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Kandos 1920

July 1, 2020July 1, 2020 Kandos History

As early as February 1920 the cement workers were agitating for a pay increase. The trouble was, the area was in severe drought, the company dams were empty and the company was importing 40,000 gallons of water by train daily.

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architecture, cement history

Beneath a Moving Ropeway at Kandos

May 24, 2019May 23, 2019 Kandos History

There was something magical about the ropeway. A continuous stream of buckets gliding across the landscape, sliding against those imperial towers, over rugged hills, atop deep gullies, above sheep grazing in paddocks or a plough turning the soil.

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Fake History

April 19, 2019April 7, 2021 Kandos History

AussieLegend wrote the information and he was quite sure he was right. After all, he gave a trustworthy source - The Companion to Tasmanian History, produced by the University of Tasmania.

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architecture, cement history, Local history, social life

Monument to Music

January 25, 2019September 15, 2019 Kandos History

Our rotunda might seem solitary and neglected, yet it is, to me at least, romantic and uplifting. I would suggest also that it has more to say about Kandos history, and even our state history, than any other building in Kandos.

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cement history, Local history, social life

Learning Safety by Accident

October 5, 2018October 4, 2018 Kandos History

Who are you staying safe for today? That's the sign employees see as they enter the Whyalla Steelworks. No such sign met employees at Kandos Quarry early last century.

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