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THE LEGEND OF C.Y. O’CONNOR … and his golden pipeline

17/08/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

THE LEGEND OF C.Y. O’CONNOR … and his golden pipeline by John Terrell The following was a well-deserved Blue Ribbon winner by John Terrell at the Kununurra Agricultural Society’s annual show in July 2024 in the category of – Poetry and Prose – Yarn (max 900 words) theme ‘Water’. Water was the central issue in […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, water, Western Australia

Michael Tobin – a grave in the wilderness

10/08/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

  Michael TOBIN died on the 7th of April 1907 aged 33 years at Wadda Waddah Well or No 40 Well on the newly proposed stock route from the Kimberly called the Canning Stock Route. He was buried on a sandy ridge 250 metres from well No 40. His burial was confirmed by A G […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Halls Creek, Kimberley, Western Australia, Wiluna

A House with a History –

10/08/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Daily News 28 October 1933, page 4 HOUSE WITH A HISTORY – Never Inhabited QUAINT RELIC OF BOOM DAYS (By J. D. Costello) Perched alone on the lip of a breakaway near the deserted townsite of Kintore on the road from Coolgardie to Carbine, is the skeleton of an imposing stone house. A landmark for […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kintore, Western Australia

A Trip Through Kunanalling to Bonnie Vale –

10/08/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sun 28 June 1903, page 3 A TRIP FROM KUNANALLING TO BONNIE VALE by Cobb. Coming over from Siberia I, put up a night at Kunanalling, and had an opportunity to study the town and its inhabitants. Two or three dismal lights illuminated the principal thoroughfare, a rather lengthy street dotted with a store, […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Bonnie Vale, Goldfields History, Kunanalling, Western Australia

Albany Bell – The Confectionary King

10/08/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Many Kalgoorlie locals  will recognise the building in the photograph below as Tippetts Tea Room at 100 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie (now the House of Babes). However, before being named Tippetts it was called the Albany Bells Tea Rooms. I had thought this name may have come about from someone possibly from Albany but when I […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

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