August 2020 – STUDIA PHOTOS

Greece 2019 Part VIII – Santorini

After the little diversion, it’s back to the Greek Islands for another installment from Santorini.

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Shuttered Window, Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece

Pearl on the Cliff, Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece

Gateway to Petit Palace Boutique Villas, Epar.Od. Firon-Ormou Perissis, Mesaria, Santorini, Greece

Petit Palace Boutique Villas, Epar.Od. Firon-Ormou Perissis, Mesaria, Santorini, Greece

View to the Southern Tip of The Caldera, Epar.Od. Firon-Ormou Perissis, Mesaria, Santorini, Greece

Coastal Rock Formation, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

Akrotíri Beach, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

Saint Nikolaos Orthodox Church, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

‘The Wave’, Beachside Café-Restaurant, Akrotíri Beach, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

“The Wave” is a little Café/Restaurant/Tavern right at the waters edge where we enjoyed lunch. See this link for a panorama – it is the small place on the left with the lattice railing.

Stone Wharf, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

Door, Melina’s Tavern, Akrotíri Beach, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

Melina’s Tavern, Akrotíri Beach, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

This can be seen in full context here

Doorway, Cave Art Space, Akrotíri Beach, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

Vineyard, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

The vines are not staked and are trained close to the ground to enable them to withstand the weather conditions of the island. They produce some truly wonderful wines here.

The Caldera, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

This can be seen in full context here

Coastal Cliffs, The Caldera, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

View North, Akrotíri Lighthouse Road, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

Akrotíri Lighthouse, Akrotíri, Santorini, Greece

Beach Front, Perissa, Santorini, Greece

Agia Eirini, Thirasia & Oia, Santorini, Greece

Villa Visitor, Sunny Villas, Imerovigli, Santorini, Greece

Images of Mining & Life from the Past – VII

The final contribution of the collection of old images of the early mining days in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, mainly the old Sons of Gwalia Mine at Leonora but also many of other surrounding places.

See this link for a map showing Leonora and Gwalia

Sonsa Dean Din Ras 1909

An Afghan who lived along Nambi Road and had his own personal mosque

Oroya Black Range Gold Mine, Sandstone 1908

Smoke Stack

(The State Hotel in Gwalia is visible to the left)

Machinery Shed, Sons of Gwalia Mine

Sons of Gwalia 1977

The mine was liquidated in 1963 and did not reopen again until 1982. The new entity operated the mine until its being placed into administration in 2004

Images Circa 1963

Maintenance near Headframe 1941

Mine View 1941

1907

Working Underground

Tool Sharpeners

Train Station, Gwalia

Mine 1926

Underground Shift

Atop the Gas Producers, Looking Towards the State Hotel

Tower Street 1905

The building to the right is the National Bank of Australasia – Now the Tourist & Information Bureau (See Here for today image)

“Ken”

Woodline locomotive in what today is the rear car park of the mine offices.

Ken’s Parking Spot During a Rainstorm in 2012

Images Associated with the Woodlines

Woodlines

Large quantities of timber are required for the development and running of the gold mines. This timber was not available locally and so a transport problem arose. The material required had to be shipped from its source to the lease and the best way considered to do this was by a small railway. An application was made for the constructing of the tramway and this was later granted to the Company.

The total area covered by the woodline was approximately 800 square miles. 4000 miles of 20″ gauge track. Only sufficient track was maintained to operate a few spur lines at one time. As an area became exhausted, the track was lifted (in sections complete with mulga log sleepers) and relaid in another area. The spur lines were laid 2 miles apart so that woodcutters were always within 1 mile of the track. The mulga cut was the fuel source for Sons of Gwalia Mine. About 30,000 tons of mulga of wood per year. The wood was used as fuel for boilers producing steam for the winder and to make producer gas for the engines in the power house. These engines drove the alternators generating the mines electricity and compressors producing the compressed air required. Woodline camps were very spartan. Each woodcutter had a small canvas hut with iron roof, which could be lifted onto a railway timber wagon and moved to the next campsite. Bough sheds were erected around the huts for additional shade and pens for chickens and goats were re-erected at each new campsite. Now, remains of bough sheds indicate the location of a campsite. Although a predominantly male occupation, some woodcutters had their families with them.

