The McLarty's Dray was made available to Fairbridge free of charge when available. Here is a photo of the two horse dray with its load ready to go to Mandurah. Possibly the first school bus. It was called a REO and apart from being a general work horse it was used to take the kids to school. No details of the vehicle are known, but it is loaded with kids for their trip to Manurah camp. The big giveaway is the well known sou'wester hats. It was the only time of the year that hats were worn. This vehicle came into service in 1937 and was used until 1949. It's lack of capacity was known to be a problem. This bus was owned by a Mr Jones who was located Pinjarre. was used to ferry children to schools outside of Fairbridge. May have been in Fairbridge day photo taken bring in children to play sport. Photo courtesy of Gladys Mares.
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- Bus 1950 (101 kB)
- The old REO bus (pic 1) (131 kB)
- Off to Mandurah Camp (150 kB)
- The old REO bus (pic 2) (118 kB)
- The old REO bus (pic 3) (107 kB)
- Off to Camp again (47 kB)
- A general road service bus (93 kB)
- Farmwork (42 kB)
- Known as the "New School Bus" (129 kB)
- Buggy and Horse (148 kB)
- Bus for the 1960s (59 kB)
- The Horse and Cart (135 kB)