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The First Line into ‘The Old Town’

05/12/2015 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Many of you may have seen this sign which is located near the entrance of the carpark near Kmart in Brookman Street. It is on the site of what used to be the corner of Cassidy and Brookman Streets. It marks the point where the telegraph line entered into what was then called Hannans and […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Telegraph, Western Australia

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