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Kunanalling School Honour Roll 1914 to 1918

14/03/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The township of Kunanalling is situated on the 90-mile road about 20 miles north-west of Coolgardie. It was originally known as the 25-mile, then later gazetted as Kunanalling.  The once thriving town is now deserted, and the only remains are those of the Premier Hotel.  The following names are those of the pupils who attended […]

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Filed Under: People, Places, Rolls of Honor, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kunanalling, Western Australia, WW1

Karkurla Gold – A History of the Women of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

12/01/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I first heard of this project through my friend and author Dr Criena Fitzgerald when she was contracted to work on this program due to her experience and previous work in the field of oral history.  The web site was to be based on a similar site that was done for the Broken Hill district […]

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Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Karkurla Gold

The Hotel Australia – The Coach House, Laverton

11/01/2015 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Hotel Australia Laverton 1900

The Hotel Australia in Laverton Western Australia still stands today. It has changed very little over the years, as you will see from the following photographs; Originally, the Hotel Australia was built in 1899. Laverton was then the centre of a booming gold mining district and was named after Dr Charles Laver. The architect was […]

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Filed Under: Hotels Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Goldfields history Kalgoorlie Cemetery E - H, Laverton

Not Just a Presidents Wife – Lou Henry Hoover

11/01/2015 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Lou Henry Hoover

Lou Henry Hoover was the wife of Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st president of the United States of America. There has been a great deal written about her husbands time on the Goldfields of Western Australia but very little has been told about his wifes achievements in her own right. During her time as ‘First […]

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Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Herbert C Hoover, Herbert Hoover, Kalgoorlie boulder, kalgoorlie history, Kalgoorlie School of Mines, Lou Henry Hoover, Sons of Gwalia, Western Australia

The Ghosts of Bayley Street – a verse

04/01/2015 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

The Ghosts of Bailey Street

Almost 1000 men under the age of 26 lies buried in the Coolgardie Cemetery. The Ghosts of Bayley Street Last night the occult was in power And as the clocks struck midnight hour With saddened eyes and soundless feet, A thousand ghosts walked Bayley Street Ghosts of men who, joys denying Paved the way, and […]

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Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie Cemetery, Ghosts of Bailey Street, poem, Western Australia

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