I was recently contacted by my friend and grave photographer extraordinaire, Danielle Warnock, about a query she had received from Duncan Fraser about the grave of Simon Rose Fraser, his great-uncle, buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. He asked if she could take some photos of the grave for him and his family. Duncan said: My […]
A Rough Road to Coolgardie — Emma Loader’s Story
The following story is an extract from the family history of Reg Blackmore and is reproduced with his permission. Emma and Nathaniel were his great-grandparents. Emma Jane Loader’s first trip to the WA goldfields December 1895 Written by Emma in 1937 at age 95 years. Mrs Loader and her daughter, Mrs Harriet Childs Bottrill, started […]
Lost Beneath a Merciless Sun – The Fate of Dyer and Raunio
The Truth, Perth, 11 January 1931, page 11 GRISLY SUICIDE PACT OF THE OUTBACK Parched, Sun-Scorched and Mocked By The Cruel Phantom Of Water TRAGIC END OF KANGAROO SHOOTERS Henry Dyer, aged 55, of New Zealand and Laurie Raunio/Raunis, aged 31, native of Orimattila, Finland, died on November 3, 1930, about 100 miles northwest of […]
Coolgardie – from a womans point of view
West Australian, 14 January 1896, page 10 The following article, which deals with Coolgardie as it was in June last, is republished from a recent issue of the Sydney Sunday Times: We have the statement made that a goldfield is spoilt as soon as women and newspapers get a footing on it. Whether this is […]
Doyle’s Well: Coaches, Cold Beer and Frog Cocktails
DOYLES WELL Originally called CUTMORE’S WELL Located between Leonora and Agnew and near the Turkey and Wilson Creeks. A wayside inn and coaching stop. In 1903, there was a coach service from Leonora on three days a week. There were stockmen working for the stagecoach lines stationed there until at least about 1912. The first […]
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