THE GHOST TOWN THAT WOULDNT DIE ORA BANDA WA 2011a
Ora Banda is a townsite, now a virtual ghost town, located 66 kilometres (41 mi) north east of Kalgoorlie. According to folklore, the town name is Spanish meaning 'band of gold'.[1]
History
The Ora Banda Hotel was the place to meet up.
Gold was discovered in the district in 1893 and in 1909 the Ora Banda Progress Committee requested the Government make additional lots available, but it was 1911 before a decision was made to declare a townsite there The survey of lots was made in 1911, and the townsite gazetted in 1912[2]. By 1910 there were approximately 2,000 miners and their families living in the area. The town had two stores, two butchers, two bakers, a town hall, dining halls, a post office, a police station, churches, boarding houses and billiards saloons.
The once famous Huntington Mills Bank was situated there. Which in its time it was the largest bank in the Southern Hemisphere. In 1911 the Ora Banda Hotel was constructed by Alfred E Garnett using stone and brick.
On 17 June 1913, Eileen Walls (13yrs old) led a procession of school children up the main street, and had the honour of cutting the ribbon and so officially opened the Ora Banda State Battery. The five head battery ran three shifts and in 1936 another five head had to be added.
Water was supplied to the town by dams until the town was connected to the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme from Kalgoorlie in 1933
The Ora Banda school burnt down
Living conditions were rough.
Mine shafts were scattered across the area
[edit] Current
Today's goldmining companies are still working the same sites discovered nearly a century ago, and on the outskirts of town you will find the Ora Banda State Battery which is still used to crush ore.
Annually in September the population swells for a day for the Ora Banda Race Day. The race track is opposite the historical Ora Banda Inn.
The town hit the headlines in 2000 when Gypsy Joker, Billy Grierson, was fatally shot while sitting at a camp fire on the old town site. Former Criminal Investigation Bureau chief and Ora Banda hotel owner Don Hancock was suspected of the shooting and his properties were later fire-bombed. Hancock was later killed in a car bombing in 2001 in Perth, Western Australia in a revenge attack by other Gypsy Jokers.[3
HISTORIC ORA BANDA HOTEL DESTROYED BY FIRE AFTERMATH DRONE FOOTAGE
DRONE FOOTAGE OF THE AFTERMATH ON THE FIRE THAT DESTROYED THE HISTORIC ORA BANDA HOTEL
FINGERS CROSSED THE PUB GETS REBUILT SO MUCH HISTORY
8th July 2013 Ora Banda to Kookynie
We Set off from Ora Banda and pass through Siberia on the way to Lake Ballard and the sculptures by Antony Gormley. We lunch at the lake and then travel to Menzies, and on to Niagra Dam and the iconic Pub at Kookynie where we drop in for a beer after setting up camp a few k's out of town. We return later to camp for dinner and Mal arcs up his projector with the help of Bretts 1000w inverter so we can watch Mad Max 1 on a canvas screen by the campfire.
Who want's to know where the rifle is that murdered Bikie Billy Grierson?
Who want's to know where the rifle is that murdered Bikie Billy Grierson by Bent Cop Don Hancock??
Don Hancock...
A bloody bent cop now 17 years dead...
Donald Leslie Hancock lost his head on his way home from the races!!
Landed on his roof...
The thing is what happened to the rifle he used to shoot the 'bikie' at Ora Banda?????
My information may be right.
Maybe wrong!!
Maybe right!!
Wapol may have found it? May not care too much!
I was told by a person of ill repute...
but let's face it that's the type of person who would know...
just like I found very relevant witnesses who gave startling new evidence before the coronial inquiry into Shirley Finn murder namely, Maxwell Healy and Bob Meyers.
Read the papers on them...
I had given their names to all and indeed Max's affidavit was forwarded by me to all and sundry, including Detective Rainford of Wapol.
I insisted to all and more the Bob Meyers must be subpoenaed to tell all...
They finally did and Gee Whizz they did have a lot to say.
Didn't they...
I wonder if Wapol will bother to contact myself via email at
terencemclernon@gmail.com
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Alison Hancock, daughter of former Perth CIB chief Don Hancock, was working behind the bar in the Ora Banda Historic Inn on October 1, 2000 - the day Gypsy Joker member Billy Grierson was killed by a single rifle shot
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Not far from Laverton Western Australia is a living ghost town named Kookynie. Visit the pub and you will find Willie the ex pacer. He stands between you and the entry to the Grand Hotel and will refuse entry unless you pay his entry fee, we had carrots this day. With Willies approval in we went to find an amazing building full of character and charm. We met Marg the Publican and Mouse and Les, two locals who were true outback bushies. I highly recommend if you are neaby take the turn off and meet real Aussie characters and learn a little about the Bush.
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Full Western Movie: A Town Called Hell - A group of Mexican revolutionaries murders a town priest and a number of his christian followers. Ten years later, a widow arrives in town intent to take revenge from her husband's killers.
A Town Called Hell (1971)
Directors: Robert Parrish, Irving Lerner
Writers: Richard Aubrey (screenplay), Richard Aubrey (story)
Stars: Telly Savalas, Robert Shaw, Stella Stevens
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Runtime: 1h 37min
Country: UK | Spain
Language: English
Also Known As: A Town Called Bastard (original title)
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In 1895, in a small town ravaged by the Mexican Revolution, the revolutionary leader Aguila and his men massacre the town's locals and the military garrison soldiers.Ten years later Aguila,now a reformed priest, sees a newly-arrived woman who is looking for those responsible for murdering her husband. The town is run by the corrupt Don Carlos who promises to help Alvira find those who killed her husband,in return for the gold reward Alvira is offering. Don Carlos has no idea where Aguila is or what Aguila looks like but he's prepared to do anything in order to collect the gold reward offered by Alvira. Everything is complicated by the sudden arrival of the Mexican Army led by a brutal Colonel whose face looks very familiar to the town priest.
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A Town Called Hell is a wonderful western that takes place in Mexico, circa 1905. Telly Savalas plays a memorable role as a villain looking for a mysterious man named Augila. There is some good footage of hanging people. Telly Savalas's death scene is hilarious as it is brilliant. Martin Landau plays a jewish/mexican colonel who gets to wear a funny-looking brown mexican uniform, but no beanie. Robert Shaw, known for his classic performance as Quint in Jaws, plays a priest.... or is he? Stella Stevens, a has-been, plays a blond prostitute. There are some good action scenes and Johnny Horton's The Battle Of New Orleans can be heard in the soundtrack in a flashback scene at a mexican dance party. A man hiding underneath a deck tries to obtain a fallen coin above with a stick. A satired attack on a church opens up the film. Everything in it is fabulous. This is a hard to find film, along with 2 other mexican western classics, Blood and Guns and Villa Rides. See it, you'll laugh yourself silly. written by MovieMan-112
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