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Rampollini’s Piggery – Burra Rocks

20/05/2015 By Moya Sharp 9 Comments

At the bottom of the wall of the Burra Rocks Dam, a large galvanised two-inch pipe protrudes. It is known that Benny Rampolini, an ex woodliner, had a piggery here in the 1970’s and he had about six pigs. The pipe was to provide water for the piggery. A stone wall had been constructed that […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Burra Rocks, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Piggery, Rampollini

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