Lennonville – Snapshot

Lennonville is a derelict town in Western Australia near the town of Mount Magnet, established in 1898 Lennonville was gazetted in 1896, after gold having been found two years earlier at the location by prospectors Lennon and Palmer. At the … [Continue reading]

Alderson and Kelly wedding – people profile

On the 28th September 1904 a wedding took place in the Presbyterian Church in Menzies between Robert William ALDERSON, son of the late Robert Alderson, Hampstead, England, to Isabel Kelly, third daughter of the late William Kelly of Mintaro, South … [Continue reading]

North Kalgoorlie School -1960 to1970

Back row - Alec May, Gary Bale, Brian Stones, Brett Foster, P. Hellen, John Langford, Victor Wells, Stephen Ruckmick, Peter Collier, Keith Shepheard. 3rd row - Graeme Tarabini, Phil Davison, C Johns, Geoff Watson, Norm Sharp, Billy York (hand over … [Continue reading]

Lily Pike – grave tales

On the 27th April 1906, Helena (Lily) Maud Pike (nee Rosevere) aged 30yrs, passed away at the St John of God Hospital in Dugan Street, Kalgoorlie from Typhoid. She was the wife of councillor Eustace Walter Pike and the mother of one child, James … [Continue reading]

The Wiluna Crossing Smash

James Farrell Read Age 18 who was killed in a train collision at Wiluna in 1936. Kalgoorlie Miner - 2 April 1936, page 4 WILUNA GROSSING SMASH TWO KILLED AND FIVE INJURED TAXI SMASHES INTO RAIL TANK The already long list … [Continue reading]