Category: History
Why a billion-dollar WA mining company is linked to the 31st US President
Any time two gold companies in WA announce a billion-dollar merger it’s a pretty big deal. But this one has a special quirk.
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Who was St Barbara and why is she the patron saint of miners?
For the past 23 years Kalgoorlie has celebrated the St Barbara’s Festival. It has taken many forms, once celebrated with a gala ball, although always with a memorial service and a parade.
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At one stage there were 2400 people, now there’s just a single pub
If you ever wanted a physical depiction of the way ‘gold fever’ gripped and then deserted areas of WA in years gone by, then you probably don’t need to look much further than Broad Arrow.
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The Goldfields pub that served Australia’s first counter meals
To the modern day consumer, the concept of eating a counter meal at a pub is hardly radical – in fact, we’re so spoiled for choice that you’d probably be disappointed if an establishment didn’t provide the option.
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Kalgoorlie wakes to a shake for a different reason
Anyone who has ever lived in Kalgoorlie-Boulder – or even visited – can tell you that it’s not unusual to feel WA’s best-known gold mining town shaking. The iconic Super Pit blasts on a regular basis, with some of those being bigger and more spectacular than others. But pre-dawn on Tuesday morning, Kalgoorlie-Boulder residents had […]
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Entire old mining town up for sale…including its pub!
Australia is littered with old towns that sprung up to support mining operations and then contracted back to a shadow of their former selves – and now you have the chance to buy one, complete with its own pub.
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How a piece of US rail history found an unlikely new life in the Pilbara
The story of the Silver Star starts out in the midwest of the United States in the late 1930s, when rail was still a dominant mode of cross-country passenger transport.
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End of an era as much-loved ‘whisper jet’ departs the WA FIFO scene
The last of Cobham Aviation’s British Aerospace 146 aircraft has made its final fly-in, fly-out journey from Murrin Murrin.
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The most valuable WA resource that you’ve probably never heard of
One of the most important contributors to WA mining and resources is a low-key operation that doesn't produce any commodities.
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The incredible, untold story of Ces Leary, WA’s trailblazing female geophysicist
She might well have been Australia's first female geophysicist. But it's only in the past two years that Ces Leary's family have learned how remarkable their pioneering relative was.
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