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James Joseph Niland – grave tales

16/04/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

James Joseph NILAND was born in Tubbercurry Ireland. a machine miner at the Lake View and Star GM, Kalgoorlie-Boulder. James married Margaret Ellen MURPHY  in Fremantle WA on 2nd September 1895. Margaret was born in Marble Bar, Ireland. The family moved to Kanowna where their first child Catherine was born and then on to Boulder […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, kalgoorlie cemetery, Western Australia

Greek Tragedy at Lawlers –

02/04/2022 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Kalgoorlie Western Argus 13 January 1903, page 31 THE LAWLERS MURDER INQUEST AND TRIAL. Inquest into the deaths of Sophia, and her child Emanuel Psechetsas. The victims of the terrible tragedy at Lawlers on December 20 was begun on Tuesday last, Detective Walsh having arrived from Kalgoorlie two days before to conduct the case for […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Lawlers, Western Australia

James and Amelia Saunders – grave tales

26/02/2022 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 in Malmsbury, Victoria, on 29 June 1873 to James and Catherine (nee Williams) Saunders. He married Amelia Elizabeth FLEXMORE […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

William Schofield Randall – Evangelist of the Goldfields

29/01/2022 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

This wonderful story and photographs have been shared with the kind permission of Brian Randall- William Schofield Randall The evangelist on the Goldfields of Western Australia Appointed in 1895 to the opening of the Salvation Army Corps in Kalgoorlie and the Great Boulder With a journey of 140 miles before him, Lieutenant William Schofield Randall […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Salvation Army, Western Australia

Charles Robert Ogilvie ‘Jack’ Cumbrae-Stewart – grave tales

22/01/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Charles Robert Ogilvie Cumbrae-Stewart was born on 17 February 1867 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. He was the son of Francis Edward STEWART and Agnes Catherine PARK. His father Francis Edward Stewart came to New Zealand as a child with his parents in the 1830’s from Bristol, England. There he met and married on the […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

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