North Kalgurli (1912) Ltd Mine – Shift Crew Sinking a new shaft 11th Dec 1950 – Completed sinking 10th Jun 1952. sent by Dallas Calneggia (Geoffrey Lee is her father) Back Row: J Martin (Winderdriver), L Miller (Winderdriver), K Bishop (Carpenter), G Thompson (Shaft sinker), R Bevis (Shaft Sinker), D Erceg (Shaft Sinker), Middle Row […]
Jimmy Long – a link with Paddy Hannan
11/04/2020 By Leave a Comment
If you were in want of a good story in the 1930’s, you only need to take a long walk up Cassidy Hill on the fringe of Kalgoorlie to see old Jimmy Long. He not only overflowed with reminiscences of colourful goldfields life, but he also was a link to Paddy Hannan. In fact he […]
A Marriage of Unusual Interest:
28/03/2020 By Leave a Comment
Wedding: Elizabeth Agnes COLE to Charles ‘Clarence’ August John DEGENHARDT, 21st September 1904 at Kalgoorlie. Kalgoorlie Miner 20 September 1904, page 8 Wedding Bells. DEGENHARDT—COLE. Yesterday at St. John’s Anglican Church, Kalgoorlie, there was a marriage of unusual interest, the contracting parties being Mr. Clarence A. Degenhardt, son of Mr. Gustav Frederick Degenhardt solicitor, Adelaide, […]
Anton MARINKOVIC – grave tales
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Anton MARINKOVIC – buried 25th September 1909 aged 16 months in the Roman Catholic Section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Grave No 3365. The inscription says: ANTON The Beloved Son of Anton and Mary Marinkovic Died 23rd September 1909 Aged 16 months Had he asked us well we know We should cry ‘O spare this blow’ […]
Playing Hookey !!! A very serious game.
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‘Playing Hooky’, many of you, myself included, may think this means by definition:- To be absent from school with out permission or excuse. However if you were a drinker in the 1930’s in Kalgoorlie Boulder you probably would remember a quite different game. I first heard of this game when an ‘Outback Family History’ reader, […]
