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Uren Golden Wedding

17/06/2023 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Western Mail 1 October 1915, page 7 A Golden Wedding On Saturday, September 18, Mr and Mrs Uren, of Kelmscott, celebrated their golden wedding in the presence of all their, children and grandchildren, numbering 25. Mr and Mrs Uren arrived in South Australia from Cornwall in December 1865, and went first to Kapunda, a copper […]

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Filed Under: People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Southern Cross, Western Australia

Tom Riseley – a man who blazed the track

10/06/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Sunday Times – 16 January 1910, page 3 THE DEATH OF TOM RISELEY A MAN WHO BLAZED THE TRACK Tom Riseley (Thomas Randle Riseley) one of the men who helped materially to make Westralia what she is today, went on the last “long journey” from the Perth Government Hospital on Thursday night. Twenty-one years before, […]

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Dryblower Jack – pioneer profile

10/06/2023 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

John Carins know as Dryblower Jack John was born in Newcastle on Tyne, in Northumberland, England in 1890 and was educated at Rutherford College in that town. He was said to have come to Australia in 1913, he had a discharge certificate from the British services. As a young man, he worked in various trades […]

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

James Shaw – 1st Mayor of Coolgardie

03/06/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

James Shaw was born in 1846 in Belfast Ireland, his father was Hugh Shaw, an engineer and his mother was Margaret, they married in Victoria. In 1864, at age 18yrs, James Shaw sailed to Auckland New Zealand where he started a contracting business which was most successful. He also won a service medal for fighting […]

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The Gunn Family – pioneer profile

27/05/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Julie and Craig Gunn contacted me at the beginning of the year and told me about their planned visit to Bulong to remember their family’s time there. Craig is the Great Grandson of Edward and Catherine Gunn, their son Joseph Henry was his grandfather. They are in town at this moment and have just sent […]

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Filed Under: People, Places Tagged With: Albany, Australian History, Bulong, Cemeteries, Western Australia

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