Washout of the Line at Lake Raeside

Railing Water 1941

Aerial – State Hotel in the background

The current mine offices are today located in the vacant plot in the centre of this image

Winder Wheels

Gold Pouring 1906

The Winder

Before the Fire in 1921

Leonora

Sons of Gwalia Mine 1949

Wooden Head Frame

Tram Car and Barn 1905

Tram 1903

Station Creek Homestead 1904

Trucks in Tower Street, Leonora

Todd Bros Coach Factory

The Mail Car

The Workers Club 1920

The Old Hotel Murrin Murrin 1905

The Smelter, Annaconda Copper Mine, Eulaminna 1900

Tatterstalls Hotel Mt Morgans

Sandalwood Cutters, Wilsons Patch

Unknown

Images of Mining & Life from the Past – VI

Part 6 of the continuing collection of old images of the early mining days in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, mainly the old Sons of Gwalia Mine at Leonora but also many of other surrounding places.

See this link for a map showing Leonora and Gwalia

Work Shed, Sons of Gwalia Mine

Stripping Timber for Transportation to the Mine

Underground Ore Cars

Timber for Boilers on Rail Cars

Workers Taking a Break

Woodline Steam Engines

Timber Stockpile

Woodline Trains Used for Staff Picnic

Sleeping Outdoors?

Parade Outside the White House Hotel, Tower Street, Leonora

Car Outside the White House Hotel

Mine Sites

Unknown Goldfields Hotel

Sons of Gwalia Mine 1963

Battery Fire 1921

Railway Hotel, Murrin Murrin

Gathered for a Race Meeting at Darlot

Gwalia Mine Manager’s House late 1920s

Police Party

P Hill’s Central Hotel, Tower Street, Leonora

Ore Carriages at the Decline

Parade Tower Street, Leonora 1903

Full Load on the Leonora Tram 1908

Gwalia Open Cut

Similar View in 2015

Mine Manager’s House Behind Open Cut

Similar View in 2012

Headframe on the Edge of the Open Cut

“Zion City”, The Miners Camp, Mertondale, Western Australia, 1905

Yundaminderra Battery 1937

Arrival of Morgan’s Minstrels, Yundaminderra

Images of Mining & Life from the Past – V

Another installment of the collection of old images of the early mining days in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, mainly the old Sons of Gwalia Mine at Leonora but also many of other surrounding places.

See this link for a map showing Leonora and Gwalia

Views of Sons of Gwalia Mine over Many Years

Gwalia Landscape from Mt Leonora

Bulldozer Clearing Land

Car Outside the White House Hotel

Outing on New Year’s Day 1914

Gold Display, National Bank of Australia, Malcolm (Pistols on table!)

“Painless” Haircuts at Murrin Murrin

Donkey Cart Murrin Murrin 1905

Headframe at Mt Morgans Mine 1896

Mt Morgans Volunteer Fire Brigade

Mt Morgans Mine 1930

Magazine (Explosives Store) Mt Morgans 1896

Mt Morgans Cricket Club

Camel Train Hauling Firewood, Mt Morgans (not a tree in sight)

Hill’s Malcolm Hotel

Moving Town, Malcolm (Always take the pub with you)

Donkey Team Transporting Firewood

Mine Workers

Wood Train

Mine Workers at Mt Morgans

Mine at Lawlers

Gwalia Aerials 1956

Mine Workers 1930

Retail Centre

“Midland”

Convent of Mercy School 1932

Bank of New South Wales

Built 1939 – closed 1943 and then occupied by National Bank of Australia until 1966

Leinster Mine

Images of Mining & Life from the Past – IV

More of the collection of old images of the early mining days in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, mainly the old Sons of Gwalia Mine at Leonora but also many of other surrounding places.

See this link for a map showing Leonora and Gwalia

Leonora 1910

Aerial of Hoover House

Earlier History of the Sons of Gwalia Mine

The Gwalia mine was originally established in 1897 by Herbert Hoover, who later became the 31st President of the United States.
St Barbara restarted mining at Gwalia in 2008 and has produced more than two million ounces of gold
Mining at Gwalia is planned to reach a depth of 2,300 metres below the surface by 2031

Captioned: Fowler with Mr P Franchine & Mr W Allen

Flooding at Malcom in 1927

Captioned: First Motor Car – Dr Bertram Will & Bob Thompson

Merton’s Reward – Note the Pistol!

