Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
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 … [Continue reading]
Yellodine, Reen's Soak, Bronti, Kellandi and Mt Palmer 'Treasures in The Bush' by Delys Howlett ISBN:- 9780646471563 Centred in the Yilgarn of Western Australia this excellent publication is an historical and social account of events which … [Continue reading]
These days most local residents expect airconditioned houses and cars and an annual holiday as a matter of course, but this was far from the life that confronted Millicent Rose Starr for most of her life. She was born in 1910 in the Gold Mining Town … [Continue reading]
Where is Box Creek you may ask! As I did ask myself back in 2000 (I cant believe it was so long ago) when I received a letter from a lady in Queensland about a distant relative of hers called Ronald Donald McMillen who was supposed to be buried in … [Continue reading]
Albert Waxman of Old Coolgardie Among the hundreds of men who came to Coolgardie in the first few months of 1892 were many who possessed social talents of some kind or other, and often beyond the ordinary in standard. Albert Waxman was one such … [Continue reading]
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