CUDDINGWARRA Latitude 27° 22′ S Longitude 117° 47′ E Cuddingwarra was a townsite in the Murchison goldfields near Cue. When gold was first discovered in the area in 1888, the place was known as “Dead Finish”, but when the government gazetted a townsite in 1895, Cuddingwarra was the name chosen. Cuddingwarra is the Aboriginal name […]
Mulwarrie Cemetery:
Mulwarrie is an abandoned townsite in the North Coolgardie Goldfield of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia, 125 km northwest of Kalgoorlie and 55 km southwest of Menzies, between Davyhurst and Mulline. It was originally known as Mount Higgins; gold was first discovered there by Paddy Higgins, who later discovered gold at Higginsville. In 1900, […]
Mulline Cemetery
MULLINE CEMETERY – RESERVE 7816 Davyhurst-Mulline Road Menzies Shire, Western Australia BOUNDY Robert James ― 34yrs, d 27 Jan 1917, at Prospecting area No 445, Ullaring near Mulline, Occ: Miner: Cause: Accidentally killed by a fall of earth in at Prospecting area No 445, Ullaring near Mulline, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: John Henry BOUNDY […]
Geoff Lambert was his name:
Last week we heard about the longest mail run in Australia. So I thought you might like to know about the man who made these intrepid trips. Geoff Lambert did the ‘run’ for thirteen years. He was the longest-serving mailman employed by Campbell & Co who had the contract. Others who did the run were […]
With Mail to Marble Bar:
Australia’s Longest Overland Mail from Meekatharra to Marble Bar. Western Australia. a distance of 1211 miles for the round trip. by John K Ewers – February 1935 Mundiwindi, Murramunda, Bald Hill, Noreena Downs. Nullagine — the very names are redolent of that other Australia which so few people know and which is the most vital […]
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