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. […]
Yellowdine – book review
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 took place not only in Yellowdine itself, but also the surrounding towns of Reen’s Soak, Bronti, Kellandi and Mt Palmer […]
Once a Starr always a Star!
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 of Mt Morgans as Millicent Rose Buckman. Young Rose came […]
The Box Soak Creek Rush
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 the Box Soak Cemetery. I […]
Star of Stage and Screen – Albert Whelan
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 man…Born in Ballarat in 1875 and educated at the Melbourne Grammar […]
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