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The Probable Fate of James Thomas Whyte

15/10/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Another page from the ‘Book of the Bush’ Truth Perth -13 November 1915, page 4 TALE OF THE WILDS THE PROSPECTOR THAT NEVER RETURNED. Probable Fate of James Thomas Whyte The result of a par in our last week’s mining budget has been the cause of considerable inquiry as to the fate of a prospector […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Laverton, Western Australia

Messs Boylen and Anthill -pioneer profile

15/10/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Mail 9 December 1899, page 166 MESSRS BOYLEN AND ANTILL Leading Share Brokers. Messrs. Boylen and Antill are the oldest established, and probably the most widely known, Kalgoorlie broking firms. They started operations early in 1896, and emerged from the spirited, but short-lived, boom of that year unscathed and prosperous. Later on, they weathered […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

A Memorial Unearthed – grave tales

15/10/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

An interesting tale about a grave in the Boulder cemetery. I was contacted some time ago by Peter Huntly, a relative of Annie Bell who died at the Kalgoorlie Hospital on the 24th Oct 1909, and was subsequently buried in the Boulder Cemetery on the 29th of October 1909. Peter had already seen a photo […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Boulder, Cemeteries, Western Australia

A Wedding at Maybe

08/10/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kookynie, wedding

The Remarkable Potter Sisters – a family story

08/10/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Goldfields History, Western Australia, Woolgar

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