The official reopening of the Goldfields War Museum will take place on Saturday 9 March 2019. We will be asking people to assemble outside the old war museum building on Burt Street at 2.00pm and at 2.30pm we will commence a short march along the footpath to the Boulder Town Hall. The Mayor will then […]
Westonia rolls of honour :-
These are Roll of honour board’s in the memorial room, located inside the Old Miners Hall (Miners and Mechanics Institute) at Westonia which was built in 1914 & fully restored between 2007 – 2009. The war memorial room was added and completed in 2008 to hold the WWI Roll of Honour (right) and the newly […]
Western Australian AIF, WW2- Killed in Action
The following men from the Goldfields were killed in action in WW2. The photographs are not great but if anyone would like a scan do let me know. Below are two examples of the images. ARCHER N W R Kalgoorlie Infantry BECK Pte A Kalgoorlie Infantry BENDALL Pte A Balgarri Infantry CALEY Pte M M […]
In the line of Fire – the brutality of War
I was recently sent this following extract from a new publication, ‘In the Line of Fire’ by Ian Townsend ,by Merv Kennedy who noticed the connection of the family to the Goldfields. This extraordinary true story has almost been forgotten, a young mother & her son Dickie caught up in a difficult situation & totally […]
A Soldiers Letter- Ted Lennell
The following is a very interesting letter which was sent by Ted Lennell about his impressions of rural England during WW2. Evening Star Boulder 19 August 1916, page 2 LETTER FROM LANCE-CORPORAL TED LENNELL Mr. W. T Piper, of the Boulder Council staff, has received the following interesting letter from Lance-Corp Ted Lennel, son of […]