Archives for October 2017

Time Lapse – then and now

Kalgoorlie Cemetery gates, first photo taken today and the second c 1950, which do you prefer???  

“The Steward and his wife” – a family story

The photographs in this story were kindly supplied by Catherine and George’s Granddaughter, Jan Hale. This photo shows Kate Davis in a nurse uniform outside her private hospital in either 1898 or 1899. The occasion was Jan’s mother Dorothy’s, 4th or 5th birthday. She is the little dark-haired girl in the front row, 4th from […]

His Quest – a verse

His Quest. by Dryblower Murphy 1926 It was out beyond the Bulong track we met him swagging in, He was middle-aged and ginger, haggard-eyed and famine-thin; And while he munched some damper and a pannikin of tea, He asked us if we thought he’d catch the Perth express at three. There was not a watch […]

A Boulder Girl – Hazel Jeffries

I have just been sent these amazing photograph which I would like to share with you. They are produced with the kind permission of Bev Love who is the daughter in law of Hazel Love nee Jeffries:- 1926 Boulder Central Hazel Jeffries (Love) first row behind reclining boys. Third in from the right with a […]

Lennonville – Snapshot

Lennonville is a derelict town in Western Australia near the town of Mount Magnet, established in 1898 Lennonville was gazetted in 1896, after gold having been found two years earlier at the location by prospectors Lennon and Palmer. At the peak of its existence, at the turn of the 20th century, the town had a population […]