Views of Merton’s Reward

Mertondale Football Club

Butcher in Mertondale 1905

Menzies Volunteer Fire Brigade 1909

Rail Workers

Mine Workers

Mary & Doreen

Malcolm Townsite

Malcolm Hotel

Malcolm Brewery 1902

Lawlers 1929

Mail Runs

Underground Miners

Leonora Early Days

Leonora Tramway

Leonora Railway Station

Leonora State School – Opening 1908

Leonora State School 1910

Tree Planting

Watching the Game – Leonora Sports Ground

School Bus Run in front of The State Hotel, Gwalia

Manoeuvering a Building into Place – Leonora

Images of Mining & Life from the Past – III

Continuing the collection of old images of the early mining days in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, mainly the old Sons of Gwalia Mine at Leonora but also many of other surrounding places.

See this link for a map showing Leonora and Gwalia

The Underground Access – Sons of Gwalia Mine

Horse Rider is Les Willey, with the Owner Bill Biggs Circa 1940s

“Dick & Mary” in Mine Manager’s House Swimming Pool

Mine Manager’s House Swimming Pool

Mine Manager’s House

It was much later named after Herbert Hoover the first future president of America who was the first mine manager. It was completed after he left Leonora and never lived here.

Sons of Gwalia Mine Headframe

The Sons of Gwalia Mine – Late 1950s

The Gwalia State School 1948

School Master’s House 1948

Aerial View of the Public Pool, Gwalia

This was reputedly the first public swimming pool in Western Australia. It also doubled as a fire fighting water supply for the mine.

Aerial View of the Gwalia Open Cut

Early Days of the Open Cut

Gwalia Methodist School Picnic 1919

Groups of Sons of Gwalia Employees

“Italian Motor Racing Cyclists” 1932

Gwalia Heaframe Beyond a New Pit

Crash!

“Gum Creek”, Lawlers.

Prospectors left Cue in the Murchison Goldfields and found gold at what is now Lawlers in 1892. Lawlers is about 160 km (100 miles) north of Leonora

Scenes from Great Western Mine, Wilson’s Patch

Wilson’s Patch was about 70 Km (42 miles) north of Leonora on the road to Agnew.

Outside Great Western Hotel

“Gold Dinner” – Mt Malcolm

A Group of Well Dressed Gentlemen

The 4 o’clock Shift

Engineering

Fitters’ Shop 1932

Leonora Municipal Tramcar 1903

The Last Tram Run in 1915

Lawlers Hotel

Small Steam Engine used on the Mine

Lapsley’s Drays, Doyles Well

Jack Mahomet’s Camel-Train 1930

Inside the Gwalia Mine Manager’s House 1921

Imperial Hotel, Malcolm

Great Eastern Hotel, Lawlers 1921

Images of Mining & Life from the Past – II

Continuing the collection of old images of the early mining days in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, mainly the old Sons of Gwalia Mine at Leonora but also many of other surrounding places.

See this link for a map showing Leonora and Gwalia

School Class Pictures

Local Member of Parliament, Dick Burt with Mrs Conlon and her Gwalia Class

Flood 1937

Rail Washout – Malcolm

Malcolm lies east of Leonora towards Laverton and though there is no longer a town, there is still a rail-head. Gold was discovered here in 1895.

Aftermath of Fire in Town (Leonora) July 1932

Bulldozer – Driver “Robbie”

Donkeys at Work at the Mine

Donkey Teams Under Full Load

The Local Doctor’s Method of Transport

Kurrajong Hotel

Old mining town about 28 km (17 mile) NNW of Leonora

A Celebratory Dinner – men only by the looks.

Devine’s Anaconda Store at Euliminna

Eulaminna was an old township east of Leonora along the road to Laverton

Sons of Gwalia Mine Looking somewhat derelict

Train Derailment – Unknown Location

Horse Assisted Flood Crossing – Unknown Location

Camel Travel – Note the Woman’s Dress

Cobb & Co the Australian Equivalent of America’s Wells Fargo

Clem Hill

Central Hotel, Leonora

Carriggs Hotel, Mt Morgan

Known as “Morgans” gold was discovered here in 1896. It was located along the Old Laverton Road in between Leonora and Laverton.

Men and Their Camels 1911

Sons of Gwalia Mine, August 1913

Flooding at Station Creek

North of Leonora Station Creek is now the Town Water Reserve

See a more recent collection of images of Leonora & Gwalia

Images of Mining Life from the Past

Here is the beginning of a collection of old images of the early mining days in the northern goldfields of Western Australia, mainly the old Sons of Gwalia Mine at Leonora but many of other places also.

