Archives for March 2015

Theo BOCK – Goldfields Hero

Theo Bock son of T.Bock of the Boulder City Brewery.

YUNNDAGA – Ghost Town

  A New town has been added to the main site. Yunndaga. A small town about 7 kms South of Menzies.  This photograph is of the staff of the Menzies Consolidated Gold Mine 1916, taken when the town was called Woolgar.   www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au YUNNDAGA From:- Landgate  http://bit.ly/1a1zrnQ Latitude 29° 45′ S Longitude 121° 03′ E […]

Horace LAMBLEY – A Forgotten Victim of War

HORACE LAMBLEY: –  It is not know why Horace Lambley came to Kalgoorlie and was buried here in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, alone, and a long way from his family.  His life after the was was a sad one and is testament to possible mental problems arising from his service as was the case for many […]

Sapper Alfred John WITHERS – Goldfields Hero

SAPPER ALFRED JOHN WITHERS 6851 –  2nd Tunnelling Company     Born 27th December 1888 at Nhill, Victoria, to John Alfred Withers and Esther Olive Florence (nee Floyd), Alf Withers enlisted on 6th June 1916 at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.  A miner by trade, he gave his place of residence as 242 Trafalgar Street, Trafalgar, WA, […]

The Great Unwashed Preserver of the Peace:

Constable JOLLY – Coolgardie, Western Australia 1909 Nick-named ‘The Great Unwashed Preserver of the Peace’ Constable Jolly blamed the scarcity of water for his economical use of it which in turn, caused some dissatisfaction among his fellow police officers who finally planned to lure him to Silverthorne’s dam and push him in. This drastic step […]