West Arthur Who's Who
YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR CONNECTIONS.
Meet the people behind the place.
Discover the people, businesses and groups who call West Arthur home, and meet members across Australia.
Each Portrait connects you with the public introduction and links that member has chosen to share.
Christine Graham
Good Country Service No Bull, No City rip offs here just honest professional advice, efficient service and cost effective.
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Eriko Takefuji
I am the owner of TAKEFUJI, an online boutique specialising in traditional Japanese crafts, and the co-founder and designer of TAKEFUJI LAWLER, a land…
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Distinguished and Famous people from West Arthur
🏉 Paul Duffield
Paul Duffield grew up on the family farm at Darkan, where practising football could be a fairly solitary business. With nobody conveniently stationed downfield, a sound kick also saved a long walk to retrieve the ball. His father Wayne had played for West Arthur, and Paul eventually built a 171-game career with Fremantle. After retiring from AFL football in 2015, he returned to farming at Darkan. A later appearance in the charity Legends Match brought the boots out again, linking his professional sporting years with fundraising for men's health.
🌾 William John Gibbs and family
William John Gibbs and his family established themselves around Darkan in the nineteenth century, with reliable water a decisive consideration. An early camp was shifted when a well proved unsatisfactory; a better supply further along the creek helped determine where farming could continue. In 1867 Gibbs applied for a hundred-acre tillage lease near Darkan Rock. Trading kangaroo skins in Perth helped obtain provisions. After his death in 1895, his son Henry continued the property and expanded it. The family's history gives the district a practical settlement story, shaped by water, labour and the business of making a farm survive.
