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Deaths in the early days of Mt Margaret:

22/02/2020 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Laverton, Leonora, Malcolm, Mining Accidents, Mt Margaret, Mt Morgans, Western Australia

The Desert Warriors – 1973

18/01/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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

Filed Under: People, Sport Tagged With: football, Goldfields History, Laverton, Western Australia

Childe Harold – a ship, a horse or a poem???

30/10/2019 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Childe Harold, Goldfields History, Laverton, Western Australia

Childe Harold – a ship, a horse or a poem???

08/12/2018 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Childe Harold, Euro, Goldfields History, Laverton, Western Australia

Who was George Dainty ???

17/06/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

George Dainty died in 1901, age about 40yrs (date unknown). His remains were found in the bush by a prospector, Henry Frederick KESTEL when searching for lost donkeys, on the 5 Jul 1903 between Childe Harold, 7 miles from the mine and 12 yards off the travelled road in the Laverton district. The undertaker, James […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Laverton

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