Gallery
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Art%20&%20Industry%20excellence%20certificate%20awarded%20to%20rica%20Cooke%201925.%20Courtesy%20Dorothy%20Erickson.png)
- Title
- Art and Industry Excellence Certificate awarded to Frederica Cooke
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1925
- Source
- Dorothy Erickson
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Clara%20was%20given%20this%20brooch%20by%20miner%20Paddy%20Hannan%20in%20thanks%20for%20her%20nursing%20skills.png)
- Title
- Brooch given to Clara Saunders by miner Paddy Hannan in thanks for her nursing skills
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Dorothy Erickson
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Brothel%20Madam%20Carmel%20Galvin%20outside%20Questa%20Casa%20Hay%20Street%20Kalgoorlie%202011.%20Courtesy%20Carmel.png)
- Title
- Brothel Madam Carmel Galvin outside Questa Casa, Hay Street, Kalgoorlie
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 2011
- Source
- Carmel Galvin
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- Title
- Carmel Galvin discussing an influx of Asian brothels after the lifting containment
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Carmel Galvin discussing the monitoring of girls by police, skimpy barmaids, the benefits of brothels and the history of brothels in Kalgoorlie
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Carmel Galvin makes the decision to become a Madam after the death of her husband
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Carol Douglas discussing being a feminist at work and seeing herself as a feminist
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Coolgardie%20Hospital%20nursing,%20medical%20and%20ancillary%20staff%20ca%20early%201900s.%20%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20009376d.png)
- Title
- Coolgardie Hospital staff
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1897
- Control
- 009376d
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Nurses%20quarters%20at%20Coolgardie%201898%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20009380d.png)
- Title
- Coolgardie nurses quarters
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1898
- Control
- 009380d
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Country%20croquet%20carnival,%20%20Mrs%20I%20Williams%20and%20Mrs%20e%20Hauser%20Kalgoorlie.%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20221,369PD.png)
- Title
- Country Croquet Carnival ladies competition hosted by the Nedland Croquet Club
- Type
- Image
- Control
- 221369PD
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Boulder%20CWA%20choir%20with%20mr%20Hayden%20Freeman%20ca%201950s.%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20067042PD.png)
- Title
- Country Women's Association choir from Boulder
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1970
- Control
- 067042PD
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_At%20the%20kalgoorlie%20racesca%201925-1930.%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20283115PD.png)
- Title
- Crowds at the races, Kalgoorlie
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1925 - c. 1930
- Control
- 283115PD
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Labour%20Day%20Parade,%20Boulder,%201914.%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20000518D.png)
- Title
- Crowds wait in Burt Street for the Boulder Labour Day Parade
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 10 June 1914 - 10 June 1914
- Control
- 000518D
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_FAMILY~1.png)
- Title
- A family at the Siberia Reward Gold Mine, Broad Arrow
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1900
- Control
- 000652D
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_A%20goldfields%20family%20outside%20their%20tent%20with%20their%20transportation%20-%20a%20camel.%20Ca%20early%201900s.%20Courtesy%20Outback%20Family%20History.png)
- Title
- A Goldfields family outside their tent with their transportation, a camel
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1900
- Source
- Outback Family History
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Goldfields%20Glee%20and%20Orchestral%20society%20ca%201950s.%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20067043PD.png)
- Title
- Goldfields Glee and Orchestral Society
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1930
- Control
- 067043PD
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_The%20caption%20reads%20Goldfields%20Private%20Hospital.%20%20Note%20the%20way%20in%20which%20the%20garden%20was%20constructed%20with%20paths%20and%20flower%20beds.%20%20024442PD.png)
- Title
- A Goldfields private hospital
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1899
- Control
- 233161PD
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Goldfields%20transport.%20%20A%20rather%20elegant%20woman%20on%20a%20camel%20ca%20late%201890s.%20%20Courtesy%20Outback%20Family%20history.png)
- Title
- Goldfields transport: a woman on a camel ca. Late 1890s.
