This is indeed a tiny home on the Goldfields:- his is Mary Howell nee Hughes at her home in Lane Street Boulder with her baby daughter, Agnes Lillian Howell, who was born in Boulder in 1903. Mary was married to Gwilym (Bill) Howell and they already had a son Endaf Howell aged 5 yrs. It […]
John Avery – grave tales
John Avery, beloved father of Emily Maltman, died on the 8th February 1904 at Boulder City. John Avery was born in Gunnislake Cornwall England and was the son of Nathaniel and Maria nee BROAD. He was married to Elizabeth Jane WADGE. he was a miner. Kalgoorlie Miner Saturday 13 February 1904, page 4 DEATH. MALTMAN.— […]
Lawrence Graham DOW – grave tales
Below is the grave of Lawrence Graham DOW – the fourth son of Amelia nee BRADLEY and the late George Graham DOW (died in 1900). He was born in Ballarat Victoria in 1871 and he died in Kalgoorlie on the 17th June 1907. He was 36yrs old. He was the brother of Albert Bradley DOW […]
Brutal Butchery at ‘The Boulder’:
Fix this text ‘The Truth’ Saturday 11 April 1908, Westralia had hardly done ringing with the climax of the Day Dawn murder sensation of Harry Smith of his crime of murdering his mate Clinton—the hanging only took place three weeks ago—when there occurs a tragedy in the very heart of a thickly populated centre. Boulder […]
Armless Abraham:
I am sure many of you will recognise this iconic photograph of an armless man called ‘Armless Abraham’ collecting wood with his goat cart. I have just been contacted by the Great Granddaughter of Thomas Abraham and this is what she tells me:- HISTORY OF THOMAS ABRAHAM Thomas Abraham was my Great Grandfather (Lynne McMeekin). […]
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