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A Legend Cut Down –

16/04/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 19 March 1934, page 5 Tragedy at ORA BANDA Ora Banda has once more been the stage for a sad and dreadful fatality. Mr. Charles Emery, who left the Ora Banda hotel with his cart and horse about 9 p.m. on Sunday the 11th March was discovered on the following Monday morning, at […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Ora Banda, Western Australia

Lodge Sir William Wallace – a history

16/04/2022 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

We are fortunate to have another history of a Freemason Lodge which will be of interest to both other Freemasons and others. Thanks to Doug Daws. LODGE SIR WILLIAM WALLACE No. 868 S.C. A HISTORY  –  BASIC DATA   Lodge Name             Sir William Wallace Lodge Number          868 Consecrated             30th November 1897 Constitution              Grand Lodge […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Freemasons, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

James Joseph Niland – grave tales

16/04/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

James Joseph NILAND was born in Tubbercurry Ireland. a machine miner at the Lake View and Star GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder. James married Margaret Ellen MURPHY  in Fremantle WA on 2nd September 1895. Margaret was born in Marble Bar, Ireland. The family moved to Kanowna where their first child Catherine was born and then on to Boulder […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Indian Wrestlers-

16/04/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Wrestling was a National sport in India and many Indians maintained their interest in the sport when they came to Australia, competing at all levels of the sport that were staged in a wide range of venues, for example; Massa Singh fought Australian Harry Pearce for a purse of £100 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, at […]

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

Yuin Reef Mine Cemetery –

09/04/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Yuin Reef Mine Cemetery: 27°56’379″S 116°09’06.8″E Yuin Cemetery Yuin Cemetery also known as Yuin Station Cemetery situated in the Mid-West region of Western Australia. Yuin Station, the Yuin Reef Townsite, and Royal Standard Mine have historic and social significance for their role in the development of the Shire. The cemetery is now disused and the […]

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

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