Kalgoorlie Western Argus 13 December 1904, page 19 THE ERLISTOUN by V. Clausen Where is Erlistoun??? Latitude 27″ 59′ 03″ S Longitude 122″ 20′ 25″ East Mt Margaret Goldfields. Located 71.5 km north of Laverton at Borodale Creek once known as Mistake Creek. Erlistoun usually referred to as ‘The Erlistoun’ was never gazetted as a […]
The Wright Family of Boulder – grave tales
23/12/2023 By 6 Comments
William James Wright was born on 3 Jun 1880 at Cloverfield, Port Pirie, South Australia to George Main Wright and Elizabeth nee Rushall. He was their first child and the survivor of twin sons, his sibling being stillborn. He had one older brother born the following year. After his marriage in SA in 1910 the […]
The Cunninghams – by Gail and Arthur Peters
09/12/2023 By Leave a Comment
I was recently contacted by Gail and Arthur Peters who told me a wonderful story about their Cunningham ancestors on the Goldfields. The following is part of an article formerly written for the EG Historical Soc, and now is re-published here with the kind permission of the author, Gail Peters. Andrew Cunningham (Sr) is buried […]
Hinde’s Cash Chemist – grave tales
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I was recently sent this wonderful photograph of John Lord Hinde’s Chemist shop in Coolgardie by Nanette Danks who tells me: My great-grandparents arrived in Coolgardie, I presume about 1894. The family legend is that Daisy Hinde (Alice Georgina, actually) was the eighth woman on the goldfields and Beryl was the only child for a […]
Milly Soak – an oasis in the desert
18/11/2023 By Leave a Comment
Thanks to John Pritchard for the original idea for this story: Milly/Millie Soak is 16 kilometers north of Cue and was a popular picnic spot in Cue’s early history. It also became the source of the town’s water for a number of years following the pollution of the town’s water supply due to poor sanitary […]
