The following paper was written by Douglas C Daws J.P. and presented to the Eastern Goldfields Historical Soc on the 8th Nov 1997 for the centenary of the arrival of the railway to Boulder. It is reproduced here with his kind permission. PRECIS: Railways were introduced to Western Australia in the early 1880’s and developed […]
George and Jessie Cooper – pioneer profile
George Astley and Jessie Cooper from Carol Townsend (Great Granddaughter). George Astley COOPER was born in 1865 at Duck Ponds, Victoria. In 1890 to Benjamin Edward and Sophia Elizabeth. He married Jessie HASTHORPE in Warragul, Victoria. Jessie was born in 1868 in Collingwood Victoria, the daughter of Jessie and Esther nee VARNEY. George and Jessie […]
Frank Ernest RANDELL & CO.
Weekly Times (Melbourne VIC) – 10 September 1898, page 48 Frank Ernest Randell & Co. Messrs F E. Randell and Co. are well known on the West Australian goldfields as carrying and forwarding agents. Their head office is at Fremantle, having lately been transferred to that rising port, from the goldfields, and there are branches […]
The Arrival of the Railway to Boulder – a quite affair
The following paper was presented to the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society on the 8th of November 1997 on the occasion of the Centenary of the arrival of the railway to the Boulder townsite – by Douglas C Daws. J.P. It is reproduced here with his kind permission. This paper is a short essay on the […]
A Vet in the House –
We have identified another Kalgoorlie House. This is the residence of Austen Harry Bradley, Veterinary Surgeon, 17 Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie. Sadly the house on this block today, although old, is not the original building in the photograph. Mr Bradley had an area at the rear of the building where he was able to hold animals […]
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