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All Blacks Player – George Maber

08/08/2015 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

To mark the occasion of :- Bledisloe Cup 2015: Australia v New Zealand, ANZ Stadium in Sydney Aug 8th Last year, 2014, marks the 120th anniversary of the death of George Maber, one of the very first All Black Rugby players . He was to play his first All Blacks game at Christchurch in 1894. […]

Filed Under: People, Sport Tagged With: All Blacks, Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Tragedy at the Bohemia Mine – Marvel Loch

04/08/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Bohemia Mine near Marvel Loch

Extracts from:    Sand & Stone – Moran Family History By Kevin Moran “Fatal Accident at the Bohemia’ Friday the 10th January 1936 was bringing to an end the full workday week. The miners only worked a half day on Saturdays. The week had been hot and overcast with the threat of rain. The folk […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Bohemia Mine, Goldfields History, Marvel Loch, Mining Accidents, Western Australia

Goldfields Without Chrysanthemums – by Catherine Bond

30/07/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Catherine Bond and her husband

In the late 1800s and early 1900’s it was popular for travellers to keep a travel diary to record the day-to-day happenings of the places and things they did on their journeys. It does seem to have been more popular with women, and many diaries have gone on to be published. This gives us a […]

Filed Under: Books, People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Norseman, Western Australia

Book Review – Bullfinch and the Yilgarn Goldfield

23/07/2015 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Book Review – Bullfinch and the Yilgarn Goldfield by Gilbert M Ralph Bullfinch and the Yilgarn Goldfield had its beginnings with a suggestion from Sir Laurence Brodie-Hall that the unique nature of the community at Bullfinch during the Great Western Consolidated era from 1950 to 1963 deserved recording. Sir Arvi Parbo, who began his mining […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Australian History, Bullfinch, Family History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Then and Now – The Peoples Church

22/07/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

St Pauls Church now The peoples Church

      This church has changed very little over the years. The top photograph is when it was originally The New Congregational Church (date not known but approximately 1908), it later became the Wesleyan Church of St Pauls and the recent photograph, taken in 2006, is as it is today. It is now The Peoples […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, St Pauls, Western Australia

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