From The Sunday Times , Perth, Sunday 9 June 1940 Mining for gold is usually looked upon as a mans game, in which muscle and endurance are needed to wrest the gold-bearing stone from the earth and to keep the machinery moving. It calls for grit, a brave heart and ability to withstand all the […]
The Denver City – Coolgardie hotels 4
03/09/2018 By 4 Comments
The Denver City was the first hotel in Coolgardie and the first building on the site was in 1894. A more substantial building was constructed by the firm of Philip and Doyle in and was destroyed by fire in 1897. The current building of two stories in the Federation style was built in 1898. It […]
Dr Henry Augustus Ellis – pioneer profile
31/08/2018 By 1 Comment
Henry Augustus Ellis (1861-1939) physician and politician, was born on 21 July 1861 at Omagh, Tyrone, Ireland, fourth son of Colonel Francis Ellis of the Enniskillen Fusiliers and Louisa McMahon. He was educated at St Columba’s College, Dundrum, and then privately at Stratford-upon-Avon, England, before studying medicine at Trinity College, Dublin, from 1879 (M.B., 1884; […]
The brothers Peirce – family album
18/08/2018 By 2 Comments
The following photographs are from the family album of Mrs Beth Edwards (nee Peirce) of NSW. She tells me that the large group photo was presented to her relative, Charles Withers Peirce, by the Brown Hill Volunteer Fire Brigade when he was Captain of the team. He is seated in the centre of the photo. […]
The Goldfields Pioneer – a verse
11/08/2018 By 3 Comments
When the final bucket of dirt is drawn, And the windlass rope’s made fast, And there’s no work to do till morn, And we sit to our night’s repast;’ When we’ve sampled the meal of damper and ‘dog’, And lighted the ancient clay, What tales are told on the old camp log, To banish the […]
