Coolgardie Childrens Hospital – A First !!!

The Coolgardie Childrens Hospital

The Childrens Hospital Coolgardie – the first children’s hospital in Western Australia, functioned for a time in Coolgardie but was eventually abandoned and the patients were placed in a special ward in the Government hospital close by.  In 1904 the … [Continue reading]

The Wednesday Afternoon Cricket Clubs

Western Argus 15 April 1902

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The Star – Wine and Beer Saloon.

Star Wine and Beer Saloon

The Star Wine and Beer Saloon is the first photograph to be uploaded to the 'Hotels of the Goldfields' project. Im sure that this is one that most will not have heard of or seen before. It was on the location of 37 to 39 Broadarrow Road, … [Continue reading]

Hotels of The Goldfields

Hotel Moving

Some eighteen years ago my late friend, Sandy Duncan, and I started collecting photographs and information on the hotels of the Goldfields of Western Australia.  Although we were collectors of all aspects of Goldfields History, hotels became our … [Continue reading]

Can you help Outback Family History???

  Hi Everyone!  Are any readers 'Booktopia' customers or 'Ancestry.com' members??  When you log on to these pages it would be a huge assistance to Outback Family History if you could log on through the Outback Family History blog … [Continue reading]