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John Avery – grave tales

09/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

John Avery, beloved father of Emily Maltman, died on the 8th February 1904 at Boulder City. John Avery was born in Gunnislake Cornwall England and was the son of Nathaniel and Maria nee BROAD. He was married to Elizabeth Jane WADGE. he was a miner. Kalgoorlie Miner Saturday 13 February 1904, page 4 DEATH. MALTMAN.— […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Boulder, Boulder Cemetery, Cemeteries

The remarkable love life of Beth Maynard:

02/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following story is one of the most unusual I have read for some time. It really does fit into the category of ‘Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales’ The story starts SA and ends in NSW but has a Goldfields link!!! It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the author,Annie McKay O’Riley,  from […]

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

Bullfinch and the Yilgarn Goldfield – book review

02/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Book Review – Bullfinch and the Yilgarn Goldfield by Gilbert M Ralph Bullfinch and the Yilgarn Goldfield had its beginnings with a suggestion from Sir Laurence Brodie-Hall that the unique nature of the community at Bullfinch during the Great Western Consolidated era from 1950 to 1963 deserved recording. Sir Arvi Parbo, who began his mining […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Australian History, Bullfinch, Western Australia, Yilgarn

Manslaughter in the Mulga – how Fulton fell

02/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Truth (Perth)  20 August 1910, page 6 ‘Kanowna Kase’ Manslaughter in the Mulga How Fulton Fell Cox Committed The little Kanowna Police Court was crowded last Thursday, when the visiting magistrate, Mr. W. A. G. Walter, presided over an inquiry concerning the death of a man named Henry Fulton. The three jurymen were Messrs Mainstone, […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Jubilee, Kanowna, Western Australia, White Feather

John Joseph Williams -pioneer profile

02/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Peter Phillips has kindly shared this wonderful story of his Great Great Uncle John Joseph Williams: John Joseph Williams was born on the 10th December 1855 in Creswick Victoria. His parents were John Williams (1822-1898) and Mary Ann CRAPP (1835-1920). He married Sarah Jane EDWARDS, the daughter of Robert Edwards and Elizabeth Brown on 15 […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Diorite King, Goldfields History, Leonora, Menzies

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