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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

Happy The Bride the Sun Shines On

17/07/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

From the Western Argus The BATH—FENSOME  Wedding 27th July 1904 HAPPY THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON Thomas Henry. Bath, M.L.A. for Brownhill, has surrendered his state of single blessedness for matrimony, his bride being Miss Elizabeth Jane Maria Fensome, daughter of Mr. Fensome, Goldfields superintendent of the Citizens- Life Assurance Co. The ceremony, which was […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Bath, Fensome, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Brutal Butchery At The Boulder

16/07/2016 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Fix this text ‘The Truth’  Saturday 11 April 1908,     Westralia had hardly done ringing with the climax of the Day Dawn murder sensation of Harry Smith  of his crime of murdering his mate Clinton—the hanging only took place three weeks ago—when there occurs a tragedy in the very heart of a thickly populated centre. Boulder City, a […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Gold Stealing – A Cunning Plan

08/07/2016 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

Over the years, gold stealing has been going on as long as mining has been. Many and varied have been the cunning plans and schemes to outwit the gold stealing officers and the mining companies. One such plan became very popular until it was notice that there was an unprecedented rise in the purchase of […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Gold Stealing, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Kundana – Book Review

02/07/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kundana

Kundana is situated 25km west-northwest of Kalgoorlie and 27km north northeast of Coolgardie. In the 1890’s the area wass informally known as the “21 mile” because it was 21 miles from Coolgardie by the Black Flag road. Some other ‘unnoficial’ name in use at the time were ‘Barkers Find’, after the first prospector in the […]

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The Chaffers Roll of Honour

02/07/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Men of the Chaffers from the Western Argus 6 Jan 1903

About 16 year ago the building and plant of the Chaffers Mine on the Golden Mile were sold off and the mine was officially closed. As a part of these proceeding KCGM held a big open day with stalls and displays and tours around the remaining buildings and into the Super Pit.       […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Chaffers

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