• SS Partizanka, Fremantle wharf, 1947. Courtesy M Grubisa

  • Three men at the top of the shaft using a windlass to haul up a bag of ore.
    Possibly Gwalia or Boulder, circa 1930s. Courtesy George Lithgo.

  • Expectant crowds gather to gaze up at the Partizanka as it docks
    in Fremantle on its way to Sydney. Courtesy K Ursich

  • Unknown prospectors. Courtesy George Lithgo.

  • Miner undergoing X-ray examination, Gwalia. Courtesy Dr Alan King.

  • Mara Markovich with herbs grown to supplement
    the monotonous diet. Courtesy Mary Vuleta.

unearthing hidden stories
Dr Criena 
Fitzgerald

Historian and Consultant

 

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  • Picture showing a tortoiseshell cat (extreme right) looking down at a vintage, dial telephone (left).
  • Picture showing a tortoiseshell cat (extreme right) looking down at a vintage, dial telephone (left).
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Dr Criena Fitzgerald is a published historian specialising and passionate about Western Australian history and recovering voices from the past.

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crienafz@iinet.net.au

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