Who was ..
Credited with naming Rottenest in December 1696
Willem De Vlamingh
The first European to land on Rottnest
Abraham Leeman
Given a lease for the island in 1849
Captain James Dempster
The last superintendent on Rottnest
Frederick Pearse 1898 - 1903
The longest, unaltered and continually inhabited streetscape in Australia.
Vincent Way
One of the first settlers who started the salt collection industry
William Nairne Clarke
Appointed as interpreter to the aborigines in 1843 and later as moral agent
Francis Armstrong
In charge of the preliminary fortification work at Rottnest
Capt. Frank Hussey
The grand poobah of guide training in 2021
Mike!
The old mill and grain store used for today
The Museum
the early settlers who arrived with 8 of their children in 1831
Robert and Caroline Thomson
The first official pilot
Captain Edward Back
Oliver's Hill named after (probably)
Adam Oliver, chief warder of the prison in 1883
The prisoner that was called the Imperial pauper
John Lomas
The reason Rottnest was closed during WW1
It was used as an internment camp for people of German and Balkan origin
The first prison superintendent
Henry Vincent
The first lighthouse keeper
Thomas Carter
The first officer in charge of the aboriginal prison
Const. Welch
The first nurse on Rottnest
Fay Smith (Fay's Bay is named after her)
The deepest lake on Rottnest
Government House Lake - up to 8m
He built the reformatory in 1881
John Watson
Appointed as the first manager of the salt works
Henri Courderot
Caroline Lediard
She married Robert Thomson
Known as the King of Rottnest
Des Sullivan
correct? Is it Kingston barracks or Kingstown barracks?
Kingstown barracks