Archives for August 2015

Tragedy at the Bohemia Mine – Marvel Loch

Extracts from    Sand & Stone – Moran Family History      By Kevin Moran “Fatal Accident at the Bohemia’ Friday the 10th January 1936 was bringing to an end the full workday week. The miners only worked a half day on Saturdays. The week had been hot and overcast with the threat of rain. […]

Photographs of Old Boulder

These two photographs we recently sent to me by the Kenevan Collection of photos from the Heyfield & District Museum in Victoria. I have not been able to find an exact date but found advertisements in the Kalgoorlie Miner Newspaper for ‘qualified wood choppers’ for the Claytons Condenser from  1899 to 1901. It appears that the […]

Happy Birthday to my Blog

    Just a quick post to say I have only just realised that this is the second anniversary of the start of my blog. I have learnt a whole heap of things I didn’t know then, just ask my son!! 157 posts later and looking forward to the next year.  So many stories to […]

My Dear Annie – Missingham Letters 6

The following letter is by far the longest written by David to Annie. I think it sounds like he is missing her and the children a great deal.  I think that maybe Annie is getting a little tired of having the plans for her to join him taking rather too long. In this letter he […]