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Soldiers of WW1 from the Yilgarn (Southern Cross) district of Western Australia.

21/03/2015 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

  This slim book was kindly given to me by Sandra Playle and features portraits of service men and women of the Yilgarn District (Southern Cross District of the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia) . In particular there are many excellent photographs of WW1 soldiers and details of which this is one, it is: 771 […]

Filed Under: Books, People, Places & Towns, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Southern Cross, Western Australia, WW1

The Corrick Family Entertainers:

20/03/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

BOULDER- TOWN HALL.  ‘THE CORRICK FAMILY” Saturday 14th August 1909. The Corrick Family  continued their Boulder season last night. There was a large attendance in the popular portion of the house. The items of the program consisted of orchestral selections and choruses by the full strength of the company and a fine hand bell performance, […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Corrick, Entertainers, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

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 […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, 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 […]

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 […]

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

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