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Sinking a New Shaft- North Kalgurli – 1950

16/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

North Kalgurli (1912) Ltd Mine –   Shift Crew Sinking a new shaft 11th Dec 1950 – Completed sinking 10th Jun 1952. sent by Dallas Calneggia (Geoffrey Lee is her father) Back Row: J Martin (Winderdriver), L Miller (Winderdriver), K Bishop (Carpenter), G Thompson (Shaft sinker), R Bevis (Shaft Sinker), D Erceg (Shaft Sinker), Middle Row […]

Filed Under: People, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Miners, Western Australia

Mary Beatrice Massey – grave tales

11/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Mary Beatrice Massey died aged 15yrs and was  buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery on 6th Jul 1899.  Annie Massey, Mary’s mother,died aged 39yrs and was buried with Beatrice on the 17th April 1900.  They are together  in grave 728 in the Roman Catholic section. They were the wife and only child of George Albert Massey.  […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

The Girl of the Goldfields:- a family story

11/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

This is the story of Rhonda Moag’s Great Aunt Maree. She had often been told the story by her Aunt Sonia about Aunt Maree who was a brilliant equestrian who led a grand parade atop a big white horse and then was tragically killed when she was thrown. It was never clear if she was […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales

Jimmy Long – a link with Paddy Hannan

11/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

If you were in want of a good story in the 1930’s, you only need to take a long walk up Cassidy Hill on the fringe of Kalgoorlie to see old Jimmy Long. He not only overflowed with reminiscences of colourful goldfields life, but he also was a link to Paddy Hannan. In fact he […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Paddy Hannan, Western Australia

The Swearful Dryblower – a verse

11/04/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I am a digger at Mulgabbie and I’d like to rise and say Dryblowing is a swearful game to most diggers anyway. You work for days without a color, then have a lengthy swear that takes two solid windy days to cleanse the atmosphere. If an angel down from heaven had to dryblow for a […]

Filed Under: People, Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Mulgabbie, Western Australia

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