Five little graves – Baldock Family Tragedy

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It is of the most humbling experiences  to read through the Boulder Cemetery death register. The stark reality of life on the Goldfields in the later years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th is reflected in the names, death details and monumental inscriptions of those who lived and died here. […]

The Tank Church – Boulder

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This photo was presented to the RWAHS in about 1931 by Mrs. A Green of West Perth, and published in The West Australian on Saturday, 26 February 1932. The photo triggered a flurry of correspondence, resulting in articles ‘Tank Church at Boulder’ (West Australian, Tuesday, 2 March 1932 p.12) and ‘Tank Church at Boulder. The […]

Only a Flesh Wound – Coolgardie 1894

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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 than any Yankee film hero and regular revolver practice was […]

Joseph J Tovey – A man of many talents !!!

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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 link to the Meekatharra Photo page by a distant relative […]

Mystery Photo Identified!!!!! – Boulder RSL 1929

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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 remains and that is ‘why the larger flag  is back […]