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BA3672/18: Sleeper cutting at Harvey 1931
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BA3672/19: Timber camp at Boddington 1931
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BA3672/20: One of the first Yugoslav settlers in the Swan Valley
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BA3672/21: Early timber and iron house in Swan Valley transported from goldfields
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BA3672/22: Another view of early transported timber and iron dwelling
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BA3672/23: Nadola Ivan Illich with family and friends 1922
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BA3672/24: Feeding the chooks near well 1922
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BA3672/25: Chopping wood 1927
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BA3672/26: First Yugoslav 'shop' in Swan Valley 1920
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BA3672/27: General Store to expand sale of goods for Yugoslavs 1930
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BA3672/28: Yugoslav family-owned store (later a supermarket)
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BA3672/29: First Midland brickyards (eastern side of Gin Gin Road) 1926
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BA3672/30: Brickyards relocated to western side of Gin Gin Road 1940
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BA3672/31: Brickyard labourers outside a kiln
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BA3672/32: Vignerons supplemented income with timber cutting 1936
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BA3672/33: Two horses required for ploughing in heavy soil
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BA3672/34: Women often did the ploughing
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BA3672/35: Pruning was a slow but all-important job
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Summary
This exhibition of photographs was a Swan Valley community contribution to the Migrant History Programme initiated by the Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission of WA and was curated by Ena Czeladka (now Willemsen, nee Illich). The library also has interviews conducted for the project and the book which resulted entitled To Make a better life: Yugoslavs in the Swan Valley, There is also a booklet of the same name to accompany the exhibition.
Year
1916-1949.
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Call Number
BA3672
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