I was drifting in the drizzle past the Cecil in the Strand Which, I’m told is very tony – 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 Great Beer Strike of 1903 – Victory!!!!
16/01/2017 By Leave a Comment
BEER STRIKE AT MT MORGANS VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS. Kalgoorlie Western Argus: 14 July 1903. – A correspondent, telegraphing under yesterday’s date from Mt. Morgans, states: A fierce and decisive battle has been fought in this town, the contest lasting exactly 48 hours. The miners, led by Captain Frampton, held a meeting on Friday night […]
Death on the Woodline
15/01/2017 By 1 Comment
It wasn’t only working on the mines that was a dangerous occupation but working on the wood lines, was also marred with frequent accidents. This article is about a well know wood cutter “Ilija Radunovich’ who was killed in a terrible accident at Lakewood. Ilija ws a married man of 45yrs whose wife, Kece, and […]
An Eerie Premonition – Michael Madden
10/01/2017 By 7 Comments
I had been researching the accidental death of this miner because of an entry I found in the Annual Report from the Department of Mines for 1897 which stated, that a miner called ‘John Madden’ had been killed in an accident on the Goongarrie GM. As this name was not one I had listed I […]
The Exchange Hotel Broad Arrow:
07/01/2017 By 1 Comment
Following on from the recent article on the hotels of Broad Arrow I received an email from an OFH reader, John Hanley. His Gt Grandfather James Hanley owned and ran the Exchange Hotel and his family is fortunate in that the original cash book from the hotel has been preserved and passed down through the […]
