BLACK FLAG R H Henning and party pegged the Black Flag lease which in October 1894 was reported to be ‘doing very well.’ The property was sold the following year to Lord Sudley’s syndicate for £48,000. By this time men were opening up their claims, many with good results. In December of the following year, […]
Towns and places
The Eastern Goldfields is made up of hundred towns both big and small. Outback Family History would like to bring you a collection of stories about some of these abandoned towns which you may never have heard of. Some may only have been there for a few years and now very little remains of the small thriving communities.
Pinjin – ghost town & cemetery
PINJIN CEMETERY Reserve 10843 Edjudina Location Note: I have found just as many references to PINJIN as I have PINGIN. It seems that both were used at various times. For the sake of continuity, I have used the spelling PINJIN as this is how it is spelled in the WA Post Office Directories. BOWMAN Otto […]
Not a Gold Rush but !!
Mirror Perth 15 August 1931, page 19 NOT A GOLD RUSH BUT !! A Rush On Richmond Beer Continuous Streams Of People Now Flow Daily Into The Grand Hotel, Kalgoorlie And Shamrock Hotel, Boulder. RICHMOND beer has captured the Goldfields as it has done every other part of Australia. The popular beverage is now so […]
Paynes Find Cemetery
Paynes Find Cemetery Location:- off Goodingnow Rd Paynes Find, Post Code 6612 Lat: -29.270163, Lug:-117.68618 Reserve 21873 an area of 404 Squ meters gazetted 10 May 1938 16 burials Although the Paynes Find Cemetery has been on the Outback Family History website for some years it needed some research to bring the information up to […]
Peak Hill Cemetery – grave tales
Peak Hill Cemetery 120 kms north of Meekatharra 25°37’44.5 , 118°45’03.6 Compiled with the help of Joan Peters 80 known burials There are said to be about 100 burials in the cemetery. NOTE: There are 9 names in ‘RED’ these are not confirmed as buried in Peak Hill Cemetery, but they all died in Peak […]
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