![Enlarge photo 1](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/001_RouteTaken_1.jpg) 1 001 RouteTravelled Departed from Konnongorring and travelled in anti-clockwise direction.
| ![Enlarge photo 2](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/002_0006_1.jpg) 2 002 Flats between Wubin and Paynes Find
| ![Enlarge photo 3](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/003_0007.jpg) 3 003 Goldfields Woodlands
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![Enlarge photo 4](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/004_PaynequsFind.jpg) 4 004 Payne's Find Hotel
| ![Enlarge photo 5](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/005_0009.jpg) 5 005 Heading North
| ![Enlarge photo 6](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/006_0010.jpg) 6 006
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![Enlarge photo 7](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/007_0011.jpg) 7 007
| ![Enlarge photo 8](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/008_0012.jpg) 8 008 Wide Open Spaces
| ![Enlarge photo 9](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/009_0013.jpg) 9 009
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![Enlarge photo 10](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/010_0014.jpg) 10 010
| ![Enlarge photo 11](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/011_0015.jpg) 11 011 Northern Goldfields Ghost Town Possibly Big Bell or Day Dawn.
| ![Enlarge photo 12](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/012_0016.jpg) 12 012
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![Enlarge photo 13](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/013_Cue.jpg) 13 013 Main Street of Cue
| ![Enlarge photo 14](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/014_0018.jpg) 14 014
| ![Enlarge photo 15](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/015_Meekatharra.jpg) 15 015 Town of Meekatharra
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![Enlarge photo 16](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/016_RoyalMailHotel.jpg) 16 016 Royal Mail Hotel at Meekatharra
| ![Enlarge photo 17](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/017_RoadTrain.jpg) 17 017 Road Train at Meekatharra
| ![Enlarge photo 18](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/018_RoadSign.jpg) 18 018 Road Signpost This way to Peak Hill, Nullagine and Marble Bar.
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![Enlarge photo 19](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/019_0023.jpg) 19 019
| ![Enlarge photo 20](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/020_0024.jpg) 20 020 The Road A two-wheel track with protruding stones.
| ![Enlarge photo 21](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/021_0025.jpg) 21 021 Dry Creek Bed
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![Enlarge photo 22](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/022_0026.jpg) 22 022 Spinifex and Gum Trees
| ![Enlarge photo 23](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/023_StonyGround.jpg) 23 023 Stony Ground
| ![Enlarge photo 24](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/024_0028.jpg) 24 024 Houses Possibly at Peak Hill. Note the "Cool Room" at the back made by packing Spinifex between wire netting and cooled by trickling water.
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![Enlarge photo 25](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/025_0029.jpg) 25 025 Station Windmill and Tank
| ![Enlarge photo 26](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/026_0030.jpg) 26 026
| ![Enlarge photo 27](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/027_0031.jpg) 27 027 Kangaroo in the wild
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![Enlarge photo 28](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/028_0032.jpg) 28 028 Beside a Petrol Bowser
| ![Enlarge photo 29](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/029_0033.jpg) 29 029 North West Town Possibly Nullagine.
| ![Enlarge photo 30](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/030_0034.jpg) 30 030 Cyril at an old Mine Site
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![Enlarge photo 31](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/031_ColouredStones.jpg) 31 031 Coloured Rocks of the Pilbara
| ![Enlarge photo 32](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/032_0036.jpg) 32 032 North West Town Possibly Nullagine.
| ![Enlarge photo 33](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/033_0037.jpg) 33 033 Wolseley in Pilbara Landscape
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![Enlarge photo 34](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/034_RoadGrader.jpg) 34 034 Grading the Road
| ![Enlarge photo 35](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/035_0039.jpg) 35 035 Town of Marble Bar The world record for the longest sequence of days above 100°Fahrenheit (or 37.8° on the Celsius scale) is held by Marble Bar in the inland Pilbara district of Western Australia. The temperature, measured under standard exposure conditions, reached or exceeded the century mark every day from 31 October 1923 to 7 April 1924, a total of 160 days.
| ![Enlarge photo 36](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/036_MarbleBar.jpg) 36 036 Marble Bar Government Buildings In 1894-95 the Government Offices (now a series of National Trust listed buildings) were constructed out of local stone with corrugated iron roofs and elaborate stuccoed window dressings. Located just west of Sandy Creek on General Street they are the most impressive set of buildings in the town.
