Sunday Times 12 December 1943, page 3 The Silence at the Funeral of one of Australia’s Greatest Bandsmen. Although a band was present, no music was played at the funeral at Karrakatta Cemetery yesterday of beloved musician Mr Hugh Gregory McMahon. Scores of friends attended the funeral in the Roman Catholic portion of the cemetery. […]
James “Carbine” Gullan – a Good Fellow all Round
While many of you have enjoyed several verses from the pen of John Terrell on the Outback Family History Blog, many of you will also be familiar with his books on the sporting history of the Goldfields. He recently sent me the following story, which I’m sure you will find most interesting. You may think, […]
Coolgardie Cemetery Project –
COOLGARDIE CEMETERY UPDATE I’d like to share an update on my ongoing project to expand the biographies of those buried in the Coolgardie Cemetery. I recently realised that it is almost exactly a year since I began this enormous undertaking, and I’m pleased to say that I have now completed the biographies for burials from […]
Death at Dawn – The Tragic End of Mianoor Mahomet
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 10 May 1904, page 29 MENZIES MURDERER EXECUTED Mianoor Mahomet, the Menzies murderer, was hanged at Fremantle this morning, a couple of minutes after the appointed hour, 8 o’clock. The doomed man had only to step across a few paces of the open yard to the house of execution. He had asked […]
From Grief to Despair: The Doyle Family Tragedy
On the 23rd of September 1903, in Gwalia Street, Leonora, Western Australia, an event would take place that would start a string of family tragedies. The event was the death of a little girl, Eileen Margaret Doyle. She died of Tonsillitis and Bronchitis and was only 2 ½yrs old. She had only been ill for […]
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