Gallery Of Buildings
For those of you who would like to get a better idea of the degradation of the buildings, Bob Brownlee has put together a Powerpoint Presentation that attempts to marry old town photographs with the existing structures. We are missing a number of the original photographs, so if any of you have access to some archival imagery, we urge you to contact US.
Download a copy of his presentation PPT Buildings
The Hospital:
The first hospital was housed in this wooden and corrugated iron building, located between the bakery and the Moffatt’s house. In 1925, Sydney Kidman bought the iron building (which was known as “The Bungalow”), and moved it to Wilpoorina to be used as shearer’s quarters, and where it remains today. In return, Kidman bought the Transcontinental Hotel for a Hospital as he felt that the cooler stone of the former hotel was a more suitable building.
Farina Old Narrow Guage Station Nov 1974
Post office from north 1978
Pattersons June 1982
Bakery June 1982
Bell Bros Store
Post Office 1898
Leigh Creek Camp
Manfield Store
Main Street
Renard road train in front of Napier’s store
Original Hospital
Farina School
Church Of England
Towns folk
Outside the School
Government Gum waterhole
Farina old narrow gage station post 1974
Pattersons and sheds
PO From South Leigh Creek behind
Back yard of Pattersons
Farina Station
Church
Church
historic train
