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

Hasty’s Grave – mans best friend

23/09/2017 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Hasty’s Grave This grateful country cherishes the fine courageous band Who pioneered the wilderness, and founded our great land And so it is appropriate that the name of one so brave Be printed on our outback maps, marked simply ‘Hasty’s Grave’ And for those who wished to go there, and find the grave, perhaps Longitude […]

Michael Brennan – grave tales

22/09/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Michael Joseph Brennan 12th June 1875 – 30th March 1900 a family history by Cheryl Benson:- gbenson@iinet.net.au Michael Joseph Brennan was the son of Patrick Brennan and Mary Dougherty born the 12th June 1875 Reefton, Buller, New Zealand. He was christened on the 20th June 1875 with sponsors Mr. M. Byrne and Mrs. Potts. […]

A Gallant Young Hero

21/09/2017 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

Sunday Times – Perth – 5 April 1914, page 7 The Knickerbocker Hero The Little Lennonville Hero were some of the words used to describe Vincent Atkinson, a young boy of just ten years of age, who was to inspire West Australians with his presence of mind and his ‘heart of a lion’ after he […]

John Reside – grave tales

20/09/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Westralian Worker (Perth, WA : 1900 – 1951), Friday 3 October 1902, page 2 JOHN RESIDE. – The sudden death of John Reside, M.L.A. for Hannans, which took place at Kalgoorlie last Sunday evening, came as an absolute shock to the whole community. The cause of death was heart affection. Mr Reside was […]

Commemorating the 125th Anniversary of Coolgardie -a verse

17/09/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

author: tony mate bozich the track I walk along the beaten track to old Coolgardie town where pioneers trudged in earliest days with grim but hopeful frown, the asphalt whispers, murmurs low, my mind is all unhearing, I think about the men who slogged through bush and heat all searing. ****** the discovery of Coolgardie […]