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
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
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 […]
When a Funeral was Bushed –
Inquirer and Commercial News 28 December 1894, page 19 THE UNSANITARY STATE OF COOLGARDIE A GRUESOME SUBJECT The Coolgardie Miner thus holds forth in a recent issue — Coolgardie has always been noted for producing a fine vigorous growth of liars. About every ten minutes we meet somebody who tells us that there were nine […]
Malcolm Cemetery – the legion of the lost
Malcolm Cemetery Biographies: 137 burials Also known as Mount Malcolm There are 2 Cemeteries at Malcolm Malcolm Salt Lake Cemetery AKA Lake Raeside – 123 burial from 1897-1911 Malcolm Kookynie Road Cemetery 14 burials 1911 – 1915 Unfortunately, apart from identifying various headstones in each cemetery, there are no separate registers for each cemetery ADAMS […]
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