This is indeed a tiny home on the Goldfields:- his is Mary Howell nee Hughes at her home in Lane Street Boulder with her baby daughter, Agnes Lillian Howell, who was born in Boulder in 1903. Mary was married to Gwilym (Bill) Howell and they already had a son Endaf Howell aged 5 yrs. It […]
A Vet in the House
20/07/2016 By Leave a Comment
Another identified Kalgoorlie House. This is the residence of Austen Harry Bradley Veterinary Surgeon, 5 Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie. Sadly the house on this block today ,although old, is not the original building in the photograph. He had an area at the rear of the building where he was able to hold animals for treatment. He […]
Happy The Bride the Sun Shines On
17/07/2016 By Leave a Comment
From the Western Argus The BATH—FENSOME Wedding 27th July 1904 HAPPY THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON Thomas Henry. Bath, M.L.A. for Brownhill, has surrendered his state of single blessedness for matrimony, his bride being Miss Elizabeth Jane Maria Fensome, daughter of Mr. Fensome, Goldfields superintendent of the Citizens- Life Assurance Co. The ceremony, which was […]
Brutal Butchery At The Boulder
16/07/2016 By 4 Comments
Fix this text ‘The Truth’ Saturday 11 April 1908, Westralia had hardly done ringing with the climax of the Day Dawn murder sensation of Harry Smith of his crime of murdering his mate Clinton—the hanging only took place three weeks ago—when there occurs a tragedy in the very heart of a thickly populated centre. Boulder City, a […]
Gold Stealing – A Cunning Plan
08/07/2016 By 6 Comments
Over the years, gold stealing has been going on as long as mining has been. Many and varied have been the cunning plans and schemes to outwit the gold stealing officers and the mining companies. One such plan became very popular until it was notice that there was an unprecedented rise in the purchase of […]
