The following story is an extract from the family history of Reg Blackmore and is reproduced with his permission. Emma and Nathaniel were his Great Grandparents. Emma Jane Loader’s first trip to the WA goldfields December 1895 Written by Emma in 1937 at age 95 years. Mrs Loader and her daughter, Mrs Harriet Childs Bottrill, […]
Greek Tragedy at Lawlers
Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 – 1916), Tuesday 13 January 1903, page 31 THE LAWLERS MURDER INQUEST AND TRIAL. Inquest into the deaths of Sophia, and and her child Emanuel Psechetsas. The victims of the terrible tragedy at Lawlers on December 20 was begun on Tuesday last, Detective Walsh having arrived from Kalgoorlie two […]
Five Little Graves -grave tales
It is of the most humbling experiences to read through the Boulder Cemetery death register. The stark reality of life on the Goldfields in the later years of the 19th century and the early years of the 20th, is reflected in the names, death details and monumental inscriptions of those who lived and died here. […]
The Schmidt Family of St Albans
The infomation in the following stories was kindly supplied by Gary Cowans, and is re produced with his permission. In 1876 at the age of 19, Gustave Schmidt moved from Victoria where he was born to NSW and purchased land 8 miles SW of Moulamein. He married Emma Rebecca BICKFORD in 1884 and his first […]
A Broken Tale with a Happy End:
Gone but not Forgotten – Annie Bell. An interesting tale about a grave in the Boulder cemetery. I was contacted last by Peter Huntly, a relative of Annie Bell, who died at the Kalgoorlie Hospital on the 24th Oct 1909, and was subsequently buried in the Boulder Cemetery on the 29th October 1909. Peter had […]
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