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Bound Together in Life and Death: The Philippe Family Grave at Kalgoorlie

31/01/2026 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Four adult members of the Philippe family are buried in this one grave in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. They are Richard Henry Philippe  bur 12 Oct 1906, age 67 Eliza Mary, nee Howells bur 21 Nov 191,1 aged 73 (Richard’s wife) Bertrand Charles Philippe bur 19 Jun 1950, age 71 (son of Richard and Eliza) Violet […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Trafalgar, Western Australia

When the Children Come Home – by Henry Lawson

24/01/2026 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

On a lonely selection far out in the West An old woman works all the day without rest, And she croons, as she toils ‘neath the sky’s glassy dome, `Sure I’ll keep the ould place till the childer come home.’ She mends all the fences, she grubs, and she ploughs, She drives the old horse, […]

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Darlot – Centenary Celebrations 1994

24/01/2026 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Former residents of the abandoned townsite of Darlot, 130 km north of Leonora, returned to celebrate the town’s centenary in December 1994. Darlot gold mine manager, David Hatch, said that the earliest known Darlot Mining tenement was registered on December 3 1894. This is the date to mark the town’s centenary. Plutonic Resources, which runs […]

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Filed Under: Books, Places, Schools Tagged With: Australian History, Darlot, Goldfields History, Western Australia

‘Molar Mauler’ – Bert Heathcote

24/01/2026 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The career of a later well know dentist surgeon, Albert ‘Bert’ Edward Heathcote, had a somewhat shaky start as the following article will show: Kalgoorlie Western Argus 7 May 1907, page 27 Unregistered Dentist Fined for Practising. At the Boulder court, Tuesday before the R.M. Mr. E.P. Dowley, Albert Edward Heathcote (age 28yrs), was charged […]

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The Sun Newspaper – not a detective agency

24/01/2026 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sun Newspaper was circulated  in the Goldfields from 1898 to 1929 when the name was changed to The Goldfields Observer, which continued until 1939. Printed and published by Frank Walker for Kalgoorlie Newspapers, Ltd at their office, 51 Forrest street, Kalgoorlie next to the Railway Hotel. The Sunday Times and “The Sun” newspapers of Western […]

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Filed Under: Hotels, People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

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