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The Grand Hotel Kookynie – Sepia Saturday

03/09/2016 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

Goldfields Heroes – The Dease Collection 1

01/09/2016 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

‘Kalgoorlie Boys’ The following photograph are from the “The Soldiers of Barrack Street” collection and are the work of famed West Australian photographer Denis Dease who operated the Dease studio at 117 Barrack Street from 1898 to 1929. Dease was a prolific photographer of great importance.These photographs are all men with connections to Kalgoorlie. The full […]

And a Good Time Was Had By All

30/08/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Every Year the Bricknell Grocery Store in Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie would hold a picnic for their employees which was a much looked forward to event. It was usually held in September and all the staff would attend. There were games and races and lots of food and drink. The event was usually held outside of […]

The Rose Garden Memorial – KRH

28/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Kalgoorlie regional Hospital, St Albans Road, Kalgoorlie Western Australia, ‘Lat: -30.741389 Long: 121.471111’ (Photographs by Sandy Duncan) Many Readers may be unaware that we have a WW2 memorial at the Rose Garden at the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital at the St Albans Road Entrance. The memorial is in the form of an individual plaque for a […]

BULONG – or the I.O.U

27/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Excerpts from an interesting account of the early days of Bulong which appeared in the Kalgoorlie Miner newspaper Monday 16th June 1952 Bulong, situated about 20 miles east of Kalgoorlie and 15 miles south east of Kanowna, was active from about 1893 to 1908 with various deep leads and alluvial workings, which by 1900 […]