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
There was the time that the brokers were negotiating for the purchase of Merton’s Reward Goldmine in 1902, and 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 […]