They had to be born, for in early Coolgardie We had to appear to our folks in the East As patient explorers, courageous and hardy, Facing fortune and famine, wild blizzard and beast; We had to account in the pannikin papers, For whiskers that covered us well to the waist, And our penchant persistent for […]
“The Challenge’ for the ‘Belle of Coolgardie’
In the days of early Coolgardie it was often the case that when a disagreement occurred it was settled in the time honored way by bashing each other senseless. This was welcomed by the general population who were somewhat starved for entertainment. It also ensured your ‘disagreement’ was well and truly ‘settled’. Coolgardie drew to […]
The White Hart Hotel – Coolgardie
The White Hart Hotel was located in Hunt Street, between Sylvester and Lindsay Sts, Coolgardie. Licensees: George Murray Dewsnap – 1901-1902 Stephen Timewell – 1903-1905 Edward Walton -1907- 1909 Frank Martin – 1910 Martin Hyland – 1912 James Duffy – 1914 Hugh Dunstan – 1915 R R Reid – 1916-1917 The White Hart Hotel, erected […]
The United Club Hotel – Coolgardie hotels
The United Club was formed in September 1896 and had Warden J.M. Finnerty as its first President. Immediately after formation it was proposed to erect a building, estimated to cost ₤5,000, for use as a Club in Bayley Street west. The United Club, on the corner of Moran and Bayley Streets Coolgardie west, was an […]
Captain Kettle of the Toorak Hotel –
Built in 1899. On June 25, 1903 a fire destroyed the whole of the front of the hotel. Situated on the 90 Mile Road, in the early days, this was the road out of Coolgardie on the North side. It closed some time in 1910. Licensee’s Harold B McCormick – 1900 E Bradley – 1901 […]
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