25 Ward Street Lamington In today’s world of super markets and city living, on line shopping the corner grocery store has almost gone. It’s now called a ‘deli and in most cases not a delicatessen as that is a sub section in Woollies or Coles. It means that we have lost contact with how our […]
The Parker Family – pioneer profile
Charles PARKER was born in 1873 and his wife Hannah nee REES was born 1872. They were married in 1892 and came to Australia to live at Hill End in New South Wales. Five of the couples daughters were listed as deceased by 1903. Their last three children were born in Kalgoorlie, Violetta May in […]
Push Ball – A most unusual sport!
The winners of the first Push Ball competition in Coolgardie on 12 July 1905. Back Row: W Sowerby – P Kiely – E Millane – D M Strickland – F P Strickland – M Noonan – C H Field Middle Row: C C Monaghan – H C Pearson – C P Bloom (Capt) – J […]
Titanic Sinks – How the Goldfields Heard!!!
On the 14th April 1912, 103 yrs ago today the SS Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. The following is a copy of the newspaper article from 16th April 1912 from the Kalgoorlie Miner and describes how the people of the Goldfields of Western Australia were first told of the tragedy. WHITE STAR LINER COLLIDES […]
Not Just a Presidents Wife – Lou Henry Hoover
Lou Henry Hoover was the wife of Herbert Clark Hoover, the 31st president of the United States of America. There has been a great deal written about her husbands time on the Goldfields of Western Australia but very little has been told about his wifes achievements in her own right. During her time as ‘First […]