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Beatrice Hemingway -grave tales

28/12/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

‘Died on Christmas Eve’  :    96yrs ago !!! Beatrice HOWARTH was married to Alfred William ‘Fred’ HEMINGWAY in Coolgardie in 1920. Only three years later she was to die in Southern Cross on Christmas Eve, 24th December 1923. Her husband was acting Station Master at Southern Cross at the time. She was expecting her […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

A Dreadful Burning Fatality:

07/12/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The threat if fire was a constant danger for early residents of the Goldfields. Most homes were constructed of lightweight flammable material and lots of the cooking would be done on an open fire. Lighting would be with either with candle or kerosene lanterns. The following story is of one family tragedy, but there were […]

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Mt Morgans Cemetery:

02/11/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I would like to show you the result of a project by Danelle Warnock and myself to upgrade the records and information on the people buried in the Mt Morgans Cemetery, Western Australia. The information presented here has been collected from various sources such as Burial Registers, Death Certificates, and newspapers. As always we welcome […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Mt Morgans

Murder Suicide at Kalgoorlie – grave tales

25/10/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Truth 28 December 1912, page 3 Double Tragedy at Kalgoorlie.      “She Smiled, said “Hello, Curly” and Died” In our last issue appeared a brief account of the terrible double tragedy, which happened at Kalgoorlie on the previous Thursday, in the yard at the back of the Broken Hill Hotel, in Hannan street, when […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder

Captain Kettle of the Toorak Hotel –

17/10/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Built in 1899. On June 25, 1903 a fire destroyed the whole of the front of the hotel. Situated on the 90 Mile Road, in the early days, this was the road out of Coolgardie on the North side. It closed some time in 1910. Licensee’s Harold B McCormick – 1900 E Bradley – 1901 […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, Hotels, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

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