I was recently sent some wonderful photographs from the family album of Jon Berry who is a descendant of the Cock family. Alma Godfrey (nee Cock) was his late grandmother. Thanks to Jon for sharing them with us. William Nicholas Cock, born October 7, 1870, in Moonta, South Australia, to William Cock and Dinah Tamblyn, […]
Looking Back – Agnew
HARRY F CAMPBELL – Reminicences The grandfather of Senator Ian Campbell The following are the reminisces of Harry Campbell which were written by him in 1979 for the Western Australian 150th Centenary from foundation I was born in Perth on 18th April 1906, the same date as the San Francisco Earthquake. My Parents lived at […]
Lawlers – A Goldfields Town
The West Australian East Murchison goldfields of the 1890s was a dry and inhospitable place. Far from any kind of civilization, unbelievably hot in the summer and dry as dust all year round. The trackless wilderness around what was to become Lawlers and Agnew first felt the tread of hob nailed boots in the year […]