I was recently contacted by Graham Darcy who had just made a trip to Kalgoorlie where he wished to look up the location of his old home which was at 35 Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie. When Graham was born, the family lived in in Ardagh Ave Kalgoorlie. Then in 1946 they purchased a house at 35 […]
The Thirloway Boys – grave tales
Young William ‘Billie’ Edward Thirloway died aged only 8 years of age and was buried in the Kalgoorlie cemetery on the 22nd November 1931. Billie’s parents must have been devastated when six years later, on the exact anniversary of Billie’s death, a tragic accident took the life of his brother, Jack Carlson Thirloway aged 14 […]
The Blight Family – from Broken Hill to Boulder
This wonderful photograph, taken in Boulder, is from the family album of Glenda Martinick. It is of Lawrance and Elizabeth Blight, her GG Grandparents, and five of their children, plus a son-in-law and two grand children. Glenda tells me: I have a couple of connections to Boulder/Kalgoorlie though my GGGFather Lawrence Blight, who lived in […]
Joze AJDUK – grave tales
Headstone reads: In memory of my beloved father Jozo Ajduk died 30th Aug. 1926 aged 53 years. Inscription – Na Uspomenu Mog Pokojnog Otca Jozo Ajduk Rodjen 1873 Umbro 30 Aug. 1926 Njegov Nezamboravni Sin Ante. Translation – In memory of my beloved deceased father Jose Ajduk Born 1873 died 30 August 1926 Always remembered […]
Cornelius LYHANE – grave tales
W.A. Record 2 September 1905, page 11 Obituary. DEATH OF DR. LYHANE. The Irishmen— indeed the public generally — of Western Australia, will learn with profound regret of the death of Dr. Cornelius Lyhane, one of. the youngest, the most earnest, and the most talented of Ireland’s sons in all Australia. The late Dr Lyhane […]
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