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25.01.2022 A difficult place to get to - Camel Rock - on the mouth of the Ord. Im sure it looks more like a Turtle!

24.01.2022 In 1921, market gardener Ah Kim of Muggs Lagoon, Wyndham accompanied his son Fung Lay to Canton to join another son who was at school there. George Ah Kim with ...an eagle at Wyndham, ca.1928 Comments: Graham Ah-kim Who supplied the photo: Im sure hes mums brother. (Winnie AH-KIM ) OMG thats is mums brother , she always talked about him Aileen Phillips: Our Uncle George Henry Gallagher: Thats my mums father Aileen Phillips: Hello Henry, we are family Aileen Phillips: Dale Phillips Henry Gallagher: Yeah I just lost my mum last week mm Aileen Phillips: Oh that is so sad, i wish i could have got to meet your Mum Patrick Bynder who manages the membership, moderators, settings and posts for Sandgropers A History. my condolences to you Henry Gallagher Henry Gallagher: My wife is in Meekatharra now her names Denise Rex (councillor) Retta Councillo:r Sis Aileen Phillips, Henry was in Geraldton last week, if I had known I would have introduced you. Henry, Aileen is my big cousin sister on Aileen Phillips Never mind sis, i will meet him soon Henry Gallagher: Ill be back haha Retta Councillor Erite Im bringing sis lar Wyndham Henry Gallagher: Yeah Ill show her the country then sounds like a plan Aileen Phillips: So excited, cant wait to meet family and see where my mum was born So you are serious their names were Orange & Lemon? What a precious story. connections made. Graham Ah-kim: Their names were Irene and jean or Joan. One sister manned an orange stall and the other had a lemon stall .they used to sell the fruit to travellers going through grandpas way-station (parrys lagoon out of Wyndham) Travellers called them the little orange and lemon girls. They were my aunties ! The nick names stuck with them till they died . Nicole Mickle: Couldnt resist asking the question? Obviously much loved ladies.Great story of your Aunties. Graham Ah-kim: I met them years later and I remember we used to call them Aunty Lem and Aunty orange. Orange worked at Wesley college , Perth and Aunty Lem worked on a farm at Goomalling . Henry Gallagher: Hello Graham Im Henry Gallagher old George was known to be my mums father shes Aboriginal have you any recollection about that ? That is amazing. My mum talked about your aunties. Mum was sent from Moore River to East Perth to go to school. In her welfare records it says that she was an experiment of A O Neville. He wanted to test her intelligence. Mum always talked about ...See mor Graham Ah-kim: mum used to tell us that a horse rolled on one of her brothers and broke his back . He was a stockman. Im sure his name was George AHKIM Graham Ah-kim: Hi Henry, George was mums (Winnie AHkim) brother. Roma Winmar My mother spoke of Orange and Lemon. Graham Ah-kim: In the 50s mum met Hubert Charles Headland (my father) . She was sent to Meekatharra to work on Munarra station . I was born in Meekatharra Billy Forrester: Ay squam try n find out where ya uncle done his bck may be able to find more info only if u want ...also ole mate they havin 130 yr bck to wiluna ..im guna help track dwn familys for em cooks tullocks kellys etc thks Graham Ah-kim: Roger that , Billy See more

23.01.2022 In 1894 a jetty was built at Anthon’s Landing, so cattle could be shipped south to Fremantle. Drovers had to bring in the cattle before the end of the school day so that children could walk home safely without the risk of being trampled. A tramway ran from the jetty to the goods shed, which was opposite the Wyndham Hotel.

22.01.2022 The Afghan cameleers who came to Wyndham were originally from the Indian sub-continent. They transported freight to outlying stations. In 1908, permission was granted for them to live on land at the Four-Mile. They built camel yards, twenty-four houses, a mosque and a well. The Afghan Cemetery is located nearby; it contains ten Moslem graves dating from 1919 to 1942. This photo shows camels being loaded. Wyndham Hotel in the background.

19.01.2022 In 1894 a jetty was built at Anthons Landing, so cattle could be shipped south to Fremantle. Drovers had to bring in the cattle before the end of the school day so that children could walk home safely without the risk of being trampled. A tramway ran from the jetty to the goods shed, which was opposite the Wyndham Hotel.

15.01.2022 Trailer for Mike Atkinson's survival expedition on the NW Kimberley coast, June 2017. He was following in the footsteps of Hans Bertram and Adolf Klausmann, German aviators who ran out of fuel in their seaplane in 1932, and were lost for 38 days. An amazing story, as was Mike's journey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxDCvV7dOJ0

13.01.2022 A difficult place to get to - Camel Rock - on the mouth of the Ord. I'm sure it looks more like a Turtle!

09.01.2022 Meat workers arrived in Wyndham by Stateship for ‘The Season’ which lasted 16-20 weeks (May Sept). They included slaughterers, butchers, machine-shop workers, hide preparers, packers and barrel makers. Barrels were needed for the secondary products of tallow and oleo (oil).

07.01.2022 Meat workers arrived in Wyndham by Stateship for The Season which lasted 16-20 weeks (May Sept). They included slaughterers, butchers, machine-shop workers, hide preparers, packers and barrel makers. Barrels were needed for the secondary products of tallow and oleo (oil).

06.01.2022 Trailer for Mike Atkinsons survival expedition on the NW Kimberley coast, June 2017. He was following in the footsteps of Hans Bertram and Adolf Klausmann, German aviators who ran out of fuel in their seaplane in 1932, and were lost for 38 days. An amazing story, as was Mikes journey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxDCvV7dOJ0

03.01.2022 The camels at the information bay at the entrance to Wyndham. Very close to the Afghan cemetery where the last of the cameleers are buried.