The Goldfields Water Supply Scheme is a pipeline and dam project that delivers potable water from Mundaring Weir in Perth to communities in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields, particularly Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. The project was commissioned in 1896 and completed in 1903.
Mundaring Weir nearing completion circa 1901
C. Y. O'Connor c.1890s
A section of the pipeline
Mundaring Weir today
John Forrest
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Sir John Forrest was an Australian explorer and politician. He was the first premier of Western Australia (1890–1901) and a long-serving cabinet minister in federal politics.
Forrest's explorations, as pictured in his book, Explorations in Australia.
Forrest as portrayed by Talma & Co. in 1874
Forrest leading his 1874 expedition party out of Perth