In Celebration of International Woman’s Day 8th March 2016 On 4th July 1894 Clara SAUNDERS & Arthur WILLIAMS were married by the Rev. Thomas TRESTRAIL at John DE BAUN’S Great Western Hotel in Bayley Street Coolgardie. (now the site of the Coolgardie Motel on the corner of Bayley & Hunt Streets) Clara was seventeen & […]
Rolls of Honour
The Goldfields has many 'Rolls of Honour' from the Boer war through to the Vietnam war both in public places and in private building. This is a collection of some of the more hard to find rolls, listing those who fought and those who died.
Ghost Town – TUCKANARRA
The Ghost Town:- by Jules Reside AKA Cork Tree Flat Tuckanarra:- Latitude 27° 07′ S Longitude 118° 05′ E “Deserted now, no more your stirred by those in quest of gold. Now you’re but a memory blurred of what you were of old. Yet, though the camp in silence sleeps, Except for songs of […]
The Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial
Since the launch of the WAVMM last year I have often been asked why I have decided to include miners from the whole of Western Australia instead of just the Goldfields. I thought this might explain why. The following graph from the 1934 Department of Mines (Now the Dept of Mineral and Energy), shows the […]
The Italian Miner
If you attened recent the talk by Dr Criena Fitzgerald at the WA Museum Kagoorlie-Boulder on the 18th November you would be interested to read the following verse from the Murchison Advocate in 1902. This pre dates the period that was covered in the talk, WW1, but it shows how the seeds of unrest and […]
A Sign of the Time!
It was a sad day for many when the Hannans Brewery was finally demolished in late 1991 – early 1992. My father in law, Bob Sharp, was one of the last employees there and would remember his time there with fond memories and of his many friends and workmates. This photo shows the building in […]
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