During the early 1840s, Western Australia experienced its first modern economic boom. This both contributed to and was fed by a sudden expansion in the white settler population. Between 1837 and 1843 the European population doubled. While that sounds impressive, consider this: The total population in 1837 was only 2,025 men, women and children. There… Continue reading Boom time.
Tag: Perth
Capital city of Western Australia located at the intersections of the Swan and Canning rivers. Not to be confused with Perth, capital of Perth-shire, Scotland or Perth, a tiny town in northern Tasmania, OR the one in Canada.
Dyson’s Hotel
The story of the corner of King and Murray Street in the city of Perth, Western Australia, continued.
Dyson’s Corner (the First)
The corner of King and Murray Street in the city of Perth, Western Australia
“The Poste Restante”
The fairly grand former General Post Office building on the corner of St Georges Terrace and Barrack street, the the exact site of which had once been the original soldier’s barracks for Perth, Western Australia.