Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 – 1954), Sunday 30 December 1906, page 5 The “Sunday Times” had a visit last week from the brother of the late James Reilly, killed by Joseph Higgins at Gwalia on September 4 1906. The particulars of the case must be fresh in our readers’ minds. Reilly tried to […]
Leonora Snapshot – death from despair
This is the second snapshot of biographies from the Leonora Cemetery. As in the previous post it covers from 1902 to early 1911. In this time there were 12 suicides:- Suicide was quite a common thing in the early days on the goldfields. Men, and a few women, who find themselves in a state of […]
Hugh McKittrick – a family’s story
Hugh McKittrick 22nd August 1868 – 13th May 1903 By Cheryl Benson:- gbenson@iinet.net.au Hugh McKittrick was born or baptised on the 22nd August 1868 in County Louth, Ireland. He was the son of Hugh McKittrick and Ellen Brennan. Ellen Brennan was the daughter of Michael Brennan and Rose Mallon. Patrick snr was Hugh’s uncle […]
Leonora Snapshot – all the little children
I have just completed my first batch of biographies on the people who are buried in the Leonora Cemetery. Every cemetery provides a social and family history snapshot of the town where its located. Accident and disease show no favorites. I hope that this small section of deaths will provide a good example to compare […]
Darlot – ghost town
Mr L A Wells, a member of the ‘Elder Exploring Expedition of 1891’ discovered Lake Darlot on the 6th March 1892. The Lake was named after Leonard Hawthorn Darlot, pastoralist, one of the three sons of H R H Darlot, who purchased a station property call ‘Berringarra’ in the Murchison district in 1882. Darlot was […]
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