Goldfields WA Golden Mile & Hannans

04/04/2026

🌇 It is nice those within the positions of delegated responsibility have recognised the value of the historic heritage goldrush boulevards, from the years fo advocacy, from the visitor servicing to the highly funded local Chamber of Commerce & Industry and 'even' an improvement by the local, Local Government Authority, City of Kalgoorlie Boulder 🙌 promoting the historic heritage, retail, hospitality, commercial and social amenity central boulevards that are also predominately statutory Heritage Precincts in the Local Planning Scheme.

The federal directions of the VE instill the first nations directions are to be embeded, this has occurred tremendously, it is also to be remembered historic heritage is Australia's cultural heritage and as such deserves also to be respected in the built environment and other.

✅ With the Kalgoorlie Endowment Block included in the Register of Heritage Places of Western Australia (December 2023) it further embeds the historic heritage value of the built environment, unfortunately the significant sites of the VE and historic heritage, continue to be impacted with several case studies presenting evidence of what some may consider, inappropriate Heritage Management Approaches.

🪨⚒️ We hope the landscape identity is returned by the City of Kalgoorlie Boulder as 'they' local governance and council ie: City of Kalgoorlie Boulder promised it would be, in the form of the removed significant quartz rocks of the fields from the Saint Barbara Patron Saint of Miners symbolic mining cultural installation at Saint Barbara's Square.

✝️At present St Barbara stands isolated in a garden bed that everyone from politicians, tourists, locals and corporate mining, squash with their boot and feet tracks, each time they approach the symbolic cultural installation to pay respect, (photo opportunities) hardly respectful! It may appear a small gesture to return historic heritage and geoheritage identity to the goldrush boulevard Hannans Street by returning a more respectful presentation of St Barbara however small, it is just and will return values contributing to the ongoing aspirations of many parties to have a more vibrant, safe and active central streetscape in the Australian mining heritage city that is currently hosting a corporate mining boom !

28/03/2026

A traumatised Goldfields paramedic has made a desperate plea, calling for better treatment of frontline workers.

First and foremost > A traumatised Goldfields paramedic has made a desperate plea, calling for better treatment of frontline workers.

The historic heritage permanent settlement of Kalgoorlie Boulder deserves better !

As this event occurred the hosted corporate mining industry were parading down the historic heritage boulevard of Kalgoorlie Boulder Hannans Street, it is spoken by the law enforcement their resources were committed to the event (aside those general words delivered by them and the myriad of issues that go along with their jurisdiction), perhaps it is an event organisers issue to better organise their security and safety management of the great and iconic Saint Barbara's Parade hosted also by the City of Kalgoorlie Boulder ? It is an event generously supported by the hosted corporate mining industry (and managed by a subsidiary/committee of the Kalgoorlie Boulder Chamber of Commerce & Industry) an industry who have strict protocols onsite for approach and attendance on heavy machinery, such as lockout tagout, distance to heavy machinery etc. as small children scamper over their machines pre-event/pre-parade and many industry personal walk alongside in front and behind machines it is an often interesting view, with limited communication provided on body of many of the marshalls and support staff, just an observation.

The historic heritage built environment of Kalgoorlie Boulder has been degraded, defaced and disrespected for a very long time, impacted further by anti-social and down right life threatening behaviour. It is not often recognised historic heritage of the goldfields is also a cultural heritage, a global human heritage along with the built environment and altered landscapes through mining heritage that are also a historic heritage Australian cultural environment.

First and foremost > A traumatised Goldfields paramedic has made a desperate plea, calling for better treatment of frontline workers.

26/03/2026

⚒️🇦🇺 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵: As mining heritage valorisation occurs across multiple other states of Australia, the National Comparison requirements appear to be delivering outdated knowledge in the greater context of the historic Western Australian gold fields of 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞.

🌏 The broad context of the comparison appears valid however it is becoming very evident the slow to act agents in Western Australia are causative to incomplete and outdated assessment as sites of the most significant remain un-assessed however judged in broad and more intimate comparable context, that will become a record that will impact the future of the Goldfields of Western Australia through comparable recording using outdated information !

