The “Desert Echo’ was a handwritten newspaper published by the workers employed on the Trans Australia Rail Line. It wasn’t possible for them to receive updates on contemporary news, so they made their own. This small document is an amazing snapshot of the everyday lives of the men who worked on this lonely and isolated […]
The Railway Arrives in Boulder – a quiet affair
The following paper was written by Douglas C Daws J.P. and presented to the Eastern Goldfields Historical Soc on the 8th Nov 1997 for the centenary of the arrival of the railway to Boulder. It is reproduced here with his kind permission. PRECIS: Railways were introduced to Western Australia in the early 1880’s and developed […]
The Men of the Rail – a verse
The Men of the Rail Through time and space in a furious race Spurning the midnight gales. The steel steel reels on flying wheels Over the shining rails; With a good cigar in the sleepy cars, Cosy and safe and warm, Ye pay small heed to the headlong speed And the men who breast the […]
The Arrival of the Railway to Boulder – a quite affair
The following paper was presented to the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society on the 8th of November 1997 on the occasion of the Centenary of the arrival of the railway to the Boulder townsite – by Douglas C Daws. J.P. It is reproduced here with his kind permission. This paper is a short essay on the […]