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For Genealogists and Family Historians |
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![]() | General Index | |||
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| [ page numbers in yellow are illustrations ] | Page No. | |
| Agriculture Protection Board | 78 | |
| Amax Corporation | v, vi | |
| Anglican Church | 53, 54, 96 | |
| Asbestos Mine (Wittenoom) | 53 | |
| Australian Kidney Foundation | 68 | |
| Australian Rules Football | 40, 41 | |
| Author's Plane | 65 | |
| Bechtel Pacific (Construction Company) | 2, 3, 15, 20, 21, 24, 29 | |
| Beecham's (Drug Company) | 103 | |
| Bell Brothers | 40 | |
| BHP | v, vi | |
| Blue Spec Gold Mine (Nullagine) | 24 | |
| Boomerang Oval | 41, 50, 87 | |
| Bulloo Downs Station | 38, 78, 79 | |
| Camp 225 (Railway Workers Camp) | 33 | |
| Capricorn Oval (South Newman) | 92 | |
| Capricorn Roadhouse | 75 | |
| Centrals (Football Team) | 41 | |
| Channel Seven | 32 | |
| Community Hall (Meekatharra) | 19 | |
| Cricket | 40, 41, 42 | |
| CSR | v, vi | |
| Cyclone Kerry | 86, 87 | |
| Cyclone Tracy | 68, 86 | |
| Dampier Lions Club | 66 | |
| Darwin Lions Club | 68 | |
| Day Dawn (Gold Mine) | 97 | |
| Department of Civil Aviation | 59 | |
| Disneyworld | 94 | |
| Doolgunna Station | 69 | |
| East Pilbara Shire Council | 56, 71, 83, 85 | |
| Education Department | 91 | |
| Federal Engine Drivers and Fireman's Union | 31 | |
| Fortescue Golf Club | 13, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 52 | |
| Golf Course | 44, 46 | |
| Golf Tee | 43 | |
| Grand Hotel, Mount Magnet | 97 | |
| Greyhound Buses | 93, 95 | |
| Guildford Grammar School | 96, 107 | |
| Heathrow Airport | 95 | |
| Industrial Court | 32 | |
| Ironclad Hotel | 97 | |
| Jandkot Airport | 1 | |
| Jigalong Medical Centre | 56 | |
| Jigalong Mission | 4-6, 11, 12, 55-64, 78, 83, 97, 107 | |
| Joint Venturers | 21, 22 | |
| Juna Downs Station | 53 | |
| Kindergarten | 55 | |
| King Edward Memorial Hospital | 62 | |
| Knudson (Railway Construction Company) | 20 | |
| Kumarina Roadhouse | 16 | |
| Labor Party | 84 | |
| Le Fortescue (French Restaurant) | 74 | |
| Lysaghts (Contractors) | 44 | |
| Mac Robertson Miller Airlines (M.A.A.) | 1, 22, 99 | |
| Magnet Lions Club | 70 | |
| Manix (Railway Construction Company) | 20 | |
| Marillana Station | 107 | |
| Medical Centre | 39, 80 | |
| Meekatharra Hospital | 16 | |
| Meekatharra Police Station | 2 | |
| Millstream Station | 98 | |
| Miss Australia Quest | 54 | |
| Miss Personality Quest | 68 | |
| Mitsui Ito (Japanese Partner in Mining Company) | 23 | |
| Mitsui-C Itoh | v, vi | |
| Morison (Railway Construction Company) | 20 | |
| Mt. Newman Iron Ore Company | v | |
| Mt. Newman Mining Company | vi, 4, 27, 29, 40, 72, 80 | |
| Nedlands Rugby Club | 41 | |
| New Norcia Monastery | 70, 96 | |
| New Surgery | 81 | |
| Newman Airport | 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 29 | |
| Newman Club | 101 | |
| Newman Football League | 24 | |
