Benedict Von Bibra

Biography; Benedict married Matilda Sarah Flaherty on 7 April 1836 in Perth.[1]

BDM WA; Births of Children registered to Benedict Von Bibra and Matilda Flaharty

1841/39 Fremantle; von Bibra, Edwin William, died 1842/21 aged 6 months. Buried East Perth Cemetery. https://www.eastperthcemeteries.com.au/explore/burial-search/burial...

1843/193 Fremantle; Bibra, Amelia Matilda.

1844/491 Perth; Von Bibra, Charles Frederic.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibra_Lake,_Western_Australia

BIBRA LAKE In the summer of 1843, Benedict von Bibra (son of Franz Ludwig von Bibra) bought land at the edge of a wide depression to use as a camping place to shorten the trip between his two carpentry businesses in Perth and Fremantle. He apparently assessed from the stringybark trees that the basin would become a lake in winter of a depth of seven to eight feet. He proved correct.

In 1877, it was found the von Bibra's association with Lake Walliabup was apparently still recalled by locals who referred to the feature as Bibra's Lake.

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The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth WA) Wed 19 Mar 1884; Death:

At Howrah on 2nd February, at the age of 75, Benedict Baron von Bibra, eldest son of the late Captain Bibra, H.M. British German Legion.

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Benedict (1809–1884) - namesake of [wikipedia:Bibra_Lake,_Western_Australia|Bibra Lake] in Western Australia.

The von Bibra Story
Sources
↑ "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", database, FamilySearch : 28 January 2020, Benedict Von Bibra, 1836.
↑ Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Wednesday 2 April 1884, page 2

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A local story of Benedict Von Bibra

https://www.thewetlandscentre.org.au/blog/benedict-von-bibra-and-th...