The discovery of gold that led in turn to Golden Valley, Southern Cross, Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie and Western Australia becoming a member of the Federation is a story seldom told. This is an extract from ‘Sand and Stone Vol 1’ by Kevin Moran as follows: – On Mujakine station, Mrs Jane Glass discovered a drowned […]
Archives for January 2016
The Diggers New Year Song!
09/01/2016 By Leave a Comment
The Diggers new Year Song describes how a group of miners toiled without success until late in the Old Year and having at last struck gold were determined that all around them would join in celebrating the advent of the New Year and the good luck they were sure lay ahead:- Come pass the glasses […]
Boulder Cemetery online records !!!
02/01/2016 By 1 Comment
A few days ago I uploaded the first section of the Boulder Cemetery. The ‘Pioneer’ Cemetery has been on the site for several years but this is the first time that the current cemetery lists have been online. First section was A to B and the second section was C to D @ www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au […]
Playing Hookey !!! A very serious game.
01/01/2016 By Leave a Comment
‘Playing Hooky’, many of you, myself included, may think this means by definition:- To be absent from school with out permission or excuse. However if you were a drinker in the 1930’s in Kalgoorlie Boulder you probably would remember a quite different game. I first heard of this game when an ‘Outback Family History’ reader, […]
Almost Killed with Kindness!!
01/01/2016 By Leave a Comment
From the Western Argus Newspaper 24th January 1905 Coolgardie Jan 17th 1905 Sydney CONDER who was admitted to the Coolgardie Hospital last Thursday suffering from snakebite is in a serious condition. Condor saw a rabbit enter a burrow and thrust his arm in and was bitten on the hand. His ‘mates’ scarified the bite to […]
