Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
In Coolgardie in 1894 there was an influx of British nobility and for a time there were more Lords, Dukes, Baronets and others in Coolgardie than had or ever has been, in any one Australian town at the same time. These Britishers packed more guns … [Continue reading]
Back in 2012 I was contacted by Lois Tovey, the wife of Errol John Tovey. She had been browsing on the Outback Family History web site and came across the following photograph on the Meekatharra page. She told me that she had been sent the … [Continue reading]
Thanks to Tim Cudini, War Museum Assistant, we have not only been able to name the photograph but also to put names to all thise in the photograph. What a great result. I am sure there are many familiar names in the photograph. One mystery … [Continue reading]
In 1927 you could buy a new Harley Davidson bike for $110, still a lot of money in those days !!! … [Continue reading]
Jack and Francis Tree had lived in Coolgardie since 1970 and fifteen of those years had been in Warden Finnerty’s House in McKenzie Street, Coolgardie. The six bedroom mansion was built by the Bunning Brothers soon after they arrived from Scotland … [Continue reading]
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