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

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 […]

Barrambie : put the’wild’ in the wild west !!!

23/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

Barrambie, is located 116 kilometres south east of Meekatharra and 75 kilometres north west of Sandstone. Of all the small satellite towns surrounding Sandstone, Barrambie was the one that has had, right up to the present time, the most constant stream of prospectors and miners working the shows in that vicinity. In June of 1905 […]

Trinity College Examinations:

21/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Each year examination were held in Kalgoorlie under the auspices of the Trinity College of Music in London. I am sure that the names of those in the above photograph are listed in the following article but unfortunately they are not identified. Kalgoorlie Miner Saturday 17 August 1907 TRINITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC : […]

Norseman Weddings – Methodist Church

21/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

A new record has been added to the Outback Family History web site. It is the Methodist Church marriages for the town of Norseman. Although included in the ‘Goldfields People’ Index it is helpful to be able to search these records by town. There are 487 marriages which give the following details. Name of Groom […]

Christmas Greeting – 2018

21/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

I would like to thank all of the Outback Family History Blog readers for all their support and comments throughout this past year. We have some interesting projects and articles in the pipeline for 2019 so I hope you will stay with us. See you down the road!!!