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Erlistoun – ghost town

30/12/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 13 December 1904, page 19 THE ERLISTOUN by V. Clausen Where is Erlistoun??? Latitude 27″ 59′ 03″ S Longitude 122″ 20′ 25″ East Mt Margaret Goldfields. Located 71.5 km north of Laverton at Borodale Creek once known as Mistake Creek. Erlistoun usually referred to as ‘The Erlistoun’ was never gazetted as a […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, Hotels, People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Duketon, Erlistoun, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The Story of a Daring Coward –

30/12/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Sunday Times Perth 31 January 1909, page 1 Have you heard of Jim Connolly? He was a great bushman and a line prospector and could fire two revolvers at once. The left hand was as deadly as the right, and either was certain death if Jim had any interest in mitigating your existence. He was […]

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

Murder in a Mining Camp

16/12/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sunday Times 29 August 1943, page 7 Murder In a Gold Mining Camp Murderers I Have Known, by Harry Mann, ex-Chief of the C.I.B., Perth, as told to Max Praed Boom days on the Murchison goldfields! What a picture that calls up, to us who remember the richness and the wickedness! of those roaring times! […]

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

The Norman Tindale Collection –

16/12/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Most of the people photographed in this collection would now be deceased, except for some of the children and very young adults. Outback Family History were kindly given copies of some of the images from the Goldfields area only, they are on the OFH website – SEARCH. The list I have is not a complete […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Aboriginal History, Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

From Gold to Milking Cows – by Helen Astrand

16/12/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

From Gold to Milking Cows A story of a young life on a dairy farm in the Goldfields by Helen Astrand nee Pollard The late 1890s saw John James POLLARD, born 1877 in Moonta in South Australia, travel from SA to Malcolm in the Northern Goldfields of Western Australia to seek his fortune. There he […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Boulder, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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