Jack and Francis Tree had lived in Coolgardie since 1970 and fifteen of those years had been in Warden Finnerty’s House in McKenzie Street, Coolgardie. The six bedroom mansion was built by the Bunning Brothers soon after they arrived from Scotland in 1895 and before they established their hardware business which we all know of […]
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The Adelaide Tailoring Coy
14/02/2016 By 1 Comment
The Adelaide Tailoring Co at 65 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie in 1910. The Adelaide Tailoring Company was a popular business in Kalgoorlie around 1910 with branches on Perth, Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney. It operated from about 1907 right through to the 1940’s.’ The shop is now occupied by ‘Sassy Sue’s so it is still in the […]
The Fabulous Buscombe Sisters
06/02/2016 By 7 Comments
The story of the Buscombe sisters in the Goldfields is one of resourcefulness, resilience, and ugly men. Amy, the eldest of the three, would go on to become the first female journalist at the Kalgoorlie Miner Newspaper writing the ‘Ladies Letter’ column for many years. You can read about her life in an earlier post […]
THE GAME – by Ray (Jacko) Jackson 1999
02/02/2016 By Leave a Comment
No more bets big Nick cried, as the pennies went up, And they spun round and round in the air Tails he called when they came down to rest, For the spinner it was sheer despair. He tossed the kip down on the ground in the ring; that was a quick lost ten quid […]
