Each and every Tuesday I will be featuring a photo of a Goldfields hotel you may not have seen before. As you can imagine these are quite a few!!!!! This hotel was situated at 291 Hannan Street half way between the York Hotel and the Wilson Street intersection. I have no further information as to when it was demolished but this photograph was taken in about 1910.
The Globe Hotel Kalgoorlie
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Moya Sharp
Owner at Outback Family History
My name is Moya Sharp, I live in Kalgoorlie Western Australia and have worked most of my adult life in the history/museum industry. I have been passionate about history for as long as I can remember and in particular the history of my adopted home the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Through my website I am committed to providing as many records and photographs free to any one who is interested in the family and local history of the region.
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G’day Moya
I am currently writing an historical fiction novel set in Kalgoorlie in 1948. Doug Wheatley gave me your name as being the person most likely to be able to help me with questions of detail. Doug has provided valuable resources, I have read pretty well everything I can lay my hands on, have rellies who lived in Kal at that time, used the web, contacted the historical society and have visited Kal recently and spoken with several oldtimers about the era. Still, there are minor but important details that continue to escape me as I write. Such detail is critical if the historical fiction is to have any credibility.
For example, one of my key fictional characters drives the night cart. There’s a Kalgoorlie Miner story about a night cart driver parking in front of a pub and imbibing during the day. He got fined. Why would he be on the street during the day? What were the hours of the shifts the nightcart drivers worked? I want to use a similar scene but it’s extraordinary enough without bending the facts further. I also want my character to visit the railway station during daylight hours but can’t find out if the station had a pan system in 1948. You can see what I mean about credibility if I get these details wrong. Can you help? Warning – This could mean I’ll continue to pester you with details like this as the chapters evolve and if Doug can’t help me. Doug has also given me the facebook reference, “remember back in Kalgoorlie when”. I haven’t had any luck in locating it yet but that’s probably due to my deficient web skills.
This book GOLD SCOOP is a sequel to COPYBOY, set in Perth in 1946. I hope to visit Kal in August of this year both to promote COPYBOY and to followup on GOLD SCOOP research. I hope that we can keep in touch.
Cheers
Barrie McMahon
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Hi Barrie Yes there are a few ‘night cart’ stories which I will see if I can find for you. I know one story was it was a good place to store your stolen gold in case the police came! I doubt if the station would have had ‘conviniences’ but I will see. If you can send me your email address (Through my Facebook page if you like) and I will add you into ‘Remember back in Kalgoorlie when’ as its a closed grouip now (cant understand why though) like having a shop and keeping the door locked. Anyway leave it with me!!!
Hi Barrie Yes there are a few ‘night cart’ stories which I will see if I can find for you. I know one story was it was a good place to store your stolen gold in case the police came! I doubt if the station would have had ‘conviniences’ but I will see. If you can send me your email address (Through my Facebook page if you like) and I will add you into ‘Remember back in Kalgoorlie when’ as its a closed group now (cant understand why though) like having a shop and keeping the door locked. Anyway leave it with me!!!