Snatched from the Jaws of Death

Lost in the Bush Five Days Without Food or Water Miss Janeczek’s Awful Experience! Southern Cross seems determined to make a name for itself. Beside those persons interested in the mines in the place, nobody scarcely knew of this town, in the barren desert of West Australia. Then it was heard of as a starting […]

The Mining Expert –

In the first days of the Coolgardie field, any man game enough to sign himself M.E. (Mining Expert) could put his story over.  So-called ‘Mining Experts’ were characteristic of the Coolgardie field especially from 1893 to 1896. Most were self-styled ‘Captains of Industry’ and had most of the letters of the alphabet after their names. […]

Free History Book Giveaway

GOOD NEWS !!! We have been very fortunate to be given a whole carton of books on the History of the Anglican Church in Kalgoorlie. This book was written to commemorate the Centenary of the church from 1896 to 1996. Good Ernest Men and Women – 100yrs of Anglican Worship on the Goldfields. Written by […]

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Woodarra – now your but a memory blurred !

The town of Woodarra was surveyed and gazetted on January 14, 1898. It was also known as Darlot, Lake Darlot, or Ballangarry, all names were used at different times. It was located between Laverton and Leinster. Woodarra is the name given by the local Aboriginals to a line of Granite rocks from which a supply […]