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Alves and Taylor Wedding

27/02/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

John ALVES was aged 35yrs and his occupation was as a Carrier, He was the son of John ALVES (Farmer) and Margaret McCAUGHEY. The bride, Mabel TAYLOR, was aged 17 yrs and was the daughter of George TAYLOR and Alice RICHARDSON. The witnesses to the marriage were Albert MUIR and A P RICHARDSON. Back row:  […]

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

The Prince and the Diggers Daughter:

20/02/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Nambucca and Bellinger News 6 May 1932, page 5 A TALE OF THE GOLDFIELDS written by JAMES GRAYSON When gold is calling, however tortuous the road, civilised men all the world over (and some women, too) will overcome all apparent impossible obstacles, reaching their objective often in the last stage of endurance. How strange it […]

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

The Loader family – pioneer profile

06/02/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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, […]

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

Blue Blood and Bullets:

16/01/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

In Coolgardie in 1894, there was an influx of British nobility and for a time there were more Lords, Dukes, Baronets and hangers on in Coolgardie than had, or ever has been, in any one Australian town at the same time. Some of them did well. One, with no knowledge of gold-finding, backed a couple […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

MUDGEDEEN – Cameleer and Grocer

09/01/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following photographs from the family album of Carole Hampton were sent to me recently. Mudgedeen was her husbands Grandfather. Her husband is the son of Mudgedeen and Clara’s daughter Violet, from her second marriage. Mudgedeen, (AKA Charles), was born in 1873 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, the son of M BARRADEEN. He married Clara Ellen […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Afghan, Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Leonora, Western Australia

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