On the 1st March 1897 the residents of Bonnievale (7 ½ miles from Coolgardie) applied to the Secretary of Education, to have a day school established. The details of the application were:- Proposed location of school = Lot 2 in the town of Bonnievale Number of children between the ages of 4 and 16 living […]
A Ghan who did a’woowing go :
17/07/2018 By Leave a Comment
The Sun, Kalgoorlie : 24 March 1907, page 9 MARRIAGE OF A RUE DE BROOKMAN RESIDENT. The foundations of goldfields society were not exactly shaken to their bedrock bottom on Wednesday morning, last , when the “Kalgoorlie Miner” issued with the announcement of the marriage of a well known Afghan , to a more notoriously […]
Harry Pearce : sportsman and miner
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Harry Pearce, a former instructor with the Victorian Police Force, opened a gymnasium in portion of Leiper & Lamb’s store in 1893, where he taught boxing and promoted bouts for prizes donated at his insistence by lucky miners and where, according to one writer ‘the exponents of biff by sleight of hand extracted gold from […]
The Old Yundamindera Pub
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The Old Yundamindera Pub With mud walls rough and weathered, The old pub stands four square But there’s now no horses tethered, No miners drinking there The rusted roof is leaking, The bar room walls are bare, A loose door’s eerie creaking, The only sound you hear. Gone are the hardy miners, Who did their […]
Edwards- Embleton Wedding
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Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 – 1954), Sunday 27 September 1936, page 7 Edwards-Embleton Wedding On the occasion of the marriage of Frank, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Edwards, of Edwards Find, Southern Cross, to Ena, eldest daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. Embleton, of Kalgoorlie, which took place in Saint […]
