Tuesday, April 15, 1873. : Colonel Warburton sets out to cross the continent from central Australia to Perth. Peter Egerton Warburton was born on 15 August 1813, at Northwich, Cheshire. He joined the navy at the tender age of 12, initially serving as a midshipman on the HMS Windsor Castle. He then served for many […]
A Blast From the Past – Blacker’s Store
Many of you will be sure to remember Blacker’s Store at 25 Ward Street, Lamington. When Mr Blacker sold the business in 1964 and it became a grocery/liquor store and today it is the Goldrush Tavern. The photographs were sent to me by his son, Kevin Blacker, and I am showing them with his kind […]
Old Timer – By Tony Bozich
OLD TIMER Charlie Nalty, of Coolgardie Westral Wheel Race fame, cant be forgot by the older generation, to Goldfields schools sometimes he came giving half holidays and warm oration. Charlie carried Glory of the Old Days, real turn of the century stuff, he seemed to personify that phase when life was not unhappy, but tough. […]
Grave Tales – Then and Now
This first photograph was taken not long after the funeral of Mrs Margaret Williams, and as you will see, it is one of the first graves in the Presbyterian Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. Sadly the grave has not survived very well. The grave surrounds have sunk and the headstone has snapped off and is […]
They Called Kurnalpi Home – Book Review
I first read this book many years ago, in 1998, not long after it was published in 1996. It was a fascinating read then and I have really enjoyed reading it again recently when I was able to purchase a copy of my own. I wish I had bought it way back then but as […]
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