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Underworld Character – conviction in Kalgoorlie

23/05/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Infamous Sydney crime figure, Tilley Devine, portrayed un the TV series Underbelly, had a link to Kalgoorlie Boulder after being arrested and jailed on the Goldfields. Matilda ‘Tilley” Devine, was born in England in 1900 and became a prominent crime syndicate crime figure involved in sly grog dealing and razor gangs, but most notably as […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Tilley Devine, Western Australia

Whites Boot Palace

22/05/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Whites Boot Palace next to the Tattersalls Hotel in Burt Street, Boulder, 1908

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Red Flannel Joe- pioneer profile

19/05/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Mail – Perth – 28 February 1935, page 9 He is known as ‘Red Flannel Joe‘ throughout the district. He is old and somewhat pompous and lives in a tin hut in what was once the main street of this little nor-west town of Peak Hill. It’s almost deserted now, and Joe’s structure is […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Peak Hill, Western Australia

Kunanalling or the 25 Mile – ghost towns

13/05/2018 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

KUNANALLING (Also known as the 25 Mile) GPS 30 41 05 S 121 04 0E The townsite of Kunanalling is located in the eastern goldfields, 25 “miles” from Coolgardie and it was first known as the “25 Mile” when the Warden for this goldfields area recommended a townsite be declared in 1895. At this time […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Goldfields History, Kunanalling, Western Australia

Anastasia (Annie) Williams – grave tales

12/05/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

On the 7th October 1916, there occurred the death of Anastasia (Annie) Mary WILLIAMS of 3 Bourke Street, Kalgoorlie. She was age 42yrs and was born in Killkenny Ireland in 1864. Her husband was Abraham Williams and she had five children, James, Dannie, Gordon, Cassie and May (May married Mr E Morgan EVANS of Gwalia […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

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