In the 1870s, an outback mailman would walk hundreds of kilometres every month to deliver the post between the Nullarbor communities of Eucla and Fowlers Bay, and his 'astounding endurance' remains a source of pride today.
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In the 1870s he delivered the post between Eucla in Western Australia and Fowlers Bay in South Australia. An article published in another Adelaide newspaper in 1928 said he was a "remarkable character, well known on the west coast"."And [he] was recognised as The Royal Mail between Fowlers Bay and Eucla for a long period."Almost a century later, Mirning elder Uncle Bunna Lawrie said Koolbiri's story was a source of pride."Some people really didn't believe it – they thought, 'This man must be a magic man.
Mr Gara guessed Koolbiri probably did the mail run from about 1871-72 until 1875-76, before the telegraph station was built in 1877.
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