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Portraits of Crime – NSW archives

10/01/2018 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

The State Archives of NSW have just released over 46,000 records of people in NSW Gaols from 1870-1930. Each record has the following information:-  http://bit.ly/2mjMkSE The Gaol Photographic Description Books contain a photograph of each prisoner and the following information: number, prisoners’ name, aliases, date when portrait was taken, native place, year of birth, details of […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Gaol, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Prison

The Gogan Family

22/12/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

I was recently send the following wonderful photos by OFH reader,Tracey Miller. She was sent them by a relative of hers, Ross Gogan. They are reproduced with the kind permission of Ross Gogan and family. Tracey said:- These are my great great grandparents and their children being my Great Gran Amy (far back left),  the […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Gogan, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia, WW1

George Gillespie – grave tales

15/12/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

George Gillespie - Kalgoorlie Cemetery

Kalgoorlie Miner (WA : 1895 – 1950), Saturday 28 January 1911, page 4 Funeral.— The remains of the late Mr. George Gillespie, late mill shift boss on the Chaffers gold mine, were interred in the Presbyterian portion of the Kalgoorlie Cemetery on Thursday afternoon, the burial service being conducted by the Rev. J. A. Agnew. […]

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

Golden Threads- book review

02/12/2017 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

GOLDEN THREADS, Poetry from Western Australia’s gold rush This week saw the arrival in town of a new book on the poetry of the bush. I was very kindly given a copy by the author, John Terrell In the words of our Mayor, John Bowler:- ‘John Terrell has done it again. His book on Goldfields […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Men of the Lake View & Star – NEWS !!!!!!!

30/11/2017 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

ENTER HERE:  →    MEN OF THE LAKE VIEW AND STAR It’s finally up and running. The very first stage of the records of the Lake View and Star project is finally online and able to be searched.  This massive data entry project has taken some time, as you can imagine, the bulk of the records […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Miners, Western Australia

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