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Abbotts Cemetery – Yoothapina Station

09/01/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Abbotts Cemetery (Yoothapina Station) Formerly know as Abbotts Find Reserve 6980 and 22406 AZIZ Abdul — 43yrs, d 29 Apr 1900, at Abbotts GM employed by the Yagahong Co, Bitten by a camel on 20th April which broke his leg, He died on the 29th April from shock after and operation to amputate his leg, […]

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

MUDGEDEEN – Cameleer and Grocer

09/01/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following photographs from the family album of Carole Hampton were sent to me recently. Mudgedeen was her husbands Grandfather. Her husband is the son of Mudgedeen and Clara’s daughter Violet, from her second marriage. Mudgedeen, (AKA Charles), was born in 1873 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, the son of M BARRADEEN. He married Clara Ellen […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Afghan, Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Leonora, Western Australia

The Remarkable Life of Beth Maynard:

02/01/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following story is one of the most unusual I have read for some time. It really does fit into the category of ‘Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales’ The story starts SA and ends in NSW but has a Goldfields link!!! It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the author, Annie McKay O’Riley, […]

Filed Under: People

Billy Goat Racing – an excellent sport

02/01/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I’m sure that we have all heard of the term ‘Billy Cart’ which refers to a small cart with no power or pedals which was usually constructed and ridden by children. However the term originally came from Billy Goat Carts which were small carts pulled by one or sometimes two goats hitched to a small […]

Filed Under: Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Sport Tagged With: Australian History, Billy Goat Racing, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Billy & I – by Dryblower Murphy

02/01/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Billy and I by Dryblower Murphy A faithful mate of days gone by— A friend of many a far-off track,— And yet you here neglected lie, Battered, old, and black. How oft before I brought you West, I’ve heard you sing and bubble; How oft you’ve shared each tramp and rest And fleeting joy or […]

Filed Under: People, Poets Corner, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Billy Can', Bush Poetry

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