Octogenarian recalls life from Willunga to Burra era
An elderly writer from Burra Worth reflects on eighty plus years of service and memory. He recalls Willunga’s grand old man, coach days to Adelaide, slate quarries, farming, trade and the rise of railways and motor transport, plus family and school memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Sara
Burra Worth
Willunga
Whyalla
Adelaide
Ela
Port Willunga
Con Wetton
South Australia
Burra
Sara & Dunstan
Burra Burra Pioneer Recalls Wealth Growth and Family Ties
The narrative recounts a Burra mining and business career spanning South Australia and Western Australia. It notes earlyBurra wealth from the Burra Mine, experiences aboard the barque Ribsten, coastal towns' growth, training and work with firms like Dunn & Go Millers and Sara & Dunstan, relocation to Broken Hill during mining strikes, and eventual retirement after forty years in Burra North. It highlights family milestones including wife, son Frank, nephews in WWI, and a long residence in Burra with continued ties to relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perth
Fremantle
Albany
South Australia
Dunn & Go. Millers
Quorn
Sara & Dunstan
Ab ‘Terowle
Cockburn
New South Wales
Broken Hill
Argent Street
Western Australia
Goderick Street
Barrack Street
Claremont
Burra
James Tiver & Sons
Aberdeen
Messrs
T. Pastoe
Robert Campbell
Frank Sara
Sara & Co
Nurse
Burta
North
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PyKe’s Burra Bakery
Pelephone
Pyke’s
P. J. Byrne
Charles Radf
Ord
WPF
Forgan
Hat Forgan
Commonwealth
Forgan’s
J. & R. Forgan Ltd
Crystal Brook and
Port Pitie
Mid-North Car
Tractor Service
LE Tourneau
John Deere Wheel
Cooper
L. Pearce
Booborowie
Burra Boy
Port Adelaide
Burra North
T. W. Neville
Ockendens Barber Shop
Nelva Phelan Burra
Nelva Phelan
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