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Heres’ to you Mrs Robinson – A pioneering woman

15/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

This photograph was taken at Lake View Consoles GM in Kalgoorlie in 1896. It shows a group of gold prospectors and miners, including adventurous natural-geologist and pioneering prospector Robert (‘Bobby’) Robinson and his wife, Annie, standing at the right of the group. Not many women are depicted in these early photographs, many choosing to stay […]

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DANIEL— CRAIG. A pretty wedding !!

09/08/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Craig Daniel Wedding 1907

DANIEL— CRAIG. A pretty wedding took place on Friday, October 25 1907, at Mr. J. C. Bell’s residence, ‘Craigross,’  64 Addis Street, Lamington Heights, when Miss Nellie Craig, of Perth,  was married to Mr. Fred. Daniel of Kalgoorlie. The ceremony was performed by Mr. John Stuart, an evangelist of the Church of Christ, Egan Street. The bride, who was given […]

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Kalgoorlie Cemetery – News!!!

07/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Finally I would like to say that the two last stages of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery Burial Indexes are now uploaded onto the Outback Family History website, N to R and S to Z. There is only one more section still missing and that is some names that begin with Mc or Mac. These will be […]

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Patrick Ducrow – Father and Husband

07/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Patrick Ducrow

Patrick Ducrow b 1928 in Kalgoorlie and died on the 10 Jun 1952. He was thrown out of the skip on the Regent shaft at the Central Norseman Gm, Norseman He Left a pregnant wife and three children under 3. This photograph and information was supplied by his daughter Pat Saltmarsh. He is buried in […]

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Canon Collick – A Hero and a Saint

06/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

Canon Collick in later years

The following story is reproduced with permission from the writer, Rev Father Ted Doncaster, further details by the writer on Canon Collick can be read  at Canon Collick Back in 1894 there was an advertisement in a London newspaper which read “Wanted – a priest for 10,000 Miners” and when a young Anglican priest in Hoxton, […]

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Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Church, Collick, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

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