I would like to take this opportunity to show you some photographs which I have only just seen for the first time myself of the town and people of Bulong and to tell you a brief history. For some reason there are not a great number of photographs around of Bulong so I hope that you […]
CENTENARIAN DIES – Nurse in Franco-Prussian War
Thur 26th Dec 1935 Kalgoorlie Miner CENTENARIAN DIES Nurse in the Franco-Prussian War This photograph was taken a fortnight before Madam Eugenie Vauthier broke her leg and was admitted to the hospital. It shows her with Jack Frost, an old prospector who regarded her as his mother and took care of her. The dog is […]
The Goat Lady – Hilda Jarvis
Hilda Jarvis (Nee Jones) ‘The Goat Lady’. This is a photo of her taken in 1990 by Roger Garwood and features in his book ‘Off Like Flies’. I was lucky to meet both her and her son, George. Towards the end of her life, she had to move into town and lived at the ‘Little […]
Tin Dog Hut – Bulong
This photo was taken over 20yrs ago by my good friend Roger Garwood and is pictured in his book ‘Off Like Flies’ I have been out four times to see it over the last 20 yrs and the last time I went with Roger and my friend Charley Nadin who’s book Fields of Gold by Charley […]
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