the Legislative Council of Western Australia. William Burges (1806 or 1808–1876), brother of Lockier. As secretary of the York Agricultural Society in 1847, he was closely involved in that body's ultimately successful petition for Western Australia to become a penal colony. He strongly opposed female convicts. Solomon Cook (1812–1871) was an American engineer who constructed a substantial mill and one of Western Australia's first steam engines at York. James Cowan (1848–1937), York Clerk of Courts and Postmaster (1864–1870) who became registrar and Master of the Supreme Court; husband of Edith Cowan. Walkinshaw Cowan (1808–1888) was the Protector of Natives at York (from 1848), also a Police Magistrate and then Resident Magistrate of York and Beverley (1863–1887). William Cowan (1854–1940), York Clerk of Courts (1870–1875), resident magistrate (1897–1919). During the whole term of occupancy on the bench, none of his decisions was upset on appeal, including an appeal to the High Court. Cowits (c.1832–1868), first Aboriginal Assistant at the York Police Station, who at 10 years of age accompanied Henry Landor and Henry Maxwell Lefroy on their 1842 expedition south east of Beverley, and later accompanied Lefroy's 1863 expedition to what is now called Lake Lefroy. Les Craig CMG (1892–1966) was a politician who was a member of the Legislative Council of Western Australia. Samuel Smale Craig (1802–1869), constructed the Castle Hotel in 1853 and then ran it until his death. Robert Dale (1810–1853), the first European to cross the Darling Range, where he discovered the fertile Avon Valley and explored the future locations of Northam, Toodyay and York. William Dinsdale Snr (1816–1878), arrived 1858 as a convict, brought family out in 1863, York shoe and boot maker, also a small farmer. William Dinsdale Jnr (1851–1921) Mayor of York from 3 December 1896 to November 1898, and again from 20 November 1901 to 1907; built Dinsdale's Shoe Emporium; in 1897 became Manager and then co-owner of the York Flour Mill. Robert Doncon (1814–1881) with his wife Sophia in 1849 built and then ran the Kings Head Inn. Aimable Duperouzel (1831–1901), French born convict who became a successful farmer and land owner. John Drummond (1816–1906) was an early settler and the first Inspector of Native Police. William Edwards (1792–1865), former soldier who had fought at Waterloo, moved to York in the 1840s, his grandsons Charles and Kenneth established in 1882 the store which is now the York and Districts Co-op. William Edwards