The following story is published with the kind permission of Dennis Aartsen and is an excerpt from his four-volume set of books, Hotels of the Barrier Ranges. Black Dennis On the 28th of August 1911, a passerby stopped by a modest shack just north of Coolgardie on the Bonnie Vale Road. He found the occupant […]
A Golden Wedding in a Goldfields Town
The Sun, Kalgoorlie 8 March 1914, page 7 A GOLDEN WEDDING IN A GOLDFIELDS TOWN On Wednesday last Mr and Mrs Thomas Hickey of Burbanks celebrated their Golden Wedding at the village hall. Dancing was indulged in and the veteran joined in all the dances with the enthusiasm of a boy despite his seventy years. […]
Joseph Salinger – grave tales
Joseph Salinger (Hebrew Name: Yosef ben Avraham Ya’akov) died at Nurse Egans Private Hospital on the 30th January 1907 aged 41 years. At the time of his death he was the licensee of the Boulder City Hotel in Piesse Street, Boulder and prior to this was the licensee of both the Denver City and the […]
Gullewa Cemetery –
Gullewa Cemetery – Reserve 3911 Coordinates: -28.5507826, 116.3726805 GULLEWA GOLDFIELD – The W.A. Record 27th February 1897 The Gullewa Goldfield is situated N.E. from Mingenew 80 miles, and east of Wurarga on the Mullewa-Cue line, which is the nearest railway station, about 18 miles, and is only one day’s journey by rail from the Port […]
Sala Memorial – a father and son
I’m sure that you will agree that this memorial on the graves of father and son, Nicholas ‘Mick’ SALA and Martin William SALA is a most impressive one. It is in the Roman Catholic section of the Boulder Cemetery. Nicholas ‘Mick or Michael’ SALA was buried on 2nd August 1930 aged 41 years. Cause of […]
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