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Pinjin – ghost town & cemetery

27/05/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

PINJIN CEMETERY Reserve 10843 Edjudina Location Note: I have found just as many references to PINJIN as I have PINGIN. It seems that both were used at various times. For the sake of continuity, I have used the spelling PINJIN as this is how it is spelled in the WA Post Office Directories. BOWMAN Otto […]

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

Billy Frost – the seeker of shadows

20/05/2023 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Western Mail Perth – 16 September 1926, page 19 THE SEEKER – THE LATE BILLY FROST Prospector and Explorer By John Meiklejohn. Round the campfires of the various diggings during the 1890s, no name was more prominent than that of the late Billy Frost. He never had the fortune to make any sensational gold discovery, […]

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

The Philippe family – grave tales

20/05/2023 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Four adult members of the Philippe family are buried in this one grave in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. They are Richard Henry Philippe  bur 12 Oct 1906 age 67 Eliza Mary nee Howells bur 21 Nov 1911 aged 73 (Richard’s wife) Bertrand Charles Philippe bur 19 Jun 1950 age 71 (son of Richard and Eliza) Violet […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Mt Magnet, Western Australia, WW1

Norman Dodd – Death by Despair

13/05/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following story was supplied by Gail and Keith Dodd and is produced here with their kind permission. The subject of the story is Norman W G Dodd who is Keith’s Great Uncle. It shows that it is possible to have the unrecognised grave of a victim of war finally honoured. Many more soldiers died […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Leonora, Western Australia, WW1

The Box Soak Creek Rush

13/05/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Box Soak, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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