Its sometimes hard to know what books are available on a particular town. It is often the case, that the name of the place is not in the title. This is the first in series of post which highlights books available on a town or district. Kambalda was first known as Red Hill and is […]
A clock on the wall – Lindell Jewellers
16/06/2018 By 4 Comments
In 2008 I was contacted by Kirsti Hiekka Langbein who lives in Finland, and who was seeking information on her Grandfather who was a jeweller in early Kalgoorlie. We corresponded for some time and I was able to tell her that the clock in the Kalgoorlie town hall chambers was made by Lindell’s Jewellers, as was […]
A Goldfields Fantasy by Tony Bozich
15/06/2018 By 2 Comments
The following verse was written by Tony Bozich in celebration of the 125th anniversary of the discovery of gold in Kalgoorlie by Paddy Hannan, Thomas Flanagan and Dan Shea. Thus setting off a major gold rush in the area, and the rest, is as they say, is ‘History’. […]
Ptomaine Poisoning – the silent killer
07/06/2018 By 1 Comment
The term, ptomaine poisoning, is was used to include all sorts of cases of bacterial poisoning due to the consumption of unhealthy food, except where specific disease. e.g. tuberculosis. is conveyed. The main reason was contamination from tinned food that had not been prepared or tinned properly. Anyone who has travelled in the outback will […]
My Own Dear Boy:-
03/06/2018 By 1 Comment
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette 29 July 1897 SUICIDE AT SMITHFIELD Last Saturday week a miner, Thomas McKileen, living by himself in a tent at Smithfield, committed suicide by blowing his brains out. At an inquest held on Monday afternoon before the acting-Coroner, Mr. E. O. Butler, J,P. it was elicited that on Friday […]
