The firm of Phil and Royal, Master Builders and Contractors, were located in Sylvester Street, Coolgardie (see map). They also had a factory in Cassidy Street, Kalgoorlie.
Philp & Royal, Sylvester Street, Coolgardie. 1896 The man on the steps with the beard is James PHILP – Photo courtesy of Mrs K Jones of Victoria.
In 1897, Phil and Royal were the builders for the Kalgoorlie Primary School and additions to the Kalgoorlie Post Office, which included, a mail room, a new despatch clerk’s room,money order and Savings Bank room, and a storeroom. They also built several other prominent building in early Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie. Other town buildings include the Broad Arrow Police Lockup.
Coolgardie Map
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Moya Sharp
Hi Moya,
The mention of the builders of the Kal Central school brought back memories of the 1960s when I used to pass along Cassidy St going to work.Opposite the School there was a brick building, apparently empty, on the site of the present day taxi company depot. It looked like one of the early pubs in town but I knew it hadn’t been a pub.
Attempts to identify it using the old Postal Directories revealed nothing.
My guess is it might have been a rooming house of the goldrush era. It looked like one..
Do you remember it, and have you any info on it?
Bernie.