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Book Review – Bullfinch and the Yilgarn Goldfield

23/07/2015 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Book Review – Bullfinch and the Yilgarn Goldfield by Gilbert M Ralph Bullfinch and the Yilgarn Goldfield had its beginnings with a suggestion from Sir Laurence Brodie-Hall that the unique nature of the community at Bullfinch during the Great Western Consolidated era from 1950 to 1963 deserved recording. Sir Arvi Parbo, who began his mining […]

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Then and Now – The Peoples Church

22/07/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

St Pauls Church now The peoples Church

      This church has changed very little over the years. The top photograph is when it was originally The New Congregational Church (date not known but approximately 1908), it later became the Wesleyan Church of St Pauls and the recent photograph, taken in 2006, is as it is today. It is now The Peoples […]

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Push Ball – A most unusual sport!

20/07/2015 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Pushball :- Volunteers v Police

The winners of the first Push Ball competition in Coolgardie on 12 July 1905. Back Row: W Sowerby – P Kiely – E Millane – D M Strickland – F P Strickland – M Noonan – C H Field Middle Row: C C Monaghan – H C Pearson – C P Bloom (Capt) – J […]

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Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, kalgoorlie history, Pushball, Western Australia

St Mary’s Primary School, Kalgoorlie

18/07/2015 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

St Mary's School

This is a very early photograph of St Mary’s Primary school in Dugan Street, Kalgoorlie from the Western Argus newspaper in 1903. The building on the right is still there and is behind the admin office, I think that it may now be the school library. It was then called St Mary’s Convent School and […]

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My Dear Annie – Missingham Letters 5

16/07/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Christmas Card 1896

The following letter is the first one sent to Annie by David from Kalgoorlie in the Goldfields. His account of day to day life is interesting. He comments of the number of fires and the all pervading dust. David does seem to have a somewhat condescending tone to his wife who’s opinions I would love […]

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