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![Enlarge photo 37](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/037_0043.jpg) 37 037 Marble Bar Landscape
| ![Enlarge photo 38](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/038_MarbleBar.jpg) 38 038 Marble Bar Marble Bar was named after a local deposit of mineral first thought to be marble, but which later proved to be jasper (a highly coloured cryptocrystalline variety of quartz) which crosses the Coongan River about 5 km west of the town.
| ![Enlarge photo 39](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/039_MarbleBar.jpg) 39 039 Marble Bar The local deposit of mineral first thought to be marble, but which later proved to be jasper (a highly coloured cryptocrystalline variety of quartz).
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![Enlarge photo 40](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/040_0046.jpg) 40 040 Marble Bar Pool A popular swimming area for locals.
| ![Enlarge photo 41](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/041_0047.jpg) 41 041
| ![Enlarge photo 42](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/042_0048.jpg) 42 042
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![Enlarge photo 43](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/043_0049.jpg) 43 043
| ![Enlarge photo 44](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/044_0050.jpg) 44 044 Pilbara Landscape Spinifex in the foreground, large Termite Mounds and ranges in the background.
| ![Enlarge photo 45](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/045_0051.jpg) 45 045
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![Enlarge photo 46](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/046_0052.jpg) 46 046
| ![Enlarge photo 47](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/047_0042.jpg) 47 047 Aboriginal Girl poses for the Camera
| ![Enlarge photo 48](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/048_PortHedlandPostOffice.jpg) 48 048 Port Hedland Post Office
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![Enlarge photo 49](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/049_PortHedlandPoliceStation.jpg) 49 049 Port Hedland Police Station
| ![Enlarge photo 50](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/050_PortHedland.jpg) 50 050 Port Hedland Wharf
| ![Enlarge photo 51](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/051_0001.jpg) 51 051 Near Port Hedland
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![Enlarge photo 52](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/052_0002.jpg) 52 052 Heading North to Broome
| ![Enlarge photo 53](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/053_SpiderWeb.jpg) 53 053 Spider Web
| ![Enlarge photo 54](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/054_Campfire.jpg) 54 054 Campfire
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![Enlarge photo 55](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/055_Broome.jpg) 55 055 Broome beyond Roebuck Plains
| ![Enlarge photo 56](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/056_Broome.jpg) 56 056 Broome
| ![Enlarge photo 57](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/057_PearlingLuggerBroome.jpg) 57 057 Pearling Lugger at Broome
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![Enlarge photo 58](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/058_Broome.jpg) 58 058 Broome
| ![Enlarge photo 59](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/059_Broome.jpg) 59 059 Broome
| ![Enlarge photo 60](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/060_Broome.jpg) 60 060 Broome
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![Enlarge photo 61](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/061_Broome.jpg) 61 061 Gantheaume Point at Broome
| ![Enlarge photo 62](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/062_JapaneseCemeteryBroome.jpg) 62 062 Japanese Pearl Divers Cemetery at Broome
| ![Enlarge photo 63](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/063_JapaneseCemeteryBroome.jpg) 63 063 Japanese Pearl Divers Cemetery at Broome
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![Enlarge photo 64](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/064_Broome.jpg) 64 064 Long Timber Jetty at Broome
| ![Enlarge photo 65](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/065_BroomeMemorial.jpg) 65 065 Broome War Memorial
| ![Enlarge photo 66](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/066_Broome.jpg) 66 066 Dampiers Chest at Broome A memorial to explorer William Dampier who first visited the area in 1688.
