The Wooroloo Sanatorium Wooroloo Sanatorium, in the Darling Ranges of Western Australia, was established by the State Government in response to the infectious diseases, such as typhoid, diphtheria, and tuberculosis, that was widely prevalent in the aftermath of the mass migration that came as a result of the gold rushes in Western Australia in the […]
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
Fancy Dress Friday – Boulder Charity Cricket Match
20/06/2014 By 1 Comment
Fancy Dress played a very large part in the early social life on the Goldfields. Many events included ‘Fancy Dress’. In the coming weeks I would like to share some of my favorite photographs with you. Its amazing the length and detail that was put into these costumes by both adults and children.