♻️ The diggers landscape at various places on the fields including Kangaroo Hills and the ' 𝘉𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘺 & 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 ' remains un-assessed in advanced technological and scientific historic heritage management practice, as many states welcome visitation and education experiences to historic developed reserves encompassing their significant historic mining reserves, Kalgoorlie Boulder and Coolgardie's foundational site, Bayley & Fords receives;

▪️ deemed refusals,
▪️ questionable ethical and management considerations of environmental and mines safety whilst also reverting to a closed network of consult that is of benefit to hosted corporate mining
▪️ displays no organised system bringing attention to process in Western Australia in attendance of a significant historic heritage cultural collective site.

✅ 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢'𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴, 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘉𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘺 & 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢.

⚒️ 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 on the historic Goldfields of Western Australia 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐲 & 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐟𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 ? 🔹 Conditions that present an expectation of wte' make safe and provide Public Access.

🔹 Bayley & Fords at Coolgardie is an interesting significant site of historic heritage, that appears to escape good practice of wte' ESG principles as the site perhaps is delivering ignored Conditions of Mining Tenement.

🔹 In the modern mining rush delivery, the shoulders 'they' (the mining industry professionals and their consultants) stand apon are once again ignored for the old fields, in the home of the former AUSTRALIAN Mining Hall of Fame (visitation site) representing the professional mining industry of Australia, many do not wish a repeat as the mining professionals hosted and their peak industry bodies 'capture' without inclusive practice as is a requirement of good practice of heritage management approaches.

📷 Photograph: J. Scott
Bayley & Fords Collective, Bayleys South.
Mining Heritage Place.
1892 Australian gold discovery Coolgardie, Western Australia.


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26/03/2026

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24/03/2026

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Heritage mine site, timber hopper and remnants of stamp battery at 1892 Bayley & Ford's gold discovery site at Coolgardie, Western Australia.

Noted: Discovery Site. Obelisk - Commemorative Plaque present, dedicated 1942, 50th Anniversary.

24/03/2026

🙏 Thank you for speaking out !

A St John WA worker has told of how she feared for her life when a naked man allegedly smashed his head through the windshield of an ambulance, as new figures reveal a spike in violence towards paramedics.

22/03/2026

⚒️🇦🇺 Adaptive reuse of extractive industry sites of Australia include the convict era Sydney Sandstone Quarries, Quarries that formed part of my Western Australian bid to the State Government of Western Australia to recognise the value of extractive industry sites in WA and the historic heritage value inclusive of those who worked the sites, the industrial heritage and the built environment they created.

In 2015 the smaller example of sandstone quarries of Australia at Donnybrook were recognised through the inclusion of a Group of Donnybrook Sandstone Quarries in the Register of Heritage Places of Western Australia, whilst the responsible department managing Mining Approvals and Conditions of Mining Tenement provided additional protection of sandstone waterways and remnant historical works within the former Government Quarry. The Government Sandstone Quarry (fmr) is a 38 hectare reserve, noted in planning as 🌳 Parks & Recreation however had a historic use of quarry, with advancement of development surrounding the Park & Recreation Reserve, a enacted State Agreement appeared to over ride the process and values, perhaps an ethical and heritage management approach that today forms part of the more advanced options through TSM and ESG.

▶️ The State Government of WA entered a State Agreement with a hosted operator, for a supply of Donnybrook Stone for the repair and maintenance of the ebullient sandstone buildings of Western Australia that grace the streetscapes of Perth & Fremantle, in turn to approve the Parks & Recreation reserve as a Mining Tenement for a new operator, in a Government Reserve that had not been worked legally since the 1970's when the Sculptors Society of WA was granted permission to remove extracted stone from a quarry floor. The State Agreement was for 12 blocks of stone 1 meter x 1 meter x 1.5 meter. Watch for those State Agreements, not matter how small they are, they take away a key values whilst shifting power to hosted extractive industry operators. This former WA Government Quarry site now has several Notifications in the Mining Tenement.

▶️ One, 𝘒𝘢𝘭𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮, 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘍𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.

🎼🏛️Returning to Sydney Sandstone, the adaptive reuse site of the extractive industries now forms part of one of Australia's most recognisable sites and places The Sydney Opera House Precinct and the Tarpeian Way.

⚒️🇦🇺 Courtesy of Pocket Oz; The Tarpeian Precinct is a narrow strip of open parkland in the vicinity of a convict-era quarry site running along the eastern side of Macquarie Street above the old quarry face. This relatively small elevated green space dotted with large trees has views to parts of Circular Quay, the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House. Government House is immediately to the south-east of this area.

