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The Brewery on the Breakaway: Sandstone’s Beer-Making Marvel

20/06/2026 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

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

The Last Ferment: Bill the Topman’s Final Descent

02/05/2026 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

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

Not A Gold Rush, But Still

21/03/2026 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Beer, Goldfields History, Hotels, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Cheers for Change: Mt Morgans’ Victorious Beer Boycott

24/05/2025 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

BEER STRIKE AT MT MORGANS VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS Kalgoorlie Western Argus: 14 July 1903.  –  A correspondent, telegraphing under yesterday’s date from Mt. Morgans, states: A fierce and decisive battle has been fought in this town, the contest lasting exactly 48 hours. The miners, led by Captain Frampton, held a meeting on Friday night […]

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

Coote and Maley – Brewers of Lawlers

29/06/2024 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Beer, Goldfields History, Hotels, Lawlers, Western Australia

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