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Snatched from the Jaws of Death

22/05/2016 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Western Argus 5th May 1898 LOST IN THE BUSH. FIVE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD OR WATER. MISS JANECZEK’S AWFUL EXPERIENCE!   Southern Cross seems determined to make a name for itself. Beside those persons interested in the mines in the place, nobody scarcely knew of this town, in the barren desert of West Australia. Then it […]

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Filed Under: Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Constance JANECZEK, Family History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, lost in the bush, Southern Cross, Western Australia

Perth Book Launch – Turning Men Into Stone

21/05/2016 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

For all the readers who don’t live in Kalgoorlie-Boulder a second launch of the highly successful book ‘Turning Men Into Stone, A Medical and Social History of Silicosis in Western Australia’ by Dr Criena Fitzgerald will be held this coming Friday. Everyone is welcome, if you could RSVP for catering purposes:- RSVP by 25th May […]

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Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Turning Men Into Stone, Western Australia

Speeds Criterion Hotel – Kalgoorlie

18/05/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sheeds Criterion Hotel

The Criterion happily is still quite recognisable from this photograph taken not long after its completion in 1901. It was built in 1900 on the former premesis of the ‘Universary Wine Saloon’ also owned by Charles Speed. You will see from the article below that the builder was also responsible for the Municipal Markets, The […]

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Grave Tales – Tom Flanagan

13/05/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Paddy Hannan has long been  recognised as the first person to find gold in the region in the June 1893 with Irishmen Tom Flanagan and Dan Shea. The men found 3 kg of gold in one day, the equivalent of an average year’s wages, at a site originally named Hannan’s, close to what was later […]

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Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Tom Flanagan, Western Australia

The Cricketer – Andy Dressa – Grave tales

10/05/2016 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Andy Mathew Dressa Back Left

  This wonderful photograph was sent to me by Trish Ward who has kindly given me permission to show it to you. These hansom fellows were part of a cricket team and the man in the back left is the only one that can definitely be identified. He is Andy Dressa who was a champion cricketer, […]

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Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cricket, Dressa, Family History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Rottnest, Western Australia

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