Follow my blog with Bloglovin The Mirror – Perth 28 August 1937, page 23 Kalgoorlie Brewery’s Record of Progress, Maker of Big K Ale and Stout & Hannan Lager ONLY one of the 19 breweries once trading on the Goldfields has survived. That is the Kalgoorlie Brewery and its record is one of continued progress. […]
Mrs Darcy’s Memoirs
17/04/2021 By Leave a Comment
I was recently contacted by Graham Darcy who had just made a trip to Kalgoorlie where he wished to look up the location of his old home which was at 35 Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie. When Graham was born, the family lived in in Ardagh Ave Kalgoorlie. Then in 1946 they purchased a house at 35 […]
The Thirloway Boys – grave tales
10/04/2021 By Leave a Comment
Young William ‘Billie’ Edward Thirloway died aged only 8 years of age and was buried in the Kalgoorlie cemetery on the 22nd November 1931. Billie’s parents must have been devastated when six years later, on the exact anniversary of Billie’s death, a tragic accident took the life of his brother, Jack Carlson Thirloway aged 14 […]
Joze AJDUK – grave tales
27/03/2021 By Leave a Comment
Headstone reads: In memory of my beloved father Jozo Ajduk died 30th Aug. 1926 aged 53 years. Inscription – Na Uspomenu Mog Pokojnog Otca Jozo Ajduk Rodjen 1873 Umbro 30 Aug. 1926 Njegov Nezamboravni Sin Ante. Translation – In memory of my beloved deceased father Jose Ajduk Born 1873 died 30 August 1926 Always remembered […]
Cornelius LYHANE – grave tales
20/03/2021 By Leave a Comment
W.A. Record 2 September 1905, page 11 Obituary. DEATH OF DR. LYHANE. The Irishmen— indeed the public generally — of Western Australia, will learn with profound regret of the death of Dr. Cornelius Lyhane, one of. the youngest, the most earnest, and the most talented of Ireland’s sons in all Australia. The late Dr Lyhane […]
