The Gold Seekers halted at Southern Cross, Western Australia in 1888 and from there the ‘break through’ into the desert was one of the hardest tasks in the history of Australian prospecting. The optimism and courage of the diggers are reflected in ‘Hurrah for Old Coolgardie’! Hurrah! for old Coolgardie, All true men brave and […]
Scandal at Murtagh’s Private School
18/02/2017 By 1 Comment
The following story is about a teacher who went from town to town setting up schools for a short time then leaving under a cloud of suspicion. First in Perth in 1892 then to Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie then on to Perth again then Bunbury with the same results. However Mr Murtagh was in no way […]
Tragedy at the Vale of Coolgardie
09/01/2017 By Leave a Comment
THE FUNERAL – An Impressive Ceremony – Kalgoorlie Miner 11th Jan 1906 As anticipated, the funeral was the largest seen here for many years. The procession left the Government Hospital at 4 o’clock, and, headed by the Federal A.M. A. Band — 24 strong — was a most impressive sight when passing up Bayley […]
What is a t’othersider ???
11/12/2016 By 3 Comments
T’othersiders People from the eastern colonies were referred to as t’othersiders, an instance of the isolation felt by many in Australias ‘Western Third’. It was the influx of t’othersiders to the Goldfields however, which helped Western Australia to catch up in population and improve its financial status. Some of these people would remain to swell […]
Star of Stage and Screen – Albert Whelan
11/11/2016 By Leave a Comment
Albert Waxman of Old Coolgardie Among the hundreds of men who came to Coolgardie in the first few months of 1892 were many who possessed social talents of some kind or other, and often beyond the ordinary in standard. Albert Waxman was one such man…Born in Ballarat in 1875 and educated at the Melbourne Grammar […]
