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Camooweal Billabong – a verse

22/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Camooweal Billabong –   by Ray Jackson:- A hot dry wind came from the south so constant and so strong I had to stop so looked and found a shaded billabong I knew at once this special place had a story it would tell so there I camped to sit awhile and give myself a […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – 16th May 2021

15/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I hope that you all had a lovely Mothers Day last Sunday. I didn’t have any of my children here this year, but we had a lovely lunch for my mother-in-law and all of the other mothers in the family who were in town as well as one new first-time mum. Not going to mention […]

Filed Under: About Outback Family History

Rutter’s grave – Dollypot

15/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Mail – 5 August 1937, page 11 OVER THE PLATES A Lonely Grave. Dear “Non-Com.”-The last resting place of many early goldfields pioneers may be found north, south, east and west of the Eastern Goldfields auriferous belt, but few, if any, will be found in a more distant and isolated spot than that which […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The Deserted Camp by Jules Raeside

15/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Deserted Camp by Jules Raeside 1929 Deserted now- no more you stir’d By those in quest of gold Now you’re but a memory blurr’d Of what you were of old Yet though the camp of silence sleeps Except for songs of birds There’s language in your silent heaps More eloquent than words. You speak […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History

Victoria Margaretta Gill -thrice buried

15/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

While researching the people who are buried in the Cue Cemetery, John Pritchard, one of our valued volunteers, has uncovered the story of Victoria Margaretta Gill who was first buried in the Cue Cemetery in 1905. She was then transferred to and reburied at the Dongara Cemetery and thence to the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth. […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Dongara, Geraldton, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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