Kalgoorlie Miner 13 January 1923, page 8 An Aboriginal Doctor Bobby Budgeree was the medicine man of the tribe, and thus one of the great men. To attain that position he was tutored by the old men in the trying days of his … [Continue reading]
The Graves of Horseman’s Gully – grave tales
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WARNING:- Graphic content of human remains, this may upset some people. In 1995 Forsyth-Plutonic Gold Mining held the mining lease of an area that included burials at Horseman's Gully near Darlot in the Murchison. Under mining law, it is … [Continue reading]
The Bulletin Hotel – by Henry Lawson
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I was drifting in the drizzle past the Cecil in the Strand Which, I’m told is very tony – and its front looks very grand And somehow fell a-thinking of a pub I know so well Of a place in West Australia called The Bulletin Hotel Just a little … [Continue reading]
On The Golden Trail –
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Sunday Times - Perth - 20 July 1930, page 9 On the Golden Trail Guidé to Carnegie in '94-Gus Luck's Early Goldfields Prospecting Experiences Early in November in 1892, two gold hunters, Gus Luck and his mate Jack Burns, out on … [Continue reading]
Kalgoorlie Hospital Admission Records – No 7
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The next file is now released: File 36 from 16th March 1914 to 30 Jan 1916 - SEARCH Back in 2005, one of the members of the Goldfields Family History Society who worked at the Kalgoorlie Hospital, told us that all of the original admission … [Continue reading]
