Carry me back to the bush when I die. Its there that I always could rest. Bury me deep in the deserts red earth On a dry river bank in the west. Take me back home to the stock camp Out on the endless red plain Let my sole know the peace and the quiet […]
Rolls of Honour
The Goldfields has many 'Rolls of Honour' from the Boer war through to the Vietnam war both in public places and in private building. This is a collection of some of the more hard to find rolls, listing those who fought and those who died.
Oscar Ohlson – fireman
14/07/2018 By 1 Comment
Oscar Olaf Ohlson of the Coolgardie Fire Brigade taken 26 Jun 1912. He was born in Sweden on 23 Dec 1882 and died in North Adelaide and is buried in the Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia on the 18 Mar 1954.
Boulder Cemetery – a long time coming
25/06/2018 By 3 Comments
GREAT NEWS!!!! The current Boulder Cemetery is now available in full on the Outback Family History website as of today. Up until now it has only had a partial list, but thanks to Danelle Warnock, who has been editing and adding to the data for some time now, it is now online. It wouldn’t have […]
Ptomaine Poisoning – the silent killer
07/06/2018 By 1 Comment
The term, ptomaine poisoning, is was used to include all sorts of cases of bacterial poisoning due to the consumption of unhealthy food, except where specific disease. e.g. tuberculosis. is conveyed. The main reason was contamination from tinned food that had not been prepared or tinned properly. Anyone who has travelled in the outback will […]
Death at Dingo Creek:-
01/06/2018 By 5 Comments
Malcolm Chronicle and Leonora Advertiser 18 January 1902 DEATH FROM THIRST – ANOTHER SAD TALE OF THE BUSH. On Saturday morning of last week, two Italians, named Bortolo Marinoni and Joe Marinoni, left Anaconda Copper Mine, where they were employed, with the intention of visiting a relative who was in the Malcolm Hospital. The latter, […]
