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Beverley is a classic country town located 130 kms east of Perth on the Avon River. Founded in 1838, Beverley is one of Western Australia's oldest settlements. This album brings you samples of Beverley's interesting architecture, with examples ranging from the colonial period of the late 1880s to the 1930s Art Deco style and an example of a late 1960s geodesic dome. A feature of Vincent Street is the Vampire Jet No. A79-638 at the entrance to the Aeronautical Museum which is a tribute to the aviators of Western Australia. Historical highpoints of aviation in this State are told in photographs and stories as well as displaying models of various fighting aircraft and modern passenger planes. This album concludes with rural and forest scenes captured through the bus window on the homeward journey when I couldn't resist capturing the passing scenes.

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Enlarge photo 1 Beverley Aeronautical Museum
Situated in the centre of town, this museum is a tribute to the aviators of Western Australia. Historical highpoints of aviation in this State are told in photographs and stories.
Enlarge photo 2 Vampire Jet No A79-638
At the entrance is this Vampire Jet No A79-638 which was a two-seat trainer. Australia built almost two hundred of this type of aircraft.
Enlarge photo 3 Aeronautical Museum Display
Enlarge photo 4 Aeronautical Museum Display
Enlarge photo 5 Aeronautical Museum Display
Enlarge photo 6 Aeronautical Museum Display
Passenger Plane.
Enlarge photo 7 Aeronautical Museum Display
Passenger Plane.
Enlarge photo 8 Aeronautical Museum Display
Model Aeroplanes including BAE Harrier GR3 (Jump Jet), Sopwith F1 Camel, and Junkers JU88.
Enlarge photo 9 Aeronautical Museum Display
Model Aeroplanes including DH89 Dragon Rapide, DH2 De Havilland, and Hawker Fury 1.
Enlarge photo 10 Aeronautical Museum Display
Model Aeroplanes including Tiger Moth (Training Aircraft) and Aichi D3 A1 Val.
Enlarge photo 11 De Havilland Vampire A79-651
Enlarge photo 12 De Havilland Vampire A79-651
This Aircraft is on display in Hunt Road, Beverley, and was the first delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force in September 1959.
Enlarge photo 13 The Tragedy of the "Amana"
The DC4 "Skymaster" of Australian National Airways was the first aircraft to be able to fly Adelaide to Perth non-stop.
This DC4 named "Amana" was lost on 26 June 1950.

Enlarge photo 14 "Amana" Memorial
The "Amana" nose wheel which is a memorial to those who died in the Skymaster DC4 crash in 1950.
Enlarge photo 15 The "Amana" Memorial Beverley
The "Amana" Memorial is the remains of a landing leg recovered from the crash site. The names of the passengers who died are engraved on a plate mounted at the front of the Memorial.
Enlarge photo 16 "Amana" Memorial
Another view of the "Amana" nose wheel which is a memorial to those who died in the Skymaster DC4 crash in 1950.
Enlarge photo 17 Vampire Jet No A79-638
Enlarge photo 18 Beverley Post Office
Built in 1910 at the cost of £1870, this elegant building still houses the Post Office on the ground floor and accommodation on the first floor.
Enlarge photo 19 Beverley Post Office
Built in 1910.
Enlarge photo 20 Bank Building
This substantial and elegant building was erected in 1917 for the National Bank. Later it became the Australasian Bank and is currently the ANZ Bank.
Enlarge photo 21 Hotel Beverley
Built in 1886 as the "Railway Hotel", the facade was remodelled in 1938 in the Art Deco style. However, you will still find details of the 1880s style in the hallway and dining room.
Enlarge photo 22 CWA Building
The Country Womens Association building dates from 1936 and is a typical example of the Western Australian architecture at that time.
Enlarge photo 23 Child Health Centre
The Child Health Centre is another classic example of the Art Deco style of the 1930s and is still being used for its original purpose.
Enlarge photo 24 Old Fire Station
This Art Deco building was used as the Fire Station until recently. Note the interesting door and elegant motif above the doorway.
Enlarge photo 25 Beverley Town Hall
The Beverley Town Hall was built in 1938, designed in the Art Deco style by Perth architect W.G. Bennett and still used for many functions.
Enlarge photo 26 Pioneer's Stone Cottage
Enlarge photo 27 Pioneer's Stone Cottage
Enlarge photo 28 Geodesic Dome
Modern and innovative architecture.
Enlarge photo 29 Geodesic Dome
Built in 1968 after a fire destroyed the old Barnsley Motors Garage, this is a rare example in Western Australia of the innovative architecture of American Buckminster Fuller.
Enlarge photo 30 Magnificent Tree is a feature of this Street
Enlarge photo 31 Pincushion Hakea (Hakea laurina)
A new flower unfurls on this tree beside the footpath.
Enlarge photo 32 Pincushion Hakea (Hakea laurina)
Enlarge photo 33 Agricultural Land
Homeward bound through the farmlands of the wheatbelt where the crop has just been sown in this paddock.
Enlarge photo 34 Eucalypts line the Driveway to this Farm.
Enlarge photo 35 Green Pastures
Enlarge photo 36 Rocky Outcrops in the Green Paddocks
Enlarge photo 37 York Gum by the Fenceline
Farmhouse in the distance.
Enlarge photo 38 Paddock of Sheep and New Born Lambs
Enlarge photo 39 Vegetation on Road Verge
Enlarge photo 40 Roadside cutting showing Sub-soil