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The Golden Haired Charmer

18/12/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgoo Goldfields Chronicler – 23 December 1898, page 18 It was in the early, though not the ‘very’ early days, that Cue awoke one morning to find a charmer in its midst with golden hair that put the most glittering nugget to shame, and a sealskin jacket that brought back […]

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

Woodarra – now your but a memory blurred !

06/12/2021 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

The town of Woodarra was surveyed and gazetted on January 14, 1898. It was also known as Darlot, Lake Darlot, or Ballangarry, all names were used at different times. It was located between Laverton and Leinster. Woodarra is the name given by the local Aboriginals to a line of Granite rocks from which a supply […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Ballangarry, Darlot, Goldfields History, Lake Darlot, Western Australia, Woodarra

The Marvellous Corricks

04/12/2021 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

What happened to Dan Heitmann?

04/12/2021 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Way back in 1988 I was contacted by a lady called Elsie Heitmann (yes I still have my correspondence from then). She was trying to find out what happened to one of her relatives who went missing in Western Australia from South Australia. All she had to go on was the following photo which was […]

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

Cecil Thomas Collins – grave tales

04/12/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Cecil Thomas Collins was born in York WA on the 16th November 1903. He was the oldest son of William Thomas James Collins and Elda Ellen nee Reynolds. He was the oldest child of seven boys and one girl.

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

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