North Kalgoorlie School Cadets, winners of the best shooting school cadets. Taken in 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 yrs old in this photograph although he look younger. The shooting […]
More Tales from Brown Hill Road –
31/01/2019 By 2 Comments
By Michael Johansen (nee Morgan) The old Metters and Parramatta wood stoves were hungry beasts. They gobbled up wood at an alarming rate. There were a couple of huge ‘Gimlet’ gums in Brown Hill road but they were unavailable for firewood so we had to go collect our own out to the east of town. […]
Brown Hill Road Tales – by Michael Johansen
12/01/2019 By 6 Comments
Being raised in Brown Hill Road, East Kalgoorlie or the Paddy Hannan reward, etc. was a wonderful experience for many reasons. Let me share several of my many experiences with you: In the 60’s and early 70’s Aboriginal elders used to come to our home at 76 Brown Hill road in the search of bread, […]
The Girl of the Goldfields:- a family story
08/01/2019 By Leave a Comment
This is the story of Rhonda Moag’s Great Aunt Maree. She had often been told the story by her Aunt Sonia about Aunt Maree who was a brilliant equestrian who led a grand parade atop a big white horse and then was tragically killed when she was thrown. It was never clear if she was […]
St Michael’s School : new records
01/01/2019 By 2 Comments
After several months, we would like to say that the transcript of the admission records for St Michael’s School, Corner of Butler and Peers St, Kalgoorlie have now been completed. The school closed in 1975 and the records transferred to St Mary’s Primary School, Kalgoorlie. These records are reproduced with the permission of the St Mary’s […]
