Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
I just love a 'Then and Now' photo. These ones were sent to me by Ray Morris from his family album of 7 Wordsworth Street, Kalgoorlie. 7 Wordsworth was the family home for Charles Emmanuel TRELOAR & Alice TRELOAR nee WESTON (Alice being Ernest … [Continue reading]
Robert James REA’S EMPORIUM After a round of experience on the fields, MR. R. J. Rea was one of the first, if not the first, to secure a business block, and start operations in Kookynie. Mr Rea, attracted by wondrous tales of … [Continue reading]
7373 PTE George Vincent Forsythe was born at Mt Morgans, Western Australia on the 8th January 1903. His Father was George Albert Forsythe and his Mother was Alice Maud nee Vincent. His parents lived in Port Fairy, Victoria. He was 5ft 5 inches … [Continue reading]
Infamous Sydney crime figure, Tilley Devine, portrayed un the TV series Underbelly, had a link to Kalgoorlie Boulder after being arrested and jailed on the Goldfields. Matilda ‘Tilley” Devine, was born in England in 1900 and became a prominent … [Continue reading]
Whites Boot Palace next to the Tattersalls Hotel in Burt Street, Boulder, 1908 … [Continue reading]
