By: sue_trott
17/04/2008
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i have fond memories of goldsworthy we spent a few years there before moving to south hedland,i keep in contact with a couple of old goldsworthy people from my school days, leonie norris, paul beckman, cherie mcglew who was from shay gap and shauna dundovic who is married to my brother.
have never been to any of the reunions but have heard all about them.
my family was the taylors.
many of my siblings including myself ran in the black rock stakes a few times |
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By: timatinternetwise
19/04/2008
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| My wife and I worked in Shay Gap in 1988 - we both loved the place and were saddened to learn it has gone. We met some great people there including Mick Ireleand (Fitter welder in mine maintainence crew), Paul Guyford (Haulpak Driver), Gus and Lisa ? (Fitter in mine maintainence) Dacron and his wife Sandra and son Josh - Duey our T/A in the pit maintainence crew and many others - we do intend to go back and visit one day and I still have family in Perth. If anyone remebers us and wants to get in touch would love to hear from you - Tim and Simone Brown (nee O'Connor) tim@thebrowns.co.nz - and Trevor Bottrell was a hell of a good bloke as he hired me! |
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By: austinisgroovy88
24/04/2008
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| I used to go and stay with Uncle Ken and Auntie Cheryl at Goldsworthy, they not really related but thats what us kids used to call them. Me and their son Ben were similar age and we used to ride around town. Did a few Black Rocks with the Baler Bullets, the rivalry was great between us and the flying fleas. |
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By: austinisgroovy88
24/04/2008
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If you have google earth, type in yarrie and scholl a little to the north and you will see the old Goldsworthy townsite, you can still make out the streets and the oval.
The pit is getting fairly full of water and if you scroll towards Shay gap I could not find the townsite but you can see the current workings of BHP at nimingarra and yarrie further out, just follow the railroad. I also found a pic of Ken Styles dressed as Auntie Jack for a Black Rock race, great memories. |
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By: peaceleo69
24/04/2008
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| the final Black Rocks Stakes , at the end of June; is going back to its beginnings and starting at Goldsweorthy and being run into Hedland. |
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By: fokely
25/04/2008
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SHAY GAP
Latitude 20° 31' S Longitude 120° 08' E
Shay Gap is an iron ore mining town in the Pilbara region, 1574 km north north east of Perth and 188 km east of Port Hedland. It is a company town, developed by Goldsworthy Mining Limited in the 1960's for the mining of iron ore from nearby deposits, and was gazetted in 1972. Shay Gap derives its name from a pass of the same name in the nearby hills. The name has been shown on maps since 1957, and it is believed named after a pearler named Robert Shea who, along with his companion Samuel Miller, was murdered by Aboriginals on the De Grey River in 1873.
Hi Everyone
My name is Bernadette and i live there in 1987 to 1990 with Steven Okely, his Father Keith Okely and my brother, Peter Foster.
I have found this link that people may want to have a look at.
http://www.outbackphotogallery.com/gallery/outback /ThumbnailFrame.htm
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867 ,20534283-25132,00.html
http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-HTTP%253A%252F%252FINN OPAC.SLWA.WA.GOV.AU%252FRECORD%253DB2418214
http://outbackvoices.com/poems/poetry |
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By: fokely
25/04/2008
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SHAY GAP
Latitude 20° 31' S Longitude 120° 08' E
Shay Gap is an iron ore mining town in the Pilbara region, 1574 km north north east of Perth and 188 km east of Port Hedland. It is a company town, developed by Goldsworthy Mining Limited in the 1960's for the mining of iron ore from nearby deposits, and was gazetted in 1972. Shay Gap derives its name from a pass of the same name in the nearby hills. The name has been shown on maps since 1957, and it is believed named after a pearler named Robert Shea who, along with his companion Samuel Miller, was murdered by Aboriginals on the De Grey River in 1873.
Hi Everyone
My name is Bernadette and i live there in 1987 to 1990 with Steven Okely, his Father Keith Okely and my brother, Peter Foster.
I have found this link that people may want to have a look at.
http://www.outbackphotogallery.com/gallery/outback /ThumbnailFrame.htm
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867 ,20534283-25132,00.html
http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-HTTP%253A%252F%252FINN OPAC.SLWA.WA.GOV.AU%252FR ECORD%253DB2418214
http://outbackvoices.com/poems/poetry |
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By: ebaydonny
25/04/2008
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| Hi austingroovy88, My brother in Law is Ken Styles, I am married to his brother Rodney. Where did you find the photo, would love to see it. |
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By: mlreid@btinternet.com
17/05/2008
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yes, I remember goldsworthy, worked there in 1970 within the groundstaff. with a guy called geoff(jeff) and others. Also Mick?? the dustbin lorry driver and others
Any one remeber them or me Mike Reid. Was there when clubhouse and whole town was rigged with cable t.v.
