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The Kalgoorlie Biplane –

04/06/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

A piece of aeronautical history will be revived by the Kalgoorlie-Boulder community with a biplane replica based on the one built in the Goldfields town during the early 20th century. The two-seater tractor biplane was built in Kalgoorlie in 1914 by mechanical engineering apprentices Paul JAENTSCH, Roy BURTON, and Walter Merlin PETERS from the Kalgoorlie […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Aeroplane, Australian History, Aviation, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Dead Man in a Mine Shaft –

04/06/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner Wednesday 31 August 1898, page 4 A Dead Man In A Mine Shaft BELIEVED TO BE A KANOWNA RESIDENT. A gruesome discovery was made at about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon by Mr. H Colin. That gentleman was walking over the ground about three-quarters of a mile to the southwest of the southern end […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Kanowna, Western Australia

Camooweal Billabong  by Ray Jackson

28/05/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Camooweal Billabong by Ray Jackson A hot dry wind came from the south so constant and so strong I had to stop so looked and found a shaded billabong I knew at once this special place had a story it would tell so there I camped to sit a while and give myself a spell […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History

Bessie Jordan – a pioneering woman

21/05/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Elizabeth Jane Ann ‘Bessie’ Jones was born on 17 AUG 1877 in Sandhurst, Victoria. She was the daughter of James Jones (1849-1892) and Harriet Jones nee Harry (1851-1925). She had only one sibling, James Henry Jones born 15 Aug 1882. At the age of 20yrs, she married Richard Michael Jordan on the 27th of August […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Our boys – a verse

21/05/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 28 January 1897, page 9 OUR BOYS. Out to the West, with its golden tale, They steal off one by one, And some will prosper, and some will fail In the land of the setting sun. You take with you, boys, our best goodwill Good luck in the Golden West We’ll meet […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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