Recently I was in contact with Jason Clark who has been researching his ‘Yuill’ family connections in the WA Goldfields. The family suffered several tragedies. The following photograph shows Christina Jessie Yuill (nee Balle) with her young son William John . Although the date was handwritten on the front of the photograph of 1916, this […]
Mr Mr Cecil Brown – Goldfields Profile
10/03/2017 By Leave a Comment
The Mirror, Perth WA 15 August 1931, page 16 THE PROPERTY KING OF KALGOORLIE SUCCESSFUL ENTERPRISE IN REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES OF MR CECIL BROWN I’ve plenty of buyer for homes, but few homes for sale. I’ve a big demand for houses and flats, but scarcely any to let. The most solvent centre of the Commonwealth […]
Child of the Woodline – grave tales
08/03/2017 By 3 Comments
Some years ago I posted the following photograph and although I said I had no idea who was the child buried in this sad little grave in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, it was shared many thousands of times. It evokes all the sadness of a family who were unable to afford a proper memorial so they […]
A Racing Man from Tipperary – grave tales
28/02/2017 By 1 Comment
FATAL MINING ACCIDENT IN THE PERSEVERANCE MINE – MAN FALLS DOWN A PASS. Richard Ryan, a well known citizen of Boulder, met with an instantaneous death in the Great Boulder Perseverance. Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 – 1916), Tuesday 17 March 1908, page 17 On Wednesday 11th March about 9.30 a.m. the deceased and […]
South Kalgoorlie -How it came to be
24/02/2017 By 6 Comments
Western Mail 26th Dec 1946 Ex-servicemen have banded together for a building project at Kalgoorlie The Housing Problem – Enterprise on the Goldfields by K, Douglas DUE to the initiative and willingness of a band of ex servicemen, a model community centre is well under way to being completed at […]
