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Its a Grand Name:

12/12/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

As some of you may be aware, the ‘Grand Hotel’ has been a popular name for Hotels everywhere, and many towns would have their own ‘Grand Hotel’. Here are just a few from the WA Goldfields: Let me know if I have missed any (:

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Filed Under: Hotels, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Doyles Well – an oasis in the desert

20/06/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

DOYLES WELL – originally called – CUTMORE’S WELL. Located between Leonora and Agnew and near the Turkey and Wilson Creeks. A Wayside in and coaching stop. In 1903 there was a coach service from Leonora on three days a week. There were stockmen working for the stagecoach lines stationed there until at least about 1912. […]

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Filed Under: Hotels, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Doyle's Well, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

William Hilton Edwards – grave tales

29/02/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

William Hilton EDWARDS Born at Maryborough Victoria (17th June 1880) who departed this life 25th September 1928 Aged 48 years Erected by his sisters and brothers

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, Hotels, People Tagged With: Australian History, Boulder Cemetery, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

The Boulder Block Turns Back the Clock – a verse

02/02/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

If you want to turn back the clock Then pay a visit to the Boulder Block The last pub left of the famous four That graced the place in days of yore. The ‘Dirty Acre’ they called the square Formed by pubs that traded there The miners came from Miles away By tram, by bike, […]

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Filed Under: Hotels, Poets Corner Tagged With: Boulder Black, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Niagara’s Rise – by Nick Roberts

01/02/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

by Nick Roberts 20 Jan 1919 – Time Gents Australian Pub Project Mrs Clara Paton Recalls – The Western Mail (Perth) on October 30 1952: NIAGARA’S RISE “IN February, 1895, Dorrie Doolette and Charley Northmore arrived at the 90-mile and asked my husband, Arthur Williams, the licensee of the 90-Mile Hotel, if they could put […]

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