Grace Bussell Grace Bussell i(A60900 works by)
Born: Established: 1860 Busselton - Augusta area, Far Southwest Western Australia, Western Australia, ; Died: Ceased: 1936 Guildford, Swan Valley area, Eastern Perth, Perth, Western Australia,
Gender: Female
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BiographyHistory

'Grace Bussell was the daughter of one of the first European settlers in the Augusta-Margaret River Region of Western Australia. Her parents Ellen and Alfred Bussell moved to a property they named Ellensbrook, in the 1850s to start a dairy and cattle farm. This area would later become known as the town of Margaret River. In 1865, the family moved to the property of Wallcliffe, near the mouth of Margaret River...

' Grace would come to public attention in 1876, when she became involved in the rescue [together with Sam Isaacs] of passengers and crew on the stricken ship, S.S. Georgette... Frederick Drake-Brockman, a government surveyor, heard of Grace's couragous efforts and rode from Perth, some 300km, to meet her. They would later marry in 1882 at St Mary's church in Busselton. Her husband became the Surveyor General of Western Australia and would name "Lake Grace" in his wife's honour...

'Grace Bussell Drake-Brockman died in 1935 at the age of 75, in Guildford.'

Source: Margaret River Vista website, http://www.margaretrivervista.com/
Sighted: 31/10/2011

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