Hi Everyone Today I would like to tell you about a magazine of which I have been an avid reader and sometimes contributer since 1993. Australian Family Tree Connections. It is without a doubt the original and one of the best publications available to family and local history enthusiasts in Australia and New Zealand. From […]
Kunanalling – Ghost Town
11/02/2014 By 2 Comments
Kunanalling – Ghost Town Latitude 30 141’ S Longitude 121 04’ E Now an abandoned townsite, Kunanalling is located in what is now the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia 25 “miles” (32 Kms) from Coolgardie on the road that traversed the western side of Mt Burges. Gold was discovered here in 1892 and it was known […]
How it was in 1893:
07/01/2014 By Leave a Comment
Men were certainly tough in the early days How it was… by Gungare of Mt Lawley In November 1893, Hannan’s leases were opening up. My mate and I were working on a shaft 30 feet deep when he called out for me to wind him up as he could not climb the ladder way. When […]
Fimiston School- school days
16/12/2013 By 1 Comment
I took this photo of the one roomed school house at Fimiston a week before it was demolished to make way for the Super Pit expansion in 1997. It was situated next to the KCGM offices at the time. I would think. There were many of these one roomed schools throughout Western Australia many of […]
The Legend of Hell Fire Jack
07/12/2013 By Leave a Comment
There was the time that the brokers were negotiating for the purchase of Merton’s Reward Goldmine in 1902 arrived at Menzies by horse drawn buggy at 8pm after the train for Kalgoorlie had left. It was essential for them to reach Kalgoorlie before midnight when the option on the lease would expire. So a privately […]
