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Where is Jonesville? – ghost towns

15/05/2021 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Northern Grazier and Miner – Leonora 4 June 1932, page 2 Jonesville This is a small mining centre is situated about 60 miles north of Sandstone, and 80 miles south of Wiluna. The Gidgee GM is now situated there. The field was discovered by Jones and Shannon in 1926 and was originally called Jones Find. […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Jonesville, Western Australia

For a Better Life – pre publication

08/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Yet again, the wonderful author and historian, Dr. Criena Fitzgerald is about to publish another new book. I have read some excerpts and have seen some of the wonderful photos that will be used and I can highly recommend it. FOR A BETTER LIFE YUGOSLAVS IN THE GOLDFIELDS 1890–1970 As so many of us are […]

Filed Under: Books, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia, Yugoslav

A Beloved Son- Calder family story

08/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I have recently been in correspondence with Lisa Clifford, who has very kindly allowed me to share the following story and photographs with you. She originally got in touch with me after seeing the grave of Alistar Douglas Calder in the Black Range (Nungarra) Cemetery on the Outback Family History website. Lisa tells me that […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Black Range, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Uncle Jack – a tree to remember him

01/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I was recently contacted by Jeannine Nolan who has very kindly allowed me to tell the story of her Great Uncle Jack. She came to get in touch through a story I did last year about John Hindhaugh. There may be a family connection as Emily Marion Hindhaugh married Ezra Chappel, Jack’s uncle. Sadly Emily […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Black Range, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Sandstone, Western Australia

John Thomas Pearce – grave tales

24/04/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Tragic Tale of a Northumberland Man. At the turn of the century in 1902, John Thomas Pearce left his home in Northumberland when the call went out for miners to work in the remote Western Australian town of Leonora at the Sons of Gwalia gold mine. His trade was a mining carpenter, and his […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Gwalia, Leonora, Western Australia

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