Document - Explanatory Notes on the Referendum held by Council on 7-4-1990. Referendum concerned the possible development of 1. The Triangle 2. The Old Water Conservation Reserve 3. The Jewellers Shop CA 00002
Article CPT 3rd May 1089 "General Election Candidates Saturday 6th May 1989" Mayoral Candidates : Eric Malliotis, John Smith, John Thrower General Election Candidates : Alex Geiger, Trevor McLeod, Ailsia Litchfield, Boro Rapaic, Marcia Lewis, Rodney Scott, Richard Eaton, Jonathon James, Gaye McLeod, Kypros Pantelis, John Papadopoulos, Ivan Milobara, Dulcie Szabo, Arthur Gouletsas. Ivan Vanajek, Anita Tsamtsikas, Peter Bruhns, Carmelo Crisa Also mentioned: Carrie Motley, Anne Vanajek CA 00010
Article "Farewell to Con" CPT September 1988 p37 Tells of the life of Con Stingas, in Greece during WW II and of his life in Australia, coming to Coober Pedy in the 1960's. Stingas Road on the Flat is named after him.
Article CPT August 1988 p 13 "'Vale' Pec" by Robyn Greenwood. "With the death of Jaroslav Edward Pecanek on July 15th 1988, the north has lost one of its great characters." Mentions that "Pec" and his wife Jindra fled the communist regime of Czechoslovakia in 1949, then their early years in Australia, arriving in Oodnadatta in February 1960 where he had purchased the store which was the family business for the next 24 years. Also mentions his sons Henry and Peter, his contract with the French Petroleum Oil Co to construct a road across the Simpson desert now known as the "French [...]
Aboriginal Trackers Danny and Freddy, thought to have come from Ooldea, who worked with Policeman Ronald Robert Warner of Tarcoola (1944 to 1949). Their work was to ensure that tensions between local Aboriginal people and the surveyors setting up Woomera were quelled.
Ronald Robert Warner Policeman at Tarcoola from 1944-1949, next to his 1936 Ford Utility which was used for his work
Ian and Desmond Warner with the Post Master outside the Post Office in 1948. Ian and Desmond were the sons of Policeman Ronald Robert Warner, stationed at the time in Tarcoola from where he patrolled a large area, including Coober Pedy. Post Master thought to be Jack Young.
GI 70045 Geoff Byrnes' recollections of the summer of 1959-1960. Mentions Donald, Beverly and Michael Byrnes, the Kempe family at Macumba and Dick Nunn at Anna Creek
Geoff Byrnes' motor bike, a Royal Enfield 350 "Bullet" on his 1957 trip through Coober Pedy. Photo taken at Penrhyn on his way to Mount Barry via Mount Willoughby, Copper Hills and Arkaringa
Cars outside Brewster's Store c.1960 From the Jack Whitford Collection Jack Whitford was the Roads Superintendent of the E&WS Dept. which maintained the roads in the Outback until 1995 at which time SA Water and the Highways Dept. were established.