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George Jessop – grave tales

24/06/2023 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

George Augustus Jessop was born on 2 April 1872 in Kilmore, Victoria. He was the son of George Jessop (1847-1898) and Mary nee Deane (1844-1876).  he was the middle child of three born to the couple with an older brother Thomas James and a younger sister Ellen Agnes.  George’s mother died when he was four […]

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

The Gunn Family – pioneer profile

27/05/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Julie and Craig Gunn contacted me at the beginning of the year and told me about their planned visit to Bulong to remember their family’s time there. Craig is the Great Grandson of Edward and Catherine Gunn, their son Joseph Henry was his grandfather. They are in town at this moment and have just sent […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Albany, Australian History, Bulong, Cemeteries, Western Australia

Pinjin – ghost town & cemetery

27/05/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

PINJIN CEMETERY Reserve 10843 Edjudina Location Note: I have found just as many references to PINJIN as I have PINGIN. It seems that both were used at various times. For the sake of continuity, I have used the spelling PINJIN as this is how it is spelled in the WA Post Office Directories. BOWMAN Otto […]

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

Norman Dodd – Death by Despair

13/05/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following story was supplied by Gail and Keith Dodd and is produced here with their kind permission. The subject of the story is Norman W G Dodd who is Keith’s Great Uncle. It shows that it is possible to have the unrecognised grave of a victim of war finally honoured. Many more soldiers died […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Leonora, Western Australia, WW1

Thomas Joseph Tobin – pioneer profile

06/05/2023 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

I was recently sent the following story by Mary Mayenfisch about her Grandfather, Thomas J TOBIN, in her words of “the whole story reads like a film! “Outlander” in Australia…. “ On Easter Sunday in the time of Covid 19 – when in the throes of James Joyce “Ulysses” the Jesuit schools in Ireland came […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Cue, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery

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