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William H Gale – first mayor of Cue

23/09/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Geraldton Express and Murchison and Yalgo Goldfields Chronicler (WA : 1896 – 1905), Friday 26 March 1897, page 42 Cue was declared a municipality in August 1894, the first election of councillors taking place at the Warden’s office on the 16th of August of that year, when Mr. W. H. Gale was elected Mayor, after […]

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

The Mysterious Tom Cue

26/08/2023 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

The mysterious Tom Cue By Jim Foster  –  https: www.goldgemtreasure.com.au/shop Tom Cue is mostly known for his involvement in the finding of gold near Cue, the Western Australian town that bears his name. And, while most people assume it was Tom who made the discovery, it was actually his partners, Michael John Fitzgerald and Edward […]

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

Joseph Kearney – pioneer profile

13/05/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Southern Cross Times 26 September 1914, page 2 Sudden Death of Mr Joseph Vincent Kearney. Southern Cross was thrown into a state of gloom when it became known that Mr J. V. Kearney had died suddenly at midnight on Monday night. The deceased was one of the best-known men in Western Australian mining circles. He […]

Filed Under: Hotels, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Beer, Cue, Day Dawn, Goldfields History, Sandstone

Thomas Joseph Tobin – pioneer profile

06/05/2023 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

I was recently sent the following story by Mary Mayenfisch about her Grandfather, Thomas J TOBIN, in her words of “the whole story reads like a film! “Outlander” in Australia…. “ On Easter Sunday in the time of Covid 19 – when in the throes of James Joyce “Ulysses” the Jesuit schools in Ireland came […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Cue, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery

The Trustees of the Dead – a verse

29/04/2023 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Just recently, I was helping a lady search for information on her grandfather who was once the mayor of Cue in the Murchison. While looking for information, I came across the following verse which was written about him when he became one of the trustees of the Cue Cemetery. Sunday Press  26 July 1903, page […]

Filed Under: People, Poets Corner Tagged With: Cemeteries, Cue, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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