We are fortunate to have another history of a Freemason Lodge which will be of interest to both other Freemasons and others. Thanks to Doug Daws. LODGE SIR WILLIAM WALLACE No. 868 S.C. A HISTORY – BASIC DATA Lodge Name Sir William Wallace Lodge Number 868 Consecrated 30th November 1897 Constitution Grand Lodge […]
James Joseph Niland – grave tales
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James Joseph NILAND was born in Tubbercurry Ireland. a machine miner at the Lake View and Star GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder. James married Margaret Ellen MURPHY in Fremantle WA on 2nd September 1895. Margaret was born in Marble Bar, Ireland. The family moved to Kanowna where their first child Catherine was born and then on to Boulder […]
Yuin Reef Mine Cemetery –
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Yuin Reef Mine Cemetery: 27°56’379″S 116°09’06.8″E Yuin Cemetery Yuin Cemetery also known as Yuin Station Cemetery situated in the Mid-West region of Western Australia. Yuin Station, the Yuin Reef Townsite, and Royal Standard Mine have historic and social significance for their role in the development of the Shire. The cemetery is now disused and the […]
When the Law came to Niagara –
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Smith’s Weekly 26 November 1927 by John Drayton How “Justice” was served out on the Goldfields. Niagara was one of the little towns worth a column in the W.A. Post Office Directory of 1899 following Bob Menzie’s strike in September 1894. The town’s life was short, but while it was alive, it ‘LIVED’. Menzies find […]
Joseph Henry Pellew – grave tales
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Joseph Henry Pellew died on 19th November 1904 aged 50yrs at his home at 14 MacDonald Street, Kalgoorlie. J H Pellew was the founder of the popular stores named after him in Kalgoorlie, Coolgardie, Menzies, and Fremantle. Joseph was born on the 12th of April 1854 in Magill, Adelaide South Australia, and was the son […]
