The weekly newspaper, The W A Record in Perth, had a special section (often running for up to four pages) in their publication which was just for catholic school children in Western Australia. The page ran for approximately three years commencing in April 1904 to 1906. It was called ‘Our Children of the West, their […]
The people of the Goldfields
The Goldfields of Western Australia was and still is made up of many people, from poets to politicians, from saints and sinners and everything in between. I hope to tell you the stories of some of these people either famous or infamous or just the ordinary folks. Sometime the most ordinary people do the most extraordinry things
Kanowna Cemetery – a new milestone
As many of you will know if you have been following our stories for a while, Outback Family History embarked on a project to restore and preserve the Kanowna Cemetery. This is the second cemetery located on Yarri Road. This was three years ago and I would now like to advise you how far we […]
Died of Thirst – a verse
Evening Journal 3 May 1890, page 3 DIED OF THIRST By Ned The midday sun poured down his fiery rays Upon Australia’s burnt and arid plains, And shone on one who now for nigh three days Had suffered thirst, that worst of frightful pains. He staggers on beneath his heavy swag, Heavy from weakness rather […]
A Murder in the Kimberleys –
Sunday Times 5 September 1954, page 3 Murder Ended a 1922 search for Oil in Kimberleys Memories of the Locke Expedition by Morva Gogan In a specially equipped Dakota plane, a party from the Bureau of Mineral Resources has almost completed a survey of the North West Kimberleys with the object of exploring for oil […]
William H Gale – first mayor of Cue
Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler (WA : 1896 – 1905), Friday 26 March 1897, page 42 Cue was declared a municipality in August 1894, the first election of councillors taking place at the Warden’s office on the 16th of August of that year, when Mr. W. H. Gale was elected Mayor, after […]
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