21 January – 15 February

The background Sepia image is of Bayley Street, Coolgardie, in the 1890s. A crowd of approximately 60 people, predominantly males, is on the main road outside, and adjacent, to the 2 story, corrugated iron clad, Club Hotel. There road is unpaved, leading away to the right, and lined with a number of single story shopfronts. Three transparent sepia thumbnail photos of the musicians presenting the performance are superimposed over the background. The caption reads 'When Bayley's Star Gleamed Bright.
This is a Sepia image of a gold prospecting swagman standing in Bayley Street Coolgardie in the 1890s.
The swagman has a rolled blanket over his right shoulder and hanging to his front, while his left hand is holding a short pole laying over his left shoulder. Tied to the end of this pole are a number of what appear to be sundry supplies and small mining utensils.
The figure is bareheaded and is smoking a pipe.
In the background is an unpaved street lined with single story shopfronts and a small crowd men congregated along the shopfronts and edge of the street.
The caption reads "The first man to walk from Cue to Coolgardie 1892"

When Bayley's Star Gleamed Bright

WHEN BAILEY’S STAR GLEAMED BRIGHT
               ………or how I nearly struck it rich


The WA Gold Fields’ History through song, story, verse, and (almost true) anecdotes.

In 1892, 36-year-old Prospector William Ford picked up a 1/2oz gold nugget on a grassy area, which was later to be known as Fly Flat.

Together with his 26-year-old Prospecting partner, Arthur Bayley, they awakened a sleeping giant, which was to become the WA Eastern Goldfields.

The effect this had on both Western Australia and indeed Australia, was profound. Join us in the telling of this rollicking tale of the People who Lived, Worked, and passed into History..............


"- and from that roaring yesterday the echoes linger yet" .....Jack Sorensen WA Poet

 

You're Gonna Love It!!

Music & Musicals • Folk
Western Australia • West Australian Premiere
 
Sun, 25 Jan - Sun, 08 Feb
 
135 min
 
2 venues
 
PG
 
$25
 
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