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The Miners’ Hall – Boulder

20/10/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Goldfields Leader of February 1902 reported that “The Boulder Miners’ Hall was erected on the Lake View lease some 5 or 6 years ago”. It is believed that the Rev’d E.M. Collick purchased it by private subscription and almost entirely enlarged it considerably at his own expense  He was Rector of Boulder from1898 to […]

Filed Under: Church Tagged With: Australian History, Boulder, Church, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Edward W V Gribble – pioneer profile

12/10/2018 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Edward William Vine GRIBBLE CE Town Clerk and Civil Engineer of Boulder was born in Ballarat Victoria on 16 Nov 1860 and was the son of the late Edward Vine Gribble on of the most prominent mining investors of that town in the early days of its existence. He was educated at Grenville College Ballarat […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Boulder, Goldfields History

The Late Phil Goatcher – obituary

11/12/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Phillip Goatcher obituary, Sunday Times 10 Oct 1931Well known and popular painter and decorator of Perth whose death occurred on Thursday last in his 80th year. He is buried in the Anglican section of the Karrakatta Cemetery with his wife Emma who died aged 40yrs in 1913 The Goatcher Curtain Boulder Town Hall The Goatcher […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Boulder, Goatcher, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

A Distinguished Residence – Trove Tuesday

25/10/2016 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Residence of Kyran Brennan 1903

The following photograph is the home of Kyran Brennan, one of the Brennan Brothers who started the well known stores in Boulder and Kalgoorlie. Mr Brennan left town in 1903 due to ill health. This lovely home was on the corner of Ivanhoe and Burt Street, Boulder. Sadly no longer there.

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Boulder, Brennan, Goldfields History, Houses, Western Australia

Five little graves – Baldock Family Tragedy

06/03/2016 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

It is of the most humbling experiences  to read through the Boulder Cemetery death register. The stark reality of life on the Goldfields in the later years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th is reflected in the names, death details and monumental inscriptions of those who lived and died here. […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Baldock, Boulder, Family History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

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