Did you know that there is a list of the employees of the Kalgoorlie Electric Tramways on the Outback Family History website? You can see the list at – https://bit.ly/3qNSf2t A copy of the employment record can be requested by emailing research@outbackfamilyhistory.com.au
Annie McCulloch – grave tales
07/09/2019 By 5 Comments
The following grave is in the Presbyterian section of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, grave number 3625. The surroundings are in poor condition, and all the tiles and immortelles are missing, but the headstone at least is intact. Three people from one family are buried here. First, a little girl, Annie Danella Muir Roy MCCULLOCH ‘Ella’, who […]
George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist
31/08/2019 By 2 Comments
George Brockway: the forgotten conservationist by Roger Underwood Submitted by Ian Kealley My career as a forester, and the career of famous forester George Brockway, overlapped by exactly two days. On January 2nd, 1963, immediately after graduation from Forestry School, I was appointed an Assistant District Forest Officer and posted to the Forests Department’s […]
Leo Naughton is dead – a verse
31/08/2019 By 3 Comments
Today is the anniversary of the death of a local man, Leo Naughton. The following verse was written in his honor by me, his childhood friend – Tony Bozich:- Someone said, “Leo Naughton is dead”, my friend of nine years schooling, who never a nasty word said whether at school or football or fooling. In […]
Alfred Trevillian: A Football Odyssey
23/08/2019 By 2 Comments
This excerpt of my book is provided to Outback Family History. The excerpt focuses on Alf’s football experience on the WA Goldfields in 1904 and in the Perth competition in 1904-1905. To provide veracity and evidence to underpin the book’s commentary, I have spent the past six years collating results of every game of football played […]
