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Broad Arrow Cemetery – Kurawah

06/04/2024 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

For some time I have been working on my database of burials at the Broad Arrow Cemetery. My final total as of now, is 191 burials with 18 headstones (this is never set in stone and can change if new details come to light). Every cemetery provides a snapshot of the community at the time, […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Broad Arrow, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Western Australia

A Tale of Two Franks –

30/03/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Earlier this year I was in correspondence with Julie McKenna and she told me of her wonderful family story which appeared in the Warrnambool Standard newspaper on 13th February 2024.  I would like to acknowledge and thank Jenny McLaren, of The Warrnambool Standard, for her kind permission to reproduce the story, and to Julie for […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Nannine, Western Australia

Kathleen Valley – ghost town

30/03/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kathleen Valley  –  Western Australia Located in the Leonora District Latitude : 27 31 S Longitude : 120 34 E Kathleen (Kathleen valley) is an abandoned townsite in the East Murchison Goldfield, located about 50 km north of Leinster. Gold was discovered in the area in 1897, and a townsite was gazetted in 1900. Locals […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kathleen Valley, Western Australia

John Reside – grave tales

16/03/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 7 October 1902, page 19 THE LATE MR. J. RESIDE M.L.A., First Member for Hannans. The news of the sudden death of Mr. John Reside. M.L.A., first representative for the Legislative Assembly for Hannans, was received with regret throughout the goldfields and, it is not too much to say, throughout the State. […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Mt Palmer – a grave competition

16/03/2024 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

Search for the Mt Palmer Cemetery and the grave  of John Ebenezer JONES By Mike Duggan Early 1972 – Mr Ken White approached Eric Carnicelli, a member of the Southern Cross Historical Society, to see if Mr White’s grandfather’s grave at Mt Palmer could be located. He offered to pay the Historical Society $150 if […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Mt Palmer, Palmers Find, Southern Cross

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