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The Mincham Family of Bonnie Vale

21/04/2015 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Eliza Mincham at home in Bonnivale

This photograph, which is one of many Goldfields photographs belonging to the ‘Mincham Family Photos’ collection and shows Eliza Mincham seated outside her home (left) with a friend and their children (and dog). Eliza was to have four children, all born at Bonnievale before she and her husband, Charles Stephen Mincham, left in 1907 and […]

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Titanic Sinks – How the Goldfields Heard!!!

14/04/2015 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Titanic 1912

On  the 14th April 1912, 103 yrs ago today the SS Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg. The following is a copy of the newspaper article from 16th April 1912 from the Kalgoorlie Miner and describes how the people of the Goldfields of Western Australia were first told of the tragedy. WHITE STAR LINER COLLIDES […]

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Dan Shea – Discovered Gold With Paddy Hannan

10/04/2015 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

Memorial headstone in memory of prospector Dan Shea, who discovered gold with Paddy Hannan in Kalgoorlie. Dan Shea was born in County Cork, Ireland, and emigrated in 1868 to prospect on the goldfields of Australia and New Zealand. He teamed up with Paddy Hannan and Tom Flanagan, and the three prospectors worked together to prospect […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Dan Shea, Goldfields History, Paddy Hannan, Western Australia

Phillip Edward VOWELS – Goldfields Hero

08/04/2015 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

Lt. Philip Edward Michael VOWELS (KIA) 11th May 1918 aged 27 years, Born in 1890  in Horsham, VIC (23994), 11th Battalion(Infantry)  Military Cross and bar to Military Cross.   He was the son of William Henry VOWELS and Bridget Maria (Whelan), who came over to Cioolgardie, Western Australia, in the late 1890s. He is acknowledged in […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, Places, Rolls of Honor Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia, WW1

Spargo’s Reward Gold Mine – Roll of Honour

08/04/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Spargo's Reward GM WW1

Place: Coolgardie, Western Australia, 6429 Orientation: 39 km SW of Kalgoorlie Location: RSL Sub-Branch, Cnr Bayley Street and Ford Street, Coolgardie, Western Australia Position: 30 57 29S   121 10 13 The polished wooden board remembers employees of Spargo’s Reward Gold Mine who served in World War II.  The mine was about 50 km south of […]

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