Bob the Railway Dog
The most famous traveler of the Silver to Sea Way was not a human. Rather, the honour goes to a small, grey-haired Smithfield…
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Storytelling
The Silver to Sea Way StoryBank is an ever-growing collection of local stories, written and voiced by local people. The StoryBank features both Aboriginal and European tales.
Updated regularly, the StoryBank provides a way for communities to record their memories about the railway that served them for so long.
Five stories are featured here. As the StoryBank grows, more will become accessible.
Maud Armstrong’s Fortune
Almost overnight, Maud Armstrong, a housemaid at the Jamestown Globe Hotel, became a very wealthy heiress. As the sole beneficiary of her late…
Gladstone’s Secret Baronet
Known simply as Stephen, Sir James Stephen Goold arrived in South Australia in 1863 as a midshipman. Stephen’s ancestor had been the Mayor…
Port Pirie’s Beer Strikes
In April 1912, Port Pirie publicans raised the price of beer from 2s to 2s6d per gallon. In response, the Australian Worker’s Association…
Keville’s Bunyip
In the early 1870s, P.M. Keville established a grog shop on the banks of the Rocky River, Crystal Brook. At this time, Crystal…