Anton MARINKOVIC – buried 25th September 1909 aged 16 months in the Roman Catholic Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Grave No 3365. The inscription says: ANTON The Beloved Son of Anton and Mary Marinkovic Died 23rd September 1909 Aged 16 months Had he asked us well we know We should cry ‘O spare this blow’ […]
Playing Hookey !!! A very serious game.
28/03/2020 By Leave a Comment
‘Playing Hooky’, many of you, myself included, may think this means by definition:- To be absent from school with out permission or excuse. However if you were a drinker in the 1930’s in Kalgoorlie Boulder you probably would remember a quite different game. I first heard of this game when an ‘Outback Family History’ reader, […]
Margaret Alice Lynch – grave tales
21/03/2020 By Leave a Comment
103 yrs ago Margaret Alice Lynch died at age 68 yrs and was buried in the Roman Catholic Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery on the 21st Sept 1917 in grave number 4986. This impressive memorial is in a double plot, but she is buried there alone. She is buried close to her son, William Reilly, […]
My Life on the Golden Mile – Tony Bozich
14/03/2020 By Leave a Comment
Up to ten years of age and 1949 when my family moved to Boulder and up close to the Golden Mile, I lived in central Brookman Street, halfway between the police station and the brothels as I like to tell people. Opposite the Catholic Church lived a schoolmate of mine, Graham Darcy whose father, if […]
A Swine of Sumptuous Proportions
29/02/2020 By Leave a Comment
Billy, the gigantic New Zealand pig afforded an interesting spectacle to the many visitors to the Kalgoorlie Railway Station yesterday. He was travelling with the ‘World’s Smallest Racehorse’ to the Perth Royal Show. Billy, a Berkshire/Tamworth cross breed is said to weigh 1500lbs. He is an ungainly looking fellow but is said to have the […]
