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A Very Private Wedding:

18/05/2019 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Western Argus 24th March 1903 Boulder The Marriage of Arthur Waldo Connelly to Marion Way 1903 Boulder Western Australia A wedding that occasioned much interest in social circles took place on March 4 between Dr. Arthur Waldo Connelly, youngest son of the late Mr. T. J. Connelly. of Bendigo, Victoria, and Miss Marion Way, youngest daughter […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Boulder, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Did she Fall or was She Pushed? – Annie Solly

18/05/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Life for a single woman on the Goldfields of Western Australia could be very hard. Annie Solly seems to have been a young woman who could look after herself and she appeared in the newspapers several times for things such as drunk and disorderly. On New Years Day 1902 she was arrested and charged 10 […]

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

The Gallant Mrs Taylor – pioneer profile

18/05/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

From The Sunday Times , Perth, Sunday 9 June 1940 Mining for gold is usually looked upon as a mans game, in which muscle and endurance are needed to wrest the gold-bearing stone from the earth and to keep the machinery moving. It calls for grit, a brave heart and ability to withstand all the […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Menzies

The Unknown Swagman – a verse

18/05/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sun 1 Aug 1915 Swagman Unknown  –   Age About 5O. The body of a swagman was recently found and: buried in the bush out from Coolgardie His name was unknown, and he was about 50 years of age. In the loose mould Out from Coolgardie Bury an old . Pioneer hardy. Not old. in […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Siberia – grave tales

11/05/2019 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

SIBERIA CEMETERY /WAVERLEY Cemetery 30°14’19.0S – 120°57’01.5”E       ANDERSON  James,  known as ‘New Zealand Jimmy’ d 25 April 1895, age 40, a condenser owner who was speared by an aboriginal. He was from Aberdeen Scotland (Book Jacky, Polly and Jimmy) James death was never registered and the native who supposedly speared him was found […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Siberia, waverley, Western Australia

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