..CAPNO Watts.C1.BW

..DEPOSITR C.T.Watts

..CAPTION LIST covers N4225-N4232 OPTION: some A3 material (N4232)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.17-18

..DATE 1946

..PLACE Conistan Station, NT

..SUBJECT George and Jimmy

..DSCRPTN carrying forequarter of beef from the yard to the

meathouse for butchering

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.19

..DATE 1946

..PLACE Conistan Station, NT

..DSCRPTN old kitchen with some of the women who worked in the

house and kitchen

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.20

..DATE 1946

..PLACE Conistan Station, NT

..SUBJECT Jimmy

..DSCRPTN general roustabout

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.21

..DATE June 1946

..PLACE Tennant Creek, NT

..DSCRPTN main street, early morning, very dusty and cold

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.22

..DATE June 1946

..PLACE Tennant Creek, NT

..DSCRPTN Len Kittle's road train. This unit took loads of cattle

(27 head) weekly from Banka Banka Station to Alice Springs for

railing to Adelaide. It would have been one of the first cattle

transports in the Northern Territory

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.23

..DATE 1953

..PLACE Birrandudu Station, NT

..DSCRPTN station buildings, L to R, overseer's quarters, gauzed

in dining area, kitchen, cook's quarters

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.24

..DATE 1953

..PLACE Birrandudu Station, NT

..DSCRPTN station buildings, L to R, bathroom, storeroom,

kitchen, cook's quarters

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.25

..DATE 1953

..PLACE Birrandudu Station, NT

..DSCRPTN overseer's quarters, radio room, store

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.26

..DATE 1953

..PLACE Birrandudu Station, NT

..SUBJECT Geo. Leyman (plumber) in chair

..DSCRPTN boughshed between overseers room and kitchen showing

Coolgardie safe and gauzed in dining area

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.27

..DATE 1953

..PLACE Birrandudu Station, NT

..SUBJECT Geo. Leyman (plumber) with Sandy offsiding

..DSCRPTN making new tank

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.28

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Birrandudu Station, NT

..SUBJECT Jack Whalley, Gordon Downs stockcamp cook

..DSCRPTN preparing evening meal

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.29

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Inverway Station, NT

..SUBJECT Don Loughman (Inverway headstockman), Jack Burns

(Birrandudu overseer), Dick Smith (Drover), Geo. Hamilton

(drover)

..DSCRPTN dinner time in the Gordon Downs camp

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.30

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Inverway Station, NT

..SUBJECT Bill Hamill (Inverway manager), Don Loughman

(headstockman)

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.31-32

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Inverway Station, NT

..SUBJECT Bill Hamill and Dick Smith

..DSCRPTN counting Inverway cattle over to drover Smith

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4225.33

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Inverway Station, NT

..DSCRPTN pushing mob up for count

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.01

..DATE 1946

..PLACE Nicholson Station, WA

..DSCRPTN station buildings L to R, laundry, homestead, bathroom,

kitchen, men's quarters 1, men's quarters 2

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.02

..DATE 1946

..PLACE Nicholson Station, WA

..SUBJECT Quartpot

..DSCRPTN Aboriginal in charge of station donkey team,

fireploughing road

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.03

..DATE 1946

..PLACE Nicholson Station, WA

..SUBJECT Kruger

..DSCRPTN setting off for Turner Station, 45 miles distance, per

camel. Camels were widely used on the stations at this time

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.04

..DATE 1946

..PLACE Nicholson Station, WA

..SUBJECT Quartpot and Brandy

..DSCRPTN cutting up bullock in the killing pen at the station

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.05

..DATE 1946/47 wet

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..DSCRPTN Aboriginal women collecting driftwood from the flooded

Elvire River

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.06

..DATE 1947

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..DSCRPTN Aboriginals collecting meat and offal after bullock had

been slaughtered for rations

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.07

..DATE 1947

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..DSCRPTN harnessing up mules in stockcamp waggonette at the

start of the mustering season

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.08

..DATE 1947

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..DSCRPTN stockmen from adjoining Turner Station leaving for the

