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Photographs of Perth, Western Australia Home | Locality A-Z | Notes Boddington This used to be a small, sleepy forest town until minerals were discovered nearby giving rise to alumina mines and a gold mine. Boddington is 123 kilometers south-east of Perth |
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Boddington - Main Street Looking south-west, down Boddington' main street. Beyond is the road to Dwellingup. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Post Office The Post Office and Bisous next door. "Many of the old buildings in town have given way to more modern structures", lamented one of the local townsfolk to me. There are still a few left, however. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Shire Polling day for local council elections are on today. This is the Shire of Boddington Office and if you're eligible, you can vote today! October 2011 |
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Boddington - Tavern Rather a good looking tavern on the west side of the main road. As usual, these taverns make it hard to take a good picture! October 2011 |
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Boddington - Chemists The local apothecary's shop - in modern terms, the chemist. It looks really fine located in this former house. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Deli This building houses a delicatessen and a couple of other small shops. Fairly modern in structure. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Op Shop Again on the main street is this rather cute-looking opportunity shop. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Old Bakery The Old Bakery building on the main street, now home to crafts, memorabilia and antiques. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Old Cottage Hospital Back a street or two from the main road is this medical centre. This building was originally a cottage hospital. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Hospital A little distance from the old cottage hospital is this fine new district hospital. October 2011 |
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Boddington - RSL Hall And in the vicinity of the old and new hospitals is the RSL Hall. October 2011 |
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Boddington - New Houses The town has been a substantial growth in new house development particularly on the east side of town. Undoubtedly this would be due to the influx of workers in the mines. There are quite a few for sale today though, as are these two. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Old School Now on the other side of the main street, the west side. This is the old school which is currently undergoing maintenance. They have public Internet access inside today. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Town Hall The original town hall was weatherboard and iron and constructed on this site in 1924. In 1950, the local Marradong Road Board constructed the present building, the Marradong Community Hall on the same site. This building cost 15,000 pounds to erect. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Road Board Office Next door to the hall is this building. Since 1993 it has been occupied by Boddington Community Newsletter Inc. The building started its life in 1925 as the Marradong Road Board. Marradong continued to be its name until 1961 when the Shire of Boddington was formed. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Arts and Crafts The Craft Shoppe down by the caravan park viewed through an historic piece of agricultural machinery located on the other side of the street. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Rail Wagon Adjacent to the caravan park is this memorial to rail days gone by. The train line from Dwellingup reached here in 1913 and was used mainly for carting timber products. The line section closed in 1968. Much of the track has not been uplifted but bridges are unserviceable. October 2011 |
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Boddington - Hotham River The Hotham River forms an upper reach of the Murray River and to see so much fine water here today came as a very pleasant surprise. It looks very picturesque as is flows through the forested hills. October 2011 |
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