In Coolgardie in 1894 there was an influx of British nobility and for a time there were more Lords, Dukes, Baronets and others in Coolgardie than had or ever has been, in any one Australian town at the same time. These Britishers packed more guns than any Yankee film hero and regular revolver practice was […]
Joseph J Tovey – A man of many talents !!!
Back in 2012 I was contacted by Lois Tovey, the wife of Errol John Tovey. She had been browsing on the Outback Family History web site and came across the following photograph on the Meekatharra page. She told me that she had been sent the link to the Meekatharra Photo page by a distant relative […]
Mystery Photo Identified!!!!! – Boulder RSL 1929
Thanks to Tim Cudini, War Museum Assistant, we have not only been able to name the photograph but also to put names to all thise in the photograph. What a great result. I am sure there are many familiar names in the photograph. One mystery remains and that is ‘why the larger flag is back […]
Harley Davidson on the Goldfields
In 1927 you could buy a new Harley Davidson bike for $110, still a lot of money in those days !!!
A Haunting Tale – The Residency
Jack and Francis Tree had lived in Coolgardie since 1970 and fifteen of those years had been in Warden Finnerty’s House in McKenzie Street, Coolgardie. The six bedroom mansion was built by the Bunning Brothers soon after they arrived from Scotland in 1895 and before they established their hardware business which we all know of […]
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