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

Laverton Half Time School – 1904

25/05/2015 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

This photo is of school children at the Laverton Half time school. It was taken on the 6th July 1904. You will see all the children are very well dressed and all have shoes. This is a description of what a ‘Half Time School’ was:- Half-Time Schools With the aim of distributing schools as widely […]

A Nannine Wedding

23/05/2015 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

I just love this photo. It has so many interesting parts. It is of a wedding party in Nannine, which is about 35 km south west of Meekatharra. The rather middle-aged bride and groom on their ‘Wedding Camel’, the best man and chief bridesmaid on bicycles, each with a bouquet tied to the handlebars. The […]

Tornado Hits Boulder – 1903

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Tornado Hits Boulder: This was how the news of the big cyclone appeared in the Western Argus of December 22nd 1903. The most destructive cyclone storm ever to be experienced struck the town of Boulder on Wednesday, December 21st. Suddenly, the storm that had caused so much havoc in Kalgoorlie burst upon Boulder at about […]

They Were First – Edith Wallis

21/05/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 7th September 1938 The First White Woman in Boulder City! This photograph shows Mrs Edith Mar Elizabeth Wallis as a teacher at the first school in Boulder. Her daughter Maude (age 6) is on the far left in the front row, and her son Alf (age 8) is fifth from the left in […]

CENTENARIAN DIES – Nurse in Franco-Prussian War

21/05/2015 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Thur 26th Dec 1935 Kalgoorlie Miner CENTENARIAN DIES Nurse in the Franco-Prussian War This photograph was taken a fortnight before Madam Eugenie Vauthier broke her leg and was admitted to the hospital. It shows her with Jack Frost, an old prospector who regarded her as his mother and took care of her. The dog is […]