Book Review – Pipe Dream to Pipeline

Pipe-Dream to Pipeline, The Eventful Life of Nathaniel W Harper by Stan Gervas Many of you will know of the story of the water pipeline which came to the Goldfields bringing fresh water and permanent prosperity and the roll played in the scheme by C Y O’Connor. Many of you will not however know of […]

The Kalgoorlie Hotel – Judds pub

  Kalgoorlie Hotel ‘Judds Pub’. Hannan Street Kalgoorlie This photo is not one often seen of this well know local iconic building. Built c 1896 from ‘white stone’ it has remained a going concern ever since. It hasn’t always been called ‘Judds’ it was named as such from James (Judd) Mahony who gave his nick […]

The Graves of Horseman’s Gully – grave tales

WARNING:- Graphic content of grave remains that may upset some people. In 1995 Forsyth-Plutonic Gold Mining held the mining lease of an area that included burials at Horseman’s Gully near Darlot in the Murchison. Under mining law, it is prohibited to mine within 100 yards of a know burial site. This posed a problem for […]

Davyhurst -ghost towns

The following information was supplied by Julia Flavel: My Gt, Gt Uncle Walter (Wattie) Davys found gold in Davyton now Davyhurst. It is our understanding it was named after him. The Davy came from his name and the Hurst from Hurstone farm which was the name of the farm they left behind in England before […]

In Search of Mordaunt Reid:

More than one third of the 62,000 Anzacs who died in WW1 are still listed as missing with no known graves. This is the story of one woman who never stopped looking for her soldier. Lieutenant Mordaunt Reid was paid the ultimate accolade by war historian and correspondent, Charles Bean, on the morning of the […]