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The Crown for the Queen of the Murchison

16/07/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler – 26 March 1897 Parer’s Crown Hotel, Cue, is one of the most popular resorts for visitors and residents of the town at which to make their home while on the fields. The name of Parer Bros is well known to everyone who has ever been in […]

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

The Old Time Track by Darkie Wallace ‘The Axeman’

16/07/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Alfred Edward Wallace (Darky) The Murchison Times and Day Dawn Gazette. 13 October 1910. Some very rich floaters from the Eclipse lease at Garden Gully, owned by ‘Darky’ Wallace and party were on view at the Meekatharra Miner office last week. The stone is of a very rich nature and the owners are now sinking […]

Filed Under: People, Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Laverton Cemetery update –

16/07/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Over the last 18 months, one of my dedicated volunteers, David Senn, has been working on revising and researching the records we have on the Laverton Cemetery. The finished list is now on the website at  Laverton Cemetery. (I say finished, but I really mean the best we can make it at the moment, no […]

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

The Water Buffaloes by Merv Kennedy

16/07/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The “C” Company, 28th Infantry Battalion was made up of mostly WA Goldfields lads and other young country men, their willingness to enlist and defend our shores was a true trademark of their courage, commitment, strong mateship and not wanting to miss out on a serious fight, as well, take the army weekly pay too! […]

Filed Under: People, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Western Australia, WW2

Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales –

09/07/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

  My apologies for the lack of ‘Sunday Stories’ last week. All has now been fixed and hopefully will be working ok again. Im always fixing things here and there on the sites, repairing broken links, etc. If you do find any errors on any of the website pages either the blog or the Outback […]

Filed Under: About Outback Family History Tagged With: Australian History

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