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

United British Women’s Emigration Scheme

22/10/2016 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

The United British Women’s Emigration Association publishes the following:- from the West Australian 24 March 1894, page 4 ” Ten Reasons why Women should go to Western Australia ” (1) It is the only country to which the whole passage-money is offered free. It cost £17 17s. to go there, paying one’s own passage. It only costs the free passengers £1 for ship […]

What is a Tributer ???

20/10/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The tribute method of mining has been used through out the world. Tributers generally work in gangs, and had a limited portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch, beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so much per pound, as […]

Albany Bell – The Confectionery King

15/10/2016 By Moya Sharp 14 Comments

Many Kalgoorlie locals will recognise the building in the photograph below as Tippetts Tea Room at 100 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie (now the House of Babes). However, before being named Tippetts it was called the Albany Bells Tea Rooms. I had thought this name may have come about from someone possibly from Albany but when I […]

Mulline – Ghost Town

08/10/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Mulline was the most important town in the Ularring district. This was after the Government erected the State Battery there in 1899. It crushed ore from nearly 100 claims, mostly worked by their owners. In 1910 there were two hotels at Mulline. One was owned by Jack Dore and the other by an unnamed widow.Mulline […]

Looking Back – Agnew

24/09/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

HARRY F CAMPBELL – Reminicences The grandfather of Senator Ian Campbell The following are the reminisces of Harry Campbell which were written by him in 1979 for the Western Australian 150th Centenary from foundation I was born in Perth on 18th April 1906, the same date as the San Francisco Earthquake. My Parents lived at […]