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67543f Alexander Whillas 2026-08-02 13:11:24
Ingest Whillas–McLeod history spreadsheet (1860s–1970s) Ingest the 12 decade CSV sheets from source/ into the wiki: - 12 decade timeline pages (1860s–1970s) - 39 people pages (full Whillas & McLeod/Gunn lines) - 19 place pages, 9 event pages - 3 document pages + index (incl. Catherine Gunn death cert scan) - family tree (Mermaid + outline), index, log; updated home Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Invergordon, Victoria
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A locality near Numurkah in northern Victoria, where the Whillas family ran the Post Office through the 1960s.
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## Connection to the family
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- The family moved here c. late 1959/early 1960 from [Sth Purrumbete](/places/south-purrumbete-victoria), seeking a drier, warmer climate, and ran the **Invergordon Post Office**.
195402 Alexander Whillas 2026-09-30 21:46:21
Updates after Teena interview
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- [Teena Whillas](/people/christine-frances-whillas-b1947) recalled her mother teaching her telephone and counter work here; the interview describes the family post office as also serving as a newsagency. See [Teena's interview](/documents/interview-teena-mclean-2026).
67543f Alexander Whillas 2026-08-02 13:11:24
Ingest Whillas–McLeod history spreadsheet (1860s–1970s) Ingest the 12 decade CSV sheets from source/ into the wiki: - 12 decade timeline pages (1860s–1970s) - 39 people pages (full Whillas & McLeod/Gunn lines) - 19 place pages, 9 event pages - 3 document pages + index (incl. Catherine Gunn death cert scan) - family tree (Mermaid + outline), index, log; updated home Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- [Greg Stephen Whillas](/people/greg-stephen-whillas-b1960), the youngest child, was born at nearby Numurkah on 1 Nov 1960.
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- After the [Hopetoun truck accident](/events/hopetoun-truck-accident-1970) in 1970 and [Dick's](/people/richard-charles-whillas-b1920) resulting bankruptcy, the Post Office was sold and the family moved to [East Fremantle](/places/east-fremantle-western-australia).
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> The home-page photograph, *Invergordon Family Lounge* (newspaper, 1963), dates from this period.
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## Sources
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- Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), *1950s*, *1960s* and *1970s* sheets.
195402 Alexander Whillas 2026-09-30 21:46:21
Updates after Teena interview
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- [Interview with Teena McLean, interviewed by Erika Whillas, 16 Aug 2026](/documents/interview-teena-mclean-2026).