R. B. Leake -Life & Legacy
The Leake family, headed by Robert Buck Leake, were pioneers in what would become the Kellerberin wheat and sheep country. They made the region, decades before Australia became a nation, able to establish itself as a going concern.
The biography of a pioneer in the wheat belt of
Western Australia. Robert Buck Leake, born Yorkshire in 1837, he sailed to
Australia as a young man, ultimately settling in Kellerberrin on a property
named Mooranoppin. He and his wife Jane had three daughters and four sons. When
he died at age 87, there were 12 grandchildren. Eventually, that number would
be 18. This book celebrates the challenges and heritage of someone who dared to
come to a fledgling country to begin a new life.
Author:
Patrick
Cornish
Designer:
Joanne
West Cornish
Published:
2023
ISBN:
978-0-6455434-2-1
Pages:
162
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