The Disappearance of Margaret Bale In December 1909, Margaret Bale, a 25-year-old schoolteacher who had spent three years teaching at the Sisters of the Church school at Lamington Heights, Kalgoorlie (now a private House at 26 Ward Street, Lamington), left the goldfields intending to return to England. She travelled to Perth and stayed with friends […]
Sisters of the Church – the first High School
The following story was written by Fr Ted Doncaster and is an extract from the publication “The Cross in the Field, a history of the Anglican Church in the Eastern and Murchison Goldfields of Western Australia”. It is produced with his permission and I would like to thank him for his assistance and his continued […]
Gwalia School – book review
Written and Published in 1906 by Arlene Collins nee Puddy. Although the school in Leonora close to Gwalia is well known and still going today, many poeple may not know there was also a school at Gwalia. This excellent book tell its story. In the introduction Arlene says: This year, 2006, marks the 100th anniversary […]
Sisters of the Church High School –
The following story was written by Fr Ted Doncaster and is an extract from the publication “The Cross in the Field, a history of the Anglican Church in the Eastern and Murchison Goldfields of Western Australia”. It is produced with his permission and I would like to thank him for his assistance and his continued […]
Brown Hill School 1902 – a snapshot
On the 26th March 1904 photographs were taken of all the staff and students of the Brown Hill School for the Western Argus newspaper. Unfortunately, no students are named but it is a great snapshot of all the pupils of that year. The Brown Hill School was the second largest in the Goldfields, the biggest […]
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