Balhannah, South Australia 1911-1914

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I thought that our Australian members may be interested to see these photographs which were taken by my family in the period of 1911 -1914 when they lived near the town of Balhannah, South Australia. They had travelled to Australia because they believe, like many, that they could make a fortune out of farming, sheep farming especially. Sadly this proved not to be the case and they were forced to return to the U.K. penniless in 1914. My Great-Grandfather "worked his passage" home as a steward and the other family members travelled steerage. Interestingly WW1 was declared en-route home and the Captain of the ship stopped in Egypt, after passing through the Suez Cannel, so that any passengers, that wished, could get off. This was because 2 German warships were sinking British merchant ships in the Mediterranean, after looting any supplies that they wanted/needed. The Captain built up the maximum amount of steam in the ship's boilers before departing Egypt at night and without lights and made it to an area of safety without incident.

Perhaps our Australian members maybe able to provide some further information on the location, please?

The couple on horseback were neighbours, I believe and I believe the native known to his friends as "Pant" may have helped out from time to time. It is believed that this chap lived much of the time in a cave by a lake in the area?

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