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

Harley Davidson on the Goldfields

16/02/2016 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

In 1927 you could buy a new Harley Davidson bike for $110, still a lot of money in those days !!!

A Haunting Tale – The Residency

15/02/2016 By Moya Sharp 10 Comments

Jack and Francis Tree had lived in Coolgardie since 1970 and fifteen of those years had been in Warden Finnerty’s House in McKenzie Street, Coolgardie. The six bedroom mansion was built by the Bunning Brothers soon after they arrived from Scotland in 1895 and before they established their hardware business which we all know of […]

The Adelaide Tailoring Coy

14/02/2016 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

The Adelaide Tailoring Co at 65 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie in 1910. The Adelaide Tailoring Company was a popular business in Kalgoorlie around 1910 with branches on Perth, Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney. It operated from about 1907 right through to the 1940’s.’ The shop is now occupied by ‘Sassy Sue’s so it is still in the […]

The Fabulous Buscombe Sisters

06/02/2016 By Moya Sharp 7 Comments

The story of the Buscombe sisters in the Goldfields is one of resourcefulness, resilience, and ugly men. Amy, the eldest of the three, would go on to become the first female journalist at the Kalgoorlie Miner Newspaper writing the ‘Ladies Letter’ column for many years. You can read about her life in an earlier post […]

Can You Help? – The Partizanka and the Radnik

21/01/2016 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Can anyone help with information on any family members who may have returned to Yugoslavia on two ship that were chartered by Marshall Tito just after WW2 to repatriate the people of Yugoslavia back to their home country. However, most of them after a short period wanted to return to Australia. Dr Criena Fitzgerald is […]