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Eliza Mincham – Sepia Saturday

27/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Tommy King and ‘The Miners Dream’

22/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

The Southern Cross Times 9th May 1914 – THE MINERS DREAM The old identities expressed deep and sincere regret yesterday when word came into town that old Tommy King had been killed at Parker’s Range, for Tommy was one of the pioneers of 1887 and 1888. For over 28 years the deceased maintained that he had a rich gold find […]

Pioneers of Southern Cross – Grave Tales

21/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

If you have ever traveled by road to or from Kalgoorlie to Perth, you will no doubt have passed through Southern Cross. At the entrance to the town (from the Kalgoorlie side) you may have noticed a large stone with a plaque and several cemetery headstones arranged in a semi circle around it. These are […]

John Mohr and Bros – Champion Greengrocer and Hawker

20/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

1901. Mr John Charles Mohr with young boy (Charlie Jones) Mr Mohr was born in 1875, his parents ran a green grocers in Northam. He came to the Goldfields as a young man in search of gold in 1894. At one time he did the mail run on a push bike between Coolgardie and Broadarrow […]

Heres’ to you Mrs Robinson – A pioneering woman

15/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

This photograph was taken at Lake View Consoles GM in Kalgoorlie in 1896. It shows a group of gold prospectors and miners, including adventurous natural-geologist and pioneering prospector Robert (‘Bobby’) Robinson and his wife, Annie, standing at the right of the group. Not many women are depicted in these early photographs, many choosing to stay […]