Carrie of the Miner Columnist, ‘Carrie of the Miner’ may not have been as widely known as Carrie Bradshaw of a certain TV show but in the Goldfields she is by far more important and arguably more impressive. Carrie’s real name was Amy Augusta Buscombe who was born in Daylesford Victoria in 1862 to James […]
Charles Augustus Saw -pioneer profile
Daily News Perth 18 November 1929, page 6 Prospector – Banker – Sharebroker A Western Australian by birth, Mr. Charles Augustus Saw, president of the Stock Exchange, Perth, was born hi this city in the days when it was still little more than a village. Following his education at the High School, in Perth, Mr. […]
Oertling Hunters – can you help ???
I have recently had contact with Nicola Williams founder of the Oertling History Project – Southern Hemisphere. You may wonder what an ‘Oertling’ is. It is the manufacturer’s name for a style of scales. The firm of L Oertling was the biggest and most famous maker of precision balances/scales in Great Britain. Oertling became part […]
Early Day Deaths in the Cue District –
The following is the first part of a large research project undertaken on the people who are buried in the Cue Cemetery. This has been a work in progress for over a year to upgrade and research the records by Outback Family History volunteer researcher, John Pritchard. John has done an excellent job, as well […]
In Search of Mordaunt Reid:
More than one-third of the 62,000 Anzacs who died in WW1 are still listed as missing with no known graves. This is the story of one woman who never stopped looking for her soldier. Lieutenant Mordaunt Reid was paid the ultimate accolade by war historian and correspondent, Charles Bean, on the morning of the Gallipoli […]
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