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A Haunting Tale – The Finnerty’s

06/06/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Jack and Francis Tree had lived in Coolgardie since 1970 and fifteen of those years had been in Warden Finnerty’s House in McKenzie Street, Coolgardie.  The six-bedroom mansion was built by the Bunning Brothers soon after they arrived in 1895 and before they established their hardware business which we all know of today. The Wardens […]

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