One of Sydney's oldest sandstone quarries, it provided the building materials for some of Sydney's earliest stone buildings, particularly those built by the Government for its own use, that were constructed around the turn of the 19th century. Unfortunately, of these, only the Man O'War Steps survive today. The biggest of these buildings was Fort Macquarie, which was the first building to occupy the site of the Sydney Opera House. The seawalls of Farm Cove (built between 1848 - 1878) and the eastern shore of Circular Quay (completed in 1847) were also built in part out of the rock excavated from this quarry.

The hole left by quarrying became known as the Tarpeian Way, after the resemblance of the escarpment to the Tarpeian Rock, a steep cliff of the southern summit of the Capitoline Hill, overlooking the Roman Forum in Ancient Rome. In the time of the Caesars, criminals were hurled to their deaths from it.

📷 𝘈 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘺 & 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘺𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦. 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦: 𝘑. 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵 2025

21/03/2026

That is great an international photographer is being bought in by the city however it does not negate the FACT the actual true rights holders of the historic GOLDFIELDS of Western Australia have been denied a VOICE whilst those in positions of power from institutions, politicians, regulators, hosted corporate mining, have cumulatively impacted this and other regions whilst falling short on heritage management approaches and their role in sustainability of place, inclusive of respecting the historic heritage streetscapes and historic heritage cultural landscapes, mining and geoheritage landscapes.

With so much attention on first nations in Mine Closure Planning little attention is being paid to the historic heritage values of Mine Closure Planning, of the two differing lines of historic heritage -

▪️mining heritage of foundational Australia,
and the
▪️modern mining industry, mining heritage of modern mines,

all whilst re-entry and re-commercialisation denies the right of the true rights holders in many instances.

When reflecting on historic heritage it is the miners who worked the mines, and their built environment settlements, who rightfully NEED to be included in Mine Closure Planning in greater consideration than is currently occurring and is currently within research lines.

The altered landscape is created by human endeavour creating a human heritage not only a first nations connection to country in rehabilitation actions, the generational miners and generational settlements - historic heritage - have a connection to their country also.

Hope the outside reflections constantly paid to appear and provide their interpretation of the historic and active place, including those funded by government and those funded by the low dollar "piece meal" of corporate mining hosted, are actually included in research and analysis inclusive of SOCIAL return on investment, as local governments stand by as stakeholders and watch historic heritage, demolished, auctioned, and in some instances one culture pushed out to accommodate another, whilst they activate Public Gazetted Road closures to support modern mining payload haulage, that did not even rate referral to the Local Emergency Management Committee approved engagement systems, whilst
the state acknowledges the gap however pushes it back down to individual citizens to do their job (a states job), if there is a loophole contributing to the civil society space becoming a storage and maintenance locality of the modern mining payload haulage industry, stimulated by the supply chain sourcing by the hosted corporate mining industry, in a city hosting a historic and modern School of Mining, change it, fill it ! please stop closing Public Gazetted Roads, with the City of Kalgoorlie Boulder accepting wte' Workers brought in on Visa, can not drive a haulage truck on a Public Road for the first twelve months of their tenure, therefore the applicants (transport companies & corporate mining hosted) need the roads closed so their new workers can drive immediately (amongst other) !

Hope some photographs turn up of the payload haulage trucks of the modern mining industry parked up at our spiritual and cultural sites our cemeteries and other public & civil society places they should not be. Hope they are analysed as the fundamental transport route of the extractive industries are not only a Local Government matter (funding this latest artist in residence) transport routes of the extractive industries are also a state matter inclusive of within approvals process.

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The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder has welcomed photographer Liz Miller Kovacs as its third artist-in-residence, and her exhibition is now open at the Goldfields Arts Centre.

21/03/2026

⚡️ Flashback to recording the historic heritage streetscape trees of Kalgoorlie Boulder.

🌳 With several examples of historic heritage trees lost at Kalgoorlie Boulder in recent years, please nominate a tree you love that holds the stories of the past for the future whilst contributing to the identity of place and environment to the Australian National Trust Significant Tree Registry.

Although the registry has no statutory power of protection in some instances, the identification and the knowledge the tree exists commences the recognition of the value for many reasons inclusive of for future generations of the old fields.

