The wood trains of the 17 Mile Camp and Gindalbie Wood for the gold mines by Rod Milne The WAGR terminus at Kanowna dealt with a large tonnage of firewood traffic from the wood line, and these trucks are depicted standing in the middle roads between the station and overline goods shed. The WAGR allowed […]
Mrs Walshaw of Comet Vale:
Mrs Walshaw of Comet Vale Story and photos by Bernie Morris First Published in ‘The Westland’ 2005 For a few months in the year 1895, the terminus of the new railway thrusting east from Southern Cross to the twin Eldorado’s of Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie stood at Boorabbin with strings of half-piled wagons, sullen afghans cruising […]
Thousands of Miles Through the Outback:
Sunday Times, 23 August 1936, page 20 Drove Coach For Cobb & Co Thousands of Miles Through the Outback by Coach F. A. CREWS LOOKS BACK ON PIONEERING DAYS – A link with coaching days of sixty years ago is provided by Mr Frederick Albert Crews, of Outram Street, West Perth, who has crowded varied […]
Snatched from the jaws of death:
Lost in the Bush Five Days Without Food or Water Miss Janeczek’s Awful Experience! Southern Cross seems determined to make a name for itself. Beside those persons interested in the mines in the place, nobody scarcely knew of this town, in the barren desert of West Australia. Then it was heard of as a starting-place […]
Living in caves:
Daily News – Tuesday 15 July 1947, page 15 KALGOORLIE — Drawn back to the goldfields to spend their last days, are two 78 year old pensioners. They are Messrs. A. J. Girdlestone and James O’Connell. They live in caves on the out skirts of Kalgoorlie. The cramped cave homes are in an old open […]
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