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Lennonville ‘Warramboo’ Cemetery –

18/06/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Following on from last week’s article on Lennonville: Lennonville (Warramboo) East Cemetery  – 1st. Reserve: 6842 gazettal date 16 Mar 1900 35 deaths 27 of whom were children. There are two cemeteries at the abandoned town of Lennonville which is about 10kms north of Mt Magnet. The cemeteries are located on either side of the […]

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

The Miners Institute –

18/06/2022 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Did you know that our present Mechanics ‘Miners’ Institute building was designed to accommodate a third story with a domed roof? The building is one of the many buildings in Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie that have changed very little over the years. Kalgoorlie Western Argus 21 October 1902, page 20 The Miners ‘Mechanics’ Institute The New […]

Filed Under: Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Hannan Street, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

The Loader Family – pioneer profile

11/06/2022 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, Places & Towns Tagged With: Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Mabel Hartrick – grave tales

11/06/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Mabel Hutchinson was born in Walhalla, Victoria in 1874. She was the daughter of William Hutchinson and Mary Ann nee Lapping. At the age of 24yrs, young Mabel Hutchinson travelled to the Western Australian town of Geraldton where she married Charles Francis Fade Hartrick in 1899. The following photograph shows Charles with his brother Harry […]

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

Lennonville – a gold studded pub door

11/06/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Daily News 23 July 1953, page 5  – By road, 361 miles north-north-east from Perth is Lennonville. A tourist guide book 50 years ago would have described it as a population of 3000, seven hotels, two banks, two jewellers, up-to-date town, mining centre, connected by rail. It’s still Lennonville, the idle railway platform still bears […]

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

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