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109738PD: Sawing a log on the Kurrawang Woodline, 1938
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109739PD: Firewood being moved by horse and cart on the Kurrawang Woodline, 1938
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109740PD: Firewood waiting collection on the Kurrawang Woodline, 1938
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109741PD: The locomotive on the Kurrawang Woodline, 1938
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109742PD: Filling water tanks on the Kurrawang Woodline, 1938
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Summary
The Kurrawang Woodline operated by the West Australian Goldfields Firewood Supply Co. Pty Ltd. It was a mobile establishment at the railhead. The main camp consisted on transportable buildings as well as a number of buildings permanently on railway wheels. When the main camp shifted, the location of all buildings relative to each other remained the same. The line started at Kurrawang and moved out into the Eastern Goldfields.
Year
1938.
Warnings and disclaimer
Found in a packet labelled: Kurrawang Woodline. J.K. Ewers published some of these photographs with his article "Fuel for the Golden Mile : the story of the Kurrawang Woodline" published in Walkabout Vol.5, no.4, 1 Feb. 1939, p.21-24. Ewers also wrote to his wife describing his visit to the Woodline in a letter held at 5459A/218.
Subjects
- Fuelwood industry -- Western Australia -- Eastern Goldfields -- Photographs.
- Logging railroads -- Western Australia -- Eastern Goldfields -- Photographs.
- Temporary dwellings -- Western Australia -- Eastern Goldfields -- Photographs.
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Call Number
BA1658/364-414
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