The Marvel Bar Hotel is at 31-33 Bayley Street, Coolgardie. The current building was built in 1898, next to the Western Australian Bank. The first hotel on the site was a single storey iron building. In 1996 it was occupied by the Coolgardie RSL and still is today. The building which is two story, and […]
The Unknown Swagman – a verse
18/05/2019 By Leave a Comment
The Sun 1 Aug 1915 Swagman Unknown – Age About 5O. The body of a swagman was recently found and: buried in the bush out from Coolgardie His name was unknown, and he was about 50 years of age. In the loose mould Out from Coolgardie Bury an old . Pioneer hardy. Not old. in […]
I J K Cohn – pioneer profile
04/05/2019 By 7 Comments
Isidore James Knight COHEN JP, (he later changed the name to COHN), was born in Melbourne in 1843, the son of Victor Cohen (Born 1813 on the Isle of Thanet in Kent England) and Annie Henrietta MAGNUS. From his early boyhood had been associated with gold mining. If there was ever a calling conducive to […]
Jacky and Polly and Jimmy: a tragic tale
02/05/2019 By 3 Comments
In the Christmas week of 1894, a prospector James Anderson, known as ‘New Zealand Jimmy’, finally had some success after a run of bad luck at Kurnalpi and Peake’s Find, by finding a nugget at Pig Flat at Coolgardie. It weighed in at 28 ozs for which he received £102 from the Union Bank. James […]
“I’ve got me tobacco, I’ve got me beer and I’ve got me dog”.
13/04/2019 By 4 Comments
I have been fortunate in being given permission by Roger Garwood to share his photographs from the book ‘Off Like Flies’ by Trish Ainslee and Roger Garwood. Roger told me:- Fred’s philosophy of life : He once explained, after he had sold the Doreen Rose and the new owner (I’ve forgotten his name) found millions […]
