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Norseman Weddings – Methodist Church

21/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

A new record has been added to the Outback Family History web site. It is the Methodist Church marriages for the town of Norseman. Although included in the ‘Goldfields People’ Index it is helpful to be able to search these records by town. There are 487 marriages which give the following details. Name of Groom […]

The Asplin Brothers:-

13/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Jo Roelofs has very kindly shared the following photographs from the family album of her Great Grandfather Thomas Asplin and his brother Jack:-

Christmas Camp – by Dryblower Murphy

13/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

The miles are long in Mulgaland, Beyond the beaten pad, Today is Christmas, but no hand Grips mine in greeting glad. Yet, though this stinted meal I make Burlesques the festal board, It strums upon the strings that wake A long forgotten chord. It bears me back on rushing wings That time can never cramp […]

The Great Western Hotel – Coolgardie

08/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The Great Western Hotel stood on the corner of Bayley and Hunt Sts Coolgardie. The site is now occupied by the Coolgardie Motel. It was also known as De Baun’s, after the first licensee. It was built in 1893 and was destroyed in the great fire of 1897.

Childe Harold – a ship, a horse or a poem???

08/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

We now have a new town on the Outback Family History web site: Childe Harold is on the Mt Weld Station, 22kms south of Laverton, Western Australia. Have you ever come across the name of a town that is so unusual you want to find out where the name came from?Many years ago I heard of […]