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The Deserted Camp

16/03/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Deserted Camp Deserted now- no more you stir’d By those in quest of gold Now your but a memory blurr’d Of what you were of old Yet though the camp of silence sleeps Except for songs of birds Theres language in your silent heaps More elequont than words You speak to me of other […]

Filed Under: People

The Story of the Murchison   –  Part 1

14/03/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

As told by the nephew of the Late J C Peterkin, also called J C Peterkin, in Perth, March 1946. About the years 1889-1890, Gilles MacPherson and J C Peterkin met in Perth. Both were old Kimberley and Queensland prospectors, they had known each other for a long time but had never actually worked together. […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Murchison, Nannine, Western Australia

Mr Schumann – a man of enterprise!

25/02/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Margaret Hartley’s ancestors had a long and varied history in the Murchison district of Western Australia. She has very kindly sent me the following photographs and details of the Schumann family. The Schumann family outside their house at Day Dawn about 1907 GULLEWA  GOLDFIELD – The W.A. Record – Saturday 27th February 1897 Gullewa Goldfield […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Cue, Day Dawn, Gullewa, Western Australia

CBC Basket Ball – sports stars

16/02/2019 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

Christian Brothers College Kalgoorlie has a long sporting history. There following are some photographs from the basket ball teams:- The missing name in the above photograph is Alan Cummings 1978-1979 Premier Winning Team. The following verse was written by OFH reader, Tony Bozich:- There’s the dream comes back of family, friend or schoolfellow long departed, […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner, Sport Tagged With: Australian History, CBC, Goldfields History, School

War Museum Opening

16/02/2019 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The official reopening of the Goldfields War Museum will take place on Saturday 9 March 2019. We will be asking people to assemble outside the old war museum building on Burt Street at 2.00pm and at 2.30pm we will commence a short march along the footpath to the Boulder Town Hall. The Mayor will then […]

Filed Under: Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Kalgoorlie boulder, War Museum, Western Australia, WW1, WW2

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