Truth – Perth – 19 January 1930, page 6 So he bore to the North! The indent of his big toe that protruded through his worn boot faintly marking the dry dust as he went. All sinewy and almost as straight as a sapling that nature has bent, just a fraction, where the shoulder stem […]
Dunnsville’s Postmistress – they were first
Western Mail – Perth – 25 January 1908, page 27 EARLY GOLDFIELDS DAYS. Mrs Arthur Dusantoy was the first woman in Dunnsville, and kept the first Post Office at that place, a rude structure, but typical of the buildings of the early goldfields days of Western Australia. Mrs. Dusantoy’s experiences may be best told in […]
A Nugget of Gratitude-
Sunday Times – Perth – Sunday 19 January 1941, page 8 The Donors Of Famous Nugget: Mrs. Lynch (left), the first woman to he married at Coolgardie, and her sister, Mrs. Airey (right) and inset the brooch on which is mounted the original nugget of gold found by Paddy Hannan at Kalgoorlie and presented to […]
The Wilkie Bros – Courageous Speculators!
The following story was sent by Susan Stevenson nee (Wilkie). Wilkie Brothers History 1895 to 1910 Early in 1895 John, Adam and David Wilkie left for Western Australia after John had sold one Waitotara property in New Zealand and a boot shop to help finance the Coolgardie contract. John at the time owned 380 acres […]
The Oldest Bike Store in Australia –
Kalgoorlie Miner, Tuesday 24 December 1901, page 6 ARMSTRONG’S CYCLE AGENCY. The growth of the business of Armstrong’s Cycle Agency ever since its inception has been astonishing, and it would probably be a very difficult matter to find a parallel case. The firm, which is the oldest in this line of business on the goldfields, […]
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