Halls Creek race meeting, with racehorses

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.09

..DATE 1948

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..DSCRPTN stockmen and plant horses, No 3 camp

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.10

..DATE 1948

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..DSCRPTN camp at No 3

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.11

..DATE 1948

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..SUBJECT C T Watts

..DSCRPTN on camp waggonette at No 3 camp, suffering from Barcoo

Rot and Sandy Blight

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.12

..DATE 1948

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..DSCRPTN branding cattle, No 3 yards

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.13

..DATE 1948

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..SUBJECT Aboriginal boys Freddy and Leo

..DSCRPTN Leo was working in stockcamp at this time, tailing

horses etc.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.14

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..SUBJECT Aboriginal stockman Big Norman and Sturt Creek Norman

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.15

..DATE 1948

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..SUBJECT L to R: Bill Grant, Tom Gaffney, Bob Savage, Nevil

Munro

..DSCRPTN unloading camp gear at the Negri racecourse prior to

the meeting. Camp had to be built, horses looked after etc.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.16

..DATE 1954

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..DSCRPTN watering cattle Middle Creek Bore

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.17

..DATE 1956

..PLACE Flora Valley Station, WA

..DSCRPTN branding cattle in the Oakes Yards

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.18

..DATE 1949

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..DSCRPTN unloading the stockcamp camels at the old Station -

original kitchen in the background

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.19

..DATE 1949

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..SUBJECT camp cook Jack Whalley and Hilton

..DSCRPTN stockcamp camels under way

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.20

..DATE 1949

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..DSCRPTN station camels watering - old station

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.21

..DATE ?1958

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..DSCRPTN Aboriginal women outside station kitchen

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.22

..DATE ?1958

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..DSCRPTN branding mickey bull 8 Mile yards

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.23

..DATE Sept 1949

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..DSCRPTN Dragon Rapide operated by Connellan Airways on the

Turner air-strip. This aircraft crashed at Coolibah Station in

Oct 1949, and the pilot was killed

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.24

..DATE 1949

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..SUBJECT housegirls Nora, Tambar and Myra, with manager's son

Charles Harris

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.25

..DATE 1958

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..SUBJECT Bill Belman and Ben Copley

..DSCRPTN packing up mule

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.26

..DATE 1958

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..DSCRPTN horse plant - getting ready to leave on muster

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.27

..DATE ?1958/60

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..DSCRPTN eastern verandah of homestead - flagstone floor

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.28

..DATE ?1958/60

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..DSCRPTN one of the frequent duststorms (in those days) rising

over the Hardman Range - would soon envelope the station area

causing almost total darkness for almost an hour

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.29

..DATE ?1958/60

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..DSCRPTN southern aspect of the homestead

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4226.30

..DATE ?1958/60

..PLACE Turner Station, WA

..DSCRPTN eastern aspect of the homestead

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.06-11

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN branding cattle in Sweetwater Yards. Calves were

lassoed from mob and dragged up to the branding panel where they

were leg roped, thrown down and branded etc.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.12

..DATE ?1950

..PLACE Flowing Bore camp, Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN day off - playing cards

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.13

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT L to R: George White (drover), Charlie Harris

(manager), Tom Swan (camp cook), Dean Smith (jackeroo)

..DSCRPTN in stockcamp at Sweetwater Camp

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.14

..DATE ?1950

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT Dean Smith and Charlie Harris (manager) in foreground

..DSCRPTN counting over the mob to drover Smith

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.15

..DATE 3.5.1950

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT Billy Smith, drover and his wife Doris on the grey

horses

..DSCRPTN drovers and station stockmen at Wallamunga Hole -

delivering mob of 500 bullocks for Wyndham Meatworks. Doris was

murdered in Kunnunurra in the 1970's

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.16

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN Aboriginal dependants waiting for ration issue to start

