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17 Mar 06 - 10:35 AM (#1696163) Subject: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: jeffp I'm looking for any information I can get on Watheroo, Western Australia. My grandfather lived and worked there from 1921-1924 at the old magnetic observatory. My mother has collected the letters he and my grandmother wrote while they were there, along with her diary from the time. It's fascinating stuff for sure. They were newly married, from the midwestern US, and spent four years in the Australian bush. I'm curious to see if any Oz mudcatters can fill me in with information about the area. I've sent an email to the Watheroo Development Association and also to a lady who displayed photos taken at her cousin's in the area. Anybody who can help, I'll be quite grateful. Jeff |
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17 Mar 06 - 09:42 PM (#1696622) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: jeffp Refresh |
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18 Mar 06 - 08:13 AM (#1696844) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: MBSLynne Well I know Waneroo, Western Australia, but despite having grown up in WA, I've never heard of Watheroo. Do you know whereabouts it is? WA is a BIG place. Though I live in England now, I can always ask my Mum and Dad or my sister about it Love Lynne |
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18 Mar 06 - 08:14 AM (#1696848) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: Sandra in Sydney have you contacted Geoscience Australia They're likely to have info about past research stations & migh even be interested in your family documents. sandra ps. I'ver never even heard of the place & my 48 page school World Atlas doesn't show it. |
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18 Mar 06 - 08:22 AM (#1696853) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: The Fooles Troupe I've got a Reader's Digest Complete Driver's Atlas of Australia. No Watheroo, but there is Waneroo, and the Waneroo National Park. Must be an OK book, it even lists Banana, which I have driven thru - blink and you miss it... |
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18 Mar 06 - 08:31 AM (#1696858) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: Hrothgar There's a Waterloo in Sydney. |
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18 Mar 06 - 08:33 AM (#1696860) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: The Fooles Troupe "Where will you meet your Waterloo?" |
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18 Mar 06 - 09:45 AM (#1696892) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: jeffp I did find their web site (http://www.watheroo.com/) and sent them an email. I probably won't hear back until Monday. There's an interesting hand-drawn map there which shows the site of the "old magnetic observatory." Another site shows the population within a 7km radius as approximately 89. A bustling metropolis indeed. Thanks for trying, everybody. I'll contact the Geoscience Australia folks and see what they are interested in and/or can help me with. I'm also going to contact the Carnegie Institution, who were his employers at the time. Jeff |
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18 Mar 06 - 10:46 PM (#1697355) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: Helen Try this online australian map site Just ptu Watheroo in the town/suburb search box and don't forget to use the dropdown menu to select the state of Western Australia. You can zoom out to see that it is on the road between Perth, the capital of WA, and Geraldton. Helen |
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18 Mar 06 - 11:24 PM (#1697373) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: The Fooles Troupe I wonder if I can send my Reader's Digest Atlas back now? :-) |
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19 Mar 06 - 05:51 AM (#1697537) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: Bob Bolton G'day Foolishtroupe, 30º 18'(S) 115º 51' (E) The real Reader's Digest Atlas of Australia, Reader's Digest, Waterloo, Australia, 1998 has it on map 219 - about 200 km north of Perth. There is also a Watheroo National Park. I think the compilers of the "Driver's version" mis-read (or had an OCR scanning error)! Regard(les)s, Bob |
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19 Mar 06 - 07:02 AM (#1697586) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: The Fooles Troupe OK "No Watheroo, but there is Waneroo, and the Waneroo National Park" Brain Fart! With better vision (no, I hadn't been drinking!) - without my contact lenses - for which I need reading glasses, but with naked eyes which allows me to see much better closer up! Watheroo (and the National Park!) is between Perth & Geraldton Wannewroo is near Mariginiup (largest local town) Maybe I can send my eyes back instead! .. or my brain... Sorry! |
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19 Mar 06 - 07:40 AM (#1697612) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: rich-joy Wanneroo is also to the North but is practically a suburb of Perth nowadays ... I know I've been to Watheroo (and the Berkshire Valley Farm Museum mentioned on the site), but it's a long time since I lived in my home state, so, not much use, I'm sorry ... Good Luck! Cheers! R-J |
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19 Mar 06 - 07:47 AM (#1697617) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: Sandra in Sydney I wonder what happened to my second post - I made it a few minutes after the other one last night. I found a reference to the Watheroo station on the Bureau of Meterology site. It was in existance from 1918 to about 1959 sandra |
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19 Mar 06 - 11:51 AM (#1697792) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: jeffp Thanks, everybody! I'll be pursuing this in a couple of days. Right now my in-laws are in town and the kids are here with their kids. Can you say pandemonium? I knew you could. Jeff |
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19 Mar 06 - 12:45 PM (#1697842) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: John MacKenzie Yup on the 116 about 100 miles north of Perth, I have a map of Australia too you know. Giok |
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19 Mar 06 - 03:08 PM (#1697972) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: Helen Sandra, I lost a posting to this thread yesterday, too. Spo-o-oky! Helen |
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19 Mar 06 - 05:43 PM (#1698106) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: The Fooles Troupe I regularly lose postings - even ones that show up and if I save the page, I know they were there for a while. |
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19 Mar 06 - 06:15 PM (#1698132) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: artbrooks That's because you're "down-under" and the Mudcat server is in the US, Robin. They fall off. |
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19 Mar 06 - 06:16 PM (#1698134) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: The Fooles Troupe So I should glue them on? |
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19 Mar 06 - 08:19 PM (#1698199) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: jeffp I heard back from somebody at the Watheroo Development Association. She's working on a history of Watheroo, so we'll be exchanging information. This is really fun, chasing down my grandfather. He died the year before I was born, so I never got to know him. Jeff |
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20 Mar 06 - 04:10 AM (#1698380) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: Sandra in Sydney Helen & Robin - I'm glad to know you lost posts, too. I was so tired that I thought I must have somehow deleted the thread, instead of posting. sandra |
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20 Mar 06 - 07:27 AM (#1698489) Subject: RE: BS: Anyone know Watheroo, Australia? From: The Fooles Troupe I think what happens is that the system is regularly backing up the database, but occasionally the server crashes, and on restart, and posts not backed u are just lost. That's nicer to believe than conspiracy theories (and avoids the 'censorship' word) about malicious Joeclones running around deleting random posts... |