Sunday Times : 22 March 1914, page 11 At St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London- A Large Cube of Rock Extracted from the Left Eye The complete story of a remarkable recovery from a serious mining accident as a result of an operation at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, which attracted some attention in the English press, and […]
The Victoria Hotel – Coolgardie
12/07/2019 By 2 Comments
VICTORIA HOTEL, Coolgardie. Corner of Hunt and Bayley Streets. (now a garage diagonally opposite Ben Priors Park) Built in 1895 and opened on the 1st July at a cost of £10,000, the Victoria Hotel was one of two brick buildings in the town. It consisted of 30 bedrooms, both double and single, with a broad […]
Matthew Jackson – Boulder pioneer
09/07/2019 By 2 Comments
Matthew Jackson, a merchant of Boulder, was born in Alston, Cumberland, England on the 25 November 1865 and is a son of Mr. Joseph Jackson of the same place. The latter gentleman was one of the early prospectors of Victoria in 1860 and was the first to erect a puddling machine in the gold mining […]
The Railway Picnic – Bulla Bulling
07/07/2019 By 2 Comments
Westralian Worker (Perth, WA : 1900 – 1951), Friday 11 September 1903, page 1 RAILWAY EMPLOYEES ANNUAL PICNIC. The rendezvous for the above this year was Bulla Bulling, the historic place from which the navvies used to come. At Kalgoorlie a start was made with 12 carriages, loaded down to Plimsoll mark, and to […]
Burbanks : Methodist Marriages:-
05/07/2019 By Leave a Comment
Because of Burbanks close proximity to Coolgardie, many of the weddings of the local people took place there. The ones which took place at Burbanks were conducted mainly in peoples homes despite there being a Methodist Church in the town. The first wedding in the church was that of Henry Jones and Jane Letitia Howe […]
