Treendale Farm Historic Site & Thomas Treen

Treendale owes its name to Thomas Treen. Treen arrived in Australind in 1840 on the Island Queen as a surveyor for the Western Australian Land Company.

He took up several holdings, including a rural property at 45 Waterloo Road that he named Treendale Farm, chosen for its fertile soil where he grew wheat and potatoes.

In the early days, a stock route also crossed through Treendale Farm, so cattle could reach the coastal fields, allowing farmers to spell their home paddocks.

In 1847, he left his farm in the care of Thomas Bedingfield and set off on the Vixen, journeying through Southeast Asia. After many years working in Ceylon and England, Treen returned to Treendale Farm in 1861 and became an Assistant Surveyor in the South West. He married Susan Earnshaw of Busselton in 1863 and died in Vasse soon after.

Treendale Farm was subsequently owned by several pioneering families, including Rise, MacNish, Bevan, and Stanley. The Stanley family ran a dairy on the property.

In 1964, Treendale Farm was purchased by the Coote family and was developed in 2003.

Please note: this is not the site of the original Treendale Homestead. Learn more at Shenton & Treendale Homestead.

Meet Thomas Treen

Born in 1810, Thomas Treen arrived at Australind in December 1840 on the Island Queen to assist in surveying the new town.

With wife Susan, he had one son, Lewis Fitzwilliam Treen.

He died in 1865 and is believed to be buried in East Perth Cemetery.