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Betty Brown Historical Centre (Shire of West Arthur) > Records

Newpaper clippings - Mail Coach Re-enactment WAY 79

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four newspaper cliippings from June 1979 about the Mail coach re-enactment along the Perth to Albany Road held to celebrate WAY 79 (150th celebration for WA). Articles are about Arthur River where the coach stopped in 1979 and the early years of postal deliveries.

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The mail coach originally used to stop at "the Arthur" in the early years of the settlement of the West Arthur district.

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Way 79 West Australians

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Friday, 20 December, 2024

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Newpaper clippings from June 1979

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