| Newman Hospital | 7, 12, 13, 14, 42, 105 | |
| Newman Hospital Building (plus stage 2) | 10 | |
| Newman Lions Club | 58, 67, 68 | |
| Newman Mine Site (Mt. Whaleback) | vi, vii, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 46 | |
| Newman Police Complex | 3, 7, 24, 51 | |
| Newman Primary School | 4, 89, 90, 91 | |
| Newman Station | v, 4, 5 | |
| Newman Temporary Hospital | 8 | |
| Nullagine Shire Council | 22 | |
| Old Homestead | 4, 6, 42 | |
| Old Homestead Airstrip | 1, 4, 16 | |
| Oman (Railway Construction Company) | 20 | |
| Ore Train (First) | ix | |
| Orebody 29 (Mine) | vi | |
| P & C | 18, 90, 92 | |
| Perth Airport | 1 | |
| Pilbara Iron | vi | |
| Pilbara Open Championships | 46, 47 | |
| Port Hedland Hospital | 11, 12, 23, 34, 58 | |
| Press Corps | 22 | |
| Railway Line (Port Headland to Newman) | vii, vii, viii, 4, 20, 21, 33 | |
| Roebourne Hospital | 58 | |
| Roman Catholic Church | 96, 100 | |
| Roy Hill Station | 22, 23, 99, 101 | |
| Royal Flying Doctor Service | 5, 11, 14, 15, 16, 61, 88, 95, 105, 106 | |
| Royal Perth Hospital | 12, 50, 105 | |
| Rugby | 41, 42 | |
| Saints (Football Team) | 41 | |
| Save Sight Foundation | 68 | |
| School of the Air | 5 | |
| Seltrust | v, vi | |
| Sir Charles Gardener Hospital | 14, 82 | |
| Soccer | 41 | |
| South Newman Primary School & Kindergarten | 92 | |
| St. John's Ambulance | 34 | |
| St. Joseph's (Catholic Church) | 53, 54, 55 | |
| St. Stephen's (Anglican Church) | 55 | |
| State Lotteries Commission | 91 | |
| Station Airstrip at Old Homestead | 1, 4, 5 | |
| Sufferers Paradise (Wet Canteen) | 3, 6, 24, 45 | |
| Sylvania Station | 67 | |
| Tigers (Football Team) | 41 | |
| Township Office | 55, 68 | |
| Transfield | 45, 54 | |
| Transwest (Skywest) | 60 | |
| Tuckanarra (Road House) | 69 | |
| W.A.C.A. | 103 | |
| Walkabout Hotel | 3, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 31, 44, 52, 93 | |
| Watson Jackson (House Builder) | 23 | |
| Weelarina (Sheep Station) | 78 | |
| Wickham Airstrip | 72 |
| [ page numbers in yellow are illustrations ] | Page No. | |
| Adelaide | 82 | |
| Albany | 96 | |
| Australia | 20, 72, 83, 96, 103 | |
| Bahrain | 95 | |
| Bombay | 95 | |
| Boulder | 71 | |
| Britain | 83, 95, 99 | |
| Bunbury | 6 | |
| Canberra | 73 | |
| Carnarvon | 38, 65, 66, 72, 99 | |
| Chichester Ranges | vii, 101 | |
| Construction Camp (Mt. Newman Mining Company) | 2, 3, 15, 23, 24, 42, 53, 90 | |
| Cotton Creek, Cundlebar | 57 | |
| Cowra | 33, 34, 101 | |
| Cue | 69, 70, 95, 97 | |
| Dale's Gorge | 53, 98, 100 | |
| Dalwallinu | 70 | |
| Darwin | 86 | |
| East Pilbara Region | v, 77 | |
| Edinburgh | 96 | |
| Ethel Creek Station | 12 | |
| Fortescue River | 26, 75, 86, 87, 87, 98 | |
| Fremantle | 82 | |
| Geraldton | 92, 99 | |
| Gibson Desert | 25, 86 | |
| Giles Avenue ("Snob Hill") | 48 | |
| Gingiana Pool | 75 | |
| Goldsworthy | 70, 71, 73, 86, 88 | |
| Grand Canyon | 94 | |
| Great Northern Highway | 39 | |
| Hammersley Gorge | 98 | |
| Hammersley Ranges | 98 | |
| Hilditch Avenue | 55, 74, 92 | |
