Address & Contact
Point Malcolm Rd
Israelite Bay WA 6452
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Ruin: Ponton's
Homestead.
The Ponton Brothers Stephen and William had arrived in
Fremantle from England in 1859. Stephen was married to Anne Ryan after he had been granted a conditional pardon from a convict settlement. There were two children from this marriage before his wife became ill and died.
The brothers formed a partnership with
John Sharp who had been in
Albany and they were keen to explore for pastoral land to settle. The Ponton brothers, accompanied by
John Sharp, passed through
Esperance from
Albany with a horse and a dray, horses, sheep and cattle, in order to seek and establish new homesteads. They settled east at
Point Malcolm and
Pine Hill.