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A Dearly Beloved wife – grave tales

03/04/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I’m sure that I’m not the only one that sees the beauty of memorials in cemeteries.  I have spent a great deal of  time wandering around cemeteries, especially our own Kalgoorlie and Boulder Cemeteries.  The view from the road is often as much as is seen by many, but if you venture through the gates […]

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

‘Molar Mauler’ Heathcote-

03/04/2021 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The career of a later well know dentist surgeon, Albert ‘Bert’ Edward Heathcote, had a somewhat shaky start as the following article will show: Kalgoorlie Western Argus 7 May 1907, page 27 Unregistered Dentist Fined for Practicing. At the Boulder court, Tuesday before the R.M. Mr. E.P. Dowley, Albert Edward Heathcote (age 28yrs), was charged […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Dentist, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The Sun – not a detective agency

27/03/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sun Newspaper was circulated  in the Goldfields from 1898 to 1929 when the name was changed to The Goldfields Observer, which continued until 1939. Printed and published by Frank Walker for Kalgoorlie Newspapers, Ltd at their office, 51 Forrest street, Kalgoorlie next to the Railway Hotel. The Sunday Times and “The Sun” newspapers of Western […]

Filed Under: Hotels, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

The Blight Family – from Broken Hill to Boulder

27/03/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

This wonderful photograph, taken in Boulder, is from the family album of Glenda Martinick. It is of Lawrance and Elizabeth Blight, her GG Grandparents, and five of their children, plus a son-in-law and two grand children. Glenda tells me: I have a couple of connections to Boulder/Kalgoorlie though my GGGFather Lawrence Blight, who lived in […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Joze AJDUK – grave tales

27/03/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Headstone reads: In memory of my beloved father Jozo Ajduk died 30th Aug. 1926 aged 53 years. Inscription – Na Uspomenu Mog Pokojnog Otca Jozo Ajduk Rodjen 1873 Umbro 30 Aug. 1926 Njegov Nezamboravni Sin Ante. Translation – In memory of my beloved deceased father Jose Ajduk Born 1873 died 30 August 1926 Always remembered […]

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

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