Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Streets named after miners who have been killed in workplace accidents in Kalgoorlie:- In the mid 1990's, the new subdivision of Somerville-O'Connor, started a trend to name new streets after miners who had been killed in mining accidents:- I have … [Continue reading]
I have always thought it was lovely that the small locos used on the Goldfields Woodlines were given names. All the ones I have found so far have female names except for 'Ken'. - Thank you to Peter Green for sending me this information. … [Continue reading]
The history of pastoral stations and mining in the Yalgoo district, east of Geraldton. Available from Hesperian Press. YALGOO - Latitude 28° 20' S Longitude 116° 41' E The townsite of Yalgoo is located in the Murchison region, … [Continue reading]
Smith's Weekly 26 November 1927 by John Drayton How "Rough Justice" Was Served Out On Goldfields Niagara was one of the little camps worth a column in the W.A. Post Office Directory of 1899 that followed Bob Menzie's strike in … [Continue reading]
He lies here. See the bush All grey through grief for him Hoar scrub-like ashes cast Sprinkles the valley grim The saltbush is his shroud Wide skies his only pall And'in-memoriam' A thousand stamp-heads fall Gold-lured to death- and yet he … [Continue reading]
