Heres’ to you Mrs Robinson – a pioneering woman

This photograph was taken at Lake View Consoles GM in Kalgoorlie in 1896. It shows a group of gold prospectors and miners, including adventurous natural-geologist and pioneering prospector Robert ('Bobby') Robinson and his wife, Annie, standing at … [Continue reading]

Aviation Pioneers of the Outback of WA

Aviation Pioneers of Outback Western Australia – First Sixty Years by John Pritchard  - Part 1 Introduction In the 100 year anniversary of the passing of legislation by the Australian Parliament in 1920 to regulate aviation in Australia , this … [Continue reading]

Youanmi Cemetery :

Latitude : 28 37 S Longitude : 118 50 E Youanmi is an abandoned goldfields townsite located 570 km north east of Perth and 90 km south west of Sandstone. Gold was discovered in the area in 1896, but was of insufficient richness to warrant being … [Continue reading]

The Ragged Thirteen – a verse

Sunday Times 21 August 1938, page 21 A Rhyme of the Ragged Thirteen (By Dryblower Murphy.) The cases of fizz are on the ice, the table turkey's trussed (Hang the bother and hang the price when its vintage versus dust). There's … [Continue reading]

James Connolly – grave tales

This grave is one of the earliest in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. James Connolly died before the first Cemetery Board was appointed in December 1896 and the current numbering system commenced.  There is no grave number on the grave but according to the … [Continue reading]