Diemels Homestead

So sad, Tony was a true gentleman and a legend.

On one occassion I met him on the Diemals Youami Rd, he had a flat on his truck and before changing the wheel he lit a fire in the middle of the road and boiled the billy.

Some mining companies would do that to anyone if they could get away with it. Shoot the cattle? Geez.

Why would we automatically leap to the conclusion the mining company has perpetrated this act?

a bit of background

ABC report

Yes I've had many a cuppa with Tony and lost 3-4hrs in doing so each time.
I use to think the house would have made a great rustic travellers base camp set up but when I wandered through it after Tony's passing I thought it would require a lot of work to make it safe.
Another bit of history gone.
See ya out there sometime.
Rod

Curious to know anywhere near aurora ranges ?

Thats the only area that may have mining activities occurring soon, find it rather interesting that a former federal minister is now a employee for same company that wants to mine aurora ranges.

speculating on how house shack was burnt down is purely that speculative deliberate chemical reaction fuel leak who knows even natural causes may have set it alight -lightening as example.

Sad to see it go but way it is same thing applies to house opposite yellowdine road house open to elements vandalism and should be preserved but know nothing will occur to it

Cliffs (Windarling) had been given the 'job' of dealing with the cattle etc in 2012 on Diemals when the government took/stole the station back in the 2011 'claiming' that the cattle were being mistreated.

Anyone that visited with Tony would know he spent most of his time taking care of the bores/mills etc. Last visit he was transferring (via an old tanker truck) water to feed the animals around the homestead (since he no longer was responsible for the 'station'). My opinion was that he pissed off the government and Cliffs due to his stand on protecting the flora on the ranges (Windarling included) and that was the real reason for losing the station. Nothing as precious as a hole in the ground...

http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/commit.nsf/(Evidence+Lookup+by+Com+ID)/81252519B152AB0148257CDA00033991/$file/pc.rhs.140328.sub.302.Pass.pdf is an interesting read to see how well Cliffs dealt with their responsibility dealing with the cattle after 2012.

Yep, we've lost a great bushman/character. I first met him in 2000 as a mate & I headed north from Pigeon Rocks - we drove right up to his homestead and he was out weeding his garden (seemed amusing for someone that was sitting on a whole station). He was all boggled with the GPS and laptop mapping we had running in the 4wd (somewhat early days for GPS back then!) and of course invited us in for a cuppa. We supplied the biscuits to go with the cuppa - must have chatted for a good 2-3 hours which on later trips made us realise how short a visit we got away with that first time :)

R.I.P. Tony McPherson, you wont soon be forgotten.

cheers,
george.