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Sparta Soccer Club-

16/06/2019 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

The following photographs have been shared  by Outback Family History reader, Gwen Dundon. Her father, David A Reed, was one of the players. Sparta Soccer Club 1935 Winners Mewburn league Cup & Nicholson Cup Back Row: L-R  Dresa, Rocki, Botica, Silich, Evas, Frankovich, Vlasich Centre Row: Franich, Woodland (V Capt), Olds (President), David Reed (Captain), […]

Filed Under: People, Sport Tagged With: Kalgoorlie boulder, soccer, sport, Western Australia

Australian Sikh & Hindu – Indian Wrestlers

16/06/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Wrestling was a National sport in India and many Indians maintained their interest in the sport when they came to Australia competing at all levels of the sport that were staged in a wide range of venues, for example; Massa Singh fought Australian Harry Pearce for a purse of £100 ($200) in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, […]

Filed Under: People, Sport Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Hindu, Indian, Kalgoorlie boulder, Sikh, sport, Western Australia, Wrestling

Tales from the Old Camp – The Murder of Nurse Gregory

15/06/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sunday Times 5th November 1911 Recently, in the Old Coolgardie Cemetery, a kindly hand repainted the lettering on a rough wooden tomb slab erected to the memory of Arthur Court the son of the late Dr Court, the once well-known philanthropist of Melbourne. The young fellow had been drinking heavily for months in mid […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Nurse, Western Australia

The Ghosts of Red Flag Well:

15/06/2019 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

Malcolm Cemetery – the legion of the lost

15/06/2019 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Malcolm Cemetery Biographies:   138 burials Also known as Mount Malcolm There are 2 Cemeteries at Malcolm Malcolm Salt Lake Cemetery AKA Lake Raeside –  123 burial from 1897-1911 Malcolm Kookynie Road Cemetery 14 burials 1911 – 1915 Unfortunately apart from identifying various headstones in each cemetery there are not separate registers for each cemetery ADAMS […]

Filed Under: People, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Malcolm, Mt Malcolm, Western Australia

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