In Coolgardie in 1894 there was an influx of British nobility and for a time there were more Lords, Dukes, Baronets and others in Coolgardie than had or ever has been, in any one Australian town at the same time. These Britishers packed more guns than any Yankee film hero and regular revolver practice was […]
Joseph J Tovey – A man of many talents !!!
21/02/2016 By 1 Comment
Back in 2012 I was contacted by Lois Tovey, the wife of Errol John Tovey. She had been browsing on the Outback Family History web site and came across the following photograph on the Meekatharra page. She told me that she had been sent the link to the Meekatharra Photo page by a distant relative […]
Harley Davidson on the Goldfields
16/02/2016 By 1 Comment
In 1927 you could buy a new Harley Davidson bike for $110, still a lot of money in those days !!!
A Haunting Tale – The Residency
15/02/2016 By 10 Comments
Jack and Francis Tree had lived in Coolgardie since 1970 and fifteen of those years had been in Warden Finnerty’s House in McKenzie Street, Coolgardie. The six bedroom mansion was built by the Bunning Brothers soon after they arrived from Scotland in 1895 and before they established their hardware business which we all know of […]
The Adelaide Tailoring Coy
14/02/2016 By 1 Comment
The Adelaide Tailoring Co at 65 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie in 1910. The Adelaide Tailoring Company was a popular business in Kalgoorlie around 1910 with branches on Perth, Fremantle, Melbourne and Sydney. It operated from about 1907 right through to the 1940’s.’ The shop is now occupied by ‘Sassy Sue’s so it is still in the […]
