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Alice Jane Farquhar – grave tales

26/09/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

On the 15th November 1900 Alice Jane FARQUHAR nee NICOL, aged 41yrs, was buried in the Anglican section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. After 120 years you will see that her memorial has stood the test of time. Alice was the daughter of Alexander NICOL who was a shipowner and Lord Provost of Aberdeen and Jane nee […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Kalgoorlie boulder

Too Late to Say Goodbye – grave tales

26/09/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Fri 17th Jul 1942 Kalgoorlie Miner BOY SERIOUSLY INJURED ON WARBURTON RANGES TRACK LAVERTON AMBULANCE LONG TRIP About noon yesterday, the Laverton ambulance commenced a 200-mile trip each way along Warburton Ranges to attend a boy seriously injured when run over by a tractor trailer. The boy is John  William Wade, the 13-year-old son of Mr […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Mt Margaret, Western Australia

Bulong’s Battery, boom to bust  – by David Whiteford

26/09/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following article is re produced with the kind permission of the author David Whiteford and the Light Railway Research Society of Australia Inc . The article first appeared in the publication, ‘Light Railways’ April 2010. Contemporary map, showing the route of the tramway as surveyed. To aid legibility, the route has been overlaid in […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Bulong, Goldfields History, rail history, Western Australia

The Greatest Polo Match – a verse

19/09/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Magnet Mirror and Murchison Reflector 12 January 1928 Polo Shadows. Now saddle up your brumbies, And tighten up your girth; The task is now before you, And we will soon know what your worth For you’ll meet the greatest horsemen, That ever yet has been; And see the greatest polo match, That ever yet was […]

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

Darcy Uhr’s Bell Bird – by John Drayton

19/09/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Smith’s Weekly, Sydney, Saturday 19 February 1927, page 21 WEST AUSTRALIAN pioneers who remember Norman Sligo and Harry Swincer, will be glad to know that Norman is doing well in New Zealand. He is general manager of the Anderson’s Bay quarries at Dunedin. He and Swincer were early on at Mt Magnet and with the […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Lawlers, Western Australia

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