Where is Box Creek you may ask? As I did myself back in 2000, (I can’t believe it was so long ago), when I received a letter from a lady in Queensland about a distant relative of hers called Ronald Donald McMillen who was supposed to be buried in the Box Soak Cemetery. I had […]
Bridget Delia Oates – grave tales
The following photograph is of the headstone and grave of Bridget Delia Oates, who was the beloved wife of Richard Knight Oates, born in County Clare Ireland on 28 Jan 1873. She died at Kalgoorlie on the 17th Sep 1909 aged 37 years. This photograph was taken just after the headstone, ledger, and grave fencing […]
Calanchinis on the Eastern Goldfields
Calanchinis on the Eastern Goldfields Of Western Australia by Chris Clark Calanchini brothers – In the last decade of the nineteenth century three brothers with the very Italian-sounding surname of Calanchini but anglicised forenames (Peter, Michael James, and George Francis) arrived in Western Australia from the colony of Victoria. The three were sons of an […]
Where is Jonesville? – ghost towns
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. […]
For a Better Life – pre publication
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 […]
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