Opposite house No 1 people by the name of Rossiter had a house. It was quite a large house with four good-sized rooms.
There were numerous children. Jane, Mrs Mackenzie, Violet, and May.’ Ding’-Ollie, Bill Tom and Frank. The children all married and moved out and when the old people died the Price family came to live in the house.
Price Family- There were no girls in this family only 4 or 5 boys. Collie, Norman, Brian, and Ricky. Mrs Price ended up living in Argenton when she married again. (Her mother was Mrs Isles). Mr Price was from Mine Camp and was not related to the Price family from the Bay. This family lived here between the Ist and 2nd World War.
Betty and Curly Boyd were the next family to occupy this house. This house burnt down and Betty and Curly moved to 13 Flowers Drive in Middle Camp. The house was gone by the end of the Second World War
There was also a house up near the dam at the mine in Middle Camp. A man called ‘Dunk’ Anderson lived here. There were two daughters. The younger girl moved to Mine Camp and the older girl married and moved to Swansea. When the girls left, the house was pulled down. (lots of mozzies)
Further up the road from No 1 and then going over the road (now Flowers Drive) then down into the bush were two houses occupied by two Russian families. One of these families was the Voronoffs. Vanya, the husband, was an ostler in the mine and his wife was Palya. This family later moved to Sydney where Mr Voronoff earned an income by going early to the fish markets buying cheaper fish, filleting and then selling them as more expensive fish.
Mr Voronoff played the balalaika and later played in the Russian Club in Sydney.
Vanya Voronoff owned a camera, a rare thing in those days. He would take photos by special request. Mrs Robertson took her three sons, David, Donald and Jack, to Voronoff to have their photos taken. It was one of Mr Robertson’s prize possessions and for over 80 years he kept it displayed on his bedroom wall.
The other Russian family was the Krasniks who also lived in a hut close by. The wife was called Ella. There were two children, a son, Billy who played violin and viola. He later played with the London Symphony Orchestra and married an English girl, Pauline. There were no children and when Billy died in England his wife came out to Australia. The Krasniks also had a daughter, Olga. She played piano and the harp and was a member of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. She later played with a classical group The Clive Amadio Quintet and married the leader of the group. There were no children and she died in Australia.