South-Purrumbete-Victoria - blame (67543f)

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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>

# South Purrumbete, Victoria

A dairy-farming district in western Victoria near [Camperdown](/places/camperdown-victoria), where the Whillas family farmed through the mid-to-late 1950s.

## Connection to the family

- c. 1954, D & C bought a dairy farm here in shares with neighbour Vin Witwer (from [Bray](/places/bray-robe-south-australia)); about 125 cows. Volcanic soil, productive but cold and wet. [Dick](/people/richard-charles-whillas-b1920) caught pneumonia here (and possibly recurring malaria).

- The children attended the local Tandarook PS (one teacher, ~20 kids) and bussed daily to [Camperdown](/places/camperdown-victoria) HS. [Nan](/people/catherine-normandy-whillas-b1939) met John Walsh on the bus.

- Several children were born nearby at Camperdown in this period ([Jim](/people/stuart-james-whillas-b1954), [Mark](/people/mark-campbell-whillas-b1955), [Fiona](/people/fiona-victoria-whillas-b1956), [Susan](/people/susan-catrina-whillas-b1958), [Craig](/people/craig-douglas-whillas-b1959)).

- The family left c. late 1959/early 1960 for a drier climate at [Invergordon](/places/invergordon-victoria).

## Sources

- Whillas–McLeod family history spreadsheet (Rev 4), *1950s* sheet.