The Goldfields Pioneers Reuniuon, Perth Town Hall, 23rd December 1929 The Truth – Sunday 29 December 1929, page 1 THE TRAIL OF THE GOLDEN PAST GENTLEMEN ! To the memory of our comrades who have crossed the Great Divide! It was a striking and pathetic toast, as pathetic was the response Two hundred grizzled warriors of the West Australian […]
Archives for December 2019
The Oldest Bike Store in Australia –
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Kalgoorlie Miner, Tuesday 24 December 1901, page 6 ARMSTRONG’S CYCLE AGENCY. The growth of the business of Armstrong’s Cycle Agency ever since its inception has been astonishing, and it would probably be a very difficult matter to find a parallel case. The firm, which is the oldest in this line of business on the goldfields, […]
Beatrice Hemingway -grave tales
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‘Died on Christmas Eve’ : 96yrs ago !!! Beatrice HOWARTH was married to Alfred William ‘Fred’ HEMINGWAY in Coolgardie in 1920. Only three years later she was to die in Southern Cross on Christmas Eve, 24th December 1923. Her husband was acting Station Master at Southern Cross at the time. She was expecting her […]
Along by Merry Christmas Time – Henry Lawson
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Along by Merry Christmas Time by Henry Lawson 1913 Along by merry Christmas time they buy the aged goose, And boil the dread plum pudding, because of ancient use. But to sneer at old time customs would be nothing but a crime,| For the memory of the Past is all bound up in Christmas time. […]
Asbestos in Australia: book review
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Asbestos in Australia presents for the first time a multi-dimensional view of Australia’s asbestos story featuring contributions from experts in the disciplines of history, journalism, medicine, law and public health. It also includes first-hand accounts of those whose lives have been touched by the mineral, as workers, asbestos disease sufferers, and lawyers and campaigners directly engaged […]
