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Bullfinch Cemetery – grave tales

11/01/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

BULLFINCH CEMETERY Latitude -30.998333 degrees Longitude -119.093961 degrees 35km north of Southern Cross. 25 Known Burials – 1905-1940 CROCKER Albert Munro – d 14 Jun 1913, 24 years, at Golden Valley, Cause: Accidentally shot with own firearm, Father: Richard Henry Munro CROCKER, Mother: Mary Jane GREGSON, Born: Rushworth, Campaspe Shire, Victoria, Reg: 10/1913 Yilgarn, buried […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Bullfinch, Cemeteries, Western Australia

The Diggers New Year Song –

11/01/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Diggers New Year Song describes how a group of miners toiled without success until late in the Old Year and having at last struck gold were determined that all around them would join in celebrating the advent of the New Year and the good luck they were sure lay ahead:- Come pass the glasses […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Will Kanowna Live Again ?

11/01/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Mirror (Perth) 15 September 1934 KANOWNA ONCE BOASTED TWENTY HOTELS! Kanowna Shows Signs of Big Recovery Hectic Days of White Feather Golden Valley Recalled If you take the Kanowna road out of Kalgoorlie, you will travel for some 12 miles parallel with the formation of what was once a busy railway, to the remains of […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kanowna, pug town, Western Australia

Doubly Deserted by Val Jameson

04/01/2025 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Western Mail 25 December 1905, page 10 Doubly Deserted by Val Jameson Up in the heavens, a westering sun cast oblique rays, still fiercely hot, on the parched bush that stretched its shrivelled growth as far as the eye could see from the prospectors’ camp. Nearby, a windlass under a roof of boughs stood on […]

Filed Under: Hotels, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia, Yundamindera

John B Ryan – an adventurous life

04/01/2025 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

John B Ryan was also known as ‘Old Jack’ died near the end of November 1905, it is thought his age was about 60yrs. He was found on Sturt Meadows Station by a boundary rider some distance from Diorite King in the Leonora District. Jack was an old prospector who was reported as missing. When […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Leonora, Western Australia

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