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The Crack of Leather on Willow! – Cricket

09/08/2015 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Big Bell CrickeT Team

This weekend has been a big event for all sporting enthusiast from Rugby to Football and of course the cricket. The first recorded cricket match in Australia took place in Sydney in December 1803 and a report in the Sydney Gazette, on 8th January 1804 suggested that cricket was already well established in the infant colony. The […]

Filed Under: They were 1st Tagged With: Australian History, Cricket, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, sport

Menzies to Kalgoorlie Bike Race – 1930

01/06/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Australia’s Richest Handicap Cycle Race Cycling has been part of the Goldfields since the courier cyclist in the 1890’s carried messages around the Goldfields before the telegraph line came to the region. This year’s Minara Resources Goldfields Cyclassic will continue as a two-stage handicap race across the rich and historic landscape of the Western Australian outback from Kalgoorlie-Boulder to Menzies […]

Filed Under: Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Bike Race, Goldfields History, Menzies, sport, Western Australia

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