For all the football fans out there in celebration of the Football Grand Final Weekend, 27th Sept 2014. You may notice some names that are still well-known in town today. Studio group portrait of Trafalgar Second Rate Football Club, Premiers 1910. Front Row: W Meyers, S Brown, J Condon (Umpire), H Eddy, J Wallace, Second […]
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
The Giantess – Coolgardie Miner 1898
The Giantess – This lady travelled the country and made a lot of money, and was much admired. It seems the female form was viewed quite differently 116 yrs ago! From the Coolgardie Miner, Aug 1898 In Bayley Street last night, for the first time in the Goldfields, there was seen ‘Mademoiselle Rewald’ who has […]
Honour Board Boorara/ Waterfall/Golden Ridge – where is it now?
As this is the Centenary of the beginning of WW1, I wonder if anyone knows the location of this honour board. The photo was taken in 1961 at a ceremony to unveil an obelisk at Boorara/Waterfall/Golden Ridge. The honour board, which looks like it was brought out for the ceremony, show the names of the […]
The Corner Shop – Elliott and Gaillard
I am sure that this building in our main street will look familiar to many of my readers. Today it is little changed and is on the corner of Hannan and Porter Streets in Kalgoorlie. Today it is known as ‘Monty’s Restaurant’ formerly Montgomery Bros Drapery and Merchandise. However, in 1903 the business was as […]
The Mermaids
Fancy Dress: I think that ‘Fancy’ is the wrong description for these young women. They are called ‘The Mermaids’ and I am sure you will agree they are just beautiful. Taken in Kalgoorlie in 1907 Mirror – Perth – 1 June 1907, page 18 St. John of God’s Hospital Ball, Kalgoorlie By Aura […]