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Where is Erlistoun ??? – ghost town

15/03/2025 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Where is Erlistoun??? Latitude 27″ 59′ 03″ S Longitude 122″ 20′ 25″ East Mt Margaret Goldfields. Located 71.5 km north of Laverton at Borodale Creek once known as Mistake Creek. Erlistoun, usually referred to as ‘The Erlistoun’ was never gazetted as a townsite under the Lands Act, but was surveyed as a Business and Residential […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Erlistoun, Goldfields History, Laverton, Western Australia

Henry Reison – a prospectors terrible fate

22/02/2025 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Golden Age 24 March 1897, page 2 PERISHED FROM THIRST A PROSPECTOR’S TERRIBLE FATE Away in the remote interior of WA, Inspector McKenna received a wire from the police at Niagara, stating that the skeleton of a man had been discovered 200 miles northeast of Niagara. The remains are supposed to be those of Henry […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Broad Arrow, Goldfields History, Laverton, Western Australia

All a Hero – a tale of the Margaret

30/11/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Sun 3 July 1910, page 15 ALL A HERO A TALE OF THE MARGARET JIM AND BILL AND THE BOOTS. by “CROSSCUT” The world is full of heroes whose gallant deeds are fated to pass unrecognised and unheard of. The dizzy heights of fame are not for them, no blatant trumpet blares the bitter […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales, Towns and Places Tagged With: Goldfields History, Laverton, Mining Accidents, Western Australia

The Gaston’s – a family saga

14/09/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The Gaston Family By Marjory Burton nee York I was sent some interesting information and photographs on the Gaston family from Marjorie Burton nee York. Her great-grandfather was George Gaston. The Gastons originally came from South Australia and before that from Sussex, England. They were Charles Gaston and his wife Rebecca nee Burfield. Their son […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Laverton, Southern Cross, Western Australia

A Massacre at Laverton –

11/05/2024 By Moya Sharp 5 Comments

Western Mail 29 October 1910, page 30 A NATIVE MASSACRE AT LAVERTON A pathetic interest is attached to the following portraits of baby Sunday, aged three months and a half-cast girl Kitty, aged 10 years, in connection with a recent Laverton massacre. The raiders, who were gathered from the surrounding districts of Kalgoorlie, Kookynie. and […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Aboriginal, Australian History, Goldfields History, Laverton, Western Australia

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