At the End of the Rainbow - Josip Kirigin
Forty three years after it was first published, Josip Kirigin’s biographical novel about migrant life on the WA goldfields, Na kraju duge (At the End of the Rainbow) has been translated into English. Josip Kirigin, a celebrated Croatian journalist and author, was born in Boulder City in 1918, and spent his boyhood there. His father had arrived in
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THE CUNNINGHAM STORY - by Gail Peters
Brothers Andrew & Peter Cunningham were both born in Ross, Westland District of New Zealand & were the sons of Alice & Andrew Cunningham. Their father Andrew came to Coolgardie from NZ in approx. 1892, & in 1898 he took out a gold mining lease (no 2742) at Coolgardie. Andrew is listed (no. 13) in the “First 100 Pioneers of Coolgardie” photo montag
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Thomas Morgan Williams
Photographer of Life, a True Gentleman
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Soldier poet's prolific career
'Crosscut' lied about age to enlist
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Sad ending for larrikin poet
Death of 'Crosscut' Wilson
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VCs of the Goldfields
John Carroll and Thomas Axford
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