Ancestral tourism provides drawcard for outback mining town Kalgoorlie

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A growing trend of people are travelling to the town of Kalgoorlie in search of their ancestors.

"When Nana used to talk about [her death] it was heart-wrenching, I was only quite young hearing these stories but they are so real, the emotion was so strong that it really does impact your life," Ms Slater said.

The sisters leave the historical society with a map in hand, marked with the places they will visit on their personal tour of Kalgoorlie. "It gives you more of a sense of belonging. It cements you more to the country I suppose," Ms Slater said.In a settler colony such as Australia, what is aroused in these searches is often complex and contradictory.

According to Anna Haebich, Distinguished Professor of History at Curtin University, the desire can be fuelled by a"discomfort about why we came here and how we came here".Professor Haebich has been on her own 'emotional tourism' journeys in both Australia and Germany. Visiting the Holstein region of Germany, locals were incredulous that she had returned to have a look.

 

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