We often think that family law matters didn’t go to court in the early days, but this unusual story shows that matters could still be most complicated and acrimonious: Leonora Miner, 6 August 1927, page 3 Wife of 39 years, Sues Husband of 82 years. A woman of 39 years, sad-eyed and patient, and a […]
One Letter in the Mailbag – Dunnsville’s First Postmistress
Western Mail – Perth – 25 January 1908, page 27 EARLY GOLDFIELD DAYS Mrs Arthur Dusantoy was the first woman in Dunnsville, and kept the first Post Office at that place, a rude structure, but typical of the buildings of the early goldfields days of Western Australia. Mrs Dusantoy’s experiences may be best told in […]
The Cemetery that Outlived Lennonville
Lennonville (Warramboo) East Cemetery 1st Reserve: 6842 gazetted date 16 Mar 1900 36 deaths, 27 of whom were children. There are two cemeteries at the abandoned town of Lennonville, which is about 10 km north of Mt Magnet. The cemeteries are located on either side of the Great Northern Highway. There is only one headstone, […]
A Torpedo Through the Crowd: Coolgardie’s Deadliest Fire Disaster
West Australian, 9 February 1925 A COOLGARDIE HORROR Ammonia Cylinder of Death Three People Killed DISTRESSING SCENES – The most distressing tragedy ever known in Coolgardie occurred in the early hours of this morning, as the outcome of a destructive fire at Messrs Mulligan and Kemp’s butcher’s shop, in Bayley Street, Coolgardie. The alarm was […]
“We Had a Wonderful Life” – Memories of a Goldfields Childhood
The Kalgoorlie Miner – Weekend Edition – 5 Oct 1991 Marjorie Frances Minson was born in Northam, WA, in 1912 to Charles Henry MINSON and Elizabeth JEFFREY. This is a story she told about her early life in the Goldfields, first with her family and then as a married woman. She married Richard Alfred LANCASTER […]
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