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The Importance of Being Frank – grave tales

26/10/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Bernard Joseph Frank was born in Nelson Lyell, New Zealand in 1867, he was a miner and was the son of Jacob FRANK (Carpenter) and Mary HASLAM. He first came to Victoria and then on to the WA Goldfields in 1893 and headed to Broad Arrow to seek his fortune. This was where his first […]

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

John Bain – grave tales

12/10/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

John Bain was born in Wick, Scotland on 18 Mar 1866 to John Bain and Margaret Miller. He came to Western Australia in 1894. He married Betsy Calder Miller in Fremantle WA in 1900. John was to go into partnership with Betsy’s brothers, Donald George and Ben Miller, when they founded the Marvellous West GM. […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Mulline, Western Australia

The Days of Cobb & Co

05/10/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The Sun 23 July 1939, page 4 Cobb & Co on the Goldfields These goldfields were one of the last strongholds of the famous firm of Cobb & Co whose coaches were one of the principal means of communication all over Australia. The story of this pictorial phase of Goldfield’s life is here reviewed. It […]

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

Imprisoned in a Shaft – Homicide or Suicide?

14/09/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Miner 24 March 1900, page 7 A SENSATIONAL STORY OF IMPRISONMENT IN A SHAFT Attempted Murder at Coolgardie. Death Sentence for Accused One of the most sensational stories that has ever been told in the annals of the Perth Criminal, Court was that which was related by Mr Burnside, the Crown solicitor, in the […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, murder, Western Australia

Remembering Sr Anthony –

14/09/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

With thanks to Susie de Monchaux for sharing her wonderful family story with us – Sister Mary Anthony Fitzpatrick (1888–1986) by Susie de Monchaux and family Eric Sierins, image editor Sister Mary Anthony Fitzpatrick was the first cousin of my paternal grandmother, Mrs Minnie Lillian de Monchaux (nee Fitzpatrick). In 1970, when I was eight […]

Filed Under: Church, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Church, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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