Gindalbie – Western Australia Latitude 30 degrees 20’S Longitude 121 degrees 45’E Gindalbie is an abandoned Goldfields townsite located about 55kms north east of Kalgoorlie. In 1898 when it was proposed to establish a town here the name nominated was ‘Vosperton’. This was to honour a well-known Goldfields identity, newspaperman Frederick Charles Burleigh Vosper. He […]
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
Boer War Memorial Day – 31st May
31/05/2015 By Leave a Comment
Today is ‘Boer War Memorial Day’ and there are ceremonies all over Australia. To see what is happrning near you go to:- http://bit.ly/1Fij8ub This is the photograph of George Hodgkins Nethercott, formerly acting Mayor of Kalgoorlie. He is believed to be the first Australian killed in the Boer War. Nethercott Street in Kalgoorlie is named after […]
The Albany Fish Supply Co – Kalgoorlie
29/05/2015 By Leave a Comment
The Albany Fish Supply Co was located at 235-6 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie Western Australia. I would say that would be about the present location of the Westpac Bank. These two advertisements are from the Kalgoorlie Miner of in 1929. The Company changed its name to The United Fisheries Co in 1931. The shop continued to […]
A Dearly Beloved Wife – Edith Rosman
28/05/2015 By 3 Comments
I’m sure that I’m not the only one that sees beauty in memorials in cemeteries. I have spent a great deal of my life wandering around cemeteries, especially our Kalgoorlie Cemetery. The view from the road is often as much as is seen but if you venture through the gates you will discover so many […]
My Dear Annie – Missingham Letter 2
27/05/2015 By Leave a Comment
Friday 13 November 1896 My Dearest wife Since my last letter on Sunday I ran down to Kiama (NSW) by 8.30 train and arrived at Albion Park at 12 noon saw Jamie & his wife and youngsters, the mater (Mother) was in Sydney in the suburbs but I could not find her. I took a run round […]
