Various household documents relating to 'Ellerslie', Dunmore, home of the East family.
1. British America Assurance Co. Renewal Certificate 1960 & 1961
2. Motor Traders Insurance Co Pty Ltd. Personal Accident and Sickness Policy for Leslie Percival East.
3. Australian Mercantile, Land & Finance Company, Limited x 4 sheets
4. Booklet 'Guide to Virile Manhood' produced by Father and Son Welfare Movement
5. Booklet from the Commonwealth Bank Service
6. Brochure on how to bank at the Commonwealth Bank.
7. Letter from the Commonwealth Bank informing Leslie of changes to banking
8. Small Black notebook with a few addresses .One of the address in the book was for T Atchison, 59 Staples St. Kingsgrove
9. Depositors Passbook for Commonwealth Savings Bank for Leslie P East x 3
10. Bankbook covers x 6
11. Cheque stubs showing amount cheque written for and to whom
12. Happy Christmas Tag for present from Grandfather and Aunty May
13. Book keeping ledgers from 1912 - 1941 The English Scottish and Australian Bank. And Leslie Percival East Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Kiama x 5 books.
14. Statement of accounts from April 1959 - June 1962 for the Executors of the Estate of the Late Percival John Walkden East from the Scottish English and Australian Bank.Loose pages tied with string.
15. Leather book folder, gold gilt border with initials L E. Unused with price tag -Farmers Sydney nineteen shillings and sixpence. Provenance and SignifcanceThe East family is very well known in Shellharbour and Kiama. Thomas and Elizabeth East arrived in Australia in 1841 and farmed at ‘Prospect’, where East’s Caravan Park at Kiama is today. Thomas and Elizabeth had a family of six boys and six girls.
One son, John East, married Elizabeth Jarman in 1875 and settled at ‘Ellerslie’ farm at Dunmore. John and Elizabeth had a family of nine children, five boys and four girls, all raised on the farm.
Their youngest son, Wentworth ‘Wenty’ Lincoln East was Killed in Action in 1917 during the First World War. In a letter Wenty wrote to his parents, he said : “I am receiving all I require, and moreover I am facing this awful business calmly, knowing that if it comes to the worst, I am fully prepared for the end” (Kiama Library).
Percival ‘Percy’ John Walkden East, John and Elizabeth’s eldest son, carried on farming at ‘Ellerslie’.
In 1913, Percival married Elsie Gambell and two years later Leslie Percival East was born.
Sadly, Leslie was just four years old when his mother died, aged 31. Percy lost both his brother and wife within two years.DonorEast, Percival J.W.
