Billy, the gigantic New Zealand pig afforded an interesting spectacle to the many visitors to the Kalgoorlie Railway Station yesterday. He was travelling with the ‘World’s Smallest Racehorse’ to the Perth Royal Show. Billy, a Berkshire/Tamworth cross breed is said to weigh 1500lbs. He is an ungainly looking fellow but is said to have the […]
The Hill End Tragedy and the aftermath:
Kalgoorlie Western Argus, Tuesday 26 January 1904, page 13 Hill End Fire Tragedy. Inquest on the Victims Mr. A. J. Evans, acting coroner, and a jury consisting of Messrs F. Mitchell (chairman), J. Matthews and W. V. Lee, inquest held into the cause of the death of the three little boys Lee, who were burnt […]
A Ghan who did a ‘woowing go :
The Sun, Kalgoorlie: 24 March 1907, page 9 MARRIAGE OF A RUE DE BROOKMAN RESIDENT. The foundations of goldfields society were shaken to their bedrock bottom on Wednesday morning, last, when the “Kalgoorlie Miner” issued with the announcement of the marriage of a well known Afghan, to a more notoriously known French woman, of the […]
The Binduli Bloodhouse:
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 BLOODH0USE. -BARTOLO MORATTI’S PUB- ITS CLAIMS TO POLICE ATTENTION. Disreputable Boozing Den— For Dissipated Dagos.— No Attractions for Picnickers.— Closure Badly Wanted. […]
What Happened in Boulder Cemetery???
Mirror : Saturday 26 June 1926, page 10 Did the Murderers Visit the Burial Ground And Seek to Dispose of the Bodies ? A Plan That May Have Miscarried, But If It Had Succeeded Would Probably Have Hidden the Secret for Ever It is believed that some time in the late hours of April 27 […]
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