Anzac Service – St George’s Church Boulder

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This photograph shows the St George’s Presbyterian Church in Moran Street, Boulder, ready for the Anzac Service on the 26th April 1931. In the far right, you will see displayed the Honour Board, which is today in the keeping of the Goldfields War Museum. It has the names of 114 servicemen and members of the […]

First Mayor of Coolgardie – James Shaw

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James Shaw was born in 1846 in Belfast, Ireland. His father was Hugh Shaw, an engineer, and his mother was Margaret. They married in Victoria. In 1864, at the age of 18, James Shaw sailed to Auckland, New Zealand, where he started a most successful contracting business. He also won a service medal for fighting […]

The Mincham Family of Bonnie Vale

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This photograph, which is one of many Goldfields photographs belonging to the ‘Mincham Family Photos’ collection and shows Eliza Mincham seated outside her home (left) with a friend and their children (and dog). Eliza was to have four children, all born at Bonnievale before she and her husband, Charles Stephen Mincham, left in 1907 and […]

Titanic Sinks – How the Goldfields Heard!!!

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On  the 14th April 1912, 103 yrs ago today the SS Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. The following is a copy of the newspaper article from 16th April 1912 from the Kalgoorlie Miner and describes how the people of the Goldfields of Western Australia were first told of the tragedy. WHITE STAR LINER COLLIDES […]

Dan Shea – Discovered Gold With Paddy Hannan

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Memorial headstone in memory of prospector Dan Shea, who discovered gold with Paddy Hannan in Kalgoorlie. Dan Shea was born in County Cork, Ireland, and emigrated in 1868 to prospect on the goldfields of Australia and New Zealand. He teamed up with Paddy Hannan and Tom Flanagan, and the three prospectors worked together to prospect […]