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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

My Dear Annie – Missingham Letters 6

02/08/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Coolgardie Prospectors Camp

The following letter is by far the longest written by David to Annie. I think it sounds like he is missing her and the children a great deal.  I think that maybe Annie is getting a little tired of having the plans for her to join him taking rather too long. In this letter he […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Missingham, Western Australia

Goldfields Without Chrysanthemums – by Catherine Bond

30/07/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Catherine Bond and her husband

In the late 1800s and early 1900’s it was popular for travellers to keep a travel diary to record the day-to-day happenings of the places and things they did on their journeys. It does seem to have been more popular with women, and many diaries have gone on to be published. This gives us a […]

Filed Under: Books, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Norseman, Western Australia

Then and Now – The Peoples Church

22/07/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

St Pauls Church now The peoples Church

      This church has changed very little over the years. The top photograph is when it was originally The New Congregational Church (date not known but approximately 1908), it later became the Wesleyan Church of St Pauls and the recent photograph, taken in 2006, is as it is today. It is now The Peoples […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, St Pauls, Western Australia

Push Ball – A most unusual sport!

20/07/2015 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Pushball :- Volunteers v Police

The winners of the first Push Ball competition in Coolgardie on 12 July 1905. Back Row: W Sowerby – P Kiely – E Millane – D M Strickland – F P Strickland – M Noonan – C H Field Middle Row: C C Monaghan – H C Pearson – C P Bloom (Capt) – J […]

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

St Mary’s Primary School, Kalgoorlie

18/07/2015 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

St Mary's School

This is a very early photograph of St Mary’s Primary school in Dugan Street, Kalgoorlie from the Western Argus newspaper in 1903. The building on the right is still there and is behind the admin office, I think that it may now be the school library. It was then called St Mary’s Convent School and […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australia History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, St Mary's Primary School

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