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![Enlarge photo 67](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/067_0017.jpg) 67 067 River Crossing
| ![Enlarge photo 68](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/068_0018.jpg) 68 068 Fitzroy River
| ![Enlarge photo 69](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/069_KimberleyCattle.jpg) 69 069 Kimberley Cattle
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![Enlarge photo 70](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/070_WaterTrough.jpg) 70 070 Water Trough for Cattle
| ![Enlarge photo 71](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/071_WaterTrough.jpg) 71 071 Water Trough Derby boasts the "Longest Water Trough in the World".
| ![Enlarge photo 72](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/072_ArtesianWater.jpg) 72 072 Artesian Water
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![Enlarge photo 73](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/073_BoabTreeDerby.jpg) 73 073 Boab Tree near Derby The Australian boab tree (Adansonia gregorii) is related to the Madagascan and African Adansonia species known as baobabs.
| ![Enlarge photo 74](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/074_BoabTreeDerby_1.jpg) 74 074 Boab Tree near Derby The boab tree, a Kimberley Icon, is found only in the Western Australia Kimberley region, is used as food, medicine, shelter, for art work and even as a prison cell.
| ![Enlarge photo 75](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/075_FishermanDerby_1.jpg) 75 075 Fisherman at Derby
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![Enlarge photo 76](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/076_CaneGrass_1.jpg) 76 076 Cane Grass
| ![Enlarge photo 77](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/077_IvanhoeResearchStation_1.jpg) 77 077 Ivanhoe Research Station
| ![Enlarge photo 78](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/078_IvanhoeRiceFields.jpg) 78 078 Ivanhoe Rice Fields
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![Enlarge photo 79](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/079_RiceFields.jpg) 79 079 Rice Fields
| ![Enlarge photo 80](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/080_Rice.jpg) 80 080 Rice Plant
| ![Enlarge photo 81](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/081_FreshWaterCrocodiles.jpg) 81 081 Fresh Water Crocodiles
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![Enlarge photo 82](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/082_0032.jpg) 82 082
| ![Enlarge photo 83](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/083_0033.jpg) 83 083 Siloutte of Sphinx-like Head
| ![Enlarge photo 84](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/084_0034.jpg) 84 084 Town in the foothills of a Range Possibly Fitzroy Crossing.
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![Enlarge photo 85](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/085_0035.jpg) 85 085
| ![Enlarge photo 86](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/086_0036.jpg) 86 086 Rocky Outcrop
| ![Enlarge photo 87](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/087_0037.jpg) 87 087
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![Enlarge photo 88](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/088_GeikeGorge.jpg) 88 088 Geikie Gorge on the Fitzroy River
| ![Enlarge photo 89](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/089_GeikeGorge.jpg) 89 089 Geikie Gorge
| ![Enlarge photo 90](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/090_GeikeGorge.jpg) 90 090 Geikie Gorge
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![Enlarge photo 91](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/091_0041.jpg) 91 091
| ![Enlarge photo 92](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/092a_TermiteMound.jpg) 92 092a Large Termite Mound
| ![Enlarge photo 93](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/092_Kangaroo.jpg) 93 092 Kangaroo on Lookout
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![Enlarge photo 94](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/093_EmergencyWater.jpg) 94 093 Emergency Water Tony inspects the drum of emergency water placed beside the road to assist travellers.
