GM02290

Dwyer and Mackay

Kalgoorlie Electric power lines blown down in a cyclone. Children sitting and playing on fallen pole men standing by and a man on a bike.

Collection Item Data

Medium Format:	16.5x21.6 cm. / 6.5x8.5 inch
Medium:	Unknown B&W
Keywords:	kalgoorlie electric power lines blown cyclone children sitting playing fallen pole men standing man bike
Accession Number:	GMM2290/480
Registration Number:	GM02290
Location:	Kalgoorlie
State:	WA W
Creator:	J.J. Dwyer
Original Legal Broker:	Museum of the Goldfields - MOG; Golden Mile Museum
Cataloguer:	GM - Margery Goodall?

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