I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who was kind enough to fill out my survey on having a one stop shop to search for and purchase books on the history of the Western Australian Goldfields. I was just amazed at how many people … [Continue reading]
The Matron and the Major – Nurse Annie Jones
06/06/2015 By 8 Comments
In early 1896 Annie Jones from Bendigo Victoria, was nursing in the Government hospital at Cue, Western Australia. While she was recovering from a mild form of typhoid fever, word came by camel train that Mr Magnus Maxton Calder, a member of the … [Continue reading]
My Dear Annie – Missingham Letters 3
05/06/2015 By Leave a Comment
17 November 1896, Port Adelaide Tuesday 7 a.m. My Dearest Wifie We have just arrived here per Gabo and leave again this afternoon at 4 p.m. so we have been little time for this part the city of Adelaide or churches as it is often called by … [Continue reading]
Ghost Town – Gindalbie
03/06/2015 By 2 Comments
Gindalbie - Western Australia Latitude 30 degrees 20’S Longitude 121 degrees 45’E Gindalbie is an abandoned Goldfields townsite located about 55kms north east of Kalgoorlie. In 1898 when it was proposed to establish a town here the name … [Continue reading]
Menzies to Kalgoorlie Bike Race – 1930
01/06/2015 By Leave a Comment
Australia’s Richest Handicap Cycle Race Cycling has been part of the Goldfields since the courier cyclist in the 1890's carried messages around the Goldfields before the telegraph line came to the region. This year's Minara Resources Goldfields … [Continue reading]