| ![Enlarge photo 95](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/094_Fishing.jpg) 95 094 Fishing
| ![Enlarge photo 96](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/095_0045.jpg) 96 095 Landscape
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![Enlarge photo 97](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/096_0046.jpg) 97 096 Boggy Section of Road
| ![Enlarge photo 98](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/097_SturtDesertPea.jpg) 98 097 Sturt Desert Pea
| ![Enlarge photo 99](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/098_0048.jpg) 99 098 Heavy Haulage
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![Enlarge photo 100](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/099_0049.jpg) 100 099
| ![Enlarge photo 101](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/100_WhimCreekHotel.jpg) 101 100 Whim Creek Hotel
| ![Enlarge photo 102](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/101_CattleGrid.jpg) 102 101 Cattle Grid
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![Enlarge photo 103](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/102_Bogged.jpg) 103 102 Bogged in the Sand
| ![Enlarge photo 104](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/103_0003.jpg) 104 103 Sunlit Hillside
| ![Enlarge photo 105](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/104_0004.jpg) 105 104 Gorge in Hamersley Range
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![Enlarge photo 106](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/105_0005.jpg) 106 105 Hamersley Range
| ![Enlarge photo 107](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/106_0013.jpg) 107 106 Steep Walls of Gorge
| ![Enlarge photo 108](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/107.jpg) 108 107 Steep Walls of Gorge
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![Enlarge photo 109](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/108_HamersleyRanges.jpg) 109 108 Hamersley Ranges
| ![Enlarge photo 110](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/109_Wittenoom.jpg) 110 109 Town of Wittenoom
| ![Enlarge photo 111](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/110_WittenoomHotel.jpg) 111 110 Wittenoom Hotel
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![Enlarge photo 112](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/111_Dining.jpg) 112 111 Dining at Wittenoom Hotel
| ![Enlarge photo 113](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/112_BlueAsbestos.jpg) 113 112 Blue Asbestos The deadly Blue Asbestos was mined at Wittenoom.
| ![Enlarge photo 114](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/113_0012.jpg) 114 113
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![Enlarge photo 115](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/114_Wittenoom.jpg) 115 114 Wittenoom Landscape
| ![Enlarge photo 116](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/115_0011.jpg) 116 115
| ![Enlarge photo 117](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/116_MtHerbert.jpg) 117 116 Summit of Mt Herbert This stone carn has since collapsed.
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![Enlarge photo 118](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/117_MtHerbert.jpg) 118 117 View from Mt Herbert
| ![Enlarge photo 119](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/118_MtHerbert.jpg) 119 118 View from Mt Herbert
| ![Enlarge photo 120](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/119_MtHerbert.jpg) 120 119 Mt Herbert Truck laden with bags of Blue Asbestos negotiating the winding Chichester Pass Road from Wittenoom for shipment from Point Samson.
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![Enlarge photo 121](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/120_PythonPool.jpg) 121 120 Python Pool at the base of Mt Herbert
| ![Enlarge photo 122](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/121_PyramidHill.jpg) 122 121 Pyramid Hill east of Roebourne
| ![Enlarge photo 123](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/122_0021.jpg) 123 122 Creek Crossing
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![Enlarge photo 124](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/123_BoilingTheBilly.jpg) 124 123 Boiling The Billy
| ![Enlarge photo 125](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/124_Wildflowers.jpg) 125 124 Wildflowers
| ![Enlarge photo 126](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/125_0025.jpg) 126 125
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![Enlarge photo 127](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/126_0026.jpg) 127 126 Historic Stone Building Possibly at Roebourne.
| ![Enlarge photo 128](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/127_Cossack.jpg) 128 127 Overlooking Cossack
| ![Enlarge photo 129](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/128_MudCrab.jpg) 129 128 Mud Crab
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![Enlarge photo 130](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/129_MinderooStation.jpg) 130 129 Minderoo Station
| ![Enlarge photo 131](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/130_VegetableGarden.jpg) 131 130 Vegetable Garden at Minderoo Station
| ![Enlarge photo 132](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/131_JudyForrester.jpg) 132 131 On Minderoo Station
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![Enlarge photo 133](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/132_JudyForrester.jpg) 133 132 On Minderoo Station
| ![Enlarge photo 134](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/133_AboriginalGirl.jpg) 134 133 On Minderoo Station
| ![Enlarge photo 135](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/134_0034.jpg) 135 134 Wildflowers Millstream Swainsona (Swainsona pterostylis).
