Kathleen Valley – ghost town

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 […]

John Reside – grave tales

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. […]

Mt Palmer – a grave competition

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 […]

Death at Dingo Creek –

Malcolm Chronicle and Leonora Advertiser 18 January 1902 DEATH FROM THIRST ANOTHER SAD TALE FROM THE BOOK OF THE BUSH On Saturday morning of last week, two Italians, named Bortolo and Joe Marinoni left Anaconda Copper Mine, where they were employed, with the intention of visiting a relative who was in the Malcolm Hospital.  The […]

Sir Samuel Cemetery –

Sir Samuel / Mt Sir Samuel Cemetery “With lonely old graves where departed souls sleep, Where a merciful god a vigil must keep Till the trumpet is heard on that final last day Let us never disturb them, just leave them that way’   Sir Samuel Townsite Cemetery Sign Yakabindi Station East of Bellevue Mine […]