The Sun, Kalgoorlie : 24 March 1907, page 9 MARRIAGE OF A RUE DE BROOKMAN RESIDENT. The foundations of goldfields society were not exactly shaken to their bedrock bottom on Wednesday morning, last , when the “Kalgoorlie Miner” issued with the announcement of the marriage of a well known Afghan , to a more notoriously […]
Oscar Ohlson – fireman
14/07/2018 By 1 Comment
Oscar Olaf Ohlson of the Coolgardie Fire Brigade taken 26 Jun 1912. He was born in Sweden on 23 Dec 1882 and died in North Adelaide and is buried in the Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia on the 18 Mar 1954.
McKee’s Denver City Hotel:
29/06/2018 By 1 Comment
Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 – 1954), Saturday 10 September 1898, page 52 DENVER CITY HOTEL, Corner of Bayley and Lefroy Streets, Coolgardie. The Denver City Hotel is a fine new building, of brick and stone, situate at the corner of Bayley street and Lefroy street, in Coolgardie. Its position is very convenient for […]
“Can I shave you. Mr. Smiler.” ???
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From the pen of ‘Smiler Hales’ – Alfred Arthur Greenwood HALES (1860-1936) “You can’t whip a mining camp for novelties”. I was walking along Bayley street the other afternoon, feeling like a poet and looking like a tramp out of luck, when I saw a shingle hanging from a tent, which bore the information that […]
Warden Finnerty : that is the question?
24/06/2018 By 2 Comments
These two photographs present a mystery which is unlikely to be resolved. Both are believe to be the same man at different points in his life, but confirmation of that is a tall order. John Michael Finnerty was born in Ireland and educated at Rugby school, his father was Major Finnerty, who saw service in […]
