The Hotel Australia in Laverton Western Australia still stands today. It has changed very little over the years as you will see from the following photographs. The building has been re used for lots of different purposes but the façade has remained throughout. Originally the Hotel Australia, was built in 1899. Laverton was then the […]
The Rudwick – Bartle Wedding ❤
Some time ago I wrote a blog post about a couple who were left waiting at the church. To illustrate the story I included a previously unknown local ‘Bride and Groom’. I was later contacted by OFH reader, Maureen Bartle, who said – “I really enjoy reading your stories on the blog, and was so […]
Murder most Foul
Extract from The Folklore of Western Australia Edited by Marc Glasby Victor McCaskell, his wife and baby had a farm about 14 miles from Bruce Rock back in 1930. Helping on the farm was a young worker called William Frederick Francis ‘Billy’ Halbert aged 17yrs. McCaskell complained to his neighbors about Billy’s behavior and had […]
Prize Winning Gardens:
I always love to come across photos of the private homes of ordinary people in the early Goldfields days. There are so few around and what is there are, are often unidentified. I have lots of photographs of houses that are in either Kalgoorlie or Boulder, but with no address. The following photographs were taken […]
Old Age v Youth – a Darlot Divorce
We often think that family law matters didn’t go to court in the early days, but this unusual story shows that matters could still be most complicated and acrimonious: Leonora Miner 6 August 1927, page 3 Wife of 39yrs Sues Husband of 82yrs A woman of 39 years, sad-eyed and patient, and a man said […]
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