Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Can anyone help with information on any family members who may have returned to Yugoslavia on two ship that were chartered by Marshall Tito just after WW2 to repatriate the people of Yugoslavia back to their home country. However, most of them … [Continue reading]
The following is an extract of an oral history interview in 2013 with Walter Davis by Dr Criena Fitzgerald for the:-'History of the Slav/Italian Community in Kalgoorlie/Boulder' project. My name is Walter (Wally) Dominic Davis and I was born … [Continue reading]
This photograph depicts the Jugoslav International Tug O'War Team in 1926:- In 1926, these men were in their prime, strong, fit and apparently healthy, having just been proclaimed as the goldfields champions of the ‘Tug of War’ … [Continue reading]
The discovery of gold that led in turn to Golden Valley, Southern Cross, Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie and Western Australia becoming a member of the Federation is a story seldom told. This is an extract from 'Sand and Stone Vol 1' by Kevin Moran as … [Continue reading]
The Diggers new Year Song describes how a group of miners toiled without success until late in the Old Year and having at last struck gold were determined that all around them would join in celebrating the advent of the New Year and the good luck … [Continue reading]
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