Historical information
The Dawe family shop is thought to have been in Sussex Street/Skipton Road, opposite Wishart's forge. W. Dawe is shown on the Township of Linton plan as the owner of Allotment 4, Section 1A.
Municipal directories show "William Dawe, Fruiterer" in the 1880s, and from the 1890s "Thomas Dawe, Fruiterer". (Thomas was William Dawe's son.)
Reports in the Ballarat Star in 1875 and 1876 show that along with his son-in-law Robert Simeon Nelson, William Dawe was was a partner in the 'Bristol Reef (or Bristol Quartz) Company'.
From about 1901, the Dawe shop also briefly included the undertaking business run by William Dawe's grandson, R. S. Nelson (the younger).
Physical description
A black and white copy of an original faded Photostat which shows three women standing in front of a building "Wm. Dawe General Storekeeper Fruiterer Confectioner".
Subjects
References
- Reference sources for Nelson family An advertisement placed in the Grenville Standard by "Robert S. Nelson, Undertaker &c" reads: "Having had to remove from old premises, is still carrying on the old Business at Mr T. Dawe's, opposite Wishart Bros., Blacksmiths." (See copy of advertisement in Nelson family file.) R. S. Nelson moved from Linton to Ballarat in 1907. See family history book "The Nelsons of Linton", in LDHS collection, Registration no. 2014-03.
