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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

Two Soldier Brothers – by Marcia McIntyre

09/11/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following is a guest post from the Family History of Marcia McIntyre Bert and Cyril Longmore were first cousins to my mother, Alice Mary Jones nee True.  Although the Longmore family left Gundagai when Bert was only a small child and moved to Melbourne, then Western Australia, the family always kept in contact with […]

Filed Under: People, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Bullfinch, Goldfields History, Western Australia

“The Challenge’ for the ‘Belle of Coolgardie’

09/11/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

In the days of early Coolgardie it was often the case that when a disagreement occurred it was settled in the time honored way by bashing each other senseless.  This was welcomed by the general population who were somewhat starved for entertainment. It also ensured your ‘disagreement’ was well and truly ‘settled’. Coolgardie drew to […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Madame Eugene Vauthier – pioneer profile

09/11/2019 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

CENTENARIAN DIES – Nurse in Franco-Prussian War – Thur 26th Dec 1935 Kalgoorlie Miner This photograph was taken a fortnight before Eugenie Vauthier broke her leg and entered hospital. It shows her with Jack Frost, an old prospector who regarded her as his mother and took care of her. The dog is Marshall, a great pal […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Bulong, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The Desert Secrets – by Jules Raeside

06/11/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

There’s a shaker up the gully, There’s a paddock partly stripped, And a shovel pick and dishes lying round And a little heap of tailings Lying underneath the sieves And a heap of hoppers stones upon the ground. But the hand that shook the shaker Never more will raise a ‘run’, O’er the ripples of […]

Filed Under: People, Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Western Australia

Mt Morgans Cemetery:

02/11/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I would like to show you the result of a project by Danelle Warnock and myself to upgrade the records and information on the people buried in the Mt Morgans Cemetery, Western Australia. The information presented here has been collected from various sources such as Burial Registers, Death Certificates, and newspapers. As always we welcome […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Mt Morgans

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