On the 23rd of September 1903 in Gwalia Street, Leonora Western Australia an event would take place that would start a string of family tragedies. The event was the death of a little girl, Eileen Margaret Doyle. She died of Tonisilitis and Bronchitis and was only 2 ½yrs old. She had only been ill only […]
Did she fall or was she pushed??
The British Arms Hotel in Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie was built in 1899 and operated as a hotel until it was delicenced in 1924. It is reputed to be the narrowest two-story hotel in the southern hemisphere measuring only 3.2 meters in width. Although small in size, the hotel did a brisk trade in the early […]
The Binduli Blood House:
The Binduli Bloodhouse – The following article appeared in ‘The Sun’ newspaper on the 28th October 1906. The sentiments and derogatory comments about foreigners and women were common at the time. THE BINDULI BLOODHOUSE. -BARTOLO MORATTI’S PUB- ITS CLAIMS TO POLICE ATTENTION. Disreputable Boozing Den— For Dissipated Dagos.— No Attractions for Picnickers.— Closure Badly Wanted. […]
Geoff Lambert was his name:
Last week we heard about the longest mail run in Australia. So I thought you might like to know about the man who made these intrepid trips. Geoff Lambert did the ‘run’ for thirteen years. He was the longest-serving mailman employed by Campbell & Co who had the contract. Others who did the run were […]
With Mail to Marble Bar:
Australia’s Longest Overland Mail from Meekatharra to Marble Bar. Western Australia. a distance of 1211 miles for the round trip. by John K Ewers – February 1935 Mundiwindi, Murramunda, Bald Hill, Noreena Downs. Nullagine — the very names are redolent of that other Australia which so few people know and which is the most vital […]
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