Treendale & 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, Lot 1, Lot 65 Wellington Road, Lots 4 & 5 Waterloo Road (adjacent to Shenton’s), and towards Roelands, where he grew wheat and potatoes. He named his property Treendale which was derived from a combination of Treen’s surname and the dales of his home country or county of Devon, England.  

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 the area 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.

Around the 1860s, the property was leased to Gerald De Courcy Lefroy.

After being rented out for many years, Treendale was finally put up for sale by Susan and Lewis Fitzwilliam Treen. William Spencer, Solicitor of Bunbury, was appointed to act on their behalf and the property was sold to Robert Henry Rose junior in 1897.

Over the years, the owners, boundaries and holdings of what was called Treendale Farm altered considerably.

In 1964, the area now known as Treendale was purchased by the Coote family and was developed in 2003.

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.