There are 11 known burials in the Yundamindera Cemetery (The Granites) 29°07.58’s 122°02.97’E 9 of natural causes and 2 suicides. The first burial is of John Joyce, known as Laurence Joyce on 11 Jul 1900 and the last was of John HALES 29 Mar 1923. ANDERSON Alfred, d 9 May 1903, at the Bulletin Hotel, Yundamindera, […]
Archives for June 2018
McKee’s Denver City Hotel:
29/06/2018 By 1 Comment
Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 – 1954), Saturday 10 September 1898, page 52 DENVER CITY HOTEL, Corner of Bayley and Lefroy Streets, Coolgardie. The Denver City Hotel is a fine new building, of brick and stone, situate at the corner of Bayley street and Lefroy street, in Coolgardie. Its position is very convenient for […]
The James Family – a story in pictures
29/06/2018 By 1 Comment
We are fortunate that the family stories and wonderful photos have been shared by Tony James. They show an excellent insight into life in the bush. Tony Tells me – from 1924 to1927 my grandmother, Mary Josephine JAMES nee Hager [1891-1990] ran the wayside Hotel at Bilyuin Pool. My grandfather Oliver Melville Rupert JAMES [1891-1962], […]
“Can I shave you. Mr. Smiler.” ???
29/06/2018 By Leave a Comment
From the pen of ‘Smiler Hales’ – Alfred Arthur Greenwood HALES (1860-1936) “You can’t whip a mining camp for novelties”. I was walking along Bayley street the other afternoon, feeling like a poet and looking like a tramp out of luck, when I saw a shingle hanging from a tent, which bore the information that […]
Boulder Cemetery – a long time coming
25/06/2018 By 3 Comments
GREAT NEWS!!!! The current Boulder Cemetery is now available in full on the Outback Family History website as of today. Up until now it has only had a partial list, but thanks to Danelle Warnock, who has been editing and adding to the data for some time now, it is now online. It wouldn’t have […]
