My Dear Annie – Missingham Letters 4

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The following letter is the last sent before David Missingham reached the Goldfields of Western Australia.  You will see he often refers to money matter and it seems that he had left some debts behind him in Charters Towers Qld. As with all letters I would love to be able to read the replies but […]

Moorine Station – mystery photos

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Many years ago the following photographs were sent to a friend of mine who has now passed away. The photographs were among the many she left me. This group of photographs featured here are only identified as “Moorine Station’. There was an email address with the photos but unfortunately it is not current.  I am […]

Was she First ? – Alma Harriet Bennett

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One the back of this faded photograph was written:- Alma Harriet Emily Bennett, the first white child born in Kalgoorlie on the 21st April 1895. Daughter of Mr and Mrs F L Bennett, 142 Piccadilly Street, Kalgoorlie. Alma was to die young, not long after this photo was taken I would think. She died at […]

The Man they Bathed in Beer

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The Countryman 16th Oct 1958 – ARTHUR BENNETT. Bill Faahan’s name creeps into most stories of early Coolgardie days. Bill ran the Club Hotel, he was the town’s mayor in its heyday, and he was known to every prospector east of Southern Cross. One of his many yardmen was a runaway sailor from a ship […]

Patriotic Knitters – Cue

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This is an amazing photograph entitled’ Patriotic Knitters’. It was taken in Cue, Western Australia and shows a group of women and children knitting comforts for the WW1 troops. Looks like socks and scarves.