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Outback Family history
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_WWi%20Group%20portrait%20of%20the%20Nursing%20Staff%20of%20the%201st%20Australian%20General%20Hospital%20(1AGH).%20Courtesy%20Australian%20War%20Memorial.png)
- Title
- Group portrait of the nursing staff of the First Australian General Hospital (1AGH)
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 23 September 1918
- Source
- Australian War Memorial
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Horse%20drawn%20delivery%20carts%20and%20parade%20floats.png)
- Title
- Horse drawn parade floats in Kalgoorlie/Boulder
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1907 - 1910
- Control
- 062235PD
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Jean%20(2nd%20L)%20and%20her%20cousin%20Olive%20Haddon%201st%20L%20on%20holidays%20with%20friends%20at%20Scarborough%20Beach%20circa%201920s.%20Courtesy%20Tom%20Scott.png)
- Title
- Jean Musk and her cousin Olive Hadden on holidays with friends at Scarborough Beach
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1920
- Source
- Tom Scott
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Kalgoorlie%20branch%20of%20the%20womens%20Christian%20Temperance%20Union.%20Courtesy%20WA%20Museums.png)
- Title
- Kalgoorlie branch of the Womens Christian Temperance Union
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Western Australian Museum
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- Title
- Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines (KCGM) policy regarding women
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Kalgoorlie%20shop%20window%20displaying%20womens%20clothing%20and%20apparel.%20Courtesy%20WA%20Museums.png)
- Title
- Kalgoorlie shop window displaying womens clothing and apparel
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Western Australian Museum
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Kitty%20Daniels%20cycling%20near%20Coolgardie.%20%20Women%20quickly%20embrced%20bicycles%20for%20recreation%20and%20transportation.%20ca%20early%201900s%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20007203d.png)
- Title
- Kitty Daniel cycling in Coolgardie
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1897
- Control
- 007203d
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Ladies%20Guild%20ca%20early%201900s%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20233161PD.png)
- Title
- Ladies' Guild, Eastern Goldfields
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1900 - 1910
- Control
- 233161PD
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
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- Title
- Lorna Martin discussing coping while her husband was on strike
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Lorna Martin discussing her husband developing diabetes and having to leave his job as a machine miner, resulting in lower wages
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Lorna Mitchell discussing working as a teacher with mentally handicapped children in Kalgoorlie
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Lorna Sharp describing how men spent their pay in Kalgoorlie
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Lorna Sharp: A third for your wife, a third for the pub and a third to bet
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Margherita%20Stefani%20cooking%20at%20the%20Amalfi%20Wine%20Saloon%20circa%201950s.Courtesy%20of%20Margherita%20Stefani.png)
- Title
- Margherita Stefani cooking at the Amalfi Wine Saloon
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1950
- Source
- Margherita Stefani
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- Title
- Margherita Stefani describing the first takeaway spaghetti and cutlets in Kalgoorlie
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Mary Pantiji McLean and Nalda Searles - friendship and responsibilities
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Michelle Berryman remembering the death of her miner father in the Otto Duane Mine in 1996
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Michelle Berryman: Changing mining culture, becoming more aware of the community
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Mrs%20f%20Hele,%20Mrs%20C%20shaw,%20Mrs%20CL%20Mcilheney%20(Boulder)Mrs%20SA%20Shaw%20Coolgardie%20at%20a%20Red%20Cross%20Easter%20Conference%20in%20Perth%20ca%201941.%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20110193PD.png)
- Title
- Mrs F. Hele, Mrs C. Shaw, Mrs C.L. Mcilheney (Boulder) and Mrs S.A. Shaw (Coolgardie) at a Red Cross Easter Conference in Perth
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1941
- Control
- 110193PD
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
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- Title
- Nalda Searles talking about her No Grog art project in Kalgoorlie
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Nerina Beccarelli describing working at the Cornwall Hotel
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Nerina Beccarelli describing working in the market garden
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Nerina Beccarelli discussing her family staying with Australians during the riot
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Nerina Beccarelli discussing her mothers work after the death of her father
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Nerina Beccarelli discussing the death of her stepfather from silicosis
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Nerina Beccarelli: Rivalry between Kalgoorlie and Boulder
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Nerina Beccarelli: Weekly Italian dances at the Cornwall Hotel
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Nerina Beccarelli: Women during the war and the internment of barmen
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Nevina%20Zadow%20working%20in%20the%20Superpit%202011.%20Courtesy%20KCGM.png)
- Title
- Nevina Zadow working in the Superpit
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 2011
- Source
- Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines
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- Title
- Nevina Zadow: A change of work culture because of an influx of women
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Nicole Pike discussing female apprentices and working in a warehouse
