Have you ever come across the name of a town that is so unusual you want to find out where the name came from? Western Australia has many places with odd names, but I think the following is one of the most unusual I have come across. Many years ago I heard of this town […]
Isabel Henderson – grave tales
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Isabel (Isabella) Waugh was born on the 7th of February 1873 in Redpath, Haltwhistle, Northumberland, England. She was the daughter of Thomas Waugh (1821-1882) and Anne nee Henderson. The English Census of 1891 shows Isabella, aged 18yrs, living as a housekeeper to her brother, William Henderson/Waugh, a shepherd. She arrived in Australia between 1891-1894. In […]
The Gate of Golden Hope
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by John K Ewers – Western Mail Perth 25 December 1928, page 76 Micky O’Driscoll, or “Micky the ‘Micky the Priest,” as he was known, humped his bluey disconsolately through the scrubby jam-tree thicket. Behind him some ten miles lay the town . . . . Hell’s blessings on it! . . . where he […]
Martin Howard – grave tales
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The above photograph may be the earliest image taken in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. It is of the grave of Martin Howard, Kalgoorlie – Registration 503/1895, age 26yrs. Nothing remains today of this memorial. It’s not known if it was made of wood or stone. There appears to be no other graves in the background. South […]
Mark Lewis – Mayor of Day Dawn
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From: Jewish Herald VIC, Friday 24 January 1908, page 10
