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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

The Albany Fish Supply Co – Kalgoorlie

29/05/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Albany Fresh Fish Supply Co Shop

The Albany Fish Supply Co. was located at 235-6 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. I would say that would be about the present location of the Kalgoorlie City News, just before St Barbara’s Square.  These two advertisements are from the Kalgoorlie Miner in 1929. The Company changed its name to The United Fisheries Co. in […]

Filed Under: Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Businesses, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, shops, Western Australia

A Dearly Beloved Wife – Edith Rosman

28/05/2015 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

I’m sure that I’m not the only one who sees beauty in some memorials in cemeteries. I have spent a great deal of my life wandering around cemeteries, especially our Kalgoorlie Cemetery. The view from the road is often as much as is seen, but if you venture through the gates, you will discover so […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Rosman, Spicer, Western Australia

Water Rations for Gold Miners

27/05/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

This is typical of the scenes at many mines in WA’s eastern goldfields. At the time this photograph was taken – water rations were connected with employment conditions at many mines. Workers on some goldfields were entitled to condensed water as part of their wages, receiving 2 or 4 gallons (9 or 18 L) per […]

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

A Nannine Wedding

23/05/2015 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

A Nannine Wedding Party

I just love this photo. It has so many interesting parts. It is of a wedding party in Nannine, which is about 35 km south west of Meekatharra. The rather middle-aged bride and groom on their ‘Wedding Camel’, the best man and chief bridesmaid on bicycles, each with a bouquet tied to the handlebars. The […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Goldfields History, Murchison Hotel, Nannine, Western Australia

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