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The School at Bonnievale:

19/07/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

On the 1st March 1897 the residents of Bonnievale (7 ½ miles from Coolgardie) applied to the Secretary of Education, to have a day school established. The details of the application were:- Proposed location of school = Lot 2 in the town of Bonnievale Number of children between the ages of 4 and 16 living […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Bonnivale, Goldfields History, School, Western Australia

A Ghan who did a’woowing go :

17/07/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sun, Kalgoorlie : 24 March 1907, page 9 MARRIAGE OF A RUE DE BROOKMAN RESIDENT. The foundations of goldfields society were not exactly shaken to their bedrock bottom on Wednesday morning, last , when the “Kalgoorlie Miner” issued with the announcement of the marriage of a well known Afghan , to a more notoriously […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Afghan, Australian History, Camels, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Gool Mahomet, Kalgoorlie boulder, Prostitution, Western Australia

Harry Pearce : sportsman and miner

14/07/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Harry Pearce, a former instructor with the Victorian Police Force, opened a gymnasium in portion of Leiper & Lamb’s store in 1893, where he taught boxing and promoted bouts for prizes donated at his insistence by lucky miners and where, according to one writer ‘the exponents of biff by sleight of hand extracted gold from […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kunanalling, Western Australia

The Old Yundamindera Pub

14/07/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Old Yundamindera Pub With mud walls rough and weathered, The old pub stands four square But there’s now no horses tethered, No miners drinking there The rusted roof is leaking, The bar room walls are bare, A loose door’s eerie creaking, The only sound you hear. Gone are the hardy miners, Who did their […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia, Yundamindera

Oscar Ohlson – fireman

14/07/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Oscar Olaf Ohlson of the Coolgardie Fire Brigade taken 26 Jun 1912.  He was born in Sweden on 23 Dec 1882 and died in North Adelaide and is buried in the  Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia on the 18 Mar 1954.  

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Western Australia

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