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The Founding of the Coolgardie Miner –

01/07/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The Founding of “The Coolgardie Miner” The Golden West Magazine Avon Argus and Cunderdin-Meckering-Tammin Mail 13 April 1935 W. E. CLARE tells the story of Coolgardies first Newspaper, its Vicissitude and Fortunes, those of the “Old Camp,” and the men of the” Roaring Nineties·. “It is indeed a far cast of my memory. Hardly a […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

When War Came to Kalgoorlie Boulder –

01/07/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

When War came to Kalgoorlie-Boulder by Doug Daws As time passes human memories dim and new generations lose connection to the difficulties experienced by the earlier generations. This is never more obvious than when we look back through the mists of time to the Second World War. Although we here in Kalgoorlie-Boulder were a long […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia, WW2

The Pioneer Photographer – Roy Millar

24/06/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Im sure that you will agree that we owe a great debt to the early photographers that captured life on the Goldfields that no written version of events could possibly portray. Not only the family photographs of the people but a record of important events, public figures, building and even just the landscapes of this […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Leonora, Photographer, Western Australia

George Jessop – grave tales

24/06/2023 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

George Augustus Jessop was born on 2 April 1872 in Kilmore, Victoria. He was the son of George Jessop (1847-1898) and Mary nee Deane (1844-1876).  he was the middle child of three born to the couple with an older brother Thomas James and a younger sister Ellen Agnes.  George’s mother died when he was four […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Bardoc, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Sailor Bill’s Elopement –

17/06/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The Sun Kalgoorlie 22 September 1907, page 6 THE ROARING NINETIES A BULLA BULLING ROMANCE SAILOR BILL’S ELOPEMENT (By Spinifex). Many of the boys of the old brigade have disappeared. They were a roving lot, and when the share boom collapsed in ’97, and the demand for “properties” had petered out, they booked for various […]

Filed Under: Hotels, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Bulla Bulling, Goldfields History, Hotels

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