On the 28th September 1904 a wedding took place in the Presbyterian Church in Menzies between Robert William ALDERSON, son of the late Robert Alderson, Hampstead, England, to Isabel Kelly, third daughter of the late William Kelly of Mintaro, South Australia. Some additional infoamtion has been sent in by OFH reader Denis Edwards:- Robert Alderson […]
Archives for October 2017
North Kalgoorlie School -1960 to1970
13/10/2017 By 3 Comments
Back row – Alec May, Gary Bale, Brian Stones, Brett Foster, P. Hellen, John Langford, Victor Wells, Stephen Ruckmick, Peter Collier, Keith Shepheard. 3rd row – Graeme Tarabini, Phil Davison, C Johns, Geoff Watson, Norm Sharp, Billy York (hand over face), Michael Willoughby, L Quealey, Ken Littlewood, Peter Wooddall, P Fitzgerald. 2nd row – Leanne […]
Lily Pike – grave tales
13/10/2017 By 4 Comments
On the 27th April 1906, Helena (Lily) Maud Pike (nee Rosevere) aged 30yrs, passed away at the St John of God Hospital in Dugan Street, Kalgoorlie from Typhoid. She was the wife of councillor Eustace Walter Pike and the mother of one child, James Albert, aged 6yrs. The following photograph is a very poignant one […]
The Wiluna Crossing Smash
07/10/2017 By 2 Comments
James Farrell Read Age 18 who was killed in a train collision at Wiluna in 1936. Kalgoorlie Miner – 2 April 1936, page 4 WILUNA GROSSING SMASH TWO KILLED AND FIVE INJURED TAXI SMASHES INTO RAIL TANK The already long list of level crossing fatalities was added to yet again last night when two persons […]
Gold and Ghosts – book review
05/10/2017 By Leave a Comment
Gold and Ghosts Vol 1 and Vol 2 – by D W de Havelland Many of you, I am sure, will have heard of the series of books called ‘Gold and Ghosts’! There are four volumes in the series and many consider them to be the ‘Prospectors Bible”. It is Vol 1 and Vol 2 […]