| Jimblebar | 88, 89, 103 | |
| Joffre Falls | 98, 100 | |
| Kalbarri Gorge | 99 | |
| Kalgoorlie | 24 | |
| Kimberleys | 27 | |
| Kumarina | 31, 68, 69, 97 | |
| Lake Disappoinment | 57 | |
| Las Vegas | 94 | |
| Lynton | 99 | |
| Marble Bar | 60, 84, 85, 97 | |
| Meekatharra | 1, 2, 16, 69, 75, 78, 89, 97 | |
| Melbourne | 40 | |
| Miami | 95 | |
| Millstream | 98 | |
| Mindarra Drive | 6, 7, 53 | |
| Monkey Mia | 99 | |
| Mt. Divide | 106 | |
| Mt. Magnet | 69, 70, 71, 96 | |
| Mt. Newman | v | |
| Mt. Whaleback | v, vi | |
| New Norcia | 70 | |
| New Orleans | 94 | |
| New York | 95 | |
| Newman | v, 1-7, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 29, 32, 33, 39-41, 45, 48, 51, 52, 56-60, 62, 64, 67, 68, 71, 73, 78, 79, 83-88, 94, 96-98, 101-105 | |
| Newman Drive | 53 | |
| Newman Township | 25 | |
| Northampton | 99 | |
| Northern Highway | 85 | |
| Nullabor | 27 | |
| Nullagine | 31, 60, 85, 97 | |
| Onslow | 72 | |
| Ophthalmia Range | v | |
| Orlando (Florida) | 94 | |
| Pakistan | 103 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | |
| Payne's Find | 70 | |
| Perth | v, 3, 7, 11, 14, 24, 26, 28, 31, 32, 40, 41, 50, 51, 62, 66, 67, 71, 73-75, 81, 82, 92, 95, 96, 98, 99, 103-107 | |
| Pilbara | 1, 32, 52, 93, 99, 104, 106 | |
| Port Arthur | 99 | |
| Port Hedland | vii, 4, 5, 15, 20, 21, 23, 27, 32, 33, 35, 38, 51, 58, 62, 71, 85-88, 92, 105 | |
| Python Pool | 98 | |
| Queensland | 27 | |
| Radio Hill | 105 | |
| Redmont | 33, 34, 35, 101, 102 | |
| Robertson Range | 106 | |
| Roebourne | 72 | |
| Rudall Avenue | 54 | |
| San Francisco | 94 | |
| Sandhill | 33, 34 | |
| Scotland | 95, 107 | |
| South Australia | 41 | |
| Swan River | 71 | |
| Sydney | 71, 73 | |
| Tom Price | 52, 98-100 | |
| Torres Strait | 20 | |
| Turner River | 85 | |
| Uganda | 46, 50, 61 | |
| UK | 83, 95, 99 | |
| USA | 94, 95 | |
| Walgun | 57 | |
| Wallal | 88 | |
| Wanamanna Pool | 89, 103 | |
| Warman Avenue | 54 | |
| Weeli Wolli | 6, 89 | |
| Western Australia | v, 39, 53, 71, 72, 73, 83, 86, 94, 96, 99 | |
| Western Desert | 57 | |
| Wickham | 98 | |
| Wittenoom | 52, 53, 85, 98-101, 102, 107 | |
| Yandee | 33, 34 | |
| Yass Junction | 73 |
| [ page numbers in yellow are illustrations ] | Page No. | |
| Abigail (Sister of First Baby born in Newman) | 17 | |
| Administration Supervisor | 28 | |
| Aide-de-camp (to Sir Douglas Kendrew) | 20, 23 | |
| Akihito, Crown Prince (now Emperor) | 19 | |
| Alex (Dry store manager) | 91 | |
| Allardyce, Clive, Dr | 64 | |
| Annie (Reg's Wife) | 26, 27 | |
| Arlene (Fred's Wife) | 51 | |
| Barbara (Entrant in Miss Australia Quest) | 54 | |
| Bernard (Doctor) | 54 | |
| Bill (Airlines manager) | 99-101 | |
| Bill (Mine Administration Officer) | 29 | |
| Bill (Pilot, Air Rep. Services) | 16 | |
| Bishop of the North West | 19 | |
| Bob (M.A.A. Agent) | 1, 2 | |
| Bob (Newman Policeman) | 23 | |
| Bosse, Dirk (Member of P & C) | 90 | |
| Brand, Sir David | 71 | |
| Brian | 102 | |
| Brian (Chief Security Officer) | 26 | |
| Brooks, Harry | 42, 43, 87 | |
