Series 5: White Cliffs, 30 July-9 August 2021, photographs by Darren Clark

series

30 July-9 August 2021

Graphic Materials, Photographs

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77 photographs - digital, TIFF, colour

77 digital photographs of opal mining; residents and their dugouts; local businesses; a community knitting group; and the White Cliffs Health Service.

Item 01: The Anglican Parish of West Darling in White Cliffs, New South Wales, 30 July 2021
Item 02: The home of artist Doug Torpey, who has turned his front garden into an art display, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 30 July 2021
Item 03: The White Cliffs General Store, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 30 July 2021
Item 04: The community noticeboard with a notice letting the community know that 80 residents had received their Covid vaccination shots, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 30 July 2021
Item 05: The historic cemetery, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 30 July 2021
Item 06: White Cliffs Solar Power Station, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 30 July 2021
Item 07: The White Cliffs 9-hole golf course with its gravel scrapes, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 30 July 2021
Item 08: Smiths Hill at daybreak, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 09: Looking down onto the community of White Cliffs from on top of the Blocks, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 10: Ken Harris in the new bedroom of his dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 11: The new section of Ken Harris' dugout being made using a Bobcat, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 12: The living room and kitchen of Lindsay White's and Cree Marshall's dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 13: Lindsay White's and Cree Marshall's dugout is one of only three in White Cliffs with a bathroom and toilet inside, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 14: The master bedroom in Lindsay White's and Cree Marshall's dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 15: Lindsay White's and Cree Marshall's dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 16: One of the TV rooms in Lindsay White's and Cree Marshall's dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 17: The TV room in Gary Grimes' dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 18: Gary Grimes and Lindsay White sitting at the kitchen table in Gary’s dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 19: Gary Grimes holding a jar filled with $24,000 worth of opals that he and his partner John McCaskill have found this year, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 31 July 2021
Item 20: Looking down onto the community of White Cliffs from Turleys Hill, New South Wales, 1 August 2021
Item 21: The White Cliffs Health Service building, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 1 August 2021
Item 22: The Blocks, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 1 August 2021
Item 23: Warning signs at the opal fields, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 1 August 2021
Item 24: The 'Welcome to White Cliffs' sign on the edge of the community, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 1 August 2021
Item 25: Gary Grimes' dugout in the White Cliffs Blocks, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 2 August 2021
Item 26: The opal claim of Gary Grimes and John McCaskill in the opal fields, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 2 August 2021
Item 27: Max Richardson removing a large clump of opal that was brought to the surface in the opal fields, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 2 August 2021
Item 28: Gary Grimes sifting for opals from dirt that has been removed from a test hole, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 2 August 2021
Item 29: Campsites on the opal fields, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 2 August 2021
Item 30: Enrolled Nurse Belinda Latham in the White Cliffs Health Service Emergency Department, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 3 August 2021
Item 31: The Dental room at the White Cliffs Health Service, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 3 August 2021
Item 32: Registered Nurse Margaret Tate and Enrolled Nurse Belinda Latham, who run the White Cliffs Health Service on a 24-hour basis, 7 days a week, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 3 August 2021
Item 33: Every two weeks the White Cliffs General Store receives a shipment of fresh food from the Adelaide markets. The residents of White Cliffs pre-order their food and the rest is placed in freezers in the shop and sold to tourists, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 3 August 2021
Item 34: The owner of the White Cliffs Outback Store, Honor Taylor, sorting out the food that the locals of White Cliffs have ordered from the markets in Adelaide, 4 August 2021
Item 35: The reception area of the White Cliffs Underground Motel, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 4 August 2021
Item 36: A glass showcase, filled with opal samples that have been found in the surrounding opal fields, in the foyer of the White Cliffs Underground Motel, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 4 August 2021
Item 37: A private dining area in the White Cliffs Underground Motel, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 4 August 2021
Item 38: Inside one of the family rooms at the White Cliffs Underground Motel, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 4 August 2021