A most magnificent Dragon Tree was cut down and killed on Graham Street in Lamington, Kalgoorlie in recent years. The historic Palm that had witnessed the two series of riots on the fields including the burning of the Cornwall Hotel, was recently removed from the Cornwall Hotel as two examples in the streetscape of the City of Kalgoorlie Boulder.

🌳🌅 Many thanks to the local architectural firm who included the historic heritage tree located in the historic collective of former Law & Order buildings of Boulder in the most recent assessment achieving the inclusion of the historic Police Quarters in the statutory heritage group. 📷 The Police Quarters are represented in one of the most recognisable photographs of the historic Great Golden Mile that provides a visual account of the long arm of the law trooped to Kalgoorlie Boulder to control the protesting miners of the Alluvial Troubles inclusive of the strength of the then Western Australian Mounted contingent on their faithful steeds, Australian Walers.

ℹ️ National Trust of Australia Significant Tree Register
👉 https://trusttrees.org.au/

End note: An early fields 'giant' Dragon Tree remains in situ at the ambient goldrush municipal Coolgardie Park at Coolgardie, this park is also home to the Mercy Gregory Drinking Fountain that requires conservation works.

21/03/2026

⚡️ Flashback to the ongoing interest and involvement to conserve, preserve and promote the Operating Heritage of the historic Great Golden Mile and surrounding districts located at the State Numbered, Place Number: 7255, Hannans Heritage Mine. The running of the historic relics to the best of our knowledge no longer occurs.

The Daisy Mae " POPPET " historic mining Head Frame and Plant rests at Hannans North Heritage Mine, East Coolgardie Goldfields, Kalgoorlie Boulder, Western Australia.

DAISY is a timber poppet formerly of Mt Monger. The Daisy Mae Engine Room houses her Ruston & Hornsby
Plant.

Further information to follow ⚒🇦🇺



Christopher Potts and co' ! 🙏🏻⚒🇦🇺

06/03/2026

The Goldfields WA Heritage Racecourse is another of the integral significant historic heritage places of the historic heritage settlement Kalgoorlie Boulder along with the Goldfields WA Railway Station at historic Boulder City (fmr), so to the extant Goldfields WA Golden Mile collective place [Hannans Heritage Mine & (former) Australian Mining Hall of Fame] almost lost in recent time to departmental and hosted corporate mining submissions to Planning Scheme review to encumber the North Eastern section of Kalgoorlie Boulder in the controversial non-compensational Special Control Area implementations through Local Planning Schemes overviewed by Western Australian Planning Commission for approvals.

▪️Special Control Areas in State and Local Planning have many forms that are beneficial in some instances to all parties however Special Control Areas have many pitfalls to all parties and many pitfalls to some parties in other instances.

▪️In the instance of the National Heritage site, Mount Charlotte Reservoir site of the Golden Pipeline Heritage Trail that incurs referral under the EPBC Act, and the cultural heritage place, the former 'Australian Mining Hall of Fame' and Hannans Heritage Mine, (Place Number: 7255) collective remain free of a Special Control Area (SCA) as a SCA was not implemented over the North Eastern section of Kalgoorlie Boulder through the Local Planning Scheme review.

✅ ALL three discrete Goldfields WA sites above have varying degrees of inventory / catalogue and archive management systems, all three sites have experienced significant impacts in recent time through Heritage Management Approaches, all three sites have multiple stakeholders, as stewards and custodians of cultural heritage - historic heritage cultural heritage, all three site are custodians of community tangible and intangible heritage. The Goldfields WA historic thoroughbred racing complex since 2018 has been kindly encouraged to forward move the collection to support the future of place through supported inventory.

🔰 Multiple movable heritage and operating heritage elements are present that have limited statutory protection however the ethics of good practice brings attention to institutional stewardship in the examples of mining heritage relics, movable heritage such as the historic 1890's Great Golden Mile Timber Head Frames in custodianship in place at the extant Golden Mile site, the Kalgoorlie Boulder Mining Park.

💡 ⁉️ Why is the fundamental step of inventory at sites so hard at Kalgoorlie Boulder even when opportunity is presented to support achievement❓

🔰 At the other end of the scale, the Goldfields WA mining heritage site Gwalia, has an inventory and archive however limited employees / staff inclusive of no general staff for guiding and maintenance of the Gwalia Village. Kudos to the Heritage Manager overseeing the Gwalia Heritage Precinct that supports multiple jobs in the cafe and accommodation arm of the site.

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