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Bridget Delia Oates – grave tales

22/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following photograph is of the headstone and grave of Bridget Delia Oates, who was the beloved wife of Richard Knight Oates, born in County Clare Ireland on 28 Jan 1873. She died at Kalgoorlie on the 17th Sep 1909 aged 37 years. This photograph was taken just after the headstone, ledger, and grave fencing […]

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

Calanchinis on the Eastern Goldfields

22/05/2021 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Calanchinis on the Eastern Goldfields Of Western Australia by Chris Clark Calanchini brothers  –  In the last decade of the nineteenth century three brothers with the very Italian-sounding surname of Calanchini but anglicised forenames (Peter, Michael James, and George Francis) arrived in Western Australia from the colony of Victoria. The three were sons of an […]

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

A Murderous Assault at Burbanks-

22/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 24 March 1900 Attempted Murder at Coolgardie. A SENSATIONAL STORY. IMPRISONMENT IN A SHAFT. One of the most sensational stories that has ever been told in the annals of the Perth Criminal Court was that which was related by Mr Burnside, the Crown solicitor, in the Criminal Court on Wednesday, before Justice Stone, […]

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

George Henderson Hay – an Anzac Hero

22/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

George Henderson Hay an Anzac Hero by Nicholas Allan George Henderson Hay was born on 27 June 1872 in Bathurst, New South Wales to his parents Martin Flynn of Ireland and Helen Henderson of Scotland. George’s diverse experiences, spanning from one side of Australia to the other, shaped him into a much-loved family man, publican, […]

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

Camooweal Billabong – a verse

22/05/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Camooweal Billabong –   by Ray Jackson:- A hot dry wind came from the south so constant and so strong I had to stop so looked and found a shaded billabong I knew at once this special place had a story it would tell so there I camped to sit awhile and give myself a […]

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

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