Charles Edward Flinders (1865-1948) arrived in Western Australia from England in 1886. From the early gold rush to the outbreak of WWII, he spent 45 years living in the Northwest. Charles' occupations included a mail-carting contract where he delivered mail by horseback from Derby to Fitzroy Crossing.
Charles was widely read and, by all accounts, a man of keen observation and caustic wit. He was a storyteller with an endless repertoire of pioneering stories, hair-raising incidents and personal histories.
Charles also had an eye for photography, and his travels enabled him to capture some remarkable images. Please enjoy this rare collection of Charles Edward Flinders' photographs captured from the early 1900s until1936 and now preserved in the State Library collection.
Story posted on the State Library Facebook page ,1 June 2023.
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Halls Creek Photos 1950s
Stories
Aboriginal stories
Photographs and films
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WA history
Sam Lovell OAM, is regarded as the father of Aboriginal tourism in Western Australia. His collection of photographs shows the communities who lived at the Kimberley Stations during the 1950s.
Stories
Photographs and films
WA history
Douglas "Dick" Perry helped open the first pine nursery in Gnangara. Dick cultivated the finest seedlings after examining over 250,000 from the Forest of Leiria, Portugal. The State Library collection has hundreds of his exquisite wildflower photos and slides.
Around one million images make up the Pictorial Collection including photographs, postcards, slides, albums, glass negatives, illustrations and art works.
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