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

The Girl of the Goldfields:- a family story

08/01/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

This is the story of Rhonda Moag’s Great Aunt Maree. She had often been told the story by her Aunt Sonia about Aunt Maree who was a brilliant equestrian who led a grand parade atop a big white horse and then was tragically killed when she was thrown. It was never clear if she was […]

Woodarra : now your but a memory blurr’d !

06/01/2019 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

The town of Woodarra was surveyed and gazetted on January 14, 1898. Also known as Darlot or Lake Darlot or Ballangarry. All names were used at different times. Woodarra is the name given by the local Aboriginals to a line of Granite rocks from which a supply of water for the residents had been derived, […]

St Michael’s School : new records

01/01/2019 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

After several months, we would like to say that the transcript of the admission records for St Michael’s School, Corner of Butler and Peers St, Kalgoorlie have now been completed. The school closed in 1975 and the records transferred to St Mary’s Primary School, Kalgoorlie. These records are reproduced with the permission of the St Mary’s […]

Charles Carkeek – graves tales

31/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 8 Comments

In 2008, I was working at the Kalgoorlie Cemetery office, filling in when the office manager was away. One of the duties was to help visitors with their inquiries. A visitor called Brian Morris called in to inquire about a very early grave of one of his ancestors. Charles Carkeek. He was indeed able to […]

Beatrice Hemingway -grave tales

28/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

‘Died on Christmas Eve’ : 97yrs ago !!! Beatrice HOWARTH was married to Alfred William ‘Fred’ HEMINGWAY in Coolgardie in 1920. Only three years later she was to die in Southern Cross on Christmas Eve, 24th December 1923. Her husband was acting Station Master at Southern Cross at the time. She was expecting her […]