The “Desert Echo’ was a handwritten newspaper published by the workers employed on the Trans Australia Rail Line. It wasnt possible for them to receive updates on contemporary news so they made their own. This small document is an amazing snapshot of the every day lives of the men who worked on this lonely and isolated […]
Victor Watts – grave tales
08/11/2014 By 4 Comments
“A Most Unusual Story” This is a strange story about one of the men who are listed on the Eastern Goldfields Miners Memorial Memorial which is located at the WA Museum Kalgoorlie Boulder in Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie. His name is Victor Watts. Several years ago I had a phone call from a homeowner to say […]
Mystery Hotel
29/10/2014 By 2 Comments
Can You Help?? Mystery Hotel These photographs belong in a series of shots that depict the damage in a cyclone on 10th Feb 1928 in Kalgoorlie Boulder. The first photograph (hotel on the corner) is the Terminus Hotel (later to become the Golden Eagle) in Boulder but the second hotel is a puzzle. I just […]
Tin Dog Hut – Bulong
05/10/2014 By 1 Comment
This photo was taken over 20yrs ago by my good friend Roger Garwood and is pictured in his book ‘Off Like Flies’ I have been out four times to see it over the last 20 yrs and the last time I went with Roger and my friend Charley Nadin who’s book Fields of Gold by Charley […]
The ‘Eight Hours’ Demonstration 1900 to 1914
28/09/2014 By 1 Comment
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 24 May 1904, page 23 The image above is of the annual ‘Eight Hour’ Demonstration. Labour’s annual holiday from 1900 to 1914. These processions were very popular both with the various trades who constructed floats to showcase examples of their trades and the local public who came to watch. Thousands of people […]
