50th Anniversary MESSAGEs

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From the Hon Christian Porter MLA Treasurer; Attorney General

posted 9 Feb 2011 20:28 by Kununurra Historical Society Inc. Archive and Museum   [ updated 9 Feb 2011 21:07 ]

The Treasurer; Attorney General the Hon Christian Porter MLA is happy to extend the terms of his earlier permission (ie to allow publication of the proclamation facsimile image on the KHS website).

We acknowledge on the website that the image is published with the permission of the State of Western Australia.

 Office of the Treasurer; Attorney General

NEW! February 10th 2011 - See the Kununurra Townsite Proclamation Document for resumption of land on Ivanhoe Station of February 1961.

From the Office of the Deputy Premier

posted 9 Feb 2011 20:24 by Kununurra Historical Society Inc. Archive and Museum   [ updated 9 Feb 2011 20:25 ]

I hope the celebrations tomorrow go well for you.  

Kind regards

Ian Wight-Pickin

Chief of Staff - Office of the Deputy Premier

From Diana & Ian Oliver

posted 9 Feb 2011 20:21 by Kununurra Historical Society Inc. Archive and Museum   [ updated 9 Feb 2011 20:22 ]

We regret that we will be unable to attend the Open Night on 10th February.  We are still at the beach on the East Coast.  best wishes to all,

Ian and Diana Oliver

From KHS Patron Hon. Richard Court

posted 9 Feb 2011 20:19 by Kununurra Historical Society Inc. Archive and Museum   [ updated 9 Feb 2011 20:19 ]

Kununurra Historical  Society

Congratulations for  Kununurra reaching the big 50 and best wishes for all the activities planned around this wonderful milestone.

Richard  Court.

From the WA Police Historical Society

posted 9 Feb 2011 20:08 by Kununurra Historical Society Inc. Archive and Museum   [ updated 9 Feb 2011 20:15 ]

Congratulations on reaching a significant landmark. Hope all goes well with the celebrations.

Val Doherty Secretary WAPHS

From Margaret Donald

posted 9 Feb 2011 20:06 by Kununurra Historical Society Inc. Archive and Museum   [ updated 9 Feb 2011 20:07 ]

Dear Andrew

I wanted to congratulate you on what you are doing.I think it is immensely valuable that you are creating such a wonderful resource.

Margaret

From Jane Parker

posted 9 Feb 2011 20:03 by Kununurra Historical Society Inc. Archive and Museum   [ updated 9 Feb 2011 20:04 ]

Happy Birthday Kununurra

From Hon. Christian Porter MLA Treasurer; Attorney General

posted 9 Feb 2011 19:58 by Kununurra Historical Society Inc. Archive and Museum   [ updated 9 Feb 2011 19:59 ]

I wish you the very best in your project to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Kununurra.

Yours sincerely,

Hon. Christian Porter MLA
Treasurer; Attorney General
7 February 2011

From Cathy Day (nee Withers)

posted 9 Feb 2011 19:49 by Kununurra Historical Society Inc. Archive and Museum   [ updated 9 Feb 2011 19:50 ]

Hi Andrew
 
I just want to say, from someone who works in community museums, your efforts for the photograph collection have been wonderful. You have motivated me to trawl through my personal albums and see if there is anything I can give you from our time there.  However, I do not want to duplicate -  has my father Bill Withers given you any photos for your collection?  I will also speak to him a and coordinate what we can do to add to your collection.
 
Fantastic work Andrew, a real leader in keeping history alive.
 
Kind regards
Cathy

From Jack Durack (Son of the late William A. Durack)

posted 9 Feb 2011 19:48 by Kununurra Historical Society Inc. Archive and Museum   [ updated 21 Feb 2011 05:51 ]

Andrew,
Hope this event goes well for all of you.
Best
Jack Durack

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Ninbing Boab in Early Morning Twilight

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Dates & Events
Next KHS Meeting
1st Tuesday of the Month at 7pm
All Welcome

13days until
KHS Meeting 1st Tuesday of the Month (March 5th 2013) at 7pm - All Welcome!

66days since
KHS Open Day - On Sunday, March 17th 2013, when it was 50 Years since the Royal Tour visited Kununurra on March 17th 1963.

59days until
July 20th 2013, when it will be 50 years since the Ord River Diversion Dam was officially opened by Prime Minister Robert Menzies

Kununurra Museum Events

For more information on Kununurra Museum Events, for the Australian "Year of the Farmer," see the KHS Events Page

1942

March 20th 1942

Wirraway A20-62

On March 20th 2017 it will be...

75 Years...

Since the forced landing of Wirraway A20-62, on coastal saltmarsh, just inside the WA/NT border, by Pilots Lew Dwyer and Warwick Carmody. See the permanent "Wirraway - Challenge" display at the KHS Museum.

63days since
March 20th, which was the date of the forced landing of 12 Squadron Wirraway A20-62 in 1942. Broome and Derby suffered air raids on this day, March 20th 1942.

1942

1943 (Dry Season)

70 Years ago at Carlton Reach

(Ord River Experimental Station)

During the dry season of 1943 Kim and Bill Durack continued their work on the "Ord River Experimental Station," which had been set up late in 1941 at Carlton Reach using the waters of the Ord. More information is available about the 36 HP Petters "Atomic" diesel pump engine, used to raise the water for these first major experimental attempts at irrigation, at the twenty acre farm site. available from the Carlton Reach Pump Engine

ABC Kimberley Radio Interview (March 2013) - About the "Petters Atomic Diesel Engine - See http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2013/03/18/3718139.htm?site=kimberley

News Flash!
In April 2013 the 36 HP "Petters Atomic Diesel Engine" was donated to the Kununurra Historical Society by the Department of Agriculture and Food WA - Frank Wise Institute of Tropical Agriculture (formerly the Kimberley Research Station, where the engine was also in use until the 1950s), KHS plans to display the original pump engine by the entrance gate of the Kununurra Museum.

Events from 2011

Wyndham and Hall's Creek (aka "Kimberley") were established.

1886

125 Years Ago
(In 2011)

In May and June 2011 It was
90 Years
Since the WA and SA Government Astronomers came to the Kimberley in
1921
to determine the position of the WA/NT Border on the ground by using the new technology (in 1921), of radio time signals. This exepedition in 1921 would locate the border position and a WA Survey crew would come back in 1927 to build the Kimberley Obelisk, which still determines the border today.
Read More about the 1921 WA/NT Border Determinations

1941

1941
Carlton Reach

"Thethebeleng" or "Carlton Reach"
:-( now sadly, referred to as Lake Kununurra)
Was the largest permanent waterhole in the entire Kimberley Region, held back by a place called "Tharram," the "Rocky Falls" or "Jasper Bar" or "Bandicoot Bar," stretching all the way to "Carlton Ridge" or the head of the "Sleeping Buddha, as it is known today."

"Kim's Place"  or "Ord River Experimental Station" or "Ord River Experimental Farm" or "The Cabbage Patch" - No matter what it has been referred to in writing, this was the WA Government's precursor to the joint Federal (CSIRO) - State (WA Ag. Dept.) Kimberley Research Station (KRS).

The 1941 experimental station was set up at Carlton Reach, by Kimberley Michael Durack, for the Department of Agriculture WA, with assistance from the Public Works Department, along with his brother William A. (Bill) Durack, and other helpers along the way.

It will be 75 Years Ago
(in 2016)

Read More on the Carlton Reach Pump Engine Research Page

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842days since
This site was started on January 31st 2011

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