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The Fire at Ross’s Farm: by Henry Lawson

30/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The squatter saw his pastures wide Decrease, as one by one The farmers moving to the west Selected on his run; Selectors took the water up And all the black soil round; The best grass-land the squatter had Was spoilt by Ross’s Ground. Now many schemes to shift old Ross Had racked the squatter’s brains, […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History

My Dearest Lottie – grave tales

30/05/2020 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Several years ago I received a letter from Ian Hopley regarding some old correspondence he found amongst his late mothers papers. They were written by his Great Grandfather William Webster, first from Victoria and then from Malcolm in the Murchison of Western Australia. The letters mention his daughter Delia, nicknamed Deanie, who was Ian’s Grandmother. […]

Filed Under: People, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Malcolm, Western Australia

Dead Man in a Mine Shaft

30/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner Wednesday 31 August 1898, page 4 A Dead Man In A Mine Shaft BELIEVED TO BE A KANOWNA RESIDENT. A gruesome discovery was made at about 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon by Mr H Colin. That gentleman was walking over the ground about three quarters of a mile to the south west of the […]

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

Our Web Site Re Launch

30/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Last year, the Outback Family History web site turned 15 years old. Although still quite youthful in human years, for web sites it was bordering on elderly! (: So with the wonderful help of Design Sense and Graphic and Web ,who did the original site, we undertook a face lift and this week I would […]

Filed Under: About Outback Family History Tagged With: Goldfields History

Burtville Cemetery:

30/05/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

BURTVILLE CEMETERY 14 Named Burials: (thought to be over 30 graves) The first thing I noticed about the Burtville cemetery was the cause of deaths for the 14 named burials. There were no deaths of women amongst them, but there were two infants. Of the 14, if you include the two infants, only 3 were […]

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

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