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The History of the Goldfields Cycle Express

13/01/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The Goldfields Cycle Express History by Gary Cowans The Coolgardie Cycle Express, a pioneering mail service on the goldfields before telegraphy, thrived on swift desert deliveries but succumbed to competition and changing technology, leaving behind colourful camel-stamped memories. Coolgardie Cycle Express Co. was a delivery service that began with a mail delivery from Coolgardie to […]

Filed Under: People, Sport Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Cycle, Goldfields History, Western Australia

William J Fisher at Nannine

13/01/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following wonderful photographs have been kindly sent to me to share with you. They are from the family album of Ms Robin Panousieris, nee Fisher, and concern her Grandfather, William James Fisher, who was born in 1872, Sago Hill, Ballarat, Victoria. He was the son of Edwin Fisher and Elizabeth Sharp. He married Alice Beatrice […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Lake Way Station, Nannine, Western Australia

William George Brooks – grave tales

06/01/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

While researching one of the miners on the Western Australia Miners Memorial, I was lucky to come across, not only a photo of him but also of his wife and one of his children sitting on the verandah of their home in Victoria Street, Kalgoorlie. This was also helpful as it is hard to find […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Mining Accidents, Western Australia

Skeleton Gully by Arthur Watts

06/01/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Western Mail 16 December 1898, page 102 Skeleton Gully by Arthur Watts I was bushed! After I had spent two hours vainly attempting to find the track, I sat down for a rest and a smoke, and I admitted to myself that I was really bushed. I had started from the township early in the […]

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

Mudgedeen – Cameleer and Grocer

06/01/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

The following photographs from the family album of Carole Hampton were sent to me recently. Mudgedeen was her husband’s Grandfather. Her husband is the son of Mudgedeen and Clara’s daughter Violet, from her second marriage. Mudgedeen, (AKA Charles), was born in 1873 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, the son of M Barradeen. He married Clara Ellen […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Afghan, Australian History, Camel, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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