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Their Poetry Tells a Story
Very little poetry appears in newspapers and popular journals today but poems, rhymes, and jingles were frequently included in magazines...
Lorraine Kelly
Dec 4, 20196 min read
The Return of Camels to the Goldfields
Ted and Colleen Heaton brought camels back to Coolgardie in 1977 and a few months later Peter Holmes walked into Kalgoorlie-Boulder with...
Lorraine Kelly
Nov 20, 20197 min read
The Italian Community at Gwalia
For about sixty-six years, the Sons of Gwalia mine supported the population of the town of Gwalia a and Leonora which was three...
Lorraine Kelly
Nov 14, 201910 min read
An Old Building with a Violent Past
The All Nations Hotel in Kalgoorlie was associated with two race riots in Kalgoorlie. This article looks at its history
Lorraine Kelly
Oct 4, 201910 min read
1930's Larkinville & The Golden Eagle
The discovery of the Golden Eagle at the beginning of 1931 stirred men's imaginations and gave them hope in the dark days of the Depression.
Lorraine Kelly
Jul 29, 20195 min read
The Shooting of May Wain
There was very little violence involving fire-arms during the infancy of the eastern goldfields and nothing resembling the gun-happy...
Lorraine Kelly
Jul 24, 20196 min read
New Hopes: the Bullfinch Rush of 1910
By 1910 most of the excitement had gone out of mining in the eastern goldfields. Many of the rich mines had petered out while those that...
Lorraine Kelly
Jul 21, 20196 min read
Dryblower Jack (Jack Carins) - Part 2
More information and photos of Jack Carins - Dryblower Jack of Coolgardie.
Lorraine Kelly
Jun 8, 20193 min read
The Amazing Escape of Modesto Varischetti - Entombed miner in 1907
In 1907 Varischetti was entombed underground in a mine in Western Australia for 9 days. Brave divers visited him daily to keep him alive.
Lorraine Kelly
May 21, 20196 min read
1905 Japanese Celebrations on the Goldfields
Amusing history on the celebrations Japanese locals arranged in Kalgoorlie and Boulder in 1905 after the fall of Port Arthur in the Russo-Ja
Lorraine Kelly
May 15, 20194 min read
The Dalmatian Connection
I have just completed the podcasts and published the PDF book of 'The Dalmatian Connection'. Norma wrote this book in 2010, but it has...
Lorraine Kelly
May 6, 20192 min read
Dryblower Jack - Jack Carins of Coolgardie
The following piece is taken from an article Norma King typed up (before she had a photocopier or computer!) from the Weekend News...
Lorraine Kelly
Mar 14, 20194 min read
The Lady at the Lime Kilns Pt 2
For Part 1 Jean soon discovered that housekeeping at the Lime Kilns was a lot different to what she had been used to in the city. Her...
Lorraine Kelly
Mar 12, 201910 min read
The Lady at the Lime Kilns (Part 1)
By Norma King "My God! Where have I landed myself?" Jean Zuvela said this was her first thought when she arrived at the Lime Kilns near...
Lorraine Kelly
Mar 11, 20196 min read
History of Mt Ida, an Isolated Community
Mt Ida is a ghost-town located between Mt Magnet and Leonora, 86 kilometres north-west of Menzies. It was named after a geological...
Lorraine Kelly
Feb 16, 201912 min read
Residents of 40 Piccadilly Street - Final: G & F Wishart and the King Family.
Gordon David and Florence May Wishart were the next owners of 40 Piccadilly Street, Kalgoorlie. Peter Wishart was also living with them,...
Lorraine Kelly
Feb 12, 20194 min read
The Residents of 40 Piccadilly Street, Pt 4: Ned & Mildred Willis
Edward (Ned) and Margaret Willis were the next owners of the house. They had one daughter, Dorothy. Ned was a butcher by trade and had a...
Lorraine Kelly
Jan 29, 20193 min read
The Residents of 40 Piccadilly St Kalgoorlie, Pt 3: The Egglestons
The next owner of the house was an accountant, Charles Murray Eggleston. He married a school teacher named Mary Ursula Darcey in...
Lorraine Kelly
Jan 19, 20194 min read
Murder of Wimbah (Tiger), who was the first to find gold at Bulong
Wimbah, who was better known as Tiger, was an Aboriginal from the North-west who was famous during his lifetime for being an intelligent,...
Lorraine Kelly
Jan 14, 20193 min read
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