In the days of early Coolgardie it was often the case that when a disagreement occurred it was settled in the time honoured way by bashing each other senseless. This was welcomed by the general population who were somewhat starved for entertainment. It also ensured your ‘disagreement’ was well and truly ‘settled’. Coolgardie drew to […]
Boulder City Scottish Piper’s Band 1914
Music played a big part in the social life of everyone in the early Goldfields days. Most people could sing or play instruments or like these people be part of a band. Musical evenings in private homes were very popular as well as more elaborate musical events held in places like the town halls. This […]
Central Garage Service Station -Time Lapse
Formerly the Golden Mile Tea and Grill Rooms, Maritana Street, Kalgoorlie 1935. Now the Maritana Mall
Lulu Benstead – ‘The Westralian Warbler’
Lulu Benstead was born in Alice Springs, the daughter of goldfields pioneer Bill (William) Benstead (Williams story about his fascinating life will be told in another edition) and Triphenia Benstead. She studied with Mrs Jack Wilson in Coolgardie and performed regularly in the goldfields. Indeed, the Western Mail newspaper described Coolgardie as the ‘…musical centre of the goldfields’. She […]
My Dear Annie – Missingham Letters 4
The following letter is the last sent before David Missingham reached the Goldfields of Western Australia. You will see he often refers to money matter and it seems that he had left some debts behind him in Charters Towers Qld. As with all letters I would love to be able to read the replies but […]
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