- building in background reputed to be original Gordon Downs

manager's dwelling - property was then called Soakage Creek

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.17

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Flowing Bore, Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN hobbling out horses

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.18

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Flowing Bore, Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN stockhorses

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.19

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Flowing Bore, Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN packing up

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.20

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN typical Gordon Downs stockhorse - 'Clock'

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.21

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN part of a mob of 360 horses mustered during the

biannual horse muster - station had some 500 horses all of which

ran out bush and had to be kept under regular scrutiny

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.22

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN catching colt for branding during horse muster

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.23

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN unloading station supplies from truck from Darwin

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.24

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN truck from Derby with station supplies - delivered

twice yearly

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.25

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT Stumpy Edmonson

..DSCRPTN he repaired saddlery on most of the Company stations in

the Kimberleys and some in the NT

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.26

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN filling holes alongside water trough with stone -

carted on station donkey wagon

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.27

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT Trainer Jack and engineer Mick

..DSCRPTN receiving treatment

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.28

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT Geoff Meldrum (dentist)

..DSCRPTN inspecting patient

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.29

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN Commonwealth Dental Unit van outside homestead - this

unit supplied the first dental treatment for the Aborigines in

this area. The dentist was Geoff Meldrum. The truck was an old

converted Army Blitz buggy

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4227.30

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN station homestead - managers quarters upstairs - store

and office underneath

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.05

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Sweetwater Yards, Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN branding cattle. Calves were lassoed from mob and

dragged up to the branding panel where they were leg roped,

thrown down and branded etc.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.06

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT Dick (horse-tailer), Topsy (cook), Wynn (offsider), D

Smith (jackeroo)

..DSCRPTN stockcamp - dinner time

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.07-09

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Flowing Bore, Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT Tom Bradshaw and his wives

..DSCRPTN with their camels. Bradshaw lived out on a small block

called Lewis Creek on the edge of the Tanami Desert about 40

miles from Gordon Downs. He eked out a living with a few cattle,

dog scalps etc.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.10

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN packing up the camp waggonette

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.11

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN catching the mules

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.12

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN harnessing up the mules

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.13

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN team hooked up ready to go

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.14

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN Gordon Downs stockmen

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.15

..DATE summer, 1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN mule packed up - part of a plant going out to shift

cattle

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.16

..DATE ?1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN checking horses - station yards

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.17

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN packing through the Halls Creek hills, Elvire River gap

in background

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.18

..DATE Jan 1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN entering the flooded Sturt Creek, returning from Halls

Creek. Gordon Downs airstrip in background

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.19

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN packmule crossing channel in Sturt Creek

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.20

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN dinner camp in the bed of the Elvire River en route

Halls Creek races

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.21-22

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT 'German Jack' Benkin (station cook)

..DSCRPTN being treated by mobile dentist. Station smoko area

serves as surgery

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.23

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN signpost on the Gordon Downs turn-off from 'main road'

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.24

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT George Thompson

..DSCRPTN drilling for water on the Gordon Downs site

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.25

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT George Thompson on rig, Dick, Charlie Harris

..DSCRPTN drilling for water on the Gordon Downs site

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.26

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT Mrs Thompson, grandson, George Thompson (driller), ?,

Tiger, Charlie Harris, Stan Jones, Dick

..DSCRPTN checking water flow on newly drilled bore

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4228.27

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..SUBJECT C T Watts, head stockman

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4229.05

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Derby, WA

..DSCRPTN MMA (MacRobertson Miller Airlines) DC3 on the Derby

drome, the mainline aircraft of the day

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4229.06

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Derby, WA

..SUBJECT travelling Magistrate, MMA hostess Pat Fidler

..DSCRPTN ready to board the DC3

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4229.07

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Noonkumbah Station, Derby, WA

..DSCRPTN smoko at Noonkumbah Station drome en route Halls Creek.

