Outback Family History

The Flying Cosgroves – grave tales

07/08/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

On the wall of the tourist information office and museum in Coolgardie, there is a large panorama showing the town as it was in the 1890’s. There towards the front, is the premises of Cosgrove and Mitchell. This was Tom Cosgrove’s auctioneering business. He later moved to premises in Bayley Street. His brother, William Irving […]

The Spain and Powell Family Album

05/08/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

We are fortunate that we are able to see these wonderful photographs taken in Kalgoorlie in the 1940-50’s. Many of you may remember the Spain and Powell families! I would like to thank David Spain for allowing me to share these and they are also courtesy of Davids late parents – Beryl Anne Spain (nee […]

Coolgardie Pioneer Cemetery

05/08/2017 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Southern Cross Times 3 October 1903, page 2 THE OLD COOLGARDIE CEMETERY.—There are 33 graves in the old cemetery where the ceremony of unveiling a tablet took place (says the “Coolgardie Miner”). Of these the names of only six of those whose bodies were interred there are known. Most of the burials in fact nearly […]

The Hahnel Family – by Davina Dodds

04/08/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Charles Bernhardt Hahnel was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany in 1866 to Parents Charles August Hahnel and Theresa Schmidt. Charles came to Australia in 1886, boarding the ship Salier in Antwerp, Belgium. Charles was 20 at this time. On the sixth of December 1890, Charles married Hannah Gribble (born Maryborough 1871) in Timor Victoria. His […]

Its the Blog’s Fourth Birthday today!!!

03/08/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Wow, four years and 449 blog posts, you might like to see the posts that were the 10 most popular:- The Kalgoorlie Cemetery Records https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/2014/08/24/kalgoorlie-cemetery-records-d/ Tin Dog Hut at Bulong https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/2014/10/05/tin-dog-hut-bulong/ Not Just a President Wife – Lou H Hoover https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/2015/01/11/not-just-presidents-wife-lou-henry-hoover/ Hilda Jarvis – Goat Lady https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/2015/05/18/the-goat-lady-hilda-jarvis-nee-jones/ When the Marvel Loch Fell In https://www.outbackfamilyhistoryblog.com/2015/05/17/when-the-marvel-loch-mine-fell-in/ The […]