Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
Coolgardie was booming, diggers who had struck it rich were as common as sand flies; money was easy to come by and even easier to lose. If you wanted to part with what you had in a hurry, ‘Hughie the Baker’ or ‘Handsome Jack Wilson’, the towns … [Continue reading]
Weekly Times (Melbourne VIC) - 10 September 1898, page 48 Frank Ernest Randell & Co. Messrs F E. Randell and Co. are well known on the West Australian goldfields as carrying and forwarding agents. Their head office is at Fremantle, having … [Continue reading]
Sunday Times 16 August 1931, page 1 Gold Seekers of Central Australia Government Geologist Blatchford Accompanies Expedition- Sydney Syndicate's Efforts to Locate Rich Reef Documents Left by Dead Prospector Gold! What a magic spell … [Continue reading]
Sadly, we recently heard of the burning down of the Yellowdine Roadhouse. I thought that a story about the town of Yellowdine would be of interest. West Australian 16 April 1935, page 23 YELLOWDINE A Walk Through Canvas Town. A … [Continue reading]
I was recently contacted by Helena Britt who very kindly shared with me a copy of a section of her mother's memoirs. Her grandfather, Dr Robert Mitchell, was the first Chief Medical Officer at Coolgardie Hospital and the first Superintendent of … [Continue reading]
