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Tragedy at the Bohemia Mine – Marvel Loch

04/08/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Bohemia Mine near Marvel Loch

Extracts from:    Sand & Stone – Moran Family History By Kevin Moran “Fatal Accident at the Bohemia’ Friday the 10th January 1936 was bringing to an end the full workday week. The miners only worked a half day on Saturdays. The week had been hot and overcast with the threat of rain. The folk […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Bohemia Mine, Goldfields History, Marvel Loch, Mining Accidents, Western Australia

Goldfields Without Chrysanthemums – by Catherine Bond

30/07/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Catherine Bond and her husband

In the late 1800s and early 1900’s it was popular for travellers to keep a travel diary to record the day-to-day happenings of the places and things they did on their journeys. It does seem to have been more popular with women, and many diaries have gone on to be published. This gives us a […]

Filed Under: Books, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Norseman, Western Australia

The Death of Stephen Grace –

11/07/2015 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Bernard Colreavy and Stephen Grace

Western Mail Perth -19 October 1907, page 16 AN EAST MURCHISON TRAGEDY THE DEATH OF STEPHEN GRACE – MURDERED BY NATIVES A telegram was received this afternoon from Constable Walker, who proceeded from Wiluna to bury the body of Stephen Grace, one of Kirkpatrick Bros party of prospectors who was speared through the chest by […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Stephen Grace, Western Australia

The Albany Fish Supply Co – Kalgoorlie

29/05/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Albany Fresh Fish Supply Co Shop

The Albany Fish Supply Co. was located at 235-6 Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. I would say that would be about the present location of the Kalgoorlie City News, just before St Barbara’s Square.  These two advertisements are from the Kalgoorlie Miner in 1929. The Company changed its name to The United Fisheries Co. in […]

Filed Under: Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Businesses, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, shops, Western Australia

The Fatal Errand of Young Wallace Cocking

28/05/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

From the Kalgoorlie Miner, 27th Jan 1921 News was received today from Menzies of a sad fatality which occurred at Mulline between Friday and Saturday. Wallace David Cocking, 11 years of age and son of Mr Joseph Sylvester Cocking, sandalwood contractor, was sent at 5am on Friday with an urgent message to his father. Mr […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Busselton, Cemeteries, Family History, Goldfields History, Menzies, Mulline, Wallace Cocking

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