From The Principal

Kevin ‘Bushy’ White Gift

Staff and past students who attended the Broken Hill immersion will remember visiting White’s Mining Museum. Host Kevin ‘Bushy’ White, was a veteran of the local mining industry who worked for many years underground. Each year he entertained MLC School students with his stories and educated them on the changes that had occurred in mining and mining operations since 1883.

What many did not realise was that ‘Bushy’ was also an accomplished local artist. His technique used crushed Broken Hill minerals to create collages. Usually, the collages related to mining or depicted Broken Hill buildings such as pubs, clubs, churches and other public buildings and businesses. However, in the years before his death, Bushy used his artistic talents to produce a gift for MLC School that expressed his appreciation of the support from the School between 1980 until 2020 (when the pandemic interrupted our immersion program).

He asked his daughter to make sure that after his death, his gift be presented to the School. His daughter Jody Lindsay recently visited the School to present the artwork to me.

I am sure that those who attended the Broken Hill immersion and visited the mining museum will remember Kevin ‘Bushy’ White fondly. I look forward to finding just the right place to display the artwork, along with a plaque that explains its significance to future generations.

– Lisa Moloney
Principal