Sea Lion Magazine
Our quarterly magazine The Sea Lion is available as a free download. The editions and content are listed here. The Sea Lion has now been replaced with our weekly update On the Museum Veranda which is emailed to members.
| SEA LION EDITION | CONTENT |
| Sea Lion Vol 1 No8 Summer 2021-22 | The Importance of Protecting Remnant Vegetation, The Western Australian Christmas Tree: a botanical enigma, Useful Native Plants: The Nitre Bush and James Drummond: Western Australia’s First Botanist, all by Terry Domico Cook books as Historical Resources, UWA Assoc..Prof. Heather Hunwick. Cyclone Seroja, Impact in the Midwest, - HCWA Heritage Officer, Tanya Henkel Women’s history - Anne Jefferys Convict Henry Whittaker - Anne Jefferys Photo spread from last year’s visit to the Old Police Station by Year 9/10 DDHS photography students Reviews of 2021 and 2022 The 2021-22 Committee Members |
| Sea Lion Vol 1 No7 Autumn 2020 | Membership Subscriptions for 2020-21 set at $0 (zero) Successful Covid 19 Recovery Grant from Lotterywest Museums Re-open As From 6 June 2020 AGM to be held on Thursday 24 September 2020 Committee Meetings during the Shutdown Lions Club Exemplary Service Award to Shirley Scotter Old Police Station verandah conservation New Trolley Shelter Now Completed 2021: A Year for Two Sesquicentenaries Remembering Cliff Barrett, Fisherman Remembering Dongara Railway Station Isabella Waldeck: Recognition of Nan Broad’s story Herstories Beekeepers Reserve: Past and Future Metadata: How To Retain Information In Your Digital Images The Kitchen Fridge: conservation of a 1950s domestic machine Object photography Digital Data Access – Recording the Past |
| Sea Lion Vol 1 No 6 Summer 2020 | 13 February (next) meeting and busy bee Convict Database Launch Geraldton 10 January Rogues, Rascals and the Reformed: the latest work Blessing of the Fleet Port Denison, 11 January PISCATOLOGY ‘MEET-UP’ 2 May 2020 Q&A: The Late Denison Hall FAHS Report on Bushfires in the South East Blue Shield report on Bushfires in the East The Irwin Arms of Captain FC Irwin Isabella Waldeck 1859-1905 Dongara District High School History Prizes The Sandplain Blues Sea Lavender continues its march along the foreshore Denison Hall site and its archaeological potential Things that go bump in the …. |
| Sea Lion Vol 1 No 5 Spring 2019 | Annual General Meeting 6 September 2019 Casual Vacancy filled: Welcome Jean Amos Sundowner A Pleasant Evening Launch of new website Heritage Skills Tour New Members Meeting format in 2020 Midland Railway trolleys shelter application submitted The Late Denison Hall Grey’s Cairn at Yardarino: its origin Kate Muriel Clarkson 1889-1984 The Case of the Vanishing Beach Summer in the City 1966 A CORRECTION : Mr Jack Pickering, 1930 - 2019 Blessing of the Fleet 2020:IDHS stall |
| Sea Lion Vol 1 No 4 Special Issue Denison Hall October 2019 | 24 SEPTEMBER IRWIN SHIRE COUNCIL MEETING Hopes for Shire change-of-heart dashed DPFA Proposal to the Council DPFA Petition for a Special Meeting of Electors IDHS Petition presented to Council IDHS Petition rejected by Council Denison Hall Petition: Some Interesting Analysis The MOFATS proposal Welcome support from beyond the Shire The Sherwood Report: authoritative but ignored Pittance for heritage, nearly half to be spent on demolition A lot has happened in a short time $14 Million claimed Benefits Shipwreck Walk Relocation DISCLAIMER |
| Sea Lion Vol 1 No 3 Autumn 2019 | Special General Meeting 13 June 2019 Easter Sunday Convict Tours Easter Monday Bookara & Greenough Tours Reader’s feedback on The Sea Lion No 2 Strategic Planning for the Society’s Future Member Skills Survey What is an IRME, and where did it come from? Significance Assessment(SA) grant application submitted NBN to be connected to the museum and research centre Conserving Traditional Heritage Skills Shipwreck Walk at Denison Denison Hall: A Campaign Update Dongara District High School Anzac Day events Grey’s Cairn at Yardarino50 years on Midland Railway memories from Frances Nicholls Lady Doris Brand, 1921 - 2019 ‘The Supreme Connector’ Mr Jack Pickering, 1930 - 2019 Charles Darwin Reserve Federal Election: No interest in local history |
| Sea Lion Vol 1 No 2 Summer 2019 | Easter Market Day - Easter Saturday Reader’s feedback on The Seal Lion No 1 Christmas Sundowner convivial get-together Strategic Planning for the Society’s Future HEE-HAW, HEE-HAW, HEE-HAW…..SHEEEEEEESH Signal & Trolleys Conservation Progress Report Denison Hall: A Chronology Dongarra Beach in the 1930s, as told by ‘Fisho’ A Museum of Fishing? Midland Railway Trolleys and Signal Rail power meets horse power Invasive Sea-Lavender Irwin Shire Municipal Inventory Midland Railway Company Sites Midland Railway Company Heritage Nomination Obelisk Heritage Nomination |
| Sea Lion Vol 1 No 1 Winter 2018 | Russ Cottage Gardens: Blooming roses! Sir David Brand sculpture finally returns home Centenary of the Armistice 1918-2018 From the Exhibition: Vaughan Edgar Foss 2nd Division Artillery Midland Railway Line birthplace under threat Pell Bridge QI: five things about Rainbow Bee-eaters Pettit’s Lane or Pettit Road? Convict Tracks of the Victoria District The Second Obelisk in the Denison Sandhills |