
For those of you who would like to get a better idea of the degradation of the buildings, Bob Brownlee has put together a Powerpoint Presentation that attempts to marry old town photographs with the existing structures. We are missing a number of the original photographs, so if any of you have access to some archival imagery, we urge you to contact Bob.
The button to the right will download a copy of his presentation to your downloads folder.
The Hospital:
The first hospital was housed in this wooden and corrugated iron building, located between the bakery and the Moffatt's house. In 1925, Sydney Kidman bought the iron building (which was known as "The Bungalow"), and moved it to Wilpoorina to be used as shearer's quarters, and where it remains today. In return, Kidman bought the Transcontinental Hotel for a Hospital as he felt that the cooler stone of the former hotel was a more suitable building.
The button to the right will download a copy of his presentation to your downloads folder.
The Hospital:
The first hospital was housed in this wooden and corrugated iron building, located between the bakery and the Moffatt's house. In 1925, Sydney Kidman bought the iron building (which was known as "The Bungalow"), and moved it to Wilpoorina to be used as shearer's quarters, and where it remains today. In return, Kidman bought the Transcontinental Hotel for a Hospital as he felt that the cooler stone of the former hotel was a more suitable building.
The Hospital:
The first hospital was housed in this wooden and corrugated iron building, located between the bakery and the Moffatt's house. In 1925, Sydney Kidman bought the iron building (which was known as "The Bungalow"), and moved it to Wilpoorina to be used as shearer's quarters, and where it remains today. In return, Kidman bought the Transcontinental Hotel for a Hospital as he felt that the cooler stone of the former hotel was a more suitable building.
The first hospital was housed in this wooden and corrugated iron building, located between the bakery and the Moffatt's house. In 1925, Sydney Kidman bought the iron building (which was known as "The Bungalow"), and moved it to Wilpoorina to be used as shearer's quarters, and where it remains today. In return, Kidman bought the Transcontinental Hotel for a Hospital as he felt that the cooler stone of the former hotel was a more suitable building.

Original Hospital

Bell Bros store

Leigh Creek camp

Manfield store

Main street

Renard road train in front of Napier's store

Farina school

Church of England

Farina station

Transcontinental Hotel

The 3rd Police station

2nd Police station from East


Outside the school

Government Gums waterhole

Farina Old Narrow Guage Station Nov 1974

Farina Old Narrow Guage Station post 1974

Post Office 1898

Post Office from North. Oct 1978-1

PO from South, Leigh creek behind

Pattersons June 1982

Back yard of Pattersons

Bakery June 1982

Pattersons and sheds

Looking North, Pattersons and Transcontinental hotel