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![Enlarge photo 136](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/135_Everlastings.jpg) 136 135 Carpet of Everlastings
| ![Enlarge photo 137](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/136_MinderooStation.jpg) 137 136 Minderoo Station Grassed area around Homestead.
| ![Enlarge photo 138](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/137_MinderooHomestead.jpg) 138 137 Minderoo Station Homestead
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![Enlarge photo 139](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/138_Onslow.jpg) 139 138 Main Street of Onslow
| ![Enlarge photo 140](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/139_Onslow.jpg) 140 139 Onslow
| ![Enlarge photo 141](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/140_Bream.jpg) 141 140 Fresh Bream
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![Enlarge photo 142](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/141_AshburtonRiverBridge.jpg) 142 141 Ashburton River Bridge
| ![Enlarge photo 143](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/142_AshburtonRiverBridge.jpg) 143 142 Ashburton River Bridge
| ![Enlarge photo 144](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/143_Carnarvon.jpg) 144 143 Aproaching Carnarvon
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![Enlarge photo 145](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/144_CarnarvonWhalingStation.jpg) 145 144 Carnarvon Whaling Station Carnarvon, like many coastal towns at the turn of the 20th century, began commercial whale hunting. As early as 1912, whaling ships were operating in the waters off Carnarvon.
| ![Enlarge photo 146](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/145_WhaleOnSlipway.jpg) 146 145 Whale On Slipway In the 1950's the Federal Government helped fund a whaling station at Babbage Island.
| ![Enlarge photo 147](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/146_WhaleOnSlipway.jpg) 147 146 Whale On Slipway This station became one of the most modern whaling shore stations in the world. It was believed that over 600 whales were killed per season.
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![Enlarge photo 148](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/147_CarnarvonWhalingStation.jpg) 148 147 Carnarvon Whaling Station Fortunately by the 1960's whaling ceased. The station was sold to the Nor-West Whaling Company (later to be renamed the Nor-West Seafoods).
| ![Enlarge photo 149](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/148_Harpoons.jpg) 149 148 Harpoons The 'Nor-West Seafoods' converted the whaling station into a factory for processing prawns, Shark Bay banana prawns to be exact.
| ![Enlarge photo 150](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/149_WhaleOilTanks.jpg) 150 149 Whale Oil Tanks The company is still processing prawns and even running seasonal whale and dolphin watching tours.
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![Enlarge photo 151](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/150_ProductionTally.jpg) 151 150 Production Tally Date: 11 July 1956.
| ![Enlarge photo 152](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/151_CarnarvonJetty.jpg) 152 151 Carnarvon One-Mile Jetty
| ![Enlarge photo 153](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/152_SchoolChildren.jpg) 153 152 School Children at Carnarvon
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![Enlarge photo 154](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/153_SchoolChildren.jpg) 154 153 School Children with Teacher
| ![Enlarge photo 155](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/154_GascoyneRiver.jpg) 155 154 Dry Bed of Gascoyne River
| ![Enlarge photo 156](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/155_LoadOfWool.jpg) 156 155 Bales of Wool for Shipment
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![Enlarge photo 157](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/156_SteamEngine.jpg) 157 156 Steam Engine
| ![Enlarge photo 158](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/157_CarnarvonHospital.jpg) 158 157 Carnarvon Hospital
| ![Enlarge photo 159](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/158_WarMemorial.jpg) 159 158 Carnarvon War Memorial
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![Enlarge photo 160](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/159_GascoyneHotel.jpg) 160 159 Gascoyne Hotel at Carnarvon
| ![Enlarge photo 161](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/160_Carnarvon.jpg) 161 160 Main Street of Carnarvon
| ![Enlarge photo 162](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/161_GascoyneRiver.jpg) 162 161 Gascoyne River
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![Enlarge photo 163](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/162_Plantation.jpg) 163 162 Plantation at Carnarvon
| ![Enlarge photo 164](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/163_BananaFlower.jpg) 164 163 Banana Flower
| ![Enlarge photo 165](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/164_Bananas.jpg) 165 164 Bananas
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![Enlarge photo 166](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/165_PawPaws.jpg) 166 165 Paw Paws
| ![Enlarge photo 167](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/166_Beans.jpg) 167 166 Beans
| ![Enlarge photo 168](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/167_0007.jpg) 168 167
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![Enlarge photo 169](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/168_0008.jpg) 169 168
| ![Enlarge photo 170](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/169_0009.jpg) 170 169
| ![Enlarge photo 171](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/170_0010.jpg) 171 170 The Long Road Ahead
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![Enlarge photo 172](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/171_0011.jpg) 172 171
| ![Enlarge photo 173](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/172_0012.jpg) 173 172 Fuel Depot Note the 44-gallon drums of fuel.