Item 39: The staircase inside the White Cliffs Underground Motel, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 4 August 2021
Item 40: Skylights of the dugouts on Smiths Hill, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 4 August 2021
Item 41: An artwork made by Irmhild Bakker's daughter, Christen, in 2005 from stones and other found objects, Smiths Hill, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 4 August 2021
Item 42: Irmhild Bakker's dugout at Smiths Hill, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 5 August 2021
Item 43: Irmhild Bakker seated in the bedroom of her dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 5 August 2021
Item 44: The walls of Irmhild Bakker's dugout have been treated with Bondcrete, leaving a natural untreated look, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 5 August 2021
Item 45: The White Cliffs community knitting group wearing face masks due to COVID-19 restrictions across New South Wales, 6 August 2021
Item 46: The White Cliffs Hotel, normally full of patrons eating and drinking on a Friday night, has been affected by the Sydney Covid-19 lockdown, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 6 August 2021
Item 47: Honor Taylor, her husband Rick, and Catrina Brook cooking meals for the opal miners who come to the White Cliffs Outback Store every Friday night, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 6 August 2021
Item 48: Honor Taylor serving meals to a group of local opal miners who meet every Friday night in the White Cliffs Outback Store for a social catch up, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 6 August 2021
Item 49: Barbara Gasch in her dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 7 August 2021
Item 50: Barbara Gasch's hand-made jewellery in her dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 7 August 2021
Item 51: Barbara Gasch's underworld studio in her dugout on Smiths Hill, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 7 August 2021
Item 52: Doug Brook's collection of Indigenous artworks and artefacts in a dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 7 August 2021
Item 53: Barbara Gash drawing strength from placing her hands in her parents' handprints, which they left in the wall of her dugout on their last visit to Australia before they died, Smiths Hill, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 7 August 2021
Item 54: Barbara Gasch's fine art jewellery studio in her dugout on Smiths Hill, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 7 August 2021
Item 55: Barbara Gasch with her husband Doug Brook in their kitchen, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 7 August 2021
Item 56: The front of Barbara Gasch’s dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 7 August 2021
Item 57: Barbara Gasch’s garden is enclosed in shade mesh, which prevented it from being eaten by kangaroos and emus during the drought, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 7 August 2021
Item 58: Barbara Gasch's garden, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 7 August 2021
Item 59: Karyn Folland demonstrates the bush shower that she and her husband Kim use each night, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 60: The Lodge', the home of Vietnam veteran Kim Folland and his wife Karyn. The couple live off the grid here for nine months of every year, searching for opals in the opal fields, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 61: Inside Kim and Karyn Folland's home on the opal fields of White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 62: Karyn Folland in her caravan in the opal fields of White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 63: Karyn Folland making her way down the ladder to begin her daily search for opals 40 feet below the surface of the opal fields, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 64: Husband and wife Kim and Karyn Folland working together 40 feet below the surface of the opal fields, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 65: Karyn Folland making her way up to the surface after a long day working in her opal mine, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 66: Machinery in operation at Kim and Karyn Folland's opal mine, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 67: A sign at White Cliffs opal fields, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 68: Dick Wagner, owner of Southern Cross Opals, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 69: The main room of Dick Wagner’s dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 70: Inside Dick Wagner’s dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 71: Dick Wagner's bathroom inside his dugout, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 72: The Cenotaph, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 8 August 2021
Item 73: Graham Smiley inspecting a freshly revealed section of his and Geoff Gale's open cut opal mine, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 9 August 2021
Item 74: Graham Smiley and Geoff Gale use a knotted length of rope to climb out of their open cut opal mine, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 9 August 2021
Item 75: The home of Vietnam veteran Graham Smiley and his wife Glenya, who live off the grid on the opal fields of White Cliffs, New South Wales, 9 August 2021
Item 76: Inside Glenya and Graham Smiley's above ground home, White Cliffs, New South Wales, 9 August 2021
Item 77: The main street of White Cliffs, New South Wales, 9 August 2021

In copyright:
Copyright holder:: Darren Clark
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Darren Clark