Tornado Hits Boulder: This was how the news of the big cyclone appeared in the Western Argus of Dec 22nd 1903. The most destructive cyclone storm ever to be experienced struck the town of Boulder on Wednesday Dec 21st. Suddenly the storm that had caused so much havoc in Kalgoorlie burst upon Boulder at about […]
They Were First – Edith Wallis
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Kalgoorlie Miner 7th September 1938 The First White Woman in Boulder City! This photograph shows Mrs Edith Mar Elizabeth Wallis as a teacher at the first school in Boulder. Her daughter Maude (age 6) is on the far left in the front row and her son Alf (age 8) is fifth from the left in […]
Madame Eugene Vauthier
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Thur 26th Dec 1935 Kalgoorlie Miner CENTENARIAN DIES – Nurse in Franco-Prussian War This photograph was taken a fortnight before Eugenie Vauthier broke her leg and entered hospital. It shows her with Jack Frost, an old prospector who regarded her as his mother and took care of her. The dog is Marshall, a great pal […]
Atlas Chambers Coolgardie
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The site of the Atlas building in Bayley Street is now occupied by Ben Prior’s garage and is used by the Coolgardie Restoration Club, and was described as ‘One of the most striking additions to the architectural features in Coolgardie in the late 1890’s.’ Built of brick with cement dressings the front of the Atlas […]
The 1942 Boulder Bombings – By Peter Skehan
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BOULDER BOMBINGS” “GHASTLY TRAGEDY” “TERRIBLE SCENES OF SLAUGHTER” “FOURTEEN MURDERED” These are among the headlines which greeted the public after what could be described as this State’s largest multiple murder. The surprising thing about these horrific murders is the fact that they have receded into history without our current generation being aware of this devastating […]