| ![Enlarge photo 174](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/173_ArtesianWater.jpg) 174 173 Cyril watching Artesian Water
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![Enlarge photo 175](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/174_ArtesianWater.jpg) 175 174 Artesian Water
| ![Enlarge photo 176](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/175_HamelinPool.jpg) 176 175 Hamelin Pool
| ![Enlarge photo 177](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/176_HamelinPool.jpg) 177 176 Hamelin Pool
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![Enlarge photo 178](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/177_ShellBlocks.jpg) 178 177 Shell Blocks at Hamelin Bay
| ![Enlarge photo 179](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/178_0018.jpg) 179 178 Station Entrance
| ![Enlarge photo 180](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/179_0019.jpg) 180 179 Galena Lead Mine
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![Enlarge photo 181](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/180_0020.jpg) 181 180 Murchison River
| ![Enlarge photo 182](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/181_0021.jpg) 182 181 Our Lady in Ara Coeli Church at Northampton Our Lady in Ara Coeli Church (c.1936). This fascinating building was designed by the legendary Monsignor Hawes with some influence from the Parish Priest of the time Father Irwin.
| ![Enlarge photo 183](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/182_0022.jpg) 183 182 Church at Northampton
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![Enlarge photo 184](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/183_0023.jpg) 184 183 Near Northampton
| ![Enlarge photo 185](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/184_0024.jpg) 185 184 Stone Ruins Possibly Convict Prison Ruins at Port Gregory.
| ![Enlarge photo 186](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/185_0029.jpg) 186 185 Overlooking Geraldton
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![Enlarge photo 187](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/186_0030.jpg) 187 186 St Francis Xavier Cathedral at Geraldton Famed architect Monsignor Hawes designed this magnificent building in the heart of Geraldton. The parish priest arrived in Geraldton in 1915 to work on the cathedral – regarded as one of his finest works. The cathedral’s foundation stone was laid in 1916 and the building was completed in 1938.
| ![Enlarge photo 188](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/187_Geraldton.jpg) 188 187 Overlooking Geraldton
| ![Enlarge photo 189](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/188_Church.jpg) 189 188 Church at Geraldton
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![Enlarge photo 190](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/189_Geraldton.jpg) 190 189 Geraldton Wharf
| ![Enlarge photo 191](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/190_WindsweptTree.jpg) 191 190 Leaning Trees of Greenough Buffeted by prevailing southerly winds, the trees' horizontal trunks have become something of an icon for the region of Greenough.
| ![Enlarge photo 192](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/191_Greenough.jpg) 192 191 Historic Buildings at Greenough Greenough Historical Settlement where character stone buildings are remnants of a once thriving community of pioneers who developed the area at the turn of the 19th century.
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![Enlarge photo 193](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/192_Dongara.jpg) 193 192 Rainbow at Dongara
| ![Enlarge photo 194](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/193_Dongara.jpg) 194 193 Dramatic Sky at Dongara
| ![Enlarge photo 195](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/194_NewNorcia.jpg) 195 194 Approaching New Norcia
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![Enlarge photo 196](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/195_WelcomedHome.jpg) 196 195 Welcome Home Tony watches as Cyril is welcomed by his family.
| ![Enlarge photo 197](https://photos.imageevent.com/gladysclancy/memories/northwest1956/icons/196_TheEnd.jpg) 197 196 The End
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