Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales – 15 Aug 2021

Good Morning Readers - I hope that you have had a good week. This month marks the 8th anniversary of the start of the Outback Family History Blog. I can't believe it, the time has gone so fast!  When I look back on my very early posts I find them … [Continue reading]

Lasseter Looks for a “Missing Friend”

Pearl Bell  by Chris Clark In Chris Clark's research into Lewis Hubert Lasseter, his research also threw up Kalgoorlie connexion regarding the Sharkey family. On two successive days in July 1920, the columns of Western Australia's 'Kalgoorlie … [Continue reading]

Tragedy at Lakeside – grave tales

Kalgoorlie Miner 6 May 1922, page 5 As far as can be ascertained, no one actually witnessed the accident which resulted in George Lyall Luscombe, aged 19yrs, losing his life by being run over by a wood train on the Lakeside line, near … [Continue reading]

The Mysterious Case of the Missing Doctor –

A Wandering Pommy: the story of Dr Dale OBE "Search Parties Unsuccessful" The mysterious disappearance of Dr. Dale, who has been missing from Kookynie since Saturday last, has caused his friends in Kookynie great uneasiness. It appears that … [Continue reading]

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 8 August 2021

I hope your week has gone well. We have had a slight increase in temperature here, (Kalgoorlie-Boulder), which has been lovely. I hope wherever you are, this has been the case. We recently had a reader join us who lives in Boulder, but in Colorado … [Continue reading]