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50 Years With The Pan –

15/01/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Daily News Perth 4 March 1930, page 6 50 YEARS WITH THE PAN Last Saw Perth in1891 Blind, with his health failing and with little of this world’s goods left, one of Western Australia’s oldest prospectors boarded the train at Wiluna yesterday to make the 700 mile trip to Perth. It was Mr. Harry Jacobsen, […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History

Mother Dead Finish:

15/01/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Not all of our intrepid pioneers were men, some very courageous and formidable women also made history in the Australian Outback. This is the story of one such lady: THE KIMBERLEY GOLD RUSH by C E. Flinders Colourful Characters Amongst the remarkable people who joined in the Kimberley rush was Mrs. O’Neil, otherwise known as […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History

New Book Review – Shooting Through by Katrina Kittel

15/01/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Shooting Through: Campo 106 escaped POWs after the Italian armistice by Katrina Kittel The stories of WW2 prisoner of war (POW) escapers from a cluster of rice farms in Italy known then as Campo 106 include Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians from all states. West Australians who enlisted into the 2/28th and 2/32nd Battalions, as well […]

Filed Under: Books, People Tagged With: Australian History, WW2

Employees on Tramways – 1908 to 1960

08/01/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Kalgoorlie Electric Tramway Co was started in 1908. The following is an example of the employment record of three of 517 men (no women are listed) employed by the K.E.T. These original documents were copied by me with the kind permission of Trans Goldfields. There are five pages missing however, which is unfortunate. Some […]

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

Gus Thorn – pioneer profile

08/01/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

AUGUSTUS LOFTUS ‘GUS’ THORN by Lyn Beard The death of Augustus Loftus ‘Gus’ THORN does not appear to have been registered and the burial did not show up on any of the usual resources for graves. The only record of his death in 1932 seems to be this small article in The Goldfields Observer of […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia, Widgemooltha

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