I took this photo of the one roomed school house at Fimiston a week before it was demolished to make way for the Super Pit expansion in 1997. It was situated next to the KCGM offices at the time. I would think. There were many of these one roomed schools throughout Western Australia many of […]
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The Legend of Hell Fire Jack
07/12/2013 By Leave a Comment
There was the time that the brokers were negotiating for the purchase of Merton’s Reward Goldmine in 1902 arrived at Menzies by horse drawn buggy at 8pm after the train for Kalgoorlie had left. It was essential for them to reach Kalgoorlie before midnight when the option on the lease would expire. So a privately […]
Miners Memorial
28/11/2013 By Leave a Comment
Some of you may know of the Miners Memorial which has been in the pipeline for nearly a decade now. I am proud to say that the completion is now in sight. Finally the many people who have lost their lives in the quest for gold are now to be honoured and recognised with a […]
The Bardoc Murder:
27/11/2013 By 3 Comments
The grave of the victim of the unsolved Bardoc murder is on the bank of the creek leading down from Lindsay’s Soak which is crossed by the road from the Dark Horse (mine) to the Bellvue (mine) about three miles east of Grants Patch. The fenced grave is on the North bank of the creek […]
Almost Killed with Kindness!!
25/08/2013 By 1 Comment
From the Western Argus Newspaper 24th January 1905 Coolgardie Jan 17th Sydney CONDER who was admitted to the Coolgardie Hospital last Thursday suffering from snakebite is in a serious condition. Condor saw a rabbit enter a burrow and thrust his arm in and was bitten on the hand. His ‘mates’ scarified the bite to such […]
