This story was related by Clarence ‘Clarrie’ Frank MAKIN We were sitting on a bench outside the Grand Hotel (Kookynie), idly watching Horace, the emu, scratching around the yard. ‘Snowy’ Bruce, the hotel publican, was saying why we couldn’t have a dance to raise funds for the school, – ‘There ain’t enough sheilas, but what […]
Book Review – Cast Iron Pillar Boxes of Western Australia by Sue Hobson
29/08/2015 By Leave a Comment
The Ledger Foundry This latest book is a wonderful blend of a family history and the manufacturing of the wonderful bright red pillar boxes that we have all seen. I am sure you will remember the campaign by the people of Kalgoorlie/Boulder to save the box on the corner of Hannan and Lane Sts outside […]
The Men of the Lake View and Star – Project
26/08/2015 By 2 Comments
Three years ago, Outback Family History and Dr Criena Fitzgerald, historian, approached KCGM, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, regarding historical employee records in their archives. These records were in the format of individual cards for each employee from the inception of Lake View and Boulder East Company in 1895 up to about the 1960’s. Outback Family […]
Book Review – Walk for me Elsie – The Maffina Family
25/08/2015 By 3 Comments
This book was hard to track down but I now have my own copy. I first heard about it from my dear friend Criena Fitzgerald who is currently writing a book on the ‘Italian and Slavs’ on the Goldfields of Western Australia. She had been loaned a copy to help with her research but we both […]
East Perth Cemetery – Coolgardie People
23/08/2015 By 6 Comments
While staying with my daughter recently who lives in East Perth we had the occasion to visit the East Perth Cemetery on Cemetery Hill which I had always wanted to see but as it is only open on Sunday afternoon between 2-4 I have not had the chance to before. This old cemetery which operated […]
