Limit electric fan

Equipment

Keeping cool

With temperatures reaching over 50 degrees in the shade, the people of Marble Bar were always looking for ways to keep cool. In the days before electricity, people built rooms with spinifex walls, which were dampened to cool the breeze as it passed through. This fan, with its wire protector is a stark reminder of how hot it can be in this small gold mining town.

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Marble Bar Museum and Visitors Centre

Warm and welcome

So says the sign as you enter Marble Bar — one of the early gold mining towns in the northwest, named by a prospector who mistakenly thought the seam of jasper quartz around the nearby pool was marble...

Address:

Lot 190 McLeod Cl
Marble Bar WA 6760
Australia

Tel:

(08) 9176 1008

Email:

Stephen.kiernan@horizonpower.com.au

Open Hours

Thurs to Sun 8am - 2pm

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Marble Bar Museum & Visitors Centre Overview

Marble Bar Museum &amp; Visitors Centre Overview

Jasper, not marble

It was the sight of seams of jasper, in the rock face above the pool on the Coongan River, mistakenly thought to be marble, that gave the town of Marble Bar its name.

Cooper & Branton Cordial bottle, with marble stopper

Keeping it sweet

Most northern country towns had their own cordial factories and ice works, but in Marble Bar it was an essential business to counter the heat. This cool green, glass bottle of Cooper & Branton is a...