Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Dollypot, Greenhide and Spindrift: a journal of bush history Russian Jack and Synchronicity - by Diane Oldman I rather thought I had made up the word ‘synchronicity’ and when I attempted to look it up in several dictionaries I couldn’t find … [Continue reading]
Coolgardie Pioneer 24 October 1896, page 15 A Furniture Emporium in Coolgardie The above image affords our readers a view of Messrs Ashton and Cocks Furniture Emporium, the principal business of the kind in Coolgardie. which has a frontage of … [Continue reading]
Smith's Weekly 'Sydney' 19 February 1927, page 21 West Australian pioneers who remember Norman Sligo and Harry Swincer, will be glad to know that Norman is doing well in New Zealand. He is general manager of the Anderson's Bay quarries at … [Continue reading]
The Toorak Hotel was built in 1899. On June 25, 1903, a fire destroyed the whole of the front of the hotel. Situated on the 90 Mile Road, in the early days, this was the road out of Coolgardie on the North side. It closed sometime in … [Continue reading]
I'm sure that you will agree that this memorial on the graves of father and son, Nicholas 'Mick' SALA and Martin William SALA is a most impressive one. It is in the Roman Catholic section of the Boulder Cemetery. Nicholas 'Mick or Michael' … [Continue reading]
