The Truth 28 December 1912 Double Tragedy at Kalgoorlie. “She Smiled, said “Hello, Curly” and Died” In our last issue appeared a brief account of the terrible double tragedy, which happened at Kalgoorlie on the previous Thursday, in the yard at the back of the Broken Hill Hotel, in Hannan street, when George […]
John Joseph READY – grave tales
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John Joseph READY – Kalgoorlie Cemetery RC Section Grave 7653 John Joseph Ready (A legendary figure) by George Compton 1992 John Joseph Ready who was buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery in grave number 7653 on 5 September 1933, born Co Limerick Ireland. He was a very early, very active, and somewhat enigmatic pioneer of the […]
Kurrawang Plane Crash – a brother remembered
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An English woman whose brother was killed in one of the States worst ever air crashes made an emotional pilgrimage to Kalgoorlie in June of 2004. Jessie Kent was only 18, when her brother, Captain Charles Hood, was among seven people killed near Kurrawang about 15 kms west of Kalgoorlie on 15 October 1951. Mr […]
A Marriage of Unusual Interest:
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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, […]
Henry Gregory – pioneer profile
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Daily News (Perth) 9 December 1929, page 6 PEN PORTRAITS – Prospector and Politician With only a comparatively short break the Hon. Henry Gregory. M.H.R has been associated with the politics of Australia for the past twenty-eight years. Like many other successful men in Western Australia, Mr. Gregory was born in Victoria, his native town […]
