From the Western Argus The BATH—FENSOME Wedding 27th July 1904 HAPPY THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON Thomas Henry. Bath, M.L.A. for Brownhill, has surrendered his state of single blessedness for matrimony, his bride being Miss Elizabeth Jane Maria Fensome, daughter of Mr. Fensome, Goldfields superintendent of the Citizens- Life Assurance Co. The ceremony, which was […]
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
Brutal Butchery At The Boulder
16/07/2016 By 4 Comments
Fix this text ‘The Truth’ Saturday 11 April 1908, Westralia had hardly done ringing with the climax of the Day Dawn murder sensation of Harry Smith of his crime of murdering his mate Clinton—the hanging only took place three weeks ago—when there occurs a tragedy in the very heart of a thickly populated centre. Boulder City, a […]
Gold Stealing – A Cunning Plan
08/07/2016 By 6 Comments
Over the years, gold stealing has been going on as long as mining has been. Many and varied have been the cunning plans and schemes to outwit the gold stealing officers and the mining companies. One such plan became very popular until it was notice that there was an unprecedented rise in the purchase of […]
Kundana – Book Review
02/07/2016 By Leave a Comment
Kundana is situated 25km west-northwest of Kalgoorlie and 27km north northeast of Coolgardie. In the 1890’s the area wass informally known as the “21 mile” because it was 21 miles from Coolgardie by the Black Flag road. Some other ‘unnoficial’ name in use at the time were ‘Barkers Find’, after the first prospector in the […]
The Chaffers Roll of Honour
02/07/2016 By Leave a Comment
About 16 year ago the building and plant of the Chaffers Mine on the Golden Mile were sold off and the mine was officially closed. As a part of these proceeding KCGM held a big open day with stalls and displays and tours around the remaining buildings and into the Super Pit. […]
