The following is a brief story about two of our Tunnelling Heros from the Goldfields – Courtesy of John Reading of the Tunnllers.Org NOTE: Although all the brothers returned from Australia all died young the oldest being John at age 44yrs. Do you have a tunneller in your family? You can search the nominal roll […]
Indigenous Veteran to be Honoured.
19/02/2017 By 4 Comments
Just over a year ago, I was contacted by historian, Maureen Roberts to ask if I could take a photograph of a headstone (if there was one) in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. She had been researching the family of Hubert Lawrence and found he died in Kalgoorlie in 1970. When I visited the cemetery I found […]
Pannican – grave tales
19/01/2017 By 5 Comments
Police Honour Legendary Aboriginal Tracker. On the 2nd Jul 2008 a memorial was unveiled in Kalgoorlie for one of the state’s most renowned Aboriginal police trackers. Johnny Grey, also known as Pannican, who was considered one of the best trackers of his time. He worked for the police in the Laverton-Leonora area from 1942 to […]
Death on the Woodline
15/01/2017 By 1 Comment
It wasn’t only working on the mines that was a dangerous occupation but working on the wood lines, was also marred with frequent accidents. This article is about a well know wood cutter “Ilija Radunovich’ who was killed in a terrible accident at Lakewood. Ilija ws a married man of 45yrs whose wife, Kece, and […]
The Darkest 10 years –
08/01/2017 By Leave a Comment
From 1894 to the present day, in Western Australia the ‘Department of Mines and Petroleum’ merged with the Department of Minerals and Energy in 2001, AKA The Department of Mines, have produced an annual report on all aspects of mining. These not only provide a current valuable record for future planning but also provide an […]
