The Kalgoorlie Biplane –

A piece of aeronautical history will be revived by the Kalgoorlie-Boulder community with a biplane replica based on the one built in the Goldfields town during the early 20th century. The two-seater tractor biplane was built in Kalgoorlie in 1914 by mechanical engineering apprentices Paul JAENTSCH, Roy BURTON, and Walter Merlin PETERS from the Kalgoorlie […]

Dead Man in a Mine Shaft –

Kalgoorlie Miner Wednesday 31 August 1898, page 4 A Dead Man In A Mine Shaft BELIEVED TO BE A KANOWNA RESIDENT. A gruesome discovery was made at about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon by Mr. H Colin. That gentleman was walking over the ground about three-quarters of a mile to the southwest of the southern end […]

Amy Josephine Solly – by Yvonne Solly

Amy Josephine Solly 1912 -1999 “Pulvis et umbra sumus.” Horace. with thanks to Yvonne Solly for this wonderful story: Our Nanna – Amy Josephine Solly – was a dust collector. Not that she knew it or intended to become such, yet nevertheless she was. Her dust collection began about 1890 before she was born. Amy’s […]

The Graves of Horseman’s Gully – grave tales

WARNING:– Graphic content of human remains, this may upset some people. In 1995 Forsyth-Plutonic Gold Mining held the mining lease of an area that included burials at Horseman’s Gully near Darlot in the Murchison. Under mining law, it is prohibited to mine within 100 yards (91 meters) of a know burial site. This posed a […]

The Gregson’s of Bonnivale – a family story

On the 11th Sep 1928 the ‘Rainbow Argus’ in Rainbow Victoria, reported the death of John Watts Gregson. It said he was a highly respected resident of the town.  He was born in Chepstone Victoria in 1871 and was the eldest son of Mrs. Elizabeth Gregson nee LUMSDEN of Ararat Victoria and Charles Gregson from […]