Charlie Tyson (14 November 1897 – 23 September 1985) was an Australian Rules Footballer who played with Collingwood and North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1920’s. Recruited to Collingwood from Western Australian based Goldfields Football League side Kalgoorlie Railways, Tyson was a half back flanker and made his VFL debut in 1920. He was named club captain in 1924 and […]
Rolls of Honour
The Goldfields has many 'Rolls of Honour' from the Boer war through to the Vietnam war both in public places and in private building. This is a collection of some of the more hard to find rolls, listing those who fought and those who died.
Struck by Lightning – A Lucky Man
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Kalgoorlie Western Argus 28 January 1908, page 20 STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. A Singular Experience. There are probably few men who have been struck by lightning and have survived to tell the tale. One of them, if there are any others, is William Smith, from Kalgoorlie who is depicted here as he appeared after his extraordinary […]
Our Flag – Flown for the first time 114 years ago today
03/09/2015 By 3 Comments
This day, 3rd September in 1901, 114 years ago, the Australian Flag was flown for the first time. Following the proclamation of the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 January 1901, the Commonwealth government held a design competition for a new national flag. There were 32,000 entries in the competition, and most featured the Union Jack, […]
Sons of Gwalia Honour Roll WW2
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This roll of honour is displayed in the Gwalia Museum, they very kindly supplied the photograph as mine was very poor quality. You will see there are some Italian/Slav names, only those men born in Australia or who were naturalised were allowed to join the Australian forces. Others who were not naturalised may have been […]
The Death of Stephen Grace –
11/07/2015 By 4 Comments
Western Mail Perth -19 October 1907, page 16 AN EAST MURCHISON TRAGEDY THE DEATH OF STEPHEN GRACE – MURDERED BY NATIVES A telegram was received this afternoon from Constable Walker, who proceeded from Wiluna to bury the body of Stephen Grace, one of Kirkpatrick Bros party of prospectors who was speared through the chest by […]
