SULLIVAN Edward alias ‘Doo-dah” or “Dido” died 2 Jul 1896 age 36yrs – buried 2 miles north of Leonora. For some years his old barrow and some of his equipment were reposed by his grave, but gradually they disappeared. Sir John Forrest later arranged to have a headstone and fence to be erected. A pioneer […]
Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 25 July 2021
Hi Everyone, hope you have had a good week and you are keeping warm. Firstly, as promised last week, the next section of the Kalgoorlie District Hospital admission records are now available on the Outback Family History website. This latest, File 35, covers 1911 to 1914 and contains 2374 new records. As the years go […]
The Oversight by N. E. GLEDHILL
This wonderful story has been sent in by Allen Gledhill. The story was written by his Great Uncle Norman Eric Gledhill. Thank you for sharing it with us Allen. The Oversight By Norman Eric GLEDHILL HUXLEY had had plenty of time to think it over. Three months in a ten by ten cell gives a […]
The Search for the real Walter Robert Fitzgerald-Moore
AN IRISH ROMANCER: THE SEARCH FOR THE REAL WALTER ROBERT FITZGERALD-MOORE Walter Moore, if that was his real name!, was my grandfather, but he died 25 years before I was born. His origins are shrouded in mystery and even the circumstances of his death – “in the arms of his mistress” as my father so […]
Madeline Mary Thomas – grave tales
Madeline Evans has very kindly sent in this wonderful photograph and story of her Gt Gt Grandmother Madeline Mary Thomas nee DIXON. She was born the 22 October 1879 in Adelaide South Australia, the daughter of Joseph Elliott Dixon and Jane BROWN. She came to Coolgardie with three sisters and one brother and in 1897 […]
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