See this link for a map showing Leonora and Gwalia

Moving a 20 Ton Crankshaft

Before the 1921 Fire

Fire at Sons of Gwalia Mine 1921

1927 Buick Mail Car

1930 Mess Room

Head Frame 1948

Heading Underground in 1963

Sons of Gwalia Mine 1968

Anaconda Copper Mine Eulaminna 1900

Eulaminna was an old township east of Leonora along the road to Laverton

Rail Wash-away 1927 Floods

Afternoon Shift 1930

Allies Set 1916 Gwalia School Ball

Amongst the Wildflowers

Description is wrong £60,000 = $120,000 (AUD) and is today worth over $4,000,000!!

An Outing to Doyle’s Well, about 37 miles (60 km) north west of Leonora

Doyle’s Well Pub Ads

August 1913

Ballangarry Hotel

Balangarry is about 120 km north of Leonora near where Leinster is today

Bank of New South Wales Leonora in two different incarnations

Barnes Federal Theatre

Built in 1899 or Mr P. Barnes, an hotel owner and businessman of Leonora.

Cyclists at Craiggiemore Gold Mine

The old Craiggiemore Gold Mine was located in the Laverton Area

Gwalia Leonora Bus Service

Camel Drawn Plow, Gwalia

The Sign on the plough says Lynas Motors – I don’t know if there was an association with a Perth Ford Dealer of the same name.

Cameleer with his Camel

Camel Train Leonora 1930

Camel Train Wilsons Patch

Wilson’s Patch was about 80 km north of Leonora

Camel Trains = the top image is at the Gwalia Railway Station

A Day Trip to Quairading and Kokerbin (Western Australia) August 2020

A day out in the country – see here for the route followed:

Greenhills Cemetery, Quairading-York Road, Greenhills, Western Australia

Grave of Charlotte Keane, Greenhills Cemetery

Grave of William & Mary Ann McMullen, Greenhills Cemetery

Grave of George McMullen, Greenhills Cemetery

Grave of William Boyle – an Infant, Greenhills Cemetery

Grave of William George White, Greenhills Cemetery

Quairading-York Road Westwards, Greenhills Cemetery

St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Quairading-York Road, Greenhills Built: 1912

Quairading Hotel, Heal Street, Quairading Built: 1908

Interior of Quairading Hotel

War Memorial, Heal Street, Quairading

Tribute to Pioneers, Heal Street, Quairading

The Co-Op, Heal Street, Quairading

Intersection of Heal Street and Cubbine Road, Quairading

Railway Station, Quairading

Baggage Scales

Track – West & East

Community Centre (Rear View) Quairading

Directions, York-Merredin Road, Quairading

Commemoration Plaque, Heal Street, Quairading

(To commemorate the town’s contribution to the State’s sesquicentenary)

Former Commercial Bank of Australia Premises, Heal Street, Quairading

Premises date to 1937 – the Commercial Bank and Bank of New South Wales merged in 1982 to become Westpac Banking Corporation.

The Brass Razoo Bank, Former Commercial Bank of Australia

An old Australian saying if you haven’t got a “Brass Razoo”, means you are broke or penniless.

Shire Hall, McLennan Street, Quairading Built: 1925

The place was originally the Roads Board office. Throughout the years it has been the focus of social and cultural activities in the Quairading area. The Hall has been the venue for community and celebratory activities which include numerous balls. Dancing was enjoyed at most of the social gatherings. Wedding receptions, dinners, school concerts, cabarets, ballet, live performances, theatre, YAL (Young Australia League) concerts, and Repertory Shows also featured at the hall. Community groups have used the hall for meetings and functions. During World War Two, fundraising and welcome home dances were the main events. Pictures were always a family night out, and remained popular at the hall until the late 1960s when the drive-in theatre opened in Quairading. During the 1979 refurbishment of the hall a cache of cash was discovered in a drainpipe. It is reputed to have been Paddy Baker’s, the picture show man (later owner of the Regal theatre in Perth). The extensions to the hall in 1979 offered more opportunities for the place. The Senior Citizens have established facilities in the former Roads Board offices, and the hall, reception area and lounge are used for many social, civic and community functions.

“El Toro” – A Jordan Sprigg Sculpture, Shire Hall

Former Western Australia Bank Premises, Heal Street Built: 1926

Post Office, Jennaberring Road Built: 1927

Rock Outcrop, Pantapin South Road, Pantapin

Windmill & Water Tank, Pantapin South Road, Pantapin

Government Well, Kokerbin Nature Reserve, Kwolyin

The well is of a dry-wall construction and is over 20 metres deep and 3 metres wide. It is believed to have been a government project to assist in the early development of the area.