Mount Magnet Miner and Lennonville Leader 6 November 1897, page 3 Tragedy at Cue. A FATHER SHOT DEAD BY HIS YOUNG SON. A terrible tragedy was enacted here this afternoon, by which Mr. John Scriver SNOW was shot by His youngest son. Mr Snow was proprietor of the shooting gallery near the Excelsior Hotel in […]
Francis ‘Frank’ Cornelius Scott – grave tales
13/02/2021 By Leave a Comment
Kalgoorlie Western Argus 12 July 1904, page 24 THE LATE MR. FRAN SCOTT. “I first met the late Mr. Frank Scott.” says a gentleman who knew him for 20 years, in Burrowa, New South Wales, where he was in business as a professional accountant, and I also represented his father, a flour mill proprietor, doing […]
Paynesville – ghost town
06/02/2021 By Leave a Comment
Paynesville is located 77 km east of Mount Magnet, Western Australia Gold was discovered in this area in early 1898 by Tom Payne and Arthur Waldeck, and by April 1898 the place had been inspected by a surveyor and a plan of subdivision prepared. It was at first referred to as ‘Paynton’, and ‘East Mount […]
Five Little Graves -grave tales
30/01/2021 By 1 Comment
It is of the most humbling experiences to read through the Boulder Cemetery death register. The stark reality of life on the Goldfields in the later years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th, is reflected in the names, death details and monumental inscriptions of those who lived and died here. […]
A Broken Tale with a Happy End:
23/01/2021 By Leave a Comment
Gone but not Forgotten – Annie Bell. An interesting tale about a grave in the Boulder cemetery. I was contacted last by Peter Huntly, a relative of Annie Bell, who died at the Kalgoorlie Hospital on the 24th Oct 1909, and was subsequently buried in the Boulder Cemetery on the 29th October 1909. Peter had […]
