Western Mail 25 December 1901, page 62 The name of Coote and Maley is known throughout the East Murchison goldfield as brewers of the purest ale. Since this enterprising firm started operations in Lawlers they have continued to prosper, and although the gradual increase of business has from time to time necessitated the extension of […]
When they Drank Champagne out of Pint Pots –
Sunday Times 2 May 1937, page 10 GLIMPSES of life in Coolgardie in those glamorous days when the “Old Camp” was a magnet to adventurous folk from far and wide, can be interestingly recalled by 89 year old Mrs Julie Kennedy, who resides in Stirling-street, Perth. Picture those of wealthy English families rubbing shoulders with […]
The Painting in the Pub –
West Australian 12 July 1952, page 14 A Curtain Raiser for the Golden Nineties by Freda Vines One of our truly indigenous works of art, “Bayley’s Luck” painted by Gerald Walsh in 1899, hangs in the carefree atmosphere of a goldfields pub. The hotel is the Fimiston, one of the only two remaining hotels of […]
Sailor Bill’s Elopement –
The Sun Kalgoorlie 22 September 1907, page 6 THE ROARING NINETIES A BULLA BULLING ROMANCE SAILOR BILL’S ELOPEMENT (By Spinifex). Many of the boys of the old brigade have disappeared. They were a roving lot, and when the share boom collapsed in ’97, and the demand for “properties” had petered out, they booked for various […]
When there’s a Gold Rush ‘Sell Beer’
Coolgardie Pioneer 24 December 1898, page 38 THE MAYOR AND HIS ESTABLISHMENT “I don’t want no pioneering life, take me back to Collingwood.” This was the strain sung by an Eastern states poet who visited and was disgusted with these fields in the early days. Fortunately for the country, the majority of the old-timers, although […]
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