The following story from the family of Gavin Crawford is shared with his kind permission: All images supplied by Gavin unless otherwise stated. The Baker’s Beginning In the spring of 1875, the town of Carisbrook near Maryborough, Victoria, witnessed one of its most memorable wedding celebrations. Twenty-year-old Robert James Crawford, son of an ironmonger, married […]
Gold and Grit: The Shelley Family’s Legacy in Western Australia
NOTE: Unless stated, all photographs are supplied by Arthur Coopes. Arthur George Shelley (1841-1925) and Mary Clarissa Shelley (nee Walker) (1849-1912) This is the story of the Shelley family, from their time in Kerang, Victoria, through their move to Western Australia during the 1890s t0 the WA Goldfields and the earlier times of their lives […]