Many of you may be familiar with the excellent publication “Men of Western Australia’ but you may not have heard of the following book ‘Men of the Goldfields’ – It covers the years 1934-1935 – subscribers to the book each received a personalized leather-bound copy with their name engraved in gold on the front cover. […]
Peter Dennis P D Kavanagh – Detective & Legend
Peter Dennis Petrus Dyonisius KAVANAGH joined the Australian Police Force when he was twenty-one years old. He was born on the 25 Jun 1873 in County Wicklow, Ireland to Patrick Patritius Kavanagh and Alice nee Ayres. He was the eldest of two children, his brother Richard being born in 1875. How he crushed the gold-stealing […]
Harry ‘Tambo’ Taylor – Stockman of the Never Never
On the 19th of May 1924, Harry ‘Tambo ’Taylor applied to receive the old-age pension having reached the age of 65yrs. His application was refused as he couldn’t show proof of his age. Harry was born to an aboriginal mother and an Irish father in Glenalvon Station NSW in 1859. He had his mother’s skin […]
James Shaw – 1st Mayor of Coolgardie
James Shaw was born in 1846 in Belfast Ireland, his father was Hugh Shaw, an engineer and his mother was Margaret, they married in Victoria. In 1864, at age 18yrs, James Shaw sailed to Auckland New Zealand where he started a contracting business which was most successful. He also won a service medal for fighting […]
A Very Pretty Wedding – James Faull & Annie Nutman
The wedding of the daughter of the North Kalgurli mine, Annie Nutman, was celebrated in style. This photograph shows the wedding party at the home of the bride’s parents and it looks like no expense was spared. The church where the wedding took place was St Michael and All Angels, Brownhill. The ceremony must have […]
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