Search Words: Wertaloona Station, Northern Flinders Ranges, South Australia. The huge open fire place of the Wertaloona Men's room (1870) measures some 20 feet wide by 10 feet deep, requiring 3 men to carry in the 18 foot logs for the fire. The stone was quarried and carted to the site by donkey teams. Billycans of tea hung over the fire while yarns were spun at night around the fire. (hut, shack, shanty, outback)
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