The Mirror – Perth 28 August 1937, page 23 Kalgoorlie Brewery’s Record of Progress, Maker of Big K Ale and Stout & Hannan Lager Only one of the 19 breweries once trading on the Goldfields has survived. That is the Kalgoorlie Brewery, and its record is one of continued progress. Three big factors in the […]
A Cool Ale in a Hot Goldfield – The Coote & Maley Story
Western Mail 25 December 1901, page 62 The name of Coote and Maley is known throughout the East Murchison goldfield as brewers of the purest ale. Since this enterprising firm started operations in Lawlers, they have continued to prosper, and although the gradual increase of business has from time to time necessitated the extension of […]
The Brewery on the Breakaway: Sandstone’s Beer-Making Marvel
The Black Range Brewery, or the Breakaway Brewery as it was also known, began trading in August of 1907 with the proprietor as Joseph Vincent Kearney, an Irishman born in 1873 at Ballymoon, Co Carlow, Ireland. The manager was Michael ‘Mick’ Dempsey. It was located on the Maninga Marley Road, 4.8 kilometres from Sandstone. What […]
The Last Ferment: Bill the Topman’s Final Descent
The Sun Kalgoorlie 8 March 1903, page 10 Bill the Topman of Stringer’s Brewery By Pharisee. Bill Stiggins had been at Stringer’s brewery from the start, in fact, had helped to put the building up. “Saur the first load er muck took outer the cellar and sampled the first beer, “he said when the origin […]
Not A Gold Rush, But Still
Mirror Perth 15 August 1931, page 19 NOT A GOLD RUSH. BUT STILL !! A Rush On Richmond Beer Continuous Streams Of People Now Flow Daily Into The Grand Hotel, Kalgoorlie, and the Shamrock Hotel, Boulder. RICHMOND beer has captured the Goldfields, as it has done every other part of Australia. The popular beverage is […]
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