Hello, does anyone here on the forum have any association with the Woodline in Lakewood from the 60's? I was just a kid then, and maybe you were to :) Take care and kind regards Kisha.
If you mean Lakewood on the Boulder side of Kalgoorlie
When I got to that area around 1965, there was only a few houses left in Lakewood
Within a few years Lakewood had vanished, and South Boulder was receding towards the Lamington side of Kalgoorlie
I met a few men who had been employed cutting timber for the mines, who had come from that area, when it was thriving
I do recall hearing the name Woodline, but I cannot find it on the whereis map
I can also not find Golden Ridge, which from memory was the first small railway town east of Kalgoorlie, and you had to pass through Lakewood to get to it
Hello Tony, nice to hear from you. I know the town of Lakewood you refer to, and Lamington, Lamington is a suburb of Kalgoorlie on the Railway Station side of Forrest Street. I just wondered if anyone here on the forum had a past association with the Woodline, my father as a young man was a wood cutter, and as kids ( there was and still is 7 of us lol) Dad would come down to Perth and drive us all back to where he worked deep in the bush on the woodline. You would drive the Ayre Highway almost to the SA border and go left and follow the track for what seemed forever until you reached the camps, they were white washed hessian, the kitchen was the only thing built from corrugated iron, a Train would come once a week only with water and food supplies, the carriages would be loaded up with all the logs, they were huge, and then the train would make its long journey back to the town of Lakewood. I loved that life, and right to this day I still see the kids we played with back then that parents worked and lived in such isolation, they were hard workers with no luxuries at all. Thanks again for your response, take care....Kisha. PS I remember when the school holidays were drawing to a close and feeling miserable about having to leave the camps to go back to the city. To this day I miss Lakewood Woodline.
-- Edited by Kisha on Wednesday 26th of October 2016 12:15:22 AM
It appears that there were many small places where they logged the wood for the Kalgoorlie gold mines
From what I can make out because it all started at Lakewood a few kilometres from what is now known as Kalgoorlie Boulder All the small logging places may have been known as the Lakewood woodlines
My father in law told me that for a short time, he worked at the Lakewood woodlines
There is a book called Lakewood Woodline 1937 to 1964 by Bianchi, P & Tovey, R This book is supposed to be in the state library
It may be of some interest to you as
Quote This book whilst providing information on the history of the Lakewood Woodline also has numerous articles penned by "Woodliners". Unquote
Hello Tony, and thanks for the info, I did have a book relating to the Woodline and camps where my Dad was working, I gave the book to Dad as a gift many years ago, we knew many of the people within its pages. Dad passed away 3 yrs ago and I have no idea where the book is today, its probably still in the house in Kalgoorlie, I will look for it next time I go to Kal. What I was hoping for was to see if this forum could have led me to meet others who were in touch with the woodline way back then as a reunion would have been so special. Thanks again and take care....Kisha.
Hello Tony, I was born in Kalgoorlie, and have friends and relations there. Still have a family home in Dugan Street. I have a friend that lives in Millen Street Boulder that I've known from the Woodline since 1961, and every time we get together we recall our great childhood, we had so little yet had so much. We must have been really happy because we never felt like we were missing out on anything. We would ride our bikes for miles following the railway line, simple fun yet so special. Take care Tony...Kisha.
