LANAGAN, GEORGE (1908-1995) George was involved in droving or managing cattle drovers down the Canning Stock Route for over 25 years. He was born at Warialda in New South Wales and at 14 years of age went droving with his father. In 1928 his father moved to Western Australia and settled the family in the Morawa- Mullewa district. In 1938 he married Eileen Patricia O’Connor of Wiluna and she joined George in the Kimberley area. When George was commissioned to take a mob of cattle south she joined him on the drove and became the first and only woman to ever participate in droving cattle on the Canning Stock Route. Following George’s World War 11 military service, he and Eileen managed cattle and sheep properties such as Wongawol, Wanawa, Windidda, Billiluna and Myroodah where they stayed for some 20 years before retiring to Karrinyup. Source: Stitching the Stock Route, 2010, Hesperian Press PRIVATE ARCHIVES MANUSCRIPT NOTE (MN 2889; ACC 1610A, 8173A) SUMMARY OF CLASSES FINANCIAL RECORDS NOTES LETTERS Acc. No. DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL RECORDS 8173A/2 March 1939 Receipts and invoices for J & W Bateman Limited(Grocers) and WD & HO Wills(Australia) Limited(Tobacco merchants) addressed to Robert Falconer, A/C[Account Current] G Lanagan, Billiluna Station, Wyndham LETTERS 1610A 19 February 1968 Letter, written from Myroodah Station, Derby to S.G. Gratte, Geraldton, in answer to questions about the Canning stock route, graves of Thomson, Shoesmith and others at 37 Well, grave marker, drover's names, cattle movements. Photocopy of original NOTES 8173A/1 16 June 1958 Message, left in a tin container on a cairn, to direct travellers to Well22 on the Canning Stock Route. Includes hand-written note and tin container Holdings = 2 cm. Copyright Restrictions The Commonwealth Copyright Act 1968 regulates copying of unpublished material. It is the user’s legal obligation to determine and satisfy copyright. MN2889 1 Copyright SLWA ©2011 .