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The Death of Stephen Grace –

11/07/2015 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Bernard Colreavy and Stephen Grace

Western Mail Perth -19 October 1907, page 16 AN EAST MURCHISON TRAGEDY THE DEATH OF STEPHEN GRACE – MURDERED BY NATIVES A telegram was received this afternoon from Constable Walker, who proceeded from Wiluna to bury the body of Stephen Grace, one of Kirkpatrick Bros party of prospectors who was speared through the chest by […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Stephen Grace, Western Australia

Bulong – A Goldfields Town

10/07/2015 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

First Match Bulong V Kanowna

I would like to take this opportunity to show you some photographs which I have only just seen for the first time myself of the town and people of Bulong and to tell you a brief history. For some reason there are not a great number of photographs around of Bulong so I hope that you […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Bulong, Goldfields History, Rifle Range

Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways

09/07/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

KET Honour Board

This is the emblem on the honor board held at the Eastern Goldfields Transport Board depot (The Car Barn) on Boulder Road, formerly called the Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways. These are the employees named on the board who fought in WW1. W Morley (KIA),    E Landquist (KIA),    S Pearson,   J McCleery,   J […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Family History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways, WW1

Rest In Peace – Kalgoorlie Cemetery

09/07/2015 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Rest In Peace

I short while ago I posted a photograph I took in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery of the grave of a baby where the memorial on the grave was the actual babies cot. This photo, also in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, is on a single plot where the same symbolism has been used but this ‘bed’ has been […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History

A Gold Seekers Odyssey by L R Menzies

08/07/2015 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

      Leslie Menzies was one of the hopeful band of prospectors who arrived in Western Australia during the 1890’s goldrush. A successful miner in the USA and NZ, his knowledge gave him an early advantage at Parkers Range and the Murchison. The Menzies mines were discovered by him in 1894. In the ups […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Australian History, Family History, Goldfields History, Menzies

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