Jim Ward Part 1 - Arrival in Hedland as a loco driver, accommodation, schools, sad death of his wife, establishing footy in Hedland.

In this podcast Jim Ward discusses how he arrived in Port Hedland from New Zealand to follow his career as a locomotive driver on the ore trains that made the regular trips between Hedland and Newman. He talks about the accommodation that was available for train drivers in the South Hedland "high rise". He also sadly describes how his first wife died of cancer, and how good the Company was to him at that time. He was also involved in setting up the first Aussie Rules football club in Hedland - the South Hedland Swans.