The people of the Goldfields

The Goldfields of Western Australia was and still is made up of many people, from poets to politicians, from saints and sinners and everything in between. I hope to tell you the stories of some of these people either famous or infamous or just the ordinary folks. Sometime the most ordinary people do the most extraordinry things

Jesse Young : a life well lived

13/02/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following amazing story has been sent to me by John Hollands, who is the Great Grandson of Jesse Young. What an adventurous life he did lead. Kalgoorlie Western Argus 12 October 1909, page 31 DEATH OF MR JESSE YOUNG The death occurred suddenly on Friday of Mr. Jesse Young, a gentleman who had been […]

Royce Woodhead – a soldier in the making

09/02/2019 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

North Kalgoorlie School Cadets, winners of the best shooting school cadets. Taken in 1909. Back row ? SMITH, Jack BACKHOUSE, Captain Lionel JEFFRIES, E STRANGER, Eric LEAN Front Row: Royce WOODHEAD, Tom CLEMENTS, B CAPLE, Sid KINGS. Young Royce Woodhead would have been 14 yrs old in this photograph although he look younger. The shooting […]

Isaac Goss – A Christian Man in Every Sense

09/02/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Issac William Goss, Undertaker – This is one of my favorite photographs. It is of the Goss family taken at their home in Piesse Street, Boulder in 1910. The family was well known for their Undertakers business in Piesse Street, Boulder. Many of the headstone in our local cemeteries have their maker’s name on them. […]

More Tales from Brown Hill Road –

31/01/2019 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

By Michael Johansen (nee Morgan) The old Metters and Parramatta wood stoves were hungry beasts. They gobbled up wood at an alarming rate. There were a couple of huge ‘Gimlet’ gums in Brown Hill road but they were unavailable for firewood so we had to go collect our own out to the east of town. […]

Mollie’s Box – A family story

26/01/2019 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

by Pam Caddy In 1999 a television program ‘Adopt A Soldier’ promoting the Perth Battye Library, featured a copy of a photograph of Pam Caddy’s father and four of his brothers all serving in WW1. This was the first time that Pam had seen the photo and she found out that it was from a […]