Historical information

John Henry Lockett OAM (22 January 1891 – 25 May 2002) was the oldest man ever in Australia when he died aged 111 years, 123 days. As one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, he was acclaimed as a national hero during the last decade of his life. Lockett was born in the small Victorian town of Waanyarra, near Bendigo. He left school aged nine to work on a local farm. Later, he worked for his uncles in the Mallee. On 24 March 1916, he travelled to Mildura to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He served in France with the 38th Battalion, earning promotion to sergeant and was discharged on 20 September 1919. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lockett

After the war, Jack returned to The Mallee and selected a 640 acres (260 ha) block of land in Linga, Victoria, deciding to make his living as a farmer. In 1923, he married Maybell Ingwerson and they had four children together. In 1963, the couple retired to Bendigo, leaving the farmland (which now covered more than 130,000 acres (53,000 ha), in the care of their children and grandchildren
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People with the name Burstall are in Lockett Family photo (item number 11170.6)

Physical description

Two pages of the Weekly Times, September 8, 1999. Pages 4and 5 headline across both pages - A celebration of the country spirit. An article by Xavier Duff covers both pages with black and white photos of early 20th century farming and a contemporary photo of Jack Lockett. There is a description of Jack's pioneer life at age 19 and quotes from Jack when he worked with his uncles Alf and Dick on their farm at Linga near Underbool in Northwest Victoria.
The article promotes a series of ten magazines in the Weekly, each one covering a decade of the 20th century