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Shire of Toodyay > Records

CAMP AT BARDOC

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c. 1896 - 1908

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Buildings / Structures

Overview

B&W copy of original photo; 3 men seated in front of a tent; Brushwood High fence behind seated men; All are wearing hats; man on left has a coat and waistcoat and holding a fly swatch; shovel, axe and gold pan leaning against tent poles.
Men identified as George Whitfield, Ernest Growse, Arthur Growse.
Inscription in bottom righthand corner.

Historical information

Bardoc is an abandoned town in the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. It is situated between Kalgoorlie and Menzies along the Goldfields Highway.
The town was gazetted on 3 June 1896. By 1908, however, no mines were in operation and the town was effectively deserted.
In 1911 the police station was closed. In 1914 the areas was flooded and the few remaining residents received provision from Broad Arrow .

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-37-2001.1300

Item type

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

200 mm

Height or length

255 mm

Contextual Information

A copy of this same photo is also accessioned in the Shire of Toodyay collection as 2001-1083

Keywords

WHITFIELD, George

Year

c. 1896 - 1908

Primary significance criteria

Historic significance

Links to additional resources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardoc,_Western_Australia

Wikipedia article about Bardoc

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