George Geneff

Born in Bulgaria and migrated to Western Australia in 1907 with his parents, living in Innaloo. He is known as a market gardener, a boxer, a contractor and philanthropist.

Mr Geneff was elected to the Perth Road Board (Osborne Park Ward) in 1937 and was a member until 1938. During the 1930s, Mr Geneff was also a member of the Osborne Drainage Board and the Osborne Park Agricultural Society. George and his family donated land and money in 1976 to create what was the Geneff Village retirement home and is now known as Bethanie Geneff Aged Care home.

Geneff built a coastal structure called the Sorrento Dome in 1961 which serviced the shack owners and holiday makers, which was demolished in 1977. The Sorrento Surf Life Saving Club was formed in 1958 by a small group of North Beach Surf Lifesaving Club members, with George Geneff as its first President. Buildings at the rear of the Sorrento Dome were used to house the life saving equipment until the Sorrento SLSC clubrooms were operational.

George Geneff built the Nookenburra Hotel in 1962 and had a keen interest in history and heritage.