Sunday Times – Sunday 29 September 1912, page 11 THE GRAVE OF A PIONEER Walter B (S) Williams – the Prospector of Mt Ida Wandering about the goldfields of this State, away from the beaten paths, it may be, one sometimes unexpectedly happens across a lonely grave. Sometimes, but very rarely, it’s merely a mound […]
A clock on the wall – Lindell Jewellers
In 2008 I was contacted by Kirsti Hiekka Langbein who lives in Finland, and who was seeking information on her Grandfather who was a jeweller in early Kalgoorlie. We corresponded for some time and I was able to tell her that the clock in the Kalgoorlie town hall chambers was made by Lindell’s Jewellers, as was […]
John Holt – grave tales
There are roughly 94 burials in the Bulong Cemetery, but only 17 identifiable headstone. By far the most impressive of these and the best preserved, is the memorial to John Holt. As you will see no expense was spared. After the Christian cross, the urn is one of the most commonly used cemetery monuments. The […]
Apologies!!!
Dear Readers I would like to apologise for there being no news letter this week. Family circumstances have kept me busy. Normal service will be resumed next week I promise.
John Hindhaugh – grave tales
John Hindhaugh was born in Northumberland England in 1870, the son of William and Elizabeth Hindhaugh, and he died in Perth on the 19th Aug 1958 aged 88yrs. His ashes were scattered on the gardens at Karrakatta Cemetery. He is not known to have ever married. At the age of 14 years he canceled his […]
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