Madame Eugene Vauthier – pioneer profile

CENTENARIAN DIES – Nurse in Franco-Prussian War – Thur 26th Dec 1935 Kalgoorlie Miner This photograph was taken a fortnight before Eugenie Vauthier broke her leg and entered hospital. It shows her with Jack Frost, an old prospector who regarded her as his mother and took care of her. The dog is Marshall, a great pal […]

Patrick Logan – grave tales

There is a mystery surrounding the above grave at Bulong, from some 25 years ago. Around this time, I was contacted by my friend, Mike Logan, who was the Gt Grandson of Patrick Logan. He had made the trip to the Goldfields to visit the grave of his relative in the Bulong cemetery. He also […]

All the little Children – Bulong cemetery

BEDWELL unnamed male child, d 1898, Bulong, Father:- Isaac BEDWELL, Occ:-Miner, Mother:- Margaret Helen MILLER, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery. BEDWELL unnamed male child, d 28 Apr 1899, Margaret Street, Bulong, Father:- Isaac BEDWELL, Occ:-Miner, Mother:- Margaret Helen MILLER, Buried in the Bulong Cemetery. BRYANT Charles, d 30 Aug 1900, Archer Street, Bulong, Infant 7 […]

A very pretty wedding at Bulong – family album

The following story was sent in by Eric Chamberlain from his family album. When Sarah KEOGH was born on 16 November 1879 in Victoria, her father, Cornelius, was 32, and her mother, Mary, was 22. She married Henry COADY in 1905 in Bulong, Western Australia. They had seven children in 11 years. She died on […]

BULONG – or the I.O.U

  Excerpts from an interesting account of the early days of Bulong which appeared  in the Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper Monday 16th June 1952 Bulong, situated about 20 miles east of Kalgoorlie and 15 miles south east of Kanowna, was active from about 1893 to 1908 with various deep leads and alluvial workings, which by 1900 […]