Edward William Vine GRIBBLE CE Town Clerk and Civil Engineer of Boulder was born in Ballarat Victoria on 16 Nov 1860 and was the son of the late Edward Vine Gribble on of the most prominent mining investors of that town in the early days of its existence. He was educated at Grenville College Ballarat where he left at the age of 16yrs when he worked for the Crown Lands Dept as a draftsman and surveyor. In 1884 he was appointed as town clerk of Portland VIC where he remained for four years before accepting the position of town clerk at Essendon. He was to remain here for 9yrs before moving to the construction branch of the Victorian Railways. In 1903, after serving five years in this position, he applied and was successful for the position of town engineer in Boulder Western Australia in 1903. He took up the position in the same year. In 1908 he also took on the position of town clerk of Boulder City.
Edward William Vine GRIBBLE
He would watch the growth of the town with keen interest and assisted in the development of many public works. He was known to have laid out an extensive system of drainage for the town to the benefit of the residents.
Mr Gribble was the founding member of the Boulder Mines and City Workers Club, he was also a member of the Masonic Club. He was also well known in musical circles and was instrumental in the formation of the Boulder Liedertafel which went on too much success throughout the Commonwealth. He was also a founding member of the Boulder Bowling Club and was looked on as the Father of this sport in the Goldfields.
In 1888 Mr Gribble married Martha Emma Brown, daughter of Charles Brown of Stavely, Hawthorn Melbourne Vic, they have three daughters. Leila, Eva and Ruth
Edward died in Perth 1925 at the age of 65yrs and is buried in the Karrakatta Cemetery with Martha who died in 1935 in West Perth.
Gribble Creek
Gribble Creek was very appropriately named after him in 1924.
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I grew up in Cue in the 50’s & 60’s. We had a Gribble garage in town. I wonder if they are from the same family.
They could indeed be related, the name is not a common one.
I am distantly related to the Gribble family in Ballarat
Well, that solved an old-time mystery for me – Gribble Creek flowed under Burt Street, Boulder, not far from our family home and I often wondered how it got its name. I think a youngster drowned in it once when it was in flood – not sure if that is correct.