Finally after many years of work the Coolgardie Cemetery is now on line for the first time ever. I had hoped to have all the headstone/memorial photos also inserted into the list to co inside with the ‘History and Hauntings’ tour this coming Saturday run by the Goldfields Tourism Network at the cemetery but unfortunately […]
Hotels of the Goldfields – 2 The Main Reef Boulder
I am sure many readers will have seen the Main Reef Hotel in Boulder but this is a really great photo of it. Do let me know what you think!!!
Monthly Book Giveaway – Just Soldiers by Darryl Kelly
To commemorate the Anzac Day Weekend this months book giveaway is Just Soldiers by Darryl Kelly: To enter go to: http://bit.ly/1hxG1lT Title Just Soldiers: Stories of Ordinary Australians Doing Extraordinary Things in Times of War Author Darryl Kelly Contributor Anzac Day Commemoration Committee, Queensland Edition illustrated, reprint Publisher ANZAC Day Commemmoration Committee (Queensland), 2004 ISBN […]
Hotels of the Goldfields 1
Each and every Tuesday I will be featuring a photo of a Goldfields hotel you may not have seen before. As you can imagine these are quite a few!!!!! This hotel was situated at 291 Hannan Street half way between the York Hotel and the Wilson Street intersection. I have no further information as to […]
Violence, Murder, and Dispossession – The Human Cost of the Australian Gold Rush
Contributor of the week – Violence, Murder, and Dispossession – The Human Cost of the Australian Gold Rush – By Outback Family History reader Jenni Hodge Rushing for gold makes a few individual fortunes, and breaks the hearts and lives of many more. While it is undoubtedly true that, on a larger level, the Australian […]