Our Big Country Town
I remember all to fondly the trips into the big smoke with Mum and my sister Faye. We’d do all the things you remember like Coles Cafe’, had our photo take outside the bank on Murray Street, gone to the Grand Cinema to watch…
Richmond and Bicton
Formerly Richmond and now known as East Fremantle , the area saw The Castlemaine Brewery operating from 1896-1963. Photo thanks to SLWA c1902- 1904. Looking from East Street Jetty now we see some impressive industrial structures. Businesses along the riverfront could be serviced from…
Gold Rush Railway
The story of Northam versus York in the race to be the pathway to Yilgarn and beyond began after a speech by Governor Sir William Robinson January 22nd 1890. It has been an interest of mine as Northam is where the family called home….
The Spaceship
The Futuro House: Spaceship Living On Earth (1965) Introduced at the Finnexpo fair in 1968, the Futuro concept was created by architect Matti Suuronen, to be plonked on a block of land ideally as a home away from home. . © Matti Suuronen, Espoo…
A Crooked Road
One accepts a curve in a road today but the most prominent one we may wonder about is where St Georges Terrace meets Adelaide Terrace. Looking at the image from 1859 which shows Roe’s structure to the left and a shed to the other…
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If you’d like to purchase the Lost Perth – Volume 2 book, you can buy it here online or visit one the following retailers. Check back as more stockists are added! Dymocks – Garden City Garden City Shopping Centre Shop 33-34, 125 Riseley Street,…