Daily News – Perth – 27 October 1934, page 16 Jim Keen, who arrived in Kalgoorlie from out from the East this week with three camels, has prospected in several other countries besides Australia, and has had some narrow shaves in the last 40 years. But he reckons the narrowest he has had was just […]
Isabel of the Erlistoun – a family story
Isabel of the Erlistoun I have recently been sent the following story by Shirley Mayors. It was written by her mother as dictated by her own mother, Isabel Dwyer, Shirley’s Grandmother. It’s a fascinating story about how hard life was in these early Goldfields days. It was a far cry from being a member of […]
Deaths in the early days of Mt Margaret:
I have just completed the following project on the early deaths in the Mount Margaret Registry District. These deaths are not the very first recorded for the cemeteries in this area but are the first from when the registry district opened an office in Leonora and started registering deaths in 1897. Prior to this deaths […]
The Desert Warriors – 1973
The Desert Warriors, Mt Margaret, Laverton Western Australia 1973 Back Row: Leo THOMAS, Chris JOHNSTON, Kevin THOMAS, Eric THOMAS, Norman SIMPSON, Albert NUDDING, Gary ELDER, Barry THOMAS (Capt), Gary SULLIVAN, Fred McARTHUR, Gus MILLER Front Row: Laurie DEAR, Preston THOMAS, Andrew LAWSON, Brian McINTYRE, Ron SMITH, Timothy ROBINSON, Duncan BILSON
Childe Harold – a ship, a horse or a poem???
We now have a new town on the Outback Family History web site: Childe Harold is on the Mt Weld Station, 22kms south of Laverton, Western Australia. Have you ever come across the name of a town that is so unusual you want to find out where the name came from?Many years ago I heard of […]
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