Social Life
Women and children having morning tea, Kalgoorlie, ca early 1900s, courtesy of Western Australian Museum.
Family picnics, dances and theatre sustained many women. Shops quickly catered to the influx of families and services for women were quickly provided. Women supported churches, worked for charitable trusts and raised money in the community.
Kalgoorlie and Boulder councils amalgamated in 1989. Boulder had always been regarded as where miners and their families lived, while Kalgoorlie had more prosperous residents. To visit the shops in Kalgoorlie was often a big trip for the women of Boulder.
Women's Stories
Read more about women from Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the Australian Women's Register.
- Nerina Beccarelli - Domestic worker and gardner
- Frederica Cooke - Midwife
- Aimee Guy Smith - Medical practitioner
- Nancy Manners - Teacher
- Lillian Mumme - Nurse
- Jean Musk - Teacher
- Olive Scott - Teacher
Audio
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- Lorna Martin discussing coping while her husband was on strike
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- Interview
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- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Lorna Martin discussing her husband developing diabetes and having to leave his job as a machine miner, resulting in lower wages
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- Interview
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- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Lorna Martin, buying shoes
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- Interview
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- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Lorna Martin: Train to Coolgardie for a picnic
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- Interview
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- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Lorna Sharp describing how men spent their pay in Kalgoorlie
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- Interview
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- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Lorna Sharp: A third for your wife, a third for the pub and a third to bet
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- Interview
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- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Nerina Beccarelli: Rivalry between Kalgoorlie and Boulder
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- Interview
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- Criena Fitzgerald
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- Nerina Beccarelli: Travelling from Kalgoorlie to Boulder
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- Interview
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- Criena Fitzgerald
Images
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- Art and Industry Excellence Certificate awarded to Frederica Cooke
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- 1925
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- Dorothy Erickson
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- Country Croquet Carnival ladies competition hosted by the Nedland Croquet Club
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- Image
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- 221369PD
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- State Library of Western Australia
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- Country Women's Association choir from Boulder
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- Image
- Date
- 1970
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- 067042PD
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- State Library of Western Australia
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- Crowds at the races, Kalgoorlie
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- Image
- Date
- c. 1925 - c. 1930
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- 283115PD
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- State Library of Western Australia
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- Female cricket team, Kalgoorlie. Early 1900s
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- Image
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- Outback Family History
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- Frederica Cooke, aged 20
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- Image
- Date
- 1917
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- Dorothy Erickson
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- Group of tennis players, Kalgoorlie, c. Early 1900s
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- Image
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- Outback Family history
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- Jean Musk and her cousin Olive Hadden on holidays with friends at Scarborough Beach
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- Image
- Date
- c. 1920
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- Tom Scott
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- Kalgoorlie shop window displaying womens clothing and apparel
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- Image
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- Western Australian Museum
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- Kitty Daniel cycling in Coolgardie
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- Image
- Date
- 1897
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- 007203d
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- State Library of Western Australia
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- Ladies' Guild, Eastern Goldfields
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- Image
- Date
- 1900 - 1910
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- 233161PD
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- State Library of Western Australia
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- Lilian Mumme and unknown in Kalgoorlie
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- Image
- Date
- c. 1920
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- Kay Mumme
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- Miss Boulder
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- Image
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- Western Australian Museum
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- Nancy Manners
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- Image
- Date
- 1928
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- Ron Manners
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- Olive Scott
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- Image
- Date
- c. 1920
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- Tom Scott
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- Olive with her son Tom at the Lakewood Woodline Camp
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- Image
- Date
- c. 1940
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- Tom Scott
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- Opera company visitng Coolgardie, ca early 1900s
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- Image
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- Western Australian Museum
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- Phoebe Cooke (right) her fiancee, Chris Sandilands and Frederica Cooke (centre) at a fancy dress ball in Boulder, ca early 1920s
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- Image
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- Dorothy Erickson
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- Scott family picnic, Kalgoorlie, ca early 1900s
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- Image
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- A.W. Musk
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- Three camels in front of commercial buildings, Coolgardie, Western Australia
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- Image
- Date
- 1890s
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- http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24613175, National Library of Australia
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- Women and children having morning tea, Kalgoorlie, ca early 1900s
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- Image
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- Western Australian Museum
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- Women and girls at the Coolgardie Baths
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- Image
- Date
- 1906
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- 006793d
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- State Library of Western Australia
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- Women and their dogs in Kalgoorlie
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- Image
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- Kalgoorlie-Boulder Council
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- Women at the hairdressers in Kalgoorlie, ca early 1900s
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- Image
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- Western Australian Museum
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- Women's cricket team, Kalgoorlie, ca early 1900s
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- Image
- Source
- Outback Family History
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- Yugoslav Band circa 1930s
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- Image
- Date
- c. 1930
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- Palma Alfirovich