Frederick Wurm

History

Other interests

• He turned his property in Unley Park into a very productive garden, and exhibited dried fruits, olive oil and silk in London, Paris, and Philadelphia, winning various medals and diplomas. He was awarded a £250 bonus as the first to produce of silk produced in South Australia in one year.
• He was a fine tenor, and a member of the Adelaide Liedertafel and conductor of the Unley Glee Club.
• For nine years he was organist at St. Augustine's Church, Unley
• He retired in 1881, and had an extensive garden in a very picturesque position alongside cliffs about a mile from Stansbury, where he planted about of olives and manufactured large quantities of high class olive oil.

  Family

• Elizabeth Julia Wurm married Richard Curtis Yeo in 1881, lived in Unley
• Frederick Henry Wurm of Port Pirie acted as Consul for Norway, was awarded the title of Chevalier of the Order of St. Olav in recognition of his services.
• Gertrude Mary Wurm married Henry Mayelston Mudie in 1903, lived in Hawthorn
• Gustav Adolph Wurm of Stansbury
• Walter Charles Wurm, from 1916 known as Walter Charles Weston, formerly of Port Pirie, later of the Port Adelaide Customs Department
• Alfred Ernest Wurm, from 1917 known as Alfred Ernest Weston, storekeeper, of Eastern Well
• Mabel Josephine Wurm of Stansbury, buried at Mitcham Anglican Cemetery