HARRY F CAMPBELL – Reminicences The grandfather of Senator Ian Campbell The following are the reminisces of Harry Campbell which were written by him in 1979 for the Western Australian 150th Centenary from foundation I was born in Perth on 18th April 1906, the same date as the San Francisco Earthquake. My Parents lived at […]
Archives for September 2016
The Dirty Acre – The Boulder Block
20/09/2016 By 1 Comment
Rather rowdy, Dingy, cloudy, Dusty, dirty, dim and dowdy, Thirsty throats to mock. Can’t mistake her, Good drought slaker, Six pubs to the bloomin’ acre, Weary hummers, Beery bummers, Cadging ‘deeners’, ‘zacks’ and ‘thrummers’, Mooching in a flock, Frontispieces hard and chilly, Sparring pots off ‘Dick’ and ‘Billy’ (‘Nough to drive a barman silly) On […]
Goldfields Heroes – The Dease Collection 2
10/09/2016 By 4 Comments
The Boulder Boys The following photographs are from the “The Soldiers of Barrack Street” collection and are the collection of famed West Australian photographer Denis Dease who operated the Dease studio at 117 Barrack Street from 1898 to 1929. Dease was a prolific photographer of great importance.These photographs are all men with connections to Boulder. The […]
Montgomery House – Sepia Saturday
10/09/2016 By Leave a Comment
This very prestigious home was built by the Montgomery Family who live in it for three generations. The family is well known for its drapery business on the corner of Hannan and Porter Street in Kalgoorlie. The house is now up for sale with Kalgoorlie First National @ http://bit.ly/1brw1uj but it is a sad sight today […]
A Life on the Stage – Early Goldfields Theatres
10/09/2016 By 3 Comments
On the 4th September 1894 Hannans Find was declared and the track from Coolgardie became the main street. The camp was now becoming a town and more and more business were starting to spring up. Many made from hessian and canvas with a wooden frame. With the arrival of the rail line came building materials […]
