Goldfields History Books – A Library Thing

You may have taken part in the survey I sent out to readers last year on whether or not you thought a 'Book Finding' facility for books on the people and the places of the Goldfields of Western Australia. Well I was overwhelmed at the number of … [Continue reading]

A Most Private Wedding

Connelly and Way Wedding 1903

Western Argus 24th March 1903 Boulder The Marriage of Arthur Waldo Connelly to Mariona Way 1903 Boulder Western Australia A wedding that occasioned much interest in social circles took place on March 4 between Dr. Arthur Waldo Connelly, … [Continue reading]

A Church a Long Way From Home

I recently received a very unusual email as follows:- Gnowangerup has a bit of Boulder History in the form of a Church, Presbyterian/Methodist/Uniting.  In 1922 this church was dismantled in Boulder, transported and re-erected here in … [Continue reading]

The Goldfields Woodlines

Single Gauge Woodline sleepers

The development of the goldfields created an insatiable appetite for timber. A rapidly growing population soon began to wreak havoc on the environment. At first timber was cut for domestic use and to fuel the condensers supplying fresh water. However … [Continue reading]

Messers. Henderson and Macgeorge, Limited

Western Argus ,December  25, 1902  The illustrations appearing in this issue show to what extent the operations of Messrs. Henderson and Macgeorge, Limited. Auctioneers and general produce salesmen. Of Hannan street. Kalgoorlie have developed. … [Continue reading]