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The Kalgoorlie Hotel – Judds pub

28/09/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

  Kalgoorlie Hotel ‘Judds Pub’. Hannan Street Kalgoorlie This photo is not one often seen of this well know local iconic building. Built c 1896 from ‘white stone’ it has remained a going concern ever since. It hasn’t always been called ‘Judds’ it was named as such from James (Judd) Mahony who gave his nick […]

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Kalgoorlie Electric Tramway Employees

14/09/2019 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Did you know that there is a list of the employees of the Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways on the Outback Family History website? You can see the list at  –  https://bit.ly/3qNSf2t A copy of the employment record can be requested by emailing research@outbackfamilyhistory.com.au

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Filed Under: People Tagged With: Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Trams, Western Australia

Annie McCulloch – grave tales

07/09/2019 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

The following grave is in the Presbyterian section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, grave number 3625. The surroundings are in poor condition, and all the tiles and immortelles are missing, but the headstone at least is intact. Three people from one family are buried here. First, a little girl, Annie Danella Muir Roy MCCULLOCH ‘Ella’, who […]

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George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist

31/08/2019 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist     by Roger Underwood Submitted by Ian Kealley My career as a forester, and the career of famous forester George Brockway, overlapped by exactly two days. On January 2nd, 1963, immediately after graduation from Forestry School, I  was appointed an Assistant District Forest Officer and posted to the Forests Department’s […]

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Leo Naughton is dead – a verse

31/08/2019 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Today is the anniversary of the death of a local man, Leo Naughton. The following verse was written in his honor by me, his childhood friend –  Tony Bozich:- Someone said, “Leo Naughton is dead”, my friend of nine years schooling, who never a nasty word said whether at school or football or fooling. In […]

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Filed Under: People, Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

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