Kalgoorlie Miner 6 October 1951, page 6 A REAL PIONEER OF THE GOLDFIELDS The late Mr William Archibald Spoors, whose death occurred in Kalgoorlie on September 15, could well be described as a real pioneer of these goldfields. He was born in 1888 at Kaniva, in Victoria but came to Kalgoorlie as a lad. He […]
Northey and Mullins Families
01/04/2023 By Leave a Comment
Back in 2008 I was in correspondence with a lady called Val Skinner. I don’t have an email for her so perhaps she will see this story. She very kindly shared with me her family story of the Northey and Mullins families on the WA Goldfields. She also sent me two wonderful photographs, see below. […]
The Union Brewery Man – the Kaye family
11/03/2023 By 3 Comments
In 1996, (yes, I really do keep my mail from that long ago ♥), I was in correspondence (by mail of course), with a lady called Helen Saunders from Figtree in NSW. She was asking if I could look into her Grandparent’s time in Kalgoorlie to see what I could find about them. She very […]
Joe the Shifter –
11/02/2023 By 2 Comments
Mirror – Perth – 20 October 1934, page 8 ‘JOE THE SHIFTER’ Carted Goods To The Fields And Carted Them Away Again Now He’s Carting Them Back Joe the Shifter’ is the name given to one of the Goldfields’ best-known identities, Mr. Joseph Wilson, carrying contractor of Kalgoorlie, but one time of Coolgardie. He sets […]
A Case of Mistaken Identity –
10/12/2022 By Leave a Comment
While recently doing my daily post on the WAVMM ‘The Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial’ I found that it was the anniversary of a disaster which caused the death of three men at the Englishman GM in Kookynie. These are the names of the men:- BOURKE John, Miner 3/02/1900 Age 35 Englishman GM Kookynie MCKELVIE […]
