Matthew Jackson, a merchant of Boulder, was born in Alston, Cumberland, England on the 25 November 1865 and is a son of Mr. Joseph Jackson of the same place. The latter gentleman was one of the early prospectors of Victoria in 1860 and was the first to erect a puddling machine in the gold mining […]
Sparta Soccer Club-
16/06/2019 By 4 Comments
The following photographs have been shared by Outback Family History reader, Gwen Dundon. Her father, David A Reed, was one of the players. Sparta Soccer Club 1935 Winners Mewburn league Cup & Nicholson Cup Back Row: L-R Dresa, Rocki, Botica, Silich, Evas, Frankovich, Vlasich Centre Row: Franich, Woodland (V Capt), Olds (President), David Reed (Captain), […]
Australian Sikh & Hindu – Indian Wrestlers
16/06/2019 By Leave a Comment
Wrestling was a National sport in India and many Indians maintained their interest in the sport when they came to Australia competing at all levels of the sport that were staged in a wide range of venues, for example; Massa Singh fought Australian Harry Pearce for a purse of £100 ($200) in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, […]
Charlie Nalty – people profile
02/06/2019 By 3 Comments
What did become of Charley Nalty, winner of the Coolgardie Westral Wheel Race 1902? Time has not made my memories of him faulty, but my how the quickening years do accrue. Charley, grey haired, old to young eyes, every few years would speak at our school, grant a half holiday – nice surprise! – while […]
Kalgoorlie Hospital Admission Records
31/05/2019 By 14 Comments
Back in 2005, one of the members of the Goldfields Family History Society who worked at the Kalgoorlie Hospital, told us that all of the original admission registers from the very first days of the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital were still stored in their records storage. We asked if we could view the records and when […]
