Roebourne

Roebourne: 150 years 1866–2016 was designed and developed for the City of Karratha, Western Australia.

The arrangement of images creates a visual hierarchy and structures the book into smaller sections that guide the reader through the history of Roebourne.

Chapter opening page 'Prosperity, cyclones and setbacks'. A large hero image of a steam train in 1910 that signifies the start of a new age in Roebourne.

This book is unique in that it is in a landscape format. At the time of print, this was the largest landscape-size book that could be casebound in Australia.

The selection of photography depicts a rich, diverse and often turbulent history. Some of the photos in the book have never been published before.

Centenary of the Holy Trinity Church, 1995.

The collection of photographs are a historical resource for the the town of Roebourne, capturing the living conditions of the time.

Australian Army servicemen from Roebourne who fought in World War I.

Chapter opening page 'Roebourne Native Reserve and World War II'. The large hero image is of a mail service aeroplane in 1934. The MacRobertson-Miller Aviation plane is being unloaded by the postmaster Bill Edwards.

Photographer E L Mitchell seated on a camel outside the Victoria Hotel in 1900.