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Book Review – Men of Western Australia

02/12/2015 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Captain Richard Rodney GIBBS

This rare book is well worth consulting if you had a family member involved in any of the following fields in Western Australia:- Professional, Ecclesiastical, Commercial and a Sporting Life It covers the years 1936-1937 and was published by V H Colless in 1937. As a rare book it is available at the State Library […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Australian History, Men of WA, Western Australia

Ghost Town – TUCKANARRA

30/11/2015 By Moya Sharp 11 Comments

The Ghost Town:- by Jules Reside AKA Cork Tree Flat Tuckanarra:-   Latitude 27° 07′ S Longitude 118° 05′ E “Deserted now, no more your stirred by those in quest of gold. Now you’re but a memory blurred of what you were of old. Yet, though the camp in silence sleeps, Except for songs of […]

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

The Western Australian Virtual Miners Memorial

28/11/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Dept of Mines Report

Since the launch of the WAVMM last year I have often been asked why I have decided to include miners from the whole of Western Australia instead of just the Goldfields. I thought this might explain why. The following graph from the 1934 Department of Mines (Now the Dept of Mineral and Energy), shows the […]

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

The Italian Miner

28/11/2015 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

If you attened recent the talk by Dr Criena Fitzgerald at the WA Museum Kagoorlie-Boulder on the 18th November you would be interested to read the following verse from the Murchison Advocate in 1902. This pre dates the period that was covered in the talk, WW1, but it shows how the seeds of unrest and […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Family History, Goldfields History, Gwalia, The Italian Miner

Alexander Pitman – The Man Behind the Legend!

15/11/2015 By Moya Sharp 17 Comments

Alexander Henry PITMAN

I am sure that most people who are interested in the history of the Goldfields of Western Australia will have heard the story of the two gold stealing officers were cruelly murdered and their bodies dismembered and thrown down a mine shaft just outside of town at Millers Find.  A great deal has been written […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Family History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Pitman and Walsh, Western Australia

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