Jan with Norseman. The story goes Laurie Sinclair from Shetland Islands had emigrated with his family in 1863. In 1893 after an unsuccessful visit to Coolgardie goldfields he was returning to Esperance & heard that his brother George & Jack Allsop were prospecting in this area & decided to look them up. He had his horse "Norseman" tethered up for the night & found next morning a chunk of gold reef, which the horse had pawed up & exposed during the night. Laurie was grateful to his horse & called his lease NORSEMAN. Legend or not the name Norseman can be found on mine registration records today & also given to name of mining town that sprang up as a result of this find
Tree ornament we found along the road to Norseman
I love this one, old building with the front door locked & bolted & there were NO windows!!!
Streetscape
Railway hotel/motel
Country race meeting, I think we missed it by 8 months, maybe next year on our way across the Nullabor
Post office
A stroll around town found some lovely flowers in town gardens
Norseman hotel only one left that is still trading
Not sure when the last movie was shown here !!
Gold mine slag heap
Kangaroo paw
Even in Norseman they have a Beauty parlour!!
Beacon hill lookout
Prospectors best friend
Camels & their Afghan cameleers certainly helped to open up the goldfields, carting food, water, building materials etc etc
Camels in the main street
Lemon rose
Kangaroo paw
Little town house
Dead trees along the road
Town bandstand
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