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A Promise Kept: Retracing Carnegie’s Desert Odyssey

17/05/2025 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 10th Jul 1996 When 69-year-old Perth man Dr William Peasley led his party of men and camels down the streets of Coolgardie, he was fulfilling a promise he made more than a decade ago to the nephew of explorer David Carnegie. In 1995, Dr Peasley visited the Carnegie home, Kinnaird Castle in Scotland […]

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Filed Under: Books, People, Places, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Camels, Explorers, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The Lonely Graves of Duck Creek: The Lyons Brothers’ Legacy

17/05/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

John O’Malley LYONS, known as Jack. Died 4 April 1945, aged 70 years, on Duck Creek Station 140 miles east of Onslow. Present at the burial was C. C. Dalton. The grave is about 2 ½ miles south-west of the station camp on the west bank of the Serpentine Creek. John Lyons was a Pastoralist […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Duck Creek, Goldfields History, Onslow, Stations, Western Australia

Building a Dynasty: The Cock Family’s Journey in Western Australia

17/05/2025 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

I was recently sent some wonderful photographs from the family album of Jon Berry who is a descendant of the Cock family. Alma Godfrey (nee Cock) was his late grandmother. Thanks to Jon for sharing them with us. William Nicholas Cock, born October 7, 1870, in Moonta, South Australia, to William Cock and Dinah Tamblyn, […]

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Filed Under: Hotels, People, Places Tagged With: Agnew, Australian History, Black Range, Goldfields History, Nungarra, Sandstone, Western Australia

The Island of the Dead: Uncovering Lake Austin’s Cemetery

17/05/2025 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

You may wonder why the cemetery at Lake Austin in Western Australia is called “The Island”. It’s because it is located on an island within Lake Austin, a saltpan in the Murchison region. The town of Austin, now abandoned, was also situated on this island and was locally known as “Lake Austin” or “The Island […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, lake Austin, The Island, Western Australia

A Church a Long Way From Home –

12/05/2025 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

I received the following letter back in 2016 – I wonder what became of the old church. Gnowangerup has a bit of Boulder History in the form of a Church, Presbyterian/Methodist/Uniting.  In 1922, this church was dismantled in Boulder, transported and re-erected here in Gnowangerup.  About 2 years ago, the Church was decommissioned and sold, […]

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