Captain Frank Biddles (1851-1932) was a pearler from Broome, Western Australia.
As captain of the Alto in 1901, he was involved in rescuing 121 people following the wrecking of the SS Karrakatta in King Sound.
[1] At the 1901 state election in Western Australia, Biddles stood for the seat of West Kimberley, as an Oppositionist (opponent of the government of George Throssell).
He was defeated by the sitting member, Alexander Forrest, who supported Throssell's government.
In 1913 or '14 he moved to Ivanhoe, a large residence on the corner of Ord and High Streets, where his family lived until 1948.