Back in 1998, I was in correspondence with a lady, Joanne Shumak, whom I was assisting to look into the family history of her uncle, William Basham Cutmore, who, if not for a slip of fate, may be a name as familiar to the Goldfields as his famous mate Arthur Bayley. W. B. Cutmore was […]
The Dust, the Digger and the Barmaid
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette – 25 September 1897, page 4 The Murchison Author unknown (From the London Financial Times) The Murchison was the earliest explored field in West Australia, not the first goldfield—that was Yilgarn, discovered by my friend Anstey—but the first upon which development work was undertaken. It went with a boom […]
A Life on the stage – Goldfields Early Theatres
On the 4th September 1894, Hannan’s Find was declared, and the track from Coolgardie became the main street. The camp was becoming a town, and more and more businesses began to spring up. Many were made of hessian and canvas on wooden frames. With the arrival of the rail line came building materials such as […]
Murder Before the Cinderella Ball
The murder-suicide tragedy of Nurse Elizabeth Gold and Kenneth Snodgrass is a tale quite widely known, but I have not before told the story on the Outback Family History Blog. In Coolgardie in the 1890’s, Elizabeth Gold, Charles Gold and Kenneth Snodgrass and his family were living in Coolgardie, WA. As with many tragedies, the […]
The Angels on the Hill – Some Memoirs of a Nursing Sister
Sunday Times – 18 September 1932 THE ANGELS ON THE HILL Some Memoirs of a Nursing Sister by the First Hospital Trained Nurse in Coolgardie (Unnamed) When I arrived in Coolgardie 38 years ago, it was midnight. In the morning, what a sight! White small canvas tents, tents and more tents. The same could be […]
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