In the early days of Western Australia, there were a lot of colourful characters, but none were more colourful than William Carr-Boyd.

Historian and author, Norma King, fondly reminisces about her life in Wiluna, Western Australia during the 1940s. First published in 1980

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

This is the story of Domeyers unsuccessful expedition in the summer of 1930 to find the infamous Lasseter's Reef of Gold.

The following article was written by Norma King based on interviews she had with Eva Bensley. This is the first time it has been publishe...

Interview with Bill Allen, about his life in Wiluna and Kalgoorlie from the 1920's.

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 w...

Phyllis McMillan, who was born in 1902, was President Hoover's God-daughter. She is reminiscing with historian Norma King about her life.

I came across an amusing letter from Brian Paddick to Norma King with regards to her book on the Kalgoorlie Miner she was researching. ["...

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 g...

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

Ted and Colleen Heaton brought camels back to Coolgardie in 1977 and a few months later Peter Holmes walked into Kalgoorlie-Boulder with ...

For about sixty-six years, the Sons of Gwalia mine supported the population of the town of Gwalia a and Leonora which was three kilometre...

The All Nations Hotel in Kalgoorlie was associated with two race riots in Kalgoorlie. This article looks at its history

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.

There was very little violence involving fire-arms during the infancy of the eastern goldfields and nothing resembling the gun-happy Amer...

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 ...

In 1907 Varischetti was entombed underground in a mine in Western Australia for 9 days. Brave divers visited him daily to keep him alive.

Amusing history on the celebrations Japanese locals arranged in Kalgoorlie and Boulder in 1905 after the fall of Port Arthur in the Russo-Ja

The following piece is taken from an article Norma King typed up (before she had a photocopier or computer!) from the Weekend News Supple...