Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
The Sun, Kalgoorlie 8 March 1914, page 7 A GOLDEN WEDDING IN A GOLDFIELDS TOWN On Wednesday last Mr and Mrs Thomas Hickey of Burbanks celebrated their Golden Wedding at the village hall. Dancing was indulged in and the veteran joined in all the … [Continue reading]
Joseph Salinger (Hebrew Name: Yosef ben Avraham Ya'akov) died at Nurse Egans Private Hospital on the 30th January 1907 aged 41 years. At the time of his death he was the licensee of the Boulder City Hotel in Piesse Street, Boulder and prior to this … [Continue reading]
Gullewa Cemetery - Reserve 3911 Coordinates: -28.5507826, 116.3726805 GULLEWA GOLDFIELD – The W.A. Record 27th February 1897 The Gullewa Goldfield is situated N.E. from Mingenew 80 miles, and east of Wurarga on the Mullewa-Cue line, which is … [Continue reading]
Dollypot, Greenhide and Spindrift: a journal of bush history Russian Jack and Synchronicity - by Diane Oldman I rather thought I had made up the word ‘synchronicity’ and when I attempted to look it up in several dictionaries I couldn’t find … [Continue reading]
Coolgardie Pioneer 24 October 1896, page 15 A Furniture Emporium in Coolgardie The above image affords our readers a view of Messrs Ashton and Cocks Furniture Emporium, the principal business of the kind in Coolgardie. which has a frontage of … [Continue reading]
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