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Carrie of the Miner – a lady first !!

19/03/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Carrie of the Miner Columnist, ‘Carrie of the Miner’ may not have been as widely known as Carrie Bradshaw of a certain TV show but in the Goldfields she is by far more important and arguably more impressive. Carrie’s real name was Amy Augusta Buscombe who was born in Daylesford Victoria in 1862 to James […]

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Charles Augustus Saw -pioneer profile

19/03/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Daily News Perth 18 November 1929, page 6 Prospector – Banker – Sharebroker A Western Australian by birth, Mr. Charles Augustus Saw, president of the Stock Exchange, Perth, was born hi this city in the days when it was still little more than a village. Following his education at the High School, in Perth, Mr. […]

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Filed Under: People, They were 1st Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Southern Cross, Western Australia

Early Days in Cue –

12/03/2022 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

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 researcher, John Pritchard. John has done an excellent job, as well […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Cue, Goldfields History, Western Australia

In Search of Mordaunt Reid:

12/03/2022 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

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 historian and correspondent, Charles Bean, on the morning of the Gallipoli […]

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Filed Under: People, Places, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia, WW1

Cuddingwarra – ghost town

12/03/2022 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

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 Finish”, but when the government gazetted a townsite in 1895, Cuddingwarra was the […]

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