| Carol (Nurse, Roland's Wife) | 51, 52 | |
| Charlton, Eddie (Snooker Champion) | 73 | |
| Chickie (American Neighbour) | 102, 103 | |
| Chief Engineer | 49 | |
| Eckhart, Claire (Brian's wife) | 96 | |
| Clarke, Kathy | 84 | |
| Collins, Ann (Peter's Wife) | 49 | |
| Collins, Peter (Supermarket Owner) | 48, 49 | |
| Court, Sir Charles (Premier of WA) | 21, 22 | |
| Czechoslovakian Doctor (Meekatharra) | 16 | |
| Dadda (Sambo's Wife) | 61 | |
| David (Rebecca's Husband) | 14 | |
| Des | 38 | |
| Diana "Standard Gauge" (Mine Secretary) | 35 | |
| Donovan, Sid | 32 | |
| Drill Foreman | 29 | |
| Driller's Offsider (Canadian Patient) | 50 | |
| Duchess of Kent | 17 | |
| Duke of Edinburgh (H.R.H.) | 18 | |
| Duke of Kent | 17 | |
| Dunn, Andrew (Billy's Son) | 107 | |
| Dunn, Billy | 106, 107 | |
| Dunn, Maureen (Billy's wife) | 107 | |
| Dunn, Noel (Billy's Son) | 106, 107 | |
| Eckhart, Brian | 1, 2, 21, 22, 53, 66, 91, 96, 97 | |
| Eckhart, David | 1, 2, 21, 22, 53, 66, 91, 96, 101, 102 | |
| Eckhart, Donnie | 96-99 | |
| Eckhart, Marjory | 1, 2, 7, 9, 14, 22, 42, 46, 50, 53, 64, 65, 72-75, 77, 79, 81, 83-84, 85, 94-97, 99, 100, 102, 103 | |
| Eckhart, Mr (Peter's father) | 96-99, 107 | |
| Eckhart, Peter | 1, 2, 20, 21, 23, 28, 31-33, 35-37, 39-42, 46, 49, 50, 53, 58-61, 65, 72, 75-77, 79, 96, 101, 103 | |
| Eva | 60, 61 | |
| Farmer, Joan | 59 | |
| Fatimah (Sister at Newman Hospital) | 14 | |
| Federal Policeman | 17 | |
| Fiona (Miss Personality) | 68 | |
| First Aid Officer's | 33, 34 | |
| First Baby (Born in Newman Hospital) | 9, 17 | |
| Fisher, Bob (Hospital Administrator) | 68, 70 | |
| Forrest, Willy | 6 | |
| Frank (Photographer, Rita's Husband) | 14 | |
| Fred (Doctor) | 83 | |
| Fred (Police Sargeant) | 24 | |
| Gabe (Hotel Manager) | 48 | |
| George (Mine General Foreman) | 49 | |
| Godfrey (Newman Policeman) | 23, 24 | |
| Godfrey's Wife (Nursing Sister) | 23 | |
| Gracie | 62 | |
| Greek Man (Trainee Shovel Operator) | 31 | |
| Gunn, Ian (Mine Manager) | 42, 48, 49 | |
| Hall, Pat (Peter's Wife) | 38, 78 | |
| Hall, Peter | 38, 78, 79 | |
| Hamilton, Ian | 73 | |
| Harry (Chief Engineer) | 28, 29 | |
| Harry (General Foreman) | 2 | |
| Hasluck, Paul, Sir (Governor General of Australia) | 21, 22, 23 | |
| Hawk, John (Industrial Chemist) | 104-106 | |
| Health Inspector | 30 | |
| Hilditch, A.S. (Stan) | v | |
| Hoover, Herbert | 69 | |
| Hughes, Judy (Noel Dunn's wife) | 106, 107 | |
| Ian (President of Lions Club) | 68 | |
| Isobel (Peter Eckhart's niece) | 102 | |
| Italian Patient (Motor Vehicle Accident) | 15 | |
| Jacky | 6 | |
| James Family | 101 | |
| Janet (School teacher) | 89, 90 | |
| Jean (Frenchman) | 106 | |
| Jim (Headmaster) | 89-91 | |
| Joan | 95 | |
| Joan (Ron's Wife) | 82, 83 | |
| John (Chickie's husband) | 103, 104 | |
| John (Ella's son) | 95 | |
| Jones, Billy (Stockman) | 12 | |
| Jones, Elizabeth (dau. Billy and Nancy Jones) | 12 | |
| Jones, Melvin | 67 | |
| Jones, Nancy (Billy's wife) | 12 | |
| Kathleen | 61 | |
| Kelly, Jabadee (Nurseryman) | 4 | |
