Historical information

Jack Lockett was born to his single mother Mary Elizabeth Lockett in 1891. He lived with his mother and grandparents at Waanyarra. Later on, Elizabeth married Robert Burstall.
Jack went to work for a farmer at age thirteen and eventually went on to farm land in the Mallee with two of his uncles.
After serving in World War 1 Jack Lockett married and raised four children on the family farm at Linga.

Physical description

Scan of an old photograph of Jack Lockett's mother and extended family.
Everyone is dressed up for the formal portrait.
Probably taken during the era when people had to sit very still as evidence of movement among the children.

Inscriptions & markings

'Family of James Lockett (m 23-12-1868 Margaret Ann Bryant). Photo taken approx 1904.
Back row Bob Burstall (m Mary Elizabeth), Dick (m Ivy Barr), George (m Rosie Underwood) Herb (m Sadie Wilson) (NZ).
2 row Bill (m Elizabeth Taig), Birdie (m Alf Reilly), Tom (NZ), Geirge Scholes (m Edith Jane), Jim (m Jane Williams - Emma Stibbs).
3 row Elizabeth Taig (Jim on knee) (m Bill), Mary Elizabeth (mother of John Henry Lockett) (m Bob Burstall), Alf (m Ethel Schultz), Grandfather James Lockett, Edith (m George Scholes), Hane (Williams), Ina on knee (Jim).
Front row Bob & Clarence Burstall, Annie Lockett (mother and father Jane & Jim), Ivy Scholes (m Sis Burstall m Frank Wooding), Flo Burstall (m Jim Cooper)'.