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Childe Harold – a ship, a horse or a poem???

30/10/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

We now have a new town on the Outback Family History web site: Childe Harold is on the Mt Weld Station, 22kms south of Laverton, Western Australia. Have you ever come across the name of a town that is so unusual you want to find out where the name came from?Many years ago I heard of […]

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

The Ghosts of Red Flag Well:

26/10/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sophie Chapman died at the Ajax GM lease at Red Flag on the Mt Margaret Goldfields. 12 miles south west of Laverton and 2 miles from the Hawks Nest Rail Siding. Buried alongside Alexander McDONALD (age 27)  100 meters ESE of the old Red Flag Well. Sophie Chapman and Alexander McDonald were killed by the […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Ghost, Western Australia

The United Club Hotel – Coolgardie hotels

26/10/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The United Club was formed in September 1896 and had Warden J.M. Finnerty as its first President.  Immediately after formation it was proposed to erect a building, estimated to cost ₤5,000, for use as a Club in Bayley Street west. The United Club, on the corner of Moran and Bayley Streets Coolgardie west, was an […]

Filed Under: Hotels Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

Brandon’s Fate – a tale of Darlot

26/10/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Brandon’s Fate A TALE OF DARLOT by Pharisee. The eager, excited crowd that thronged the long dry stage to the Darlot diggings in the first blush of the new discovery included Dick Brandon and his mate, Jimmy Spiggot. That dreary and waterless track skirting the edge of desolate Lake Barlee presented a motley appearance as […]

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

Murder Suicide at Kalgoorlie – grave tales

25/10/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Truth 28 December 1912, page 3 Double Tragedy at Kalgoorlie.      “She Smiled, said “Hello, Curly” and Died” In our last issue appeared a brief account of the terrible double tragedy, which happened at Kalgoorlie on the previous Thursday, in the yard at the back of the Broken Hill Hotel, in Hannan street, when […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder

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