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Pioneers of Southern Cross – Grave Tales

21/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

If you have ever traveled by road to or from Kalgoorlie to Perth, you will no doubt have passed through Southern Cross. At the entrance to the town (from the Kalgoorlie side) you may have noticed a large stone with a plaque and several cemetery headstones arranged in a semi circle around it. These are […]

John Mohr and Bros – Champion Greengrocer and Hawker

20/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

1901. Mr John Charles Mohr with young boy (Charlie Jones) Mr Mohr was born in 1875, his parents ran a green grocers in Northam. He came to the Goldfields as a young man in search of gold in 1894. At one time he did the mail run on a push bike between Coolgardie and Broadarrow […]

Heres’ to you Mrs Robinson – A pioneering woman

15/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

This photograph was taken at Lake View Consoles GM in Kalgoorlie in 1896. It shows a group of gold prospectors and miners, including adventurous natural-geologist and pioneering prospector Robert (‘Bobby’) Robinson and his wife, Annie, standing at the right of the group. Not many women are depicted in these early photographs, many choosing to stay […]

DANIEL— CRAIG. A pretty wedding !!

09/08/2016 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

DANIEL— CRAIG. A pretty wedding took place on Friday, October 25 1907, at Mr. J. C. Bell’s residence, ‘Craigross,’ 64 Addis Street, Lamington Heights, when Miss Nellie Craig, of Perth, was married to Mr. Fred. Daniel of Kalgoorlie. The ceremony was performed by Mr. John Stuart, an evangelist of the Church of Christ, Egan Street. The bride, who was given […]

Kalgoorlie Cemetery – News!!!

07/08/2016 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Finally I would like to say that the two last stages of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery Burial Indexes are now uploaded onto the Outback Family History website, N to R and S to Z. There is only one more section still missing and that is some names that begin with Mc or Mac. These will be […]