The Great Western Hotel stood on the corner of Bayley and Hunt Sts Coolgardie. The site is now occupied by the Coolgardie Motel. It was also known as De Baun’s, after the first licensee. It was built in 1893 and was destroyed in the great fire of 1897.
Childe Harold – a ship, a horse or a poem???
08/12/2018 By 4 Comments
We now have a new town on the Outback Family History web site: Childe Harold is on the Mt Weld Station, 22kms south of Laverton, Western Australia. Have you ever come across the name of a town that is so unusual you want to find out where the name came from?Many years ago I heard of […]
The Old Coolgardie Road – a verse
30/11/2018 By 3 Comments
A FLITTING shadow follows The rushing night express; Dawn shades the eastern hollows And wakes the wilderness. And there across the valley One fleeting moment showed, Between the clump of mallee, The old Coolgardie road! No clouds of dust betoken The old-time roaring days; It keeps a peace unbroken Throughout its winding ways. But when […]
The Kangaroo Dog – ‘Roo Dogs’
30/11/2018 By 5 Comments
The first Australian dog breed ever created, was the Australian Kangaroo dog, today known as a Staghound. Another names these dogs is ‘roo dog’. The first Australian dog breed ever created, was the Australian Kangaroo dog, today known as a Staghound. Other names these dogs go by is roo dog. The kangaroo dog type was […]
The Pauley Bros – pioneer profile
10/11/2018 By 2 Comments
Mr Edward Pauley was the senior partner in the firm of Pauley Bros, produce merchants of Boulder. He was born in Bendigo Victoria on the 5 Apr 1869. He was the son of the late Edward Pauley, a farmer, who was one of the first to prove the existence of payable gold in Bendigo. Mr […]
