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Photographs of Perth, Western Australia Home | Locality A-Z | Notes Meckering This small town is located on the Great Eastern Highway between Northam and Cunderdin |
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Meckering - Earthquake Fault Line On October 14th, 1968 an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 struck Meckering, destroying just about all of the town. This is the fault line, where it crosses the Great Eastern Highway a few kilometres to the west of town. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Earthquake Fault Line These paddocks are right on the fault line. Nothing to see here after 43 years though. The earthquake did not create a fissure, rather the opposite, it raised a ridge of ground to a height of up to 4.5 metres at its highest point. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Earthquake Display This park marks a memorial to the event and displays examples of damage caused. The town of Meckering was re-located to this new site after the earthquake and obviously all buildings here were constructed post-1968. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Earthquake Display A display depicting damage to homes and buildings that many residents encountered after the earthquake. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Earthquake Display Buckled rail lines show the might of the event. However, photos taken at the time, in the display, show remarkably more buckling of the rail tracks at the site. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Destroyed Farm House A couple of kilometres north of the present townsite is this farm house wreckage which has been preserved as a memorial. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Old Tractor Adjacent to the earthquake display park is a group of old farm implements. Here is an ancient tractor. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Store This small shopping complex services the needs of residents. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Big Camera The Big Camera museum of photography is one of the local attractions. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Hall The Meckering Hall stands a little behind the earthquake display area and the shopping area. June 2011 |
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Meckering - School This building is part of the Meckering School. It is actually two old buildings joined together, most probably moved more-or-less intact from the old townsite. The buildings have name shingles. The part on the right is "Warding 1942 to 1947 (formerly Waeel 1925 to 1938)". The left building says "Greenwoods - 1938 to 1945". June 2011 |
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Meckering - House Most of the houses built in the new townsite post 1968 were constructed of pre-fabricated materials, such as shown in this photo. The washing machine in the front yard however is not typical. Some fine brick residences can also be found in town. July 2011 |
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Meckering - Sporting Club The only licensing premises to be found in town appears to be the Meckering Sporting Club. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Train Station Where would we be without a photo of the train station? Meckering is on the main Perth - Kalgoorlie line. Many long interstate freight train roll through here, plus the Indian Pacific, the Avon Link, and the Prospector. The latter two probably stop here on demand. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Silos Meckering grain silo complex including large wheat bins and rail loading facilities. June 2011 |
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Meckering - Silos The silos viewed across a green paddock from up where the ruined farm house site is located. June 2011 |
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