BOULDER BOMBINGS” “GHASTLY TRAGEDY” “TERRIBLE SCENES OF SLAUGHTER” “FOURTEEN MURDERED” These are among the headlines which greeted the public after what could be described as this State’s largest multiple murder. The surprising thing about these horrific murders is the fact that they have receded into history without our current generation being aware of this devastating […]
My Dear Annie – Missingham letters – 1
19/05/2015 By 4 Comments
David Missingham was born in 1855 in Kiama New South Wales. He was a mining Engineer and Mayor of Charters Towers in 1893. In 1897 he traveled to Western Australia, arriving before his family. He sent many letters back to his wife Annie and their eight children. One of his children, Hal Missingham, was to […]
The Goat Lady – Hilda Jarvis nee Jones
18/05/2015 By 3 Comments
Hilda Jarvis (Nee Jones) ‘The Goat Lady’. This is a photo of her taken in 1990 by Roger Garwood and features in his book ‘Off Like Flies’. I was lucky to meet both her and her son George. Towards the end of her life she had to move into town and lived at the ‘Little […]
Whats in a Name – Street Names of Kalgoorlie Boulder
18/05/2015 By 3 Comments
The above publication was published in 1996 and was written by the late Mr E A Dawson. It give the origins of street names through Kalgoorlie Boulder. Here are a couple:- MARSHALL STREET, Piccadilly:- John Marshall was a member of the Kalgoorlie Municipal Council on 1901. He was born in Scotland in 1859 and came […]
Fancy Dress Friday – Japanese Girls
01/05/2015 By 2 Comments
Fancy Dress Balls and school performances were a very popular events in the early goldfields. A great deal of time must have been spent making the costumes as many were very elaborate. They would usually be in groups of four, six, eight and sometimes more. Each would have a ‘theme’ and the groups were called […]
