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A Lost and Desolate Wanderer –

03/01/2018 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Evening Journal, Adelaide, 30 January 1894           A Terrible Experience at Coolgardie. A well-known and respected resident of Kent Town has received a letter from his son, who recently went to Coolgardie from Adelaide, from which the following is extracted :— “On December 24 and 25 (Merry Christmas Day) I was dying, […]

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

Western Australian AIF, WW2- Killed in Action

03/01/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following men from the Goldfields were killed in action in WW2. The photographs are not great but if anyone would like a scan do let me know. Below are two examples of the images. ARCHER N W R Kalgoorlie Infantry BECK Pte A Kalgoorlie Infantry BENDALL Pte A Balgarri Infantry CALEY Pte M M […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Goldfields History, Western Australia, WW2

Seven Births and a wedding – Abbotts

02/01/2018 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

This is a snapshot of the town of Abbotts. There are seven births recorded as taking place in Abbotts and one wedding. This almost matches the number of deaths which were eleven. Births Registered in ABBOTTS:- MASON Arthur Collins, born 1905 Father:- Edward Isaac MASON, Mother:- Mary Elizabeth COLLINS MASON Hamblin Edward, born 1898, Father:- […]

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

Abbotts Cemetery

31/12/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

ABBOTTS (Yoothapina Station) Reserve 6980 and 22406 AZIZ Abdul, d 29 Apr 1900, 43yrs, at Abbotts GM, Occ:- Camel driver BISHOP Richard, d 26 Jan 1896, 54yrs, at Abbotts. Occ:- Labourer on contract at the Government Well. BURGES/S Henry William d 23 Dec 1896, at Abbotts General Co, Abbotts, age 44, Occ:- Blacksmith CAMPBELL John […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Abbotts, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Double Murder Suicide – the Glass family Tragedy

31/12/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Daily News, Perth – 20 February 1893  TERRIBLE TRAGEDY NEAR NORTHAMPTON. DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE. A FATHER SHOOTS HIS TWO DAUGHTERS. THE TREVENSON TRAGEDY A terrible tragedy has just been reported from Trevenson, 20 miles from Northampton. Yesterday afternoon, at 3 pm, William Charles Glass, aged about fifty, a squatter and long resident in this […]

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

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