Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
The development of the goldfields created an insatiable appetite for timber. A rapidly growing population soon began to wreak havoc on the environment. At first timber was cut for domestic use and to fuel the condensers supplying fresh water. However … [Continue reading]
Western Argus ,December 25, 1902 The illustrations appearing in this issue show to what extent the operations of Messrs. Henderson and Macgeorge, Limited. Auctioneers and general produce salesmen. Of Hannan street. Kalgoorlie have developed. … [Continue reading]
The ANA hall in Kalgoorlie was located at 360 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie which is now where the rear of Woolworths faces Hannan Street. It is not know when it was demolished but it fails to appear in the Post Office Directories … [Continue reading]
The son of a civil engineer, Charles Watson Vosper, Frederick Charles Burleigh Vosper was born in St Dominick Cornwall in England and educated at Truro. He immigrated to Bolivia at the age of 15. Few other details of his early life are known, but … [Continue reading]
"Time Gentlemen" A History of the Hotel Industry in Western Australia by Caroline de Mori Published 1987, ISBN 1862527695 "Time Gentlemen' traces the history of the hotel industry in Western Australia since the first liquor licences were … [Continue reading]
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