The White Hart Hotel was located in Hunt Street, Between Sylvester and Lindsay Sts, Coolgardie. The White Hart Hotel, erected by the owners of the Lion Brewery built in July 1900, was one of a number of new brick buildings that sprung up in Coolgardie at the turn of the century. Not as pretentious as […]
The Desert Secrets – by Jules Raeside
06/11/2019 By Leave a Comment
There’s a shaker up the gully, There’s a paddock partly stripped, And a shovel pick and dishes lying round And a little heap of tailings Lying underneath the sieves And a heap of hoppers stones upon the ground. But the hand that shook the shaker Never more will raise a ‘run’, O’er the ripples of […]
Mt Morgans Cemetery:
02/11/2019 By Leave a Comment
I would like to show you the result of a project by Danelle Warnock and myself to upgrade the records and information on the people buried in the Mt Morgans Cemetery, Western Australia. The information presented here has been collected from various sources such as Burial Registers, Death Certificates, and newspapers. As always we welcome […]
The United Club Hotel – Coolgardie hotels
26/10/2019 By Leave a Comment
The United Club was formed in September 1896 and had Warden J.M. Finnerty as its first President. Immediately after formation it was proposed to erect a building, estimated to cost ₤5,000, for use as a Club in Bayley Street west. The United Club, on the corner of Moran and Bayley Streets Coolgardie west, was an […]
Brandon’s Fate – a tale of Darlot
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Sun Kalgoorlie Sunday 16 March 1902 Brandon’s fate- A TALE OF DARLOT By Pharisee. The eager, excited crowd which thronged the long dry stage to the Darlot diggings in the first blush of the new discovery, included Dick Brandon and his mate, Jimmy Spiggot. That dreary and water-less track skirting the edge of desolate […]
