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Samuel Viveash
Swan Guildford Historical Society:
Dr. Samuel Waterman Viveash (1799-1880) and his wife Susan sailed from England on the ship Britomart on 3rd July 1838, arriving in Fremantle on 5th December 1838.
He came to Western Australia as a medical practitioner. From 1850 he was responsible for the newly arrived convict labourers in the Swan District, and Surgeon to the Guildford Convict Depot from 1852.
He was also appointed resident magistrate of the Swan District, where he heard cases, firstly in a small room within the Colonial Goal. Later he presided over cases in the newly built Guildford Courthouse. He continued as Magistrate until 1872, making him the longest serving in the Swan District.
Samuel and Susan Viveash took up land in the Avon Land district, before moving to the Houghton Estate. They were then allocated Swan Location 14A known as Wexcombe. The Viveash homestead “Ashby” was built here in 1853.
Here the couple raised eleven children. Samuel Viveash died on 13 June 1880, and is buried in the churchyard at Middle Swan. His wife Susan died in 1890.
The suburb of Viveash near Midland is named after Samuel Viveash, who owned the land in this area in the 1840s. In the 1960s it was developed by the Midland Brick Company, who undertook the subdivision of the land, and requested the area be given the name Viveash in May 1968.
References and Links
https://swanguildfordhistoricalsociety.org.au/people/swan-valley-pioneers/
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