The following are photographs from the family album of Ron Pascoe:
Burbanks – original leasholders
04/07/2019 By Leave a Comment
The following is a list oif the original owners of the townsite blocks in Burbanks. NICHOLAS William Lot 32 1899 JONES May Lot 36 1901 REGAN William Patrick Lot 37 1901 TERRELL James Henry Lot 38 1901 PARK John Jack Lot 39 1901 CRUDACE William Mellanby Lot 40 1901 JONES Francis Lot 44 1901 HANRAHAN […]
The Story of the Murchison – part 2
29/06/2019 By Leave a Comment
Following on from the first part of this tale from earlier in the year: The Story of the Murchison Part 1 Extract from a paper prepared by F Bateson and read to the WA Historical Society on the 25 October 1946. Early in 1895, I (Frederick W Bateson) was offered a position at the Star […]
The Bulletin Hotel – by Henry Lawson
26/06/2019 By 2 Comments
I was drifting in the drizzle past the Cecil in the Strand Which, Iām told is very tony ā and its front looks very grand And somehow fell a-thinking of a pub I know so well Of a place in West Australia called The Bulletin Hotel Just a little six-room shanty built of corrugated tin […]
The Railway Hotel – Coolgardie
22/06/2019 By Leave a Comment
The hotel was originally built not as a pub, but as offices for a London merchant who came to Coolgardie during the gold rush in the 1890s. The Railway Hotel, at 75 Bayley Street (Corner of Lefroy Street), Coolgardie, is one of the only four remaining hotel buildings in the town, which at one time […]
