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A Boulder Girl – Hazel Jeffries

16/10/2017 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

I have just been sent these amazing photograph which I would like to share with you. They are produced with the kind permission of Bev Love who is the daughter in law of Hazel Love nee Jeffries:- 1926 Boulder Central Hazel Jeffries (Love) first row behind reclining boys. Third in from the right with a […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, School, Western Australia

Lennonville – Snapshot

14/10/2017 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Lennonville is a derelict town in Western Australia near the town of Mount Magnet, established in 1898 Lennonville was gazetted in 1896, after gold having been found two years earlier at the location by prospectors Lennon and Palmer. At the peak of its existence, at the turn of the 20th century, the town had a population […]

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

Alderson and Kelly wedding – people profile

13/10/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

On the 28th September 1904 a wedding took place in the Presbyterian Church in Menzies between Robert William ALDERSON, son of the late Robert Alderson, Hampstead, England, to Isabel Kelly, third daughter of the late William Kelly of Mintaro, South Australia. Some additional infoamtion has been sent in by OFH reader Denis Edwards:- Robert Alderson […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Menzies, Western Australia

North Kalgoorlie School -1960 to1970

13/10/2017 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Back row – Alec May, Gary Bale, Brian Stones, Brett Foster, P. Hellen, John Langford, Victor Wells, Stephen Ruckmick, Peter Collier, Keith Shepheard. 3rd row – Graeme Tarabini, Phil Davison, C Johns, Geoff Watson, Norm Sharp, Billy York (hand over face), Michael Willoughby, L Quealey, Ken Littlewood, Peter Wooddall, P Fitzgerald. 2nd row – Leanne […]

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

Lily Pike – grave tales

13/10/2017 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

On the 27th April 1906, Helena (Lily) Maud Pike (nee Rosevere) aged 30yrs, passed away at the St John of God Hospital in Dugan Street, Kalgoorlie from Typhoid. She was the wife of councillor Eustace Walter Pike and the mother of one child, James Albert, aged 6yrs. The following photograph is a very poignant one […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, pike, Western Australia

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