Many of you may have seen this sign which is located near the entrance of the carpark near Kmart in Brookman Street. It is on the site of what used to be the corner of Cassidy and Brookman Streets. It marks the point where the telegraph line entered into what was then called Hannans and […]
Book Review – Men of Western Australia
02/12/2015 By Leave a Comment
This rare book is well worth consulting if you had a family member involved in any of the following fields in Western Australia:- Professional, Ecclesiastical, Commercial and a Sporting Life It covers the years 1936-1937 and was published by V H Colless in 1937. As a rare book it is available at the State Library […]
Ghost Town – TUCKANARRA
30/11/2015 By 11 Comments
The Ghost Town:- by Jules Reside AKA Cork Tree Flat Tuckanarra:- Latitude 27° 07′ S Longitude 118° 05′ E “Deserted now, no more your stirred by those in quest of gold. Now you’re but a memory blurred of what you were of old. Yet, though the camp in silence sleeps, Except for songs of […]
The Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial
28/11/2015 By Leave a Comment
Since the launch of the WAVMM last year I have often been asked why I have decided to include miners from the whole of Western Australia instead of just the Goldfields. I thought this might explain why. The following graph from the 1934 Department of Mines (Now the Dept of Mineral and Energy), shows the […]
The Italian Miner
28/11/2015 By 3 Comments
If you attened recent the talk by Dr Criena Fitzgerald at the WA Museum Kagoorlie-Boulder on the 18th November you would be interested to read the following verse from the Murchison Advocate in 1902. This pre dates the period that was covered in the talk, WW1, but it shows how the seeds of unrest and […]
