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A Life on the Stage – Early Goldfields Theatres

10/09/2016 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

On the 4th September 1894 Hannans Find was declared and the track from Coolgardie became the main street. The camp was now becoming a town and more and more business were starting to spring up. Many made from hessian and canvas with a wooden frame. With the arrival of the rail line came building materials […]

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Goldfields Heroes – The Dease Collection 1

01/09/2016 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

George Brabner

‘Kalgoorlie Boys’ The following photograph are from the “The Soldiers of Barrack Street” collection and are  the work of famed West Australian photographer Denis Dease who operated the Dease studio at 117 Barrack Street from 1898 to 1929. Dease was a prolific photographer of great importance.These photographs are all men with connections to Kalgoorlie. The full […]

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And a Good Time Was Had By All

30/08/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Egg and Spoon Race, Bricknells Picnic 1908

Every Year the Bricknell Grocery Store in Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie would hold a picnic for their employees which was a much looked forward to event. It was usually held in September and all the staff would attend. There were games and races and lots of food and drink. The event was usually held outside of […]

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The Rose Garden Memorial – KRH

28/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Cyril Joseph Della Bosca

Kalgoorlie regional Hospital, St Albans Road, Kalgoorlie Western Australia,  ‘Lat: -30.741389  Long: 121.471111’ (Photographs by Sandy Duncan) Many Readers may be unaware that we have a WW2 memorial at the Rose Garden at the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital at the St Albans Road Entrance. The memorial is in the form of an individual plaque for a […]

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John Mohr and Bros – Champion Greengrocer and Hawker

20/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

J Mohr & Co

1901. Mr John Charles Mohr with young boy (Charlie Jones) Mr Mohr was born in 1875, his parents ran a green grocers in Northam. He came to the Goldfields as a young man in search of gold in 1894. At one time he did the mail run on a push bike between Coolgardie and Broadarrow […]

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