Australia’s Richest Handicap Cycle Race Cycling has been part of the Goldfields since the courier cyclist in the 1890’s carried messages around the Goldfields before the telegraph line came to the region. This year’s Minara Resources Goldfields Cyclassic will continue as a two-stage handicap race across the rich and historic landscape of the Western Australian outback from Kalgoorlie-Boulder to Menzies […]
Leonora Golden Gift & Coolgardie Easter Races 1893
31/05/2015 By Leave a Comment
This long weekend of the 30th May to the 1st of June marks the richest bike race in Australia, The Leonora Golden Gift. The Leonora Golden Gift has 1 mile open, 1 mile elite, and 120 metre sprint events as part of the Golden Gift Carnival in Leonora, Western Australia. In the small outback town […]
Little Boy Lost – Wallace Cocking
28/05/2015 By 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 yrs of age and son of Mr Joseph Cocking, sandalwood contractor, was sent at 5am on Friday with an urgent message to his father. Mr Cocking’s […]
Tornado Hits Boulder – 1903
23/05/2015 By Leave a Comment
Tornado Hits Boulder: This was how the news of the big cyclone appeared in the Western Argus of Dec 22nd 1903. The most destructive cyclone storm ever to be experienced struck the town of Boulder on Wednesday Dec 21st. Suddenly the storm that had caused so much havoc in Kalgoorlie burst upon Boulder at about […]
The 1942 Boulder Bombings – By Peter Skehan
20/05/2015 By Leave a Comment
BOULDER BOMBINGS” “GHASTLY TRAGEDY” “TERRIBLE SCENES OF SLAUGHTER” “FOURTEEN MURDERED” These are among the headlines which greeted the public after what could be described as this State’s largest multiple murder. The surprising thing about these horrific murders is the fact that they have receded into history without our current generation being aware of this devastating […]
