Family and Local History of the Goldfields of Western Australia
I have recently had contact with Nicola Williams founder of the Oertling History Project - Southern Hemisphere. You may wonder what an 'Oertling' is. It is the manufacturer's name for a style of scales. The firm of L Oertling was the … [Continue reading]
The following is the first part of a large research project undertaken on the people who are buried in the Cue Cemetery. This has been a work in progress for over a year to upgrade and research the records by Outback Family History volunteer … [Continue reading]
More than one-third of the 62,000 Anzacs who died in WW1 are still listed as missing with no known graves. This is the story of one woman who never stopped looking for her soldier. Lieutenant Mordaunt Reid was paid the ultimate accolade by war … [Continue reading]
CUDDINGWARRA also known as Dead Finish Latitude 27° 22' S Longitude 117° 47' E Cuddingwarra is a townsite in the Murchison goldfields Western Australia near Cue. When gold was first discovered in the area in 1888 this place was known as "Dead … [Continue reading]
Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette - 25 September 1897, page 4 The Murchison Author unknown (From the London Financial Times) The Murchison was the earliest explored field in West Australia, not the first goldfield—that was … [Continue reading]
