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Two Brides for Two brothers – pioneer profile

26/10/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Westralian Worker Perth – 26 Jun 1931 – Fremantle News and Views OBITUARY – GOLDFIELDS PIONEER PASSES Buried on Saturday afternoon, June 6, in the Fremantle Cemetery, Mr. Edward Currie, of Hickory Street, South Fremantle. The deceased was a well-known Goldfields identity, who participated in the hectic days of the roaring nineties on the WA […]

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Coolgardie Pioneer Cemetery – a picturesque and pathetic ceremony

26/10/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 3 November 1903, page 19 UNVEILING THE PROSPECTORS MEMORIAL CROSS A picturesque and pathetic ceremony was seen at the unveiling of the pioneers’ memorial this day. In the early nineties, a small plot of ground was set apart as a cemetery. It is not more than a quarter of an acre and […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]

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