Some time ago I received a request for assistance from Graeme Hughes in New Zealand. He was trying to find the burial of a relative, his Gt Gt Grandfather, George VOYSEY. He understood that he had died in 1896 at Niagara, but after looking at the burials for this cemetery on the Outback Family History […]
A Tonsorial Dynasty –
The Mickle family have established a dynasty of Hairdressers (Tonsorial Artists) and tobacconists in Western Australia. Starting in the Murchison and Northern Goldfields the four brothers and a nephew had premises in Menzies, Mt Magnet, Kookynie, Laverton and Wiluna and Meekatharra. They would also open a business in Narrogin in later years. The four sons, […]
The Mysterious Case of the Missing Doctor –
A Wandering Pommy: the story of Dr Dale OBE “Search Parties Unsuccessful” The mysterious disappearance of Dr. Dale, who has been missing from Kookynie since Saturday last, has caused his friends in Kookynie great uneasiness. It appears that the doctor, who has been practicing at Mr. M. Schneider’s pharmacy during the past five months, went […]
Kanowna’s Boy Hero – James Sexton
To rescue a fellow mortal from a watery grave, from a burning building, or under other exceptional circumstances requires the display of personal bravery and lack of regard for the safety of the rescuer. To risk all and to face death to save a mate is often heard of. These deeds are rewarded by public […]
The Search for the real Walter Robert Fitzgerald-Moore
AN IRISH ROMANCER: THE SEARCH FOR THE REAL WALTER ROBERT FITZGERALD-MOORE Walter Moore, if that was his real name!, was my grandfather, but he died 25 years before I was born. His origins are shrouded in mystery and even the circumstances of his death – “in the arms of his mistress” as my father so […]
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