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From Highland Rebel to Goldfields Pioneer: The Life and Sorrows of Neil Calder

25/04/2026 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I have recently been in correspondence with Lisa Clifford, who has very kindly allowed me to share the following story and photographs with you. She originally got in touch with me after seeing the grave of Alistar Douglas Calder in the Black Range (Nungarra) Cemetery on the Outback Family History website. Lisa tells me that […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Birrigrin, Black Range, Cemeteries, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Alistar Douglas Calder – grave tales

03/10/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

CALDER Alistar Douglas, d 2 Mar 1907 at Berrigin via Black Range, Age 14 months: Father:- Neil CALDER (Mine Manager) Mother:- Mary Jane Priestly, Cause: Natural Causes. Born: Perth WA, buried Nungarra Cemetery. Sacred to the memory of Alistar Douglas Calder The Beloved son of Neil and Mary Calder Died at Birrigrin Black Range March […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Birrigrin, Black Range, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Where was Birrigrin – ghost towns

01/08/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Latitude and Longitude – 27° 30′ 14” South , 119° 31′ 13” East Birrigrin is 120 km from Wiluna and is in the Black Range District near Sandstone. It was known in the early days as the ’50 Mile’ as it was about 50 miles from Nungarra. The main mining in the district is gold […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Birrigrin, Black Range, Goldfields History, Nungarra, Western Australia

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