Daily News 28 November 1951, page 1 Hammer Murder In Boulder BOULDER – With head injuries allegedly caused by a hammer blow, a Yugoslav miner was found dead in a Boulder house at 4 a.m. today. A man living in the same house has been arrested and charged with wilful murder. He is labourer called […]
Sandstone Cemetery – the heart of the Murchison
08/07/2023 By 8 Comments
Although the list of burials at the Sandstone Cemetery has been on the Outback Family History website for some years it needed some research to bring the information up to date and to add in extra research, so dull to read just a list of names and dates. One of my wonderful volunteers agreed to […]
Mabel Hartrick – grave tales
01/07/2023 By Leave a Comment
Mabel Hutchinson was born in Walhalla, Victoria in 1874. She was the daughter of William Hutchinson and Mary Ann nee Lapping. At the age of 24yrs, young Mabel Hutchinson travelled to the Western Australian town of Geraldton where she married Charles Francis Fade Hartrick in 1899. The following photograph shows Charles with his brother Harry […]
George Jessop – grave tales
24/06/2023 By Leave a Comment
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 […]
The Gunn Family – pioneer profile
27/05/2023 By 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 […]
