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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

Coolgardie Pioneer Cemetery

05/08/2017 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Southern Cross Times  3 October 1903, page 2 THE OLD COOLGARDIE CEMETERY.—There are 33 graves in the old cemetery where the ceremony of unveiling a tablet took place (says the “Coolgardie Miner”). Of these the names of only six of those whose bodies were interred there are known. Most of the burials in fact nearly […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Western Australia

The Hahnel Family – by Davina Dodds

04/08/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Charles Bernhardt Hahnel was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany in 1866 to Parents Charles August Hahnel and Theresa Schmidt.  Charles came to Australia in 1886, boarding the ship Salier in Antwerp, Belgium. Charles was 20 at this time. On the sixth of December 1890, Charles married Hannah Gribble (born Maryborough 1871) in Timor Victoria. His […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Hahnel, Kalgoorlie boulder

Westonia Cemetery- from past to present

31/07/2017 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

As previously promised we I would now like to announce that the Westonia Cemetery burial register is now available online, it is available in full  for the first time on the Outback Family History Web site. Other sites have included parts of the register  but in collaboration with the Westonia Shire, we are proud to […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Western Australia, Westonia

Murder and Suicide at Nannine –

31/07/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Inquirer and Commercial News  29 March 1895, page 6 THE RECENT TRAGEDY AT NANNINE. THE MURDER OF JOHN SUTHERLAND. SUICIDE OF HIS ASSAILANT. THE INQUEST. Full details reached the Murchison Times by the last mail regarding: the murder and suicide which occurred at Nannine about a fortnight ago. A brief account, received by wire, appeared […]

Filed Under: People, Poets Corner, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, murder, Nannine, Western Australia

Members of the Queens Church

30/07/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Church, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, queens church

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