Fancy Dress: I think that ‘Fancy’ is the wrong description for these young women. They are called ‘The Mermaids’ and I am sure you will agree they are just beautiful. Taken in Kalgoorlie in 1907 Mirror – Perth – 1 June 1907, page 18 St. John of God’s Hospital Ball, Kalgoorlie By Aura […]
North Kalgoorlie School Cadets
North Kalgoorlie School Cadets, Winners of the Best Shooting School Cadets 1909 Back Row -? SMITH – Jack BACKHOUSE, Captain: Lionel JEFFRIES – E STRANGER – Eric LEAN – Front Row: Royce WOODHEAD – Tom CLEMENTS -B CAPLE – Sid KINGS Young Royce Woodhead would have been 14 years old in this photograph, although he […]
Wooroloo Sanatorium:
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 were widely prevalent in the aftermath of the mass migration that came as a result of the gold rushes in Western Australia in the […]
Was Jack The Ripper on the Goldfields???
Deeming a Goldfields Murderer? ……. Or was he really ‘Jack the Ripper’? This black hearted Englishman caused mass hysteria in the streets of Perth and Melbourne, and began with his arrest by two West Australian police troopers at Southern Cross for the brutal pickaxe murder of his newlywed bride. It brought Perth to a standstill […]
Violence, Murder, and Dispossession – The Human Cost of the Australian Gold Rush
Contributor of the week – Violence, Murder, and Dispossession – The Human Cost of the Australian Gold Rush – By Outback Family History reader Jenni Hodge Rushing for gold makes a few individual fortunes, and breaks the hearts and lives of many more. While it is undoubtedly true that, on a larger level, the Australian […]