The Weir Canvas Print

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I live in the Darling Ranges of Western Australia in the Shire of Mundaring.

In the 1890s there were great gold rushes in the Kalgoorlie Region 330 miles (530 kms) east of here. The area has very low rainfall and the provision of water for an exploding population became a major problem. It was decided to damn an area near here to create a huge lake and build a pipeline through uninhibited bush to take the water to the goldfields.

CY O'Connor was the engineer in charge of the project. Inevitably there were overruns and O'Connor was falsely accused of corruption by the newspapers. Consequently he road his horse into the sea and shot himself on the 10th of March, 1902.

The pipeline was a great success and today runs not far from my house to supply water to the mining centres of the Goldfields.

This painting started with the Mundaring Weir Hotel and the bush. I felt the wild tangle of the landscape in the red setting sun. The painting became fille...

Jeremy Holton CV My web gallery https://www.jeremyholton.com/ was first published in March 1995 and it is one of the oldest in the world. It has been listing in the National Archives of Australia I paint and teach painting at my studio in the Perth Hills of Western Australia and at Phon Phisai in NE Thailand I use a combination of techniques including oil and acrylic, oil pastel and inks, digital painting and photography, with a wide range of subjects. Please visit my online gallery to enjoy my work and I am always ready to chat with visitors. View Jeremy Holton's profile on LinkedIn After graduating in England, Jeremy worked as; a Town Planner in the UK; a Geologist in East Africa and Australia; an Information Technology...