On a lonely selection far out in the West An old woman works all the day without rest, And she croons, as she toils ‘neath the sky’s glassy dome, `Sure I’ll keep the ould place till the childer come home.’ She mends all the fences, she grubs, and she ploughs, She drives the old horse, […]
Darlot – Centenary Celebrations 1994
Former residents of the abandoned townsite of Darlot, 130 km north of Leonora, returned to celebrate the town’s centenary in December 1994. Darlot gold mine manager, David Hatch, said that the earliest known Darlot Mining tenement was registered on December 3 1894. This is the date to mark the town’s centenary. Plutonic Resources, which runs […]
‘Molar Mauler’ – Bert Heathcote
The career of a later well know dentist surgeon, Albert ‘Bert’ Edward Heathcote, had a somewhat shaky start as the following article will show: Kalgoorlie Western Argus 7 May 1907, page 27 Unregistered Dentist Fined for Practising. At the Boulder court, Tuesday before the R.M. Mr. E.P. Dowley, Albert Edward Heathcote (age 28yrs), was charged […]
The Sun Newspaper – not a detective agency
The Sun Newspaper was circulated in the Goldfields from 1898 to 1929 when the name was changed to The Goldfields Observer, which continued until 1939. Printed and published by Frank Walker for Kalgoorlie Newspapers, Ltd at their office, 51 Forrest street, Kalgoorlie next to the Railway Hotel. The Sunday Times and “The Sun” newspapers of Western […]
Why ‘Black Bob’ Left Ben Hall’s Gang
You may not know, but in the Coolgardie Cemetery lies the son of one of the ‘Supposed’ members of Ben Hall’s bushranger gang. His name is William HASSELL – buried 24 Jan 1898, aged 34 years, died at Coolgardie Hospital, Cause: Enteric Fever, Father: William Thomas ‘Black Bob’ HASSELL, Mother: Julia LALOR, Born: Ballarat East, Victoria, […]
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