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The Australian Horse Bazaar

05/07/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Australian Horse Bazaar (Rear)

The Australian Horse Bazaar was located on the corner of Brookman and Porter Street, Kalgoorlie.  The spot is now the premises of the Dept of vehicle licensing. It was known also by the name of Kennedy and Brougham at the same time. Western Argus 1st October 1896 (Advertisement). Two energetic and enterprising gentlemen, Messrs G. […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Australian Horse Bazaar, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder

The Albany Fish Supply Co – Kalgoorlie

29/05/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Albany Fresh Fish Supply Co Shop

The Albany Fish Supply Co. was located at 235-6 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. I would say that would be about the present location of the Kalgoorlie City News, just before St Barbara’s Square.  These two advertisements are from the Kalgoorlie Miner in 1929. The Company changed its name to The United Fisheries Co. in […]

Filed Under: Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Businesses, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, shops, Western Australia

A Dearly Beloved Wife – Edith Rosman

28/05/2015 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

I’m sure that I’m not the only one who sees beauty in some memorials in cemeteries. I have spent a great deal of my life wandering around cemeteries, especially our Kalgoorlie Cemetery. The view from the road is often as much as is seen, but if you venture through the gates, you will discover so […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Rosman, Spicer, Western Australia

The Peoples Pictures – Travelling Road Show

27/05/2015 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Peoples Pictures Travelling Show

The People’s Pictures was a touring road show bringing picture shows to towns along the way. Here is an article from the Kalgoorlie Miner, Dec 1st 1910.   Peoples Pictures Travelling Showne in Kalgoorlie Boulder identify them? Also, what do you think the two ‘poles’ in the garden of the first house are??

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Peoples Pictiures

Tornado Hits Boulder – 1903

23/05/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

All Hallows Church/School After

Tornado Hits Boulder: This was how the news of the big cyclone appeared in the Western Argus of December 22nd 1903. The most destructive cyclone storm ever to be experienced struck the town of Boulder on Wednesday, December 21st. Suddenly, the storm that had caused so much havoc in Kalgoorlie burst upon Boulder at about […]

Filed Under: Church, People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Schools Tagged With: All Hallows, Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder

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