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Paul Barron
Such was life? For many in the early years of the remote Western Australian Goldfields it was And Such Was Death. It was a time when the...
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Paul Barron
Virtually unknown today, Welsh entrepreneur and amateur geologist GW Hall was a true “movers-and-shaker” in the early years of the WA...
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Paul Barron
The sequel to “Starring Water”, Water Encore is a story common to every community in the Goldfields. The population explosion that followed...
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Paul Barron
In the decade before CY O’Connor’s famous pipeline brought fresh water from far away Perth to the arid towns of the Western Australian...
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Paul Barron
Teenage Clara Saunders was the. First woman to be married in Coolgardie. The event was so unique that hundreds of miners came to witness the...
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Paul Barron
Charlie Webb ran a tiny pub in a small mining town and is immortalised in Henry Lawson’s poem, The Bulletin Hotel . Pubs, breweries and...
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Paul Barron
Irishman Tom Doyle was a prospector who realised there was more money to be made by selling beer than fossicking for gold. He was to lose...
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Paul Barron
Laurel Cooper was taken to the Mount Margaret Mission by her mother to keep her safe at a time when half-caste aboriginal children were...
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Paul Barron
Discover the incredible stories of WAnderland with Such Was Life: Season 2. Produced by Paul Barron, this captivating new twelve-part...
A Journey into Western Australia’s Pastoral & Agricultural Heritage.
Marine History Across Western Australia.
Discover incredible, intimate art collections throughout Western Australia.