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Was Jack the Ripper Arrested at Southern Cross?
The notorious murderer and first serial killer or Australia, was arrested in Southern Cross in 1892. Was he Jack the Ripper?
Lorraine Kelly
Jul 19, 202018 min read
William Carr-Boyd - The Prince of Storytellers
In the early days of Western Australia, there were a lot of colourful characters, but none were more colourful than William Carr-Boyd.
Lorraine Kelly
May 11, 202014 min read
Wiluna - Memories of Bloomers, Mice and Kangaroos
Historian and author, Norma King, fondly reminisces about her life in Wiluna, Western Australia during the 1940s. First published in 1980
Lorraine Kelly
Apr 4, 20209 min read
Life in Quarantine at Parkeston Camp, WA in 1919
With our state borders closed and people being quarantined, we try to imagine what it would be like being forced to stay in a quarantine cam
Lorraine Kelly
Mar 27, 20205 min read
Domeyer's Search for Lasseter's Reef
This is the story of Domeyers unsuccessful expedition in the summer of 1930 to find the infamous Lasseter's Reef of Gold.
Lorraine Kelly
Mar 10, 20207 min read
Eva Bensley Reminisces - A German Family in the Goldfields during WW1
The following article was written by Norma King based on interviews she had with Eva Bensley. This is the first time it has been...
Lorraine Kelly
Feb 18, 20207 min read
Bill Allen (b1902): Reminiscing with Norma
Interview with Bill Allen, about his life in Wiluna and Kalgoorlie from the 1920's.
Lorraine Kelly
Feb 17, 202015 min read
Life on the 'Fields in the early days - Jim Kelly's Life (born 1894)
Norma King wrote the following article based on an interview she had with Jim Kelly in the 1970s. I was eleven and a half pounds when I...
Lorraine Kelly
Jan 27, 20207 min read
Reminiscing With Norma - President Hoover's Goddaughter. (Born 1902)
Phyllis McMillan, who was born in 1902, was President Hoover's God-daughter. She is reminiscing with historian Norma King about her life.
Lorraine Kelly
Jan 18, 20208 min read
Recollections of a former "Kalgoorlie Miner" Editor - Brian Paddick
I came across an amusing letter from Brian Paddick to Norma King with regards to her book on the Kalgoorlie Miner she was researching....
Lorraine Kelly
Dec 16, 20195 min read
Painting filled a gap for Bob Salmon
By Norma King, first published June 1980 When an elderly man or woman loses a life partner it can be a traumatic experience and leave a...
Lorraine Kelly
Dec 14, 20194 min read
The Big Bell!
Big Bell - what memories the name of that town brings back to those who once lived there! To some, it has nostalgic thoughts of homes left b
Lorraine Kelly
Dec 12, 20197 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
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
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