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Peter Dennis P D Kavanagh – Detective & Legend

03/06/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Goldfields History, police history, Western Australia

Harry ‘Tambo’ Taylor – Stockman of the Never Never

03/06/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns

James Shaw – 1st Mayor of Coolgardie

03/06/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

A Very Pretty Wedding – James Faull & Annie Nutman

03/06/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: brownhill, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, wedding

The Gunn Family – pioneer profile

27/05/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Julie and Craig Gunn contacted me at the beginning of the year and told me about their planned visit to Bulong to remember their family’s time there. Craig is the Great Grandson of Edward and Catherine Gunn, their son Joseph Henry was his grandfather. They are in town at this moment and have just sent […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Albany, Australian History, Bulong, Cemeteries, Western Australia

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