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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

Thomas O’Donnell – grave tales

17/10/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Western Argus –  25 December 1900, page 50 The Grave of Thomas O’Donnell one of the Ullaring Pioneers. O’DONNELL Thomas M, died 12 May 1898 aged about 41yrs, at the Mountain Daisy Lease, Ullarring. He was buried by Police constable Alfred Thompson HOY, Witnesses were John JENNINGS and William LAMB. His occupation was Prospector […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Pioneers, ullaring, Western Australia

A Golden Wedding – pioneer profile

17/10/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Golden Wedding Group MR. AND MRS. UREN, of Kelmscott, and their  Decendants.   Western Mail – Perth – 1 October 1915, page 7   On Saturday, September 18, Mr. and Mrs Uren of Kelmscott, celebrated their golden wedding (50yrs) in the presence of all their, children and grand children, numbering 25. Mr. and Mrs. Uren […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Southern Cross, wedding, Western Australia

The Welsh Newspaper editor and his Australian Gold Mine

10/10/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following fascinating article was written by a reader, Alwyn Evans, a keen Welsh historian. It was first published in ‘Wales Online’ The full story is now published as a book, with supporting references and illustrations by Hesperian Press: From Wales to Gwalia A Swansea editor and his Australian goldmine by Alwyn Evans A long […]

Filed Under: Books, People, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Gwalia, Western Australia

The Healthy Ways of the Goldfields by Amanda Lovitt

10/10/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Dr Edward Willis Way was born in England on 6th October 1846. He travelled to South Australia with his family as a small child, arriving 14th November 1850.  Dr E Willis Way as he was common referred to, studied at both Guys’ Hospital London and the University of Edinburgh. He was involved in a Royal […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns

Hyland’s Circus by Lyn Beard

10/10/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Lyn Beard “Courtesy of Mandurah Family History Society Newsletter, October 2020″. Hyland’s Circus I wonder how many researchers can actually say they have found an ancestor who ran away to join the circus.  Well, I am not one with such adventurous folk in my family but in the course of my research for Outback Grave […]

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

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