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Paynes Find Cemetery

20/04/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Paynes Find Cemetery Location:-  off Goodingnow Rd Paynes Find, Post Code 6612 Lat: -29.270163, Lug:-117.68618 Reserve 21873 an area of 404 Squ meters gazetted 10 May 1938 16 burials Although the Paynes Find Cemetery has been on the Outback Family History website for some years it needed some research to bring the information up to […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Paynes Find, Yalgoo

Fence Riding in WA by Arthur Upfield

15/04/2023 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

For anyone who has been following my blog for a while, they will know that I am a huge fan of the books of Arthur Upfield. He wrote many wonderful fictional books which are based on the Australian outback. Some stories, like the one that follows, are about his own experiences. His stories are all […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Arthur Upfield, Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The Townsends at Bulong – grave tales

15/04/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

James Townsend, born in 1865 in Tasmania, the son of James and Mary Townsend. Married to Mary Lillias McPhail in 1886 in Victoria. They had six children, the last three born in Bulong WA. The family arrived in Bulong c 1900. There are two Townsend graves in the Bulong Cemetery. Pearl, the last child of […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Bulong, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Marriage of a Medium

15/04/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sun – Kalgoorlie – 30 May 1909, page 9 MARRIAGE OF A MEDIUM. Madam’s Third Dip in the Matrimonial Bag No 3 – Thirty-Eight Years Her Junior No Cake — No Cards— No Spooks “I’ve known Dick for just two and a half years, and it’s purely a love match, let me tell you” […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Death of a Bushman

08/04/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

We have another excellent poem by Ray Jackson – This is what he tells me about it- In 1897 both of my Great Grandfathers on my mother’s side,  brought their families to Kalgoorlie to live. George Nankiville came from Berrima in NSW with his wife Sarah and my Grandmother Myra and her brothers. Andrew Bruce […]

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

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