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Shattered Ideals and Fractured Identities – Book launch

08/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Shattered Ideals and Fractured Identities: Western Australia to Yugoslavia and back 1948 – 1955 On the 17 Nov 2018, at the Spearwood Dalmatinac Sport and Community Club, Dr Criena Fitzgerald, well know history author, launched her latest book (complete with a replica boat, dancing and shots!). She said ‘It’s beautiful to see people so passionate […]

The Great Western Hotel – Coolgardie

08/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The Great Western Hotel stood on the corner of Bayley and Hunt Sts Coolgardie. The site is now occupied by the Coolgardie Motel. It was also known as De Baun’s, after the first licensee. It was built in 1893 and was destroyed in the great fire of 1897.

Childe Harold – a ship, a horse or a poem???

08/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

We now have a new town on the Outback Family History web site: Childe Harold is on the Mt Weld Station, 22kms south of Laverton, Western Australia. Have you ever come across the name of a town that is so unusual you want to find out where the name came from?Many years ago I heard of […]

The Old Coolgardie Road – a verse

30/11/2018 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

A FLITTING shadow follows The rushing night express; Dawn shades the eastern hollows And wakes the wilderness. And there across the valley One fleeting moment showed, Between the clump of mallee, The old Coolgardie road! No clouds of dust betoken The old-time roaring days; It keeps a peace unbroken Throughout its winding ways. But when […]

The Kangaroo Dog – ‘Roo Dogs’

30/11/2018 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

The first Australian dog breed ever created, was the Australian Kangaroo dog, today known as a Staghound. Another names these dogs is ‘roo dog’. The first Australian dog breed ever created, was the Australian Kangaroo dog, today known as a Staghound. Other names these dogs go by is roo dog. The kangaroo dog type was […]