The development of the goldfields created an insatiable appetite for timber. A rapidly growing population soon began to wreak havoc on the environment. At first timber was cut for domestic use and to fuel the condensers supplying fresh water. However these needs were nothing compared to those of the big company mines. Vast quantities of timber […]
Messers. Henderson and Macgeorge, Limited
18/06/2016 By 2 Comments
Western Argus ,December 25, 1902 The illustrations appearing in this issue show to what extent the operations of Messrs. Henderson and Macgeorge, Limited. Auctioneers and general produce salesmen. Of Hannan street. Kalgoorlie have developed. This energetic firm, recognising the want of a reliable medium with which the farmers could treat with confidence. Secured commodious premises […]
The Australian Natives Associations Hall
13/06/2016 By 2 Comments
The ANA hall in Kalgoorlie was located at 360 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie which is now where the rear of Woolworths faces Hannan Street. It is not know when it was demolished but it fails to appear in the Post Office Directories by 1910. The ANA provided sickness, medical and funeral cover. Membership in […]
Frederick C B Vosper – Firebrand and Agitator
11/06/2016 By Leave a Comment
The son of a civil engineer, Charles Watson Vosper, Frederick Charles Burleigh Vosper was born in St Dominick Cornwall in England and educated at Truro. He immigrated to Bolivia at the age of 15. Few other details of his early life are known, but in 1885 he was at Devonport serving with the Royal Navy on the […]
“Time Gentlemen” – Book Review
11/06/2016 By 3 Comments
“Time Gentlemen” A History of the Hotel Industry in Western Australia by Caroline de Mori Published 1987, ISBN 1862527695 “Time Gentlemen’ traces the history of the hotel industry in Western Australia since the first liquor licences were granted to seven humble dwellings in Perth, January of 1830 to the sophisticated industry of today. I can recommend […]
