Dates:
21 May 2011 – 20 November 2011
Open daily from 9.30am – 4.00pm
Western Australian Museum — Geraldton
Batavia Coast Marina
Admission:
Free Entry. Suggested donation $5
About the exhibition
The Mid West Region covers just under 470,000 km2 (including off-shore islands), or nearly one-fifth of Western Australia. Mining has long been a part of the region's history - since Aboriginal people mined for ochre about 30,000 years ago.
This community-based exhibition was created in response to the recent, rapid increase and projected continued expansion of mining in the Mid West. It contains contributions from ex-miners and their families, the many historical societies in the area, mining companies past and present, and staff from the Western Australian Museum. The result is a collection of Mid West mining stories not previously told on this scale.
Image: Coal mining at Irwin, c1880. Image courtesy State Library of Western Australia 54759.
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