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

Warden Finnerty : that is the question?

24/06/2018 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

These two photographs present a mystery which is unlikely to be resolved. Both are believe to be the same man at different points in his life, but confirmation of that is a tall order. John Michael Finnerty was born in Ireland and educated at Rugby school, his father was Major Finnerty, who saw service in […]

Death at Dingo Creek:-

23/06/2018 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

I recently received a request for assistance from Graeme Hughes in New Zealand. He was trying to find the burial of a relative, his Gt Gt Grandfather, George VOYSEY. He understood that he had died in 1896 at Niagara, but after looking at the burials for this cemetery on the Outback Family History site he couldn’t […]

The Badock Family story:-

21/06/2018 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

The following photograph is from the family album of Tony James. It is a very sad story but one that happened many times. Of one family torn apart by circumstance and illness. Tony said:- This photograph was taken in 1927 (T F MacKay) in Kalgoorlie just after my grandfather, Charles Frederick Badock died [1888-1927] of […]

Who was George Dainty ???

17/06/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

George Dainty died in 1901, age about 40yrs (date unknown). His remains were found in the bush by a prospector, Henry Frederick KESTEL when searching for lost donkeys, on the 5 Jul 1903 between Childe Harold, 7 miles from the mine and 12 yards off the travelled road in the Laverton district. The undertaker, James […]

A clock on the wall – Lindell Jewellers

16/06/2018 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

In 2008 I was contacted by Kirsti Hiekka Langbein who lives in Finland, and who was seeking information on her Grandfather who was a jeweller in early Kalgoorlie. We corresponded for some time and I was able to tell her that the clock in the Kalgoorlie town hall chambers was made by Lindell’s Jewellers, as was […]