The Wooroloo Sanatorium Wooroloo Sanatorium, in the Darling Ranges of Western Australia, was established by the State Government in response to the infectious diseases, such as typhoid, diphtheria, and tuberculosis, that was widely prevalent in the aftermath of the mass migration that came as a result of the gold rushes in Western Australia in the […]
Goldfields History Books
12/07/2014 By Leave a Comment
For everyone interested in the history of the people and places of the vast Western Australian Goldfields there is now a constantly updated online list of books which are still in print and where to purchase them on my main web site @ bit.ly/1nhuDsA Soon I will be adding the many books which are now […]
Book Review – Pipe Dream to Pipeline
18/06/2014 By 3 Comments
Pipe-Dream to Pipeline, The Eventful Life of Nathaniel W Harper by Stan Gervas Many of you will know of the story of the water pipeline which came to the Goldfields bringing fresh water and permanent prosperity and the roll played in the scheme by C Y O’Connor. Many of you will not however know of […]
