I first heard of this project through my friend and author Dr Criena Fitzgerald when she was contracted to work on this program due to her experience and previous work in the field of oral history.  The web site was to be based on a similar site that was done for the Broken Hill district in NSW (See web address at end of post for this site).  Over several visits Dr Fitzgerald was able to interview lots of women from varied backgrounds. The end result is this amazing site which will preserve their memories and voices for years to come.  One of the interviewees was my mother in law, Lorna Sharp,. I think it is wonderful that in decades to come her descendants will be able to listen to her voice telling of her life in the Goldfields.

Karlkurla Gold: A History of the Women of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is a tribute to the women of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Living in a town with a unique role in the development of Western Australia, both as a centre of mining and for its place on the edge of the Nullarbor Plain, Kalgoorlie-Boulder women have made important contributions to this region, before and after white settlement.

Karkurla Gold

http://www.womenaustralia.info/exhib/wikb/wikb-home.html

Karkurla Gold – The Women of Kalgoorlie Boulder

This web sites a project of the National Foundation for Australian Women, in collaboration with the University of Melbourne, as part of the Foundation’s ongoing initiative, the Australian Women’s Archives Project. Karlkurla Gold: A History of the Women of Kalgoorlie-Boulder