Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
We have yet another identified Kalgoorlie House. This is the residence of Austen Harry Bradley Veterinary Surgeon, 5 Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie. Sadly the house on this block today , although old, is not the original building in the photograph. Mr … [Continue reading]
BEER STRIKE AT MT MORGANS. VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS. Kalgoorlie Western Argus: 14 July 1903. - A correspondent, telegraphing under yesterday's date from Mt. Morgans, states :A fierce and decisive battle has been fought in this town, the … [Continue reading]
We have another excellent poem by Ray Jackson - This is what he tells me about it- In 1897 both of my Great Grandfathers on my Mothers side, brought their families to Kalgoorlie to live. George Nankiville came from Berrima in NSW with his wife … [Continue reading]
If you visit the Kanowna Cemetery on the Yarri Rd just out of Kalgoorlie, (12 kms on the right from the turn off to the local tip) one of the first graves that you will see when you enter the gate is that of a little boy called 'Teddy'. Over the … [Continue reading]
I was recently sent this photograph of H Cramer and Co, Saddle, Collar and Harness Maker. To find out a bit more about the business I started to search. A sad tale indeed unfolded. In Kalgoorlie in 1901, a young couple married, Margaret … [Continue reading]