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Title
- Nicole Pike explaining her work as part of the Voids Crew
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Nurses%20marching%20through%20Perth%20on%20return%20from%20WWI.%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20029872PD.png)
- Title
- Nurses marching through Perth on return from the Great War
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1918
- Control
- 029872PD
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_WW2NUR~1.png)
- Title
- Nursing Sisters of 2/3rd Australian General Hospital (AGH), before their embarkation for duty overseas
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1940 - 1945
- Source
- Australian War Memorial
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Outside%20a%20ransacked%20restaurant%20in%20Boulder%20after%20the%20riots%20ca%201934.%20Courtesy%20EGHS.png)
- Title
- Outside a ransacked restaurant after the riots in Boulder
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1934
- Source
- Eastern Goldfields Historical Society
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- Title
- Palma Alfirevich describing escaping Boulder before their house was burnt down during the riots
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Palmira%20Alfirovich%20and%20her%20family%20after%20the%20riots%20in%20Kalgoorlie%20.png)
- Title
- Palmira Alfirovich and her family after the riots in Kalgoorlie
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Palma Alfirovich
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_PATIEN~1.png)
- Title
- Patient Bridget Leighy in bed on the verandah of Kalgoorlie Hospital with nurses
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1903
- Control
- 006671D
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Phoebe%20Cooke%20(R),%20Chris%20sandilands%20(her%20fiancee)%20Frederica%20Cooke%20centre.%20%20Fancy%20dress%20Ball%20in%20Boulder%20ca%20early%201920s.%20Courtesy%20Dorothy%20Erickson.png)
- Title
- Phoebe Cooke (right) her fiancee, Chris Sandilands and Frederica Cooke (centre) at a fancy dress ball in Boulder, ca early 1920s
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Dorothy Erickson
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Red%20cross%20women%20WWI%20raising%20money%20for%20the%20war%20in%20kalgoorlie%20ca%201915.png)
- Title
- Red cross women raising money for the war (WWI) in Kalgoorlie
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1915
- Source
- Outback Family History
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Savina%20Patroni%20at%20work%20in%20the%20market%20garden%20Sommerville%201983.%20Courtesy%20savina%20Patroni.png)
- Title
- Savina Patroni at work in the market garden, Sommerville
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1983
- Source
- Savina Patroni
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Super%20Pit%20KCGM.%20Courtesy%20kalgoorlie%20Boulder%20Council.%202%20Aug%202011.png)
- Title
- Super Pit, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 2011
- Source
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder Council
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Jewellery%20shop%20Coolgardie%20ca%201899.%20Courtesy%20NAA.png)
- Title
- Three camels in front of commercial buildings, Coolgardie, Western Australia
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1890s
- Source
- http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24613175, National Library of Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Bush%20camp%20with%20three%20women%20in%20the%20foreground.%20%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20255004PD.png)
- Title
- Three women in foreground and large group of men. Bush scene.
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1900
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
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- Title
- Vera Beccarelli discussing 'flattening' a boy who called her a 'Ding'
- Type
- Interview
- Source
- Criena Fitzgerald
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Voids%20and%20Geology%20crew%20working%20at%20Superpit%20KCGM%20Kalgoorlie.%20Courtesy%20KCGM.png)
- Title
- Voids and geology crew working at the Superpit, Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines, Kalgoorlie
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Kalgoorlie Consolidated Gold Mines
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Woman%20outside%20her%20house%20which%20is%20made%20of%20corrugated%20iron%20ca%20early%201900s.%20Courtesy%20Outback%20Family%20History.png)
- Title
- Woman and family outside a house made of corrugated iron, ca early 1900s
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Outback Family History
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Women%20and%20children%20morning%20tea,%20Kalgoorlie%20ca%20early%201900s.%20Courtesy%20WA%20Museums.png)
- Title
- Women and children having morning tea, Kalgoorlie, ca early 1900s
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Western Australian Museum
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Children's%20day%20at%20the%20Coolgardie%20Baths%20ca%201907.%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20006793d.png)
- Title
- Women and girls at the Coolgardie Baths
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1906
- Control
- 006793d
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Women%20at%20the%20hairdressers%20in%20Kalgoorlie%20ca%20early%201900s%20.%20Courtesy%20WA%20Museums.png)
- Title
- Women at the hairdressers in Kalgoorlie, ca early 1900s
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Western Australian Museum
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Women%20in%20nurses%20uniform,%20Coolgardie%201899.%20%20Courtesy%20SLWA%20030053PD.png)
- Title
- Women in uniform, Coolgardie
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 1899
- Control
- 030053PD
- Source
- State Library of Western Australia
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Women%20in%20war%20munitions%20factory,%20Kalgoorlie.%20Courtesy%20EGHS.png)
- Title
- Women in war munitions factory, Kalgoorlie
- Type
- Image
- Source
- Eastern Goldfields Historical Society
![](../../objects/thumbs/sq_Jean%20Musk%20far%20L%20circa%201920s.%20Courtesy%20Tom%20Scott.png)
- Title
- Young trainee teachers, Olive Hadden and Jean Musk with friends
- Type
- Image
- Date
- c. 1920
- Source
- Tom Scott