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In 1871, the Fremantle Road District was created under the District Roads Act 1871 to cover the area to the south and east of Fremantle, and the Fremantle Road Board was created to manage it.
Victorian born William Watson arrived in Fremantle in 1893 with a strong business background.
In 1895, he founded Watson’s Supply Stores and Luncheon Rooms in High Street, Fremantle.
In 1909 he purchased the Hamilton Road, Spearwood.The factory was established next to an old house called Woodlands which was surrounded by a large orchard of fruit trees.
The Hamilton Hill Memorial Hall was built by determined locals to commemorate the soldiers and nurses who left the district in 1914, some never to return.
The name Watsonia was suggested and registered around 1920.William and Harold Watson (William’s son) predicted the Great Depression with some accuracy and made sure that they had enough liquid assets to get through the difficult times.
Watson made sure farmers were paid as well as possible for their pigs, milk or butter and Eliza spent many hours helping families with food parcels or money to get them through hard times.William Watson was elected to the Federal Parliament seat of Fremantle in 1922.
In 1922 the Board constructed new offices at the corner of Forrest and Rockingham Roads.
In July 1923, the District received a large amount of land (gaining the localities of Atwell and Banjup and 75% of the Jandakot locality) from Jandakot Road District when that entity was abolished.
The heritage listed residence was built in 1923 for a member of the Manning family and offers a glimpse into the life of a prosperous settler family living in the Cockburn district.
On 21 January 1955, it was renamed Cockburn, after a successful referendum underlined the desire for recognition of the District's independence from Fremantle.
1976: spotlight on Cockburn State Housing The Cockburn district grew quickly after World War Two.
Volunteers helped to scan and catalogue the photographic collection, mostly held at Azelia Ley Museum, and staff at Spearwood Library digitised the audio, video, and document collections, including Cockburn's 1978 local history book, Cockburn: the Making of a Community by Michael Berson.
Many changes were made over the years, and no parts of the original factory were evident.Major extensions to the factory were opened in 1983.
Watson’s Foods and its Watsonia brand are still acknowledged as market leaders in the dairy and smallgoods industry.The place closed in February 2009, and most of the processing equipment has now been removed.
© Aboriginal Studies Press, 2012
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