Its not often there are identified photos of private houses. Here are a selection of the types of homes and gardens in Kalgoorlie in 1909 from the Western Argus.
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
Little John Hepple – grave tales
Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1950), Thursday 14 August 1913, page 2 FATAL POISONING CASE SAD AFFAIR AT GWALIA. A most distressing accident, unfortunately attended by a fatal result, occurred at Gwalia on Thurs day the 7th inst., when a lad 6 years of age swallowed a solution of caustic soda in mistake for […]
The Carriers Picnic – Mystery photos
I was recently sent these wonderful photos from Lynne Roberts, this is what she says:- ‘ These photos were sent to Mrs F B Marshall, Wooroolin, Queensland from Mrs R J Battye, Post Office, Perth. I am assuming that the sender is Mrs Rockley James Battye. Her husband is listed in the Directories for 1905 […]
Jack Leckie – One of the chosen
I was recently contacted by Mal Leckie who has sent me the following information on his well known relative, Mal said:- my grandfather, John (Jack) Leckie, was a prominent footballer and coach on the goldfields in the late 1890’s and early 1900’s and the family still hold a trophy he was presented with in 1899 for […]
What happened to Dick McCansh?
When ‘Old Dick McCANSH’, a sixty-five-year-old miner, died of fever on 7 Jan 1893 his mates decided to give the ‘old battler’ a decent burial and a rude coffin was fashioned from some old meat cases. As the only vehicle available was a storekeepers dray, it was decided to skirt the alluvial grounds and go […]
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