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A Golden Wedding – pioneer profile

17/10/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Golden Wedding Group MR. AND MRS. UREN, of Kelmscott, and their  Decendants.   Western Mail – Perth – 1 October 1915, page 7   On Saturday, September 18, Mr. and Mrs Uren of Kelmscott, celebrated their golden wedding (50yrs) in the presence of all their, children and grand children, numbering 25. Mr. and Mrs. Uren […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Southern Cross, wedding, Western Australia

The Welsh Newspaper editor and his Australian Gold Mine

10/10/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following fascinating article was written by a reader, Alwyn Evans, a keen Welsh historian. It was first published in ‘Wales Online’ The full story is now published as a book, with supporting references and illustrations by Hesperian Press: From Wales to Gwalia A Swansea editor and his Australian goldmine by Alwyn Evans A long […]

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

In The Future by Prospect Good

10/10/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

In The Future Oh what will the bush bards sing in time When the digging days are done? When the roaring times have been sung in rhymes The yarns of the past all spun? When there’s no new field to rush and work And never a camp fire gleams When the stampers roar can be […]

Filed Under: Poets Corner Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History

Hyland’s Circus by Lyn Beard

10/10/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Lyn Beard “Courtesy of Mandurah Family History Society Newsletter, October 2020″. Hyland’s Circus I wonder how many researchers can actually say they have found an ancestor who ran away to join the circus.  Well, I am not one with such adventurous folk in my family but in the course of my research for Outback Grave […]

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

James and Amelia Saunders – grave tales

10/10/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

One of the many impressive memorials in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery is of the grave of James and Amelia SAUNDERS.  Grave 5262 in the Anglican section. This is part of their story. James Archibald SAUNDERS was born Malmsbury, Victoria 29 June 1873 to James and Catherine (nee Williams) Saunders. He married Amelia Elizabeth FLEXMORE in Boulder, […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Mining Accidents, Western Australia

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