Westralian Worker (Perth, WA : 1900 – 1951), Friday 20 March 1908, page 8 The Perseverance Accident. The Boulder Branch has lost yet another of its members bv fatal accident. this time at the Perseverance mine. Richard Ryan, who has been in the Union for a number of years, was killed by falling against some […]
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 Weddings and a Funeral –
Does anyone else have someone in the family who has married two sisters? Not at the same time of course. I have come across it many times while helping to research other families and I have one of my own. My Gt Grandmother, Lucy BOLTON (right) died not long after her fourth child was born […]
No Music Played at the Funeral – grave tales
Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902 – 1954), Sunday 12 December 1943, page 3 Death Mutes Cornet of Hughie McMahon NO MUSIC PLAYED AT THE FUNERAL Although a band was present, no music was played at the funeral at Karrakatta Cemetery yesterday of beloved musician Mr. Hughie McMahon,. . . . And now the “Emperor […]
The Flying Cosgroves – grave tales
On the wall of the tourist information office and museum in Coolgardie, there is a large panorama showing the town as it was in the 1890’s. There towards the front, is the premises of Cosgrove and Mitchell. This was Tom Cosgrove’s auctioneering business. He later moved to premises in Bayley Street. His brother, William Irving […]
The Spain and Powell Family Album
We are fortunate that we are able to see these wonderful photographs taken in Kalgoorlie in the 1940-50’s. Many of you may remember the Spain and Powell families! I would like to thank David Spain for allowing me to share these and they are also courtesy of Davids late parents – Beryl Anne Spain (nee […]
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