On 22nd April 1914 William Alexander Wallace TILLER married Mabel Christine LEIPOLD in the Protestant Hall, Kookynie. The reception was held at the Maybe Gold Mine. It was said this was the last marriage held in Kookynie – Photo Jenny de Lacy. William was the son of William TILLER and Anne nee BEARDMORE and was […]
The people of the Goldfields
The Goldfields of Western Australia was and still is made up of many people, from poets to politicians, from saints and sinners and everything in between. I hope to tell you the stories of some of these people either famous or infamous or just the ordinary folks. Sometime the most ordinary people do the most extraordinry things
The Remarkable Potter Sisters – a family story
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I was recently contacted by Dorothy Maude Rodoreda (nee McMeikan). She told me of her very interesting family story from Yunndaga (Woolgar). Her great-uncle, Richard Goninon, was the mine manager of Menzies Consolidated Goldmine for some 25 years from about 1900 to 1925. She had photos of the Manager’s Residence next to the mine and […]
Who was George Dainty ?
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George Dainty died in 1901, aged about 40yrs (date unknown). His remains were found in the bush by a prospector, Henry Frederick KESTEL when searching for lost donkeys, on the 5 Jul 1903 between Childe Harold, 7 miles from the mine and 12 yards off the travelled road in the Laverton district. The undertaker, James […]
Nannine Cemetery –
01/10/2022 By 2 Comments
Recently researched and updated by John Pritchard with thanks Nannine Cemetery (26.885S 118.341E) 35 kms South West of Meekatharra 94 Burials A Brief History and List of those persons known to be laying at rest there. (Caution-This document may contain names of deceased Aboriginal/Australian First Nations Peoples) Australian First Nations Peoples. For many years prior […]
Goldfields ‘without’ Chrysanthemums – by Catherine Bond
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Goldfields and Chrysanthemums – Notes of travel in Australia and Japan by Catherine Bond I have always loved reading the personal diaries of people who have come to the Goldfields in the early days. It gives you a description of the day-to-day problems that people encounted and their impressions of the place and time. In […]
