California Cafe sign. Nyngan Museum, Nyngan, NSW.

Housed in the appointed Nyngan Museum, incorporating parts of the Railway station. It lies directly opposite the main street. The History of Nyngan, the sign over the entrance proclaims. It houses a number of California Cafe artefacts, including this original signage, milk shake containers, and the original doors.

Unfortunately a second sign has been stolen from the Museum. In case thieves also read cultural web-sites - could the person or persons responsible for its removal kindly return it, please.

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.