California Cafe, Nyngan. Front doors.

Housed in the well appointed Nyngan Museum, incorporating parts of the Nyngan Railway station. It lies directly opposite the main street. [See one of the previous entries in this section for a 2005 photograph of the Museum].

The History of Nyngan, the sign over the entrance proclaims. It houses a number of California Cafe artefacts, including these original doors, original signage, and milk shake containers.

Note the Art Deco style of the C for California.

Nyngan's most famous Kytherian son was Evangalos Jack Vanges. Jack was born in Kythera on the 17th January, 1913. He came to Nyngan when only about 16 years old. He worked at the California Cafe for Mr Nicholas Crethar for many years, eventually acquiring ownership of the Cafe himself. After working in the Cafe for many decades, he on-sold it to the Stathis family.

To read more of his life history see People, subsection, High Achievers, or use the internal search engine under Vanges, or Nyngan.