Several years ago I received a letter from Ian Hopley regarding some old correspondence he found amongst his late mother’s papers. They were written by his Great Grandfather William Webster, first from Victoria and then from Malcolm in the Murchison of Western Australia. The letters mention his daughter Delia, nicknamed Deanie, who was Ian’s Grandmother. […]
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.
The Prosperity of Southern Cross – 1936
Western Mail – Perth 24 December 1936, page 16 THE PROSPERITY OF SOUTHERN CROSS NEW TOWN HALL OPENED SOUTHERN CROSS was in a gala mood last Wednesday. The cause of many arrangements, official and festive, was the opening of a new ornament to the district’s civic architecture, an imposing Town Hall surmounted by a high […]
The Prison Log and “Sky Blue Goannas”
In the early days of Coolgardie, there was no provision for holding prisoners pending their appearance in court, so Corporal McCarthy chopped a four-foot log from a three-foot thick trunk of a blown down salmon gum to which they were chained by a strong steel staple at one end and handcuffs at the other. (A […]
The McGree Sisters: Together in Life and Death
Margaret Morgan nee McGREE (MAGREE) was born in Bowden, South Australia, on 18th September 1867. She was the daughter of Patrick McGree and Elizabeth Dunne. She was the fifth child of Patrick and Elizabeth, who married in Adelaide, SA, in 1860, and had 14 children. In 1892, Margaret married James Morgan in 1860 in Adelaide, […]
Thomas RYAN – The King of Meekatharra
Some time ago I was contacted by Sue Hartley who is the Great Granddaughter of Thomas Ryan and his wife, Henrietta Ryan nee Kane. Their third child, Mary Daisy Ryan, known as Dais, was her grandmother. “Meekatharra Ryan” or the “King of Meekatharra” as Tom was known, did much to build the town amenities as […]
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