This story has been written and is reproduced with the kind permission of the author – Chris Morgan. Acknowledgements: I am appreciative for the help freely given by many in locating and providing information and their encouragement to pursue this investigation. In particular I thank Scott Wilson and the staff of the Eastern Goldfields Historical […]
Paddy and the Snake:-
Paddy NEVIN was an elderly identity pf Kunanalling who lived by himself ina camp on the outskirts of town. Paddy had been involved in a nasty accident in his younger days, being dragged the length of a platform by a train, inflicting horrible painful injuries to his right leg. A stiff leg was to afflict […]
Kunanalling and Beyond – book review
In 1895 gold was discovered in the area by prospectors and it was initially known as 25 mile which is its distance from Coolgardie. The goldfields warden recommended that a townsite be declared in the same area. The town was also called Connanalling but the spelling was changed by the Lands department when the town was gazetted in […]
The Great Goldfields Flood of 1948 – a verse
The heaviest rainfall in Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s history occurred 70 years ago—during the weekend of Saturday-Sunday the 21st and 22nd of February 1948. Nearly 300 millimetres of rain fell in less than 36 hours, causing widespread flooding and severe property damage. A massive clean-up operation followed. It was nature’s kind of anger, a weekend of solid rain […]
Paddington’s Old Cemetery – a verse
In Kalgoorlie’s north, away out in the scrub Where nobody’s shoulders you’re likely to rub On an old winding track one scarcely could see Well hidden by bush is an old cemetery. And those lonely old graves with headstones of white Would appear to be ghosts should you pass by at night. Here graves are […]
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