Whites Boot Palace next to the Tattersalls Hotel in Burt Street, Boulder, 1908
The people of the Goldfields
The Goldfields of Western Australia was and still is made up of many people, from poets to politicians, from saints and sinners and everything in between. I hope to tell you the stories of some of these people either famous or infamous or just the ordinary folks. Sometime the most ordinary people do the most extraordinry things
Caris Brothers : pioneer profile
21/05/2018 By 11 Comments
Many of you will have heard of the Caris Brothers Jewellers that used to be in the Hay Street Mall in Perth, but did you know the business started in the Goldfields? Some years ago I was contacted by Lloyd Caris, he asked if I could help him with his family history as he was […]
Little Boy Lost:-
20/05/2018 By Leave a Comment
Mount Magnet Miner and Lennonville Leader 14 September 1901 On Sunday last, the three year old son, of Mr (Louis Albert) Pola and Mrs (Mary nee ABBOTT) Pola, of Lennonville, was lost at the caves about 8 miles from that town. The child was left asleep in the caves while games were indulged in by […]
Red Flannel Joe- pioneer profile
19/05/2018 By Leave a Comment
Western Mail – Perth – 28 February 1935, page 9 He is known as ‘Red Flannel Joe‘ throughout the district. He is old and somewhat pompous and lives in a tin hut in what was once the main street of this little nor-west town of Peak Hill. It’s almost deserted now, and Joe’s structure is […]
Kunanalling or the 25 Mile – ghost towns
13/05/2018 By 3 Comments
KUNANALLING (Also known as the 25 Mile) GPS 30 41 05 S 121 04 0E The townsite of Kunanalling is located in the eastern goldfields, 25 “miles” from Coolgardie and it was first known as the “25 Mile” when the Warden for this goldfields area recommended a townsite be declared in 1895. At this time […]
