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What is a Homestead Lease ???

28/05/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Homestead Leases, or more correctly Miners Homestead Leases (MHL), were issued under the mining laws of the time – until the demise of the 1904 Mining Act in 1982. These laws allowed bonefide miners/prospectors who held a Gold Mining Lease (GML) in the area to apply for suitable land (mostly away from their workings) […]

The Fields Find Tragedy-

27/05/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The worst accident ever to happen on the Yalgoo Goldfields at Fields Find was on the 31st Aug 1899. On this date, four men were working in the No. 1 shaft of the Fields Find GM. Fields Find is located between Yalgoo and Paynes Find, approximately 54km northwest of Paynes Find. They were Daniel HOGAN […]

Then and Now – 7 Wordsworth Street

27/05/2018 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

I just love a ‘Then and Now’ photo. These ones were sent to me by Ray Morris from his family album of 7 Wordsworth Street, Kalgoorlie. 7 Wordsworth was the family home for Charles Emmanuel TRELOAR & Alice TRELOAR nee WESTON (Alice being Ernest Joseph WESTON’s next eldest sister) with Edna May CASTLE nee TRELOAR […]

Kookynie people and places:-

26/05/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Robert James REA’S EMPORIUM After a round of experience on the fields, MR. R. J. Rea was one of the first, if not the first, to secure a business block, and start operations in Kookynie. Mr Rea, attracted by wondrous tales of gold, came to this State in April, 1895, and entered into business […]

George Forsythe – a boy soldier

26/05/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

7373 PTE George Vincent Forsythe was born at Mt Morgans, Western Australia on the 8th January 1903. His Father was George Albert Forsythe and his Mother was Alice Maud nee Vincent. His parents lived in Port Fairy, Victoria. He was 5ft 5 inches (162 cm) tall and weighed 121 lbs (55 kgs). He had a […]