• 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

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

unearthing hidden stories
Dr Criena 
Fitzgerald

Historian and Consultant