This is a snapshot of the town of Abbotts. There are seven births recorded as taking place in Abbotts and one wedding. This almost matches the number of deaths which were eleven. Births Registered in ABBOTTS:- MASON Arthur Collins, born 1905 Father:- Edward Isaac MASON, Mother:- Mary Elizabeth COLLINS MASON Hamblin Edward, born 1898, Father:- […]
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
Carrie of the Miner – a lady first !!
Carrie of the Miner Columnist, ‘Carrie of the Miner’ may not have been as widely known as Carrie Bradshaw of a certain TV show but in the Goldfields she is by far more important and arguably more impressive. Carrie’s real name was Amy Augusta Buscombe who was born in Daylesford Victoria in 1862 to James […]
Charles Augustus Saw -pioneer profile
Daily News Perth 18 November 1929, page 6 Prospector – Banker – Sharebroker A Western Australian by birth, Mr. Charles Augustus Saw, president of the Stock Exchange, Perth, was born hi this city in the days when it was still little more than a village. Following his education at the High School, in Perth, Mr. […]
Oertling Hunters – can you help ???
I have recently had contact with Nicola Williams founder of the Oertling History Project – Southern Hemisphere. You may wonder what an ‘Oertling’ is. It is the manufacturer’s name for a style of scales. The firm of L Oertling was the biggest and most famous maker of precision balances/scales in Great Britain. Oertling became part […]
Early Day Deaths in the Cue District –
The following is the first part of a large research project undertaken on the people who are buried in the Cue Cemetery. This has been a work in progress for over a year to upgrade and research the records by Outback Family History volunteer researcher, John Pritchard. John has done an excellent job, as well […]
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