Another page from the ‘Book of the Bush’ Truth Perth -13 November 1915, page 4 TALE OF THE WILDS THE PROSPECTOR THAT NEVER RETURNED. Probable Fate of James Thomas Whyte The result of a par in our last week’s mining budget has been the cause of considerable inquiry as to the fate of a prospector […]
Messs Boylen and Anthill -pioneer profile
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Western Mail 9 December 1899, page 166 MESSRS BOYLEN AND ANTILL Leading Share Brokers. Messrs. Boylen and Antill are the oldest established, and probably the most widely known, Kalgoorlie broking firms. They started operations early in 1896, and emerged from the spirited, but short-lived, boom of that year unscathed and prosperous. Later on, they weathered […]
A Wedding at Maybe
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On 22nd April 1914 William Alexander Wallace TILLER married Mabel Christine LEIPOLD in the Protestant Hall, Kookynie. The reception was held at the Maybe Gold Mine. It was said this was the last marriage held in Kookynie – Photo Jenny de Lacy. William was the son of William TILLER and Anne nee BEARDMORE and was […]
The Remarkable Potter Sisters – a family story
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I was recently contacted by Dorothy Maude Rodoreda (nee McMeikan). She told me of her very interesting family story from Yunndaga (Woolgar). Her great-uncle, Richard Goninon, was the mine manager of Menzies Consolidated Goldmine for some 25 years from about 1900 to 1925. She had photos of the Manager’s Residence next to the mine and […]
Who was George Dainty ?
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George Dainty died in 1901, aged about 40yrs (date unknown). His remains were found in the bush by a prospector, Henry Frederick KESTEL when searching for lost donkeys, on the 5 Jul 1903 between Childe Harold, 7 miles from the mine and 12 yards off the travelled road in the Laverton district. The undertaker, James […]
