Mary Beatrice Massey died aged 15yrs and was buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery on 6th Jul 1899. Annie Massey, Mary’s mother,died aged 39yrs and was buried with Beatrice on the 17th April 1900. They are together in grave 728 in the Roman Catholic section. They were the wife and only child of George Albert Massey. […]
The Girl of the Goldfields:- a family story
This is the story of Rhonda Moag’s Great Aunt Maree. She had often been told the story by her Aunt Sonia about Aunt Maree who was a brilliant equestrian who led a grand parade atop a big white horse and then was tragically killed when she was thrown. It was never clear if she was […]
Jimmy Long – a link with Paddy Hannan
If you were in want of a good story in the 1930’s, you only need to take a long walk up Cassidy Hill on the fringe of Kalgoorlie to see old Jimmy Long. He not only overflowed with reminiscences of colourful goldfields life, but he also was a link to Paddy Hannan. In fact he […]
The Swearful Dryblower – a verse
I am a digger at Mulgabbie and I’d like to rise and say Dryblowing is a swearful game to most diggers anyway. You work for days without a color, then have a lengthy swear that takes two solid windy days to cleanse the atmosphere. If an angel down from heaven had to dryblow for a […]
Roses are Red and Violets are Blue –
When I was young and long before that, it was a common practice for young girls and women to have autograph books where they would get their friends to write short sayings and verses and sign their names. I still have one that my mother had during WW2. Some took it one step further and […]
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