Stops such as this were a feature of air travel in the Kimberleys

at this time - were later discontinued as there were too many

stops upsetting schedules

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4229.08

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Derby, WA

..DSCRPTN MMA Lockheed - feeder line aircraft

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4229.09

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Derby to Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN interior of MMA Lockheed in flight

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4229.10

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Flora Valley, WA

..SUBJECT Mrs Cameron (Flora Valley and AIM Sister from Halls

Creek) in landrover

..DSCRPTN Lockheed on drome, pilots making running repairs

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4229.11

..DATE 1950

..PLACE Sturt Creek Station, WA

..DSCRPTN station buildings alongside the station hole in the

Sturt Creek, taken from Connellan Airways Dragon Rapide

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4229.12

..DATE ?1950

..PLACE Sturt Creek Station, WA

..DSCRPTN 'flying gang' - group of children who would pick up

leaves etc. from the lawn in exchange for sweets

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4229.13-14

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Sturt Creek Station, WA

..DSCRPTN views of the station homestead

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4229.15

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Sturt Creek Station, WA

..DSCRPTN station buildings L to R, homestead, laundry, store,

shed

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.01

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN one of the wells, part of the town water supply - one

of half a dozen

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.02

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN hotel outbuildings, background AIM Hospital buildings,

high building was Sisters accomodation

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.03

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN Post Office

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.04

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN Post Office viewed from back of hotel

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.05

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN Halls Creek Hotel - bar

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.06

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN Halls Creek Hotel - accomodation section

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.07

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN L to R, Bourkes store, Johnstones store, Flinders

house, Joe Williams house

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.08-09

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN general view of town from the west

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.10

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN cement crossing over the Halls Creek on the road to

Wyndham/Derby

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.11

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN MMA DC3 on the drome

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.12

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN MMA Lockheed on the drome

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.13-15

..DATE c1950

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN inside the bar in the old hotel

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.16

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Old Halls Creek, WA

..SUBJECT Geo. Palmer, fossicker

..DSCRPTN riding through Halls Creek hills

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.17

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Elvire Downs, near Flora Valley Station, WA

..DSCRPTN first house erected by Bill Gosnell on small holding

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.18

..PLACE Moolabulla Station, near Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN donkey race at Christmas sports. Moolabulla was run by

Dept. of Native Affairs

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.19

..PLACE Wyndham, WA

..DSCRPTN O'Donnel Street - old hotel on left, stores on right

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.20

..PLACE Wyndham, WA

..DSCRPTN O'Donnel Street - looking north from old hospital

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.21

..DATE 1952

..PLACE Wyndham, WA

..DSCRPTN Bristol Freighter unloading beef from Glenroy Station

into freezer van at drome. Abattoir was operating inland in the

West Kimberley and beef was flown into Wyndham for shipping

south. Scheme only lasted for a few years

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.22

..DATE 1956

..PLACE Spring Creek Station, WA

..DSCRPTN breaking in horses

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4230.23

..DATE 1956

..PLACE Spring Creek Station, WA

..DSCRPTN drafting cattle

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4231.26-27

..DATE 1980

..PLACE Halls Creek, WA

..DSCRPTN remains of old Post Office

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4231.28

..DATE 1961

..PLACE Ord River Station, WA

..DSCRPTN crossing over Forrest River. Staff quarters in

background

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4231.29

..DATE 1963

..PLACE Ord River Station, WA

..SUBJECT Tom Tiberio, cook

..DSCRPTN with barramundi caught in the Ord. Antbed/stone bread

oven in the background

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4231.30

..DATE 1964

..PLACE Mistake Creek Station, WA

..SUBJECT Bob Lee, cook

..DSCRPTN baking bread in camp ovens at trucking yards

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

..NEWDOC

..NUMBER N4232.17-24

..DATE 1951

..PLACE Gordon Downs Station, WA

..DSCRPTN initiation ceremony (A3)

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++