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A New Town Hall for Southern Cross –

09/11/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Western Mail – Perth  24 December 1936, page 16 THE PROSPERITY OF SOUTHERN CROSS THE NEW TOWN HALL OPENED SOUTHERN CROSS was in a gala mood last Wednesday. The cause of many arrangements, official and festive, was the opening of a new ornament to the district’s civic architecture, an imposing Town Hall surmounted by a […]

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Filed Under: People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Southern Cross, Western Australia, Yellowdine

The Widow Who Sued – a breach of promise

09/11/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sun Sunday 21 June 1908, page 9 THE WIDOW WHO SUED! THEN, BREACH O’ PROMISE SUITED THE MAN. An Ex Kalgoorlie Barmaid the Plaintiff (Margaret Augusta Elizabeth BRIDGELAND) and an Ex -Publican of Boulder Block the Defendant (‘Rorty’ Harry RODER) The Bridgeland- Roder breach of promise for £1,000 action was heard and concluded before Judge […]

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Filed Under: Hotels, People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

Eh! but she was a good girl – grave tales

09/11/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

It is a far cry from Coolgardie to Corbie in the Somme Valley in France. Still, in 1916, a Salvation Army Chaplin, Benjamin Orames, who as a boy had been on the Goldfields of Coolgardie, found himself in Corbie seeking the town mayor who he located in a dugout. While shells blasted the historic building […]

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St Ives Cemetery – grave tales

09/11/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

St Ives AKA Ives Find Cemetery (no headstones) Reserve 18492 (Cancelled in 1991) on the Gold Fields St Ives Mine Site (not accessible without permission from mine) DOUGLAS William – d about 12 Aug 1933, 69 yrs, a half a mile west of St Ives Hotel, Occ: Prospector, Cause: Natural Causes, Son of John and […]

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Uncovering the Truth of Kate Cooper Bux –

02/11/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

I was recently sent the following fascinating family story by Karen Hayes. Thanks to Karen and her aunts, Jude and Kath,  for her kind permission to share the story with you. She originally contacted me to ask for transcripts from the Kalgoorlie Hospital records for her Great Grandmother and her two children. These are the […]

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Filed Under: People, Places, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Lawlers, Leonora, Western Australia

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