Also remember guy who ran supermarket, Don Mackie who came from part of the world in Scotland |
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By: mlreid@btinternet.com
17/05/2008
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| I remeber goldswothy, still got my staff badge. also visited shay gap before anything had been done to it. 1 guy lived there in a trailer and (guarded) the place. |
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By: mlreid@btinternet.com
17/05/2008
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| I worked as a groundworks person (gardening) at goldsworthy during 1970 my mate Lloyd Hornsby went to Mt. Tom Price . does anyoneone know of his whereabouts |
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By: vllsjl
4/06/2008
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| Hey everyone I lived in Goldsworthy for about ten years from 1973! Hopefully someone will read this!! |
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By: ruthsireland
7/06/2008
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To Tim Brown. Hello Alias, how are you? We just read your posting. Mick says "I'll give him fitter XXXXXXX welder!" The man is a boilermaker. O.K!!! These days I teach highschool metal work and auto shop. He still rides a motorcycle and still works in the trade. the youngest of our three kids is 17. Our eldest, a tear away tomboy girl called Kristy is 27 and a scary scientist girl.
Very good to hear from you again. Keep in touch. Cheers, Ruth Ireland |
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By: lindahdr11
8/06/2008
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| Hi there, just happened upon the site while doing some research ,we lived in goldsworthy for 11 yrs in 2 goes.. Ken(dec) and Rod are my brothers, my husband worked in train control and as a train driver. I worked at the kindy and school. Our three sons said growing up in Goldsworthy was the best childhood ever.Lots of great memories and good to catch up on news of people. :) |
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By: debhardy05
11/06/2008
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Great memories of my time as a haulpak driver in Shay Gap from 1989-1992. Was part of the winning team in the Black Rock Stakes. Went to the reunion back in 2004 before leaving Australia to live in the USA. Check out this site I found today:
http://www.bebo.com/Profile.jsp?MemberId=487942712 4
I am glad that I experienced life in the Pilbara when I did, and especially glad to have been part of the Shay Gap community. |
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By: butlerjohn26
11/06/2008
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| Hell yea, we do remember Goldsworthy with great affection, 1971 to 1975, Loco shop/power station, boilermaker. Wife in mine planning office, shared office with Railway clerk. Black rock stakes winning team member in 1973. Tigers football club player on the wing, 2 or 3 premierships. remember the red dust, bucks parties at the water bores, & dumped on the dance floor at the club naked with a band from Perth. Great fishing trips to the coast, great fellowship. Lived in 2 story units in Strelley drive. Kaye & John |
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By: butlerjohn26
11/06/2008
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| in reply to zjs_d's message posted on the 01/03/2008. I ran in the Black rock stakes winning team (Goldsworthy Tigers) in 1973, I have still got the paper clippings and a couple of photographs and the bronze medal specially minted by the Mitzui Company which was presented to us at the Walkabout Hotel in Port Hedland at the dinner. any more memories out there??? |
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By: peaceleo69
12/06/2008
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| final Black Rock stakes is again starting from, Goldsworthy ;on the 28th June-presentation Hedland-29th! |
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By: debhardy05
12/06/2008
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Re a web site for Shay Gap that I entered yesterday, it should have been:
http://www.bebo.com/ShayGap
Sorry for the mistake! |
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By: johnides2003
25/06/2008
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Dear Felony
I was working for ICI in 1972. I remember going to Shay Gap from Goldsworthy with my workmates. I was 19 then.I took some photos but I have to find them. The town wasnt built yet; it was just a few relocatables. We were involved with blasting. Some of the guys I worked with were Kevin Danks, who is now a councillor at Marble Bar, Norbet Mazuchelli, Brian Morgan and Don Campbell. When I find them I will scan them then email them to you.
John Michaelides |
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By: johnides2003
25/06/2008
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| I worked in Goldworthy in 1972 for ICI. Our team entered and won the Black Rock Stakes that year. I remember the bbq at the end. Goldsworhty was a great town. We worked hard and it was hot but we had great mateship. I think the hard conditions bonded us. I was only 19 but I grew up there. I remember the Saturday nights at the club and the open air cinema. I was banned from the wet canteen because I got in a fight. ICI was a hard company to work for. I will never forget the friends I made. You were respected if you worked hard, even if you wern't paid much. |
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By: ecoarena1
28/06/2008
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My partner, who was in the first Black Rock Stakes, is running it again today as we speak!....and I think this is to be the last....so I've been told.
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By: peaceleo69
29/06/2008
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| great to hear a report here-on how they and the whole race went-when you get back! |
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By: ecoarena1
29/06/2008
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Well, my partner tore her calf muscle an hour and a half into the race, became a team motivator and then hobbled through the last 10 km or so. Even still, her team the Flying F-oresome managed to make second best time overall. Apparently a great public turnout with GWN coverage.
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By: peaceleo69
29/06/2008
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shame about that eco-but to be in the first and last is beaut-something to really remember and also to get second-with only the rest of the team!Great show.
Hope its been a really festive turn out for the last.
Shame about that-I dont know why but my figuring is the amount of traffic now on the raod:dont know if thats right or not-left that beautiful country 20 years ago. |
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