| Kendrew, Sir Douglas (Governor of WA) | 20 | |
| Kym (Miss Personality Entrant) | 68, 69, 70 | |
| Lady in Waiting | 17 | |
| Lamb, Ella (Marjory Eckhart's mother) | 94-96 | |
| Lance (Phil's Friend) | 2 | |
| Lefevre, Chas (Chief Security Officer) | 19 | |
| Levien, Peggy (Trevor's Wife) | 55, 57 | |
| Levien, Trevor | 55, 57 | |
| Mal (Transport Officer) | 18 | |
| Margaret, Princess (H.R.H.) | 18, 19 | |
| Maria (Peter Eckhart's sister) | 95 | |
| Matron (Meekatharra Hospital) | 16 | |
| May, Mrs | 18 | |
| McLeod, Annie (Health Sister) | 55, 58 | |
| Mine Foreman | 28 | |
| Mine Manager | 13, 17, 28, 31, 35, 97 | |
| Minister of Mines and the Northwest | 18 | |
| Morgan, Jerry | 78 | |
| Morgan, Pat (Jerry's Wife) | 78, 79 | |
| Morgan, Robert John (Jerry and Pat's Son) | 78 | |
| Newman Chronicle Reporter | 13 | |
| Newman Policeman | 4 | |
| Newman, Aubrey Woodward | v, 93 | |
| Newman, Misses (Aubrey Newman's grandnieces) | 93 | |
| Nola (Mine Secretary) | 35, 36 | |
| Norman, Greg | 45 | |
| Nurses (Newman Hospital) | 7, 9, 51 | |
| Nyargi (Sambo's Wife) | 61 | |
| Olive (Patient, Stan's Wife) | 52 | |
| Olivier, Sir Laurence | 36 | |
| Osborne, Herman (from Goldsworthy) | 47 | |
| Oxer, Gordon, Dr | 52, 53 | |
| Paddy (Powder monkey) | 94 | |
| Painkiller | 6 | |
| Palmer, Arnold | 36 | |
| Peggy (Reg's second wife) | 27 | |
| Pendleberry, Elizabeth | 57, 58 | |
| Pennington, Michael, Rev | 51 | |
| Personnel Officer | 28, 29, 82 | |
| Peter | 62 | |
| Peter | 105, 106 | |
| Peter (Industrial Chemist) | 23, 24 | |
| Phil (Transport Officer) | 2 | |
| Plant Operator | 28, 29 | |
| Public Relations Officer | 1, 23 | |
| Publican (Walkabout Hotel) | 31 | |
| Randall, Mrs. (Paul's Wife) | 23 | |
| Randall, Paul (Newman Policeman) | 23, 24 | |
| Ray (Golfer) | 44, 45 | |
| Ready, Bill (Administration Manager) | 42 | |
| Rebecca (Patient in Newman Hospital) | 14 | |
| Reg (Plant Operator) | 26, 27 | |
| Rhonda (Bill's wife) | 99, 100 | |
| Rita (Patient in Newman Hospital) | 13, 14 | |
| Roberts, Norm (Bank Manager) | 20, 48, 49, 90 | |
| Rogers, Anne (Bert's Wife) | 18, 19, 21 | |
| Rogers, Bert (General Manager) | 18, 19, 21 | |
| Roland (Swiss Truck Driver) | 51, 52 | |
| Ron (Doctor) | 82, 83 | |
| Sailor, Sailor (Nurseryman) | 4, 5 | |
| Samson, Sambo (Nurseryman) | 4 | |
| Scott, Dick | 66 | |
| Shovel Operator | 31, 32 | |
| Singh, Dr | 83 | |
| Smith, David (Pat's Son) | 68 | |
| Smith, Pat | 68, 69 | |
| Snell, Charlie (Town Foreman) | 5, 6, 18 | |
| Snell, Mrs (Charlie's wife) | 6 | |
| Snowdon, Lord | 18, 19 | |
| Spring, Howard (Nullagine Shire President) | 22 | |
| Spring, Mrs (Howard's Wife) | 22 | |
| Stan (Olive's Husband) | 52 | |
| Thursday Islanders (Railway Workers) | 4, 20, 21, 23 | |
| Tom (Township Manager) | 29, 48, 49 | |
| Township Officer | 30 | |
| Township Supervisor | 15 | |
| Wally (Mine Worker) | 31 | |
| Walton, Joe | 48 | |
| Ward, Long Bob | 11 | |
| Warman, C.S. | v | |
| Williams, Vic | 45 | |
| Wilson, Don, Rev | 79 | |
| Witt, Howell, Rt. Rev. | 41, 42 |