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The Albany Fish Supply Co – Kalgoorlie

29/05/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Albany Fresh Fish Supply Co Shop

The Albany Fish Supply Co. was located at 235-6 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. I would say that would be about the present location of the Kalgoorlie City News, just before St Barbara’s Square.  These two advertisements are from the Kalgoorlie Miner in 1929. The Company changed its name to The United Fisheries Co. in […]

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

The Fatal Errand of Young Wallace Cocking

28/05/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

From the Kalgoorlie Miner, 27th Jan 1921 News was received today from Menzies of a sad fatality which occurred at Mulline between Friday and Saturday. Wallace David Cocking, 11 years of age and son of Mr Joseph Sylvester Cocking, sandalwood contractor, was sent at 5am on Friday with an urgent message to his father. Mr […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Busselton, Cemeteries, Family History, Goldfields History, Menzies, Mulline, Wallace Cocking

My Dearest Annie – Missingham Letter 2

27/05/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Friday 13 November 1896 My Dearest wife Since my last letter on Sunday, I ran down to Kiama (NSW) by the 8.30 train and arrived at Albion Park at 12 noon, saw Jamie & his wife and youngsters, the mater (Mother) was in Sydney in the suburbs, but I could not find her. I took […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Missingham

The Peoples Pictures – Travelling Road Show

27/05/2015 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Peoples Pictures Travelling Show

The People’s Pictures was a touring road show bringing picture shows to towns along the way. Here is an article from the Kalgoorlie Miner, Dec 1st 1910.   Peoples Pictures Travelling Showne in Kalgoorlie Boulder identify them? Also, what do you think the two ‘poles’ in the garden of the first house are??

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Peoples Pictiures

A Nannine Wedding

23/05/2015 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

A Nannine Wedding Party

I just love this photo. It has so many interesting parts. It is of a wedding party in Nannine, which is about 35 km south west of Meekatharra. The rather middle-aged bride and groom on their ‘Wedding Camel’, the best man and chief bridesmaid on bicycles, each with a bouquet tied to the handlebars. The […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Goldfields History, Murchison Hotel, Nannine, Western Australia

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