Superior Dairy collection

In the 1860s migration was starting to increase from Ireland, with rural Ireland under pressure and unemployment being high. A Mr Burke from Coon, Ireland, left for Australia and returned 40 years later, having made his fortune. His story motivated young men and women to leave Coon and the surrounding areas for decades after. Burke's success showed young people of the Coon-Cruttenclough areas in Ireland, the way out of a circle of small farms, big families and unemployment. Seeking new opportunities many families sailed to Australia, often going into dairying, or seeking fortunes on the Goldfields, or working in the building and railways industries. 

One of the families from Ireland were the Healy's, who migrated to Australia around 1914. Jim and Ned Healy of Cruttenclough, along with their brother Patrick joined other families such as the Kinsella's, Roches and Poole's. The Healy's were excellent fiddle players and often provided entertainment at the St. Patrick's Day get together in Perth.

The emigrants from the Coon-Cruttenclough area contributed largely to the spread of the Church by building churches and schools in their areas. The Rev. Robert Healy became Bishop of Perth.

The Superior Dairy was run by Ned Healy, owner and operator, and was located at 29 Tyler Street, Osborne Park.