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Brother Pay The Ultimate Price – The Hallahan Brothers

07/03/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Hallahan brothers Robert (standing, left), Walter, Alf (seated, left) and Wendell. The four, who were in London at the same time, had just been to see a West End production when they decided to have this photograph taken to send to the family in Kalgoorlie.

Walter Rewi Hallahan was one of four Kalgoorlie brothers who served with the Australian army in World War I.  Two of them, Alf and Wendell, were killed in France in 1916.  Walter was killed in September, 1918, one month before the armistist was declared, while serving with the 11th Battalion.The only brother to return home was […]

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Five little graves – Baldock Family Tragedy

06/03/2016 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

It is of the most humbling experiences  to read through the Boulder Cemetery death register. The stark reality of life on the Goldfields in the later years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th is reflected in the names, death details and monumental inscriptions of those who lived and died here. […]

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The Tank Church – Boulder

21/02/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Boulder Tank Church

This photo was presented to the RWAHS in about 1931 by Mrs. A Green of West Perth, and published in The West Australian on Saturday, 26 February 1932. The photo triggered a flurry of correspondence, resulting in articles ‘Tank Church at Boulder’ (West Australian, Tuesday, 2 March 1932 p.12) and ‘Tank Church at Boulder. The […]

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Only a Flesh Wound – Coolgardie 1894

21/02/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

In Coolgardie in 1894 there was an influx of British nobility and for a time there were more Lords, Dukes, Baronets and others in Coolgardie than had or ever has been, in any one Australian town at the same time. These Britishers packed more guns than any Yankee film hero and regular revolver practice was […]

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Joseph J Tovey – A man of many talents !!!

21/02/2016 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

A Days Catch

Back in 2012 I was contacted by Lois Tovey,  the wife of Errol John Tovey. She had been browsing on the Outback Family History web site and came across the following photograph on the Meekatharra page. She told me that she had been sent the link to the Meekatharra Photo page by a distant relative […]

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