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

International Soccer Club

21/11/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

The following photographs were recently posted on the Outback Family History Facebook page to see if any names could be added to them. I was recently contacted by Jim Isailovich who has very kindly sent me the following names. Year 1952 Top row: L to R: Fred Salman, Giula Morocz, Italian ?, Peter Radanovich, Bob […]

Beloved Teddy – grave tales

19/11/2016 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The following little grave is in the Lawlers Cemetery:- Henry Edward James “Teddy” Taylor died on the 19th October 1907 in Lawlers. He was 6yrs old. He died from acute laryngitis and respiratory failure which he suffered from for 5 days His father was Henry Albert TAYLOR who was a coach builder and his mother […]

Kookynie Hotels –

19/11/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

The following is a brief story of some of the hotels at Kookynie. As in most Goldfields town the hotel and the church were usually the first public buildings erected. To cater no doubt to both the inner and the outer man. The only one of these hotels which is still in existance is ‘The […]

My Dearest Lottie – grave tales

14/11/2016 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Several years ago I received a letter from Ian Hopley regarding some old correspondence he found amongst his late mothers papers. They were written by his Great Grandfather William Webster, first from Victoria and then from Malcolm in the Murchison of Western Australia. The letters mention his daughter Delia, nicknamed Deanie, who was Ian’s Grandmother. […]

Once a Starr always a Star!

13/11/2016 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

These days most local residents expect airconditioned houses and cars and an annual holiday as a matter of course, but this was far from the life that confronted Millicent Rose Starr for most of her life. She was born in 1910 in the Gold Mining Town of Mt Morgans as Millicent Rose Buckman. Young Rose came […]