In Celebration of International Woman’s Day 8th March 2016 On 4th July 1894 Clara SAUNDERS & Arthur WILLIAMS were married by the Rev. Thomas TRESTRAIL at John DE BAUN’S Great Western Hotel in Bayley Street Coolgardie. (now the site of the Coolgardie Motel on the corner of Bayley & Hunt Streets) Clara was seventeen & […]
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I’m Off to the Diggings by Andrew Park
07/03/2016 By Leave a Comment
Here’s off to the diggings of gold Australia’s our home where wealth is untold Up, Up with your pick, take your shovel in hand. Here’s off, Here’s off to a happier land We dread not the voyage, though distant and long We’ve a compass to steer by, our arms they are strong. And ne’re into […]
Brother Pay The Ultimate Price – The Hallahan Brothers
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Walter Rewi Hallahan was one of four Kalgoorlie brothers who served with the Australian army in World War I. Two of them, Alf and Wendell, were killed in France in 1916. Walter was killed in September, 1918, one month before the armistist was declared, while serving with the 11th Battalion.The only brother to return home was […]
Five little graves – Baldock Family Tragedy
06/03/2016 By 6 Comments
It is of the most humbling experiences to read through the Boulder Cemetery death register. The stark reality of life on the Goldfields in the later years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th is reflected in the names, death details and monumental inscriptions of those who lived and died here. […]
