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YUNNDAGA – ghost town

28/03/2015 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Staff of the Menzies Consolidated Gold Mine 1916

YUNNDAGA AKA WOOLGAR Latitude 29° 45′ S Longitude 121° 03′ E Yunndaga is an abandoned goldfields townsite located 718 km east north east of Perth and 7 km south of Menzies. Gold was discovered in the area in the mid-1890s, and in 1898, a business and residence subdivision was laid out at what was then […]

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Filed Under: People, Places, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia, Woolgar, Yunndaga

Horace LAMBLEY – A Forgotten Victim of War

27/03/2015 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

Horace LAMBLEY

HORACE LAMBLEY: –  It is not known why Horace Lambley came to Kalgoorlie and was buried here in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, alone, and a long way from his family.  His life after the war was a sad one and is a testament to possible mental problems arising from his service, as was the case for […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places, Rolls of Honor, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia, WW1

The Great Unwashed Preserver of the Peace:

23/03/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Coolgardie police

Constable JOLLY – Coolgardie, Western Australia 1909 Nick-named ‘The Great Unwashed Preserver of the Peace’ Constable Jolly blamed the scarcity of water for his economical use of it, which in turn, caused some dissatisfaction among his fellow police officers who finally planned to lure him to Silverthorne’s dam and push him in. This drastic step […]

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

Soldiers of WW1 from the Yilgarn (Southern Cross) district of Western Australia.

21/03/2015 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

  This slim book was kindly given to me by Sandra Playle and features portraits of service men and women of the Yilgarn District (Southern Cross District of the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia) . In particular there are many excellent photographs of WW1 soldiers and details of which this is one, it is: 771 […]

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The Corrick Family Entertainers:

20/03/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

BOULDER- TOWN HALL.  ‘THE CORRICK FAMILY” Saturday 14th August 1909. The Corrick Family  continued their Boulder season last night. There was a large attendance in the popular portion of the house. The items of the program consisted of orchestral selections and choruses by the full strength of the company and a fine hand bell performance, […]

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

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