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Barrambie put the ‘Wild’ in the Wild West

15/07/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Barrambie, is located 116 km southeast of Meekatharra and 75 km northwest of Sandstone. Of all the small satellite towns surrounding Sandstone, Barrambie was the one that has had, right up to the present time, the most constant stream of prospectors and miners working the shows in that vicinity. In June of 1905, there was […]

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The Little Man who Strangled his Mate

08/07/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Sunday Times Perth – 5 September 1943, page 4 The Little Man Who Strangled His Mate In the days when the deep leads attracted thousands to Kanowna, Moore was among the adventurous gold-seekers. In the hurly-burly of the boom days of Kanowna, when thousands rushed from all parts of Australia to what afterwards became the […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, murder, Western Australia

The Bermingham’s – a pioneering family

08/07/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Bermingham Family by Pat Callahan Eastern Australia was experiencing a depression in the 1890s. At the end of 1894 when he was nineteen, James Bermingham or Jas as he was called, sailed for Fremantle in Western Australia. After settling in and slowly getting his gear together, Jas and a mate took the train to […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Higginsville. Norseman, Western Australia

Sandstone Cemetery – the heart of the Murchison

08/07/2023 By Moya Sharp 12 Comments

Although the list of burials at the Sandstone Cemetery has been on the Outback Family History website for some years it needed some research to bring the information up to date and to add in extra research, so dull to read just a list of names and dates. One of my wonderful volunteers agreed to […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Sandstone, Western Australia

125 Years of Kangas – book review

08/07/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Kalgoorlie City Football Club recently celebrated 125 years of football, and with it came a book authored by John Terrell with heavy local research assistance coming from local club stalwart Cobber Rogers (88). The club, through its predecessor Hannans, was established at a meeting at the Exchange Hotel in Kalgoorlie on 3 May 1895.  […]

Filed Under: Books, People, Sport Tagged With: Australian History, football, Goldfields History, sport, Western Australia

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