Outback Family History

A High time in the Old Town –

20/07/2019 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Coolgardie was booming, diggers who had struck it rich were as common as sand flies; money was easy to come by and even easier to lose. If you wanted to part with what you had in a hurry, ‘Hughie the Baker’ or ‘Handsome Jack Wilson’, the towns leading professional gamblers would assist you in your […]

The Victoria Hotel – Coolgardie

12/07/2019 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

VICTORIA HOTEL, Coolgardie. Corner of Hunt and Bayley Streets. (now a garage diagonally opposite Ben Priors Park) Built in 1895 and opened on the 1st July at a cost of £10,000, the Victoria Hotel was one of two brick buildings in the town. It consisted of 30 bedrooms, both double and single, with a broad […]

Family History Discovery Days:

09/07/2019 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

To celebrate Family History Month in August, the Latter Day Saints Church will be holding a discovery event from 9th to the 11th August at the church at 118 Egan Street, Kalgoorlie.

Matthew Jackson – Boulder pioneer

09/07/2019 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Matthew Jackson, a merchant of Boulder, was born in Alston, Cumberland, England on the 25 November 1865 and is a son of Mr. Joseph Jackson of the same place. The latter gentleman was one of the early prospectors of Victoria in 1860 and was the first to erect a puddling machine in the gold mining […]

The Worker – a verse

08/07/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Worker The oilrag is the labour toff, he holds the miners dirt, The trucker would not dare to touch a miners dirty shirt, The if the mullocker presumes, the truckers gets annoyed, And all persons a lofty scorn for Boulder’s unemployed. Supposing, lads, we sling this pride and try another plan, And institute a […]