953

Pinner T 1942-1946

Brown CJ 1943-1949

Lloyd-woods W 1944-1945

Muir T 1944-1950

Wellard G.E.P 1944-1959

Ball JL 1945-1954

Newby SG 1945-1946

Hart TG 1946-1957

McDonald J 1946-1950

House E 1949-1951

HendryGS 1950-1956

Stone WA 1950-1956

MC Hardy LJ 1951-1954

Garnett GH 1953-1961

Brown RS 1954-1961

House DK 1954-1961

Norrish EB 1955-1961

Davis H 1956-1959

Davis KP 1956-1961

Vaux DS 1957-1961

Parnell W.W.E 1959-1961

McDonald JV 1960-1961

Schubert LA 1960-1961

SECRETARY

MacKenzie S 1912-1913

MacKenzie S 1914-1916

Cram P 1916-1921

Foster S 1922-1934

Cuneo WJ 1934-1941

Cuneo WJ 1943-1961

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