Mt MARGARET CEMETERY Established in 1897 when the townsite of Mt Margaret was gazetted. 11 Burials between 1896-1901 except for one in 1930 and one in 1942. Latitude: -28.806418 Longitude: 122.168054 GPS: 28 48.38505, 122 10.08316 The name of Mount Margaret could mean several things. It could be: The Mt Margaret Goldfields The Mt Margaret […]
The Wild Girls – a family in pictures
The following photographs are from the family album of Sandy Koushappis and she has kindly shared them with us. The first of the Wild girls in Australia was Esther WILD nee MILLS. She was born, possibly in Lancashire, England on the 8th June 1838. When she was 23 years old she married James WILD in […]
The Pioneer Photographer – Roy Millar
Im sure that you will agree that we owe a great debt to the early photographers that captured life on the Goldfields that no written version of events could possibly portray. Not only the family photographs of the people but a record of important events, public figures, building and even just the landscapes of this […]
Norman Dodd – Death by Despair
The following story was supplied by Gail and Keith Dodd and is produced here with their kind permission. The subject of the story is Norman W G Dodd who is Keith’s Great Uncle. It shows that it is possible to have the unrecognised grave of a victim of war finally honoured. Many more soldiers died […]
A Policemans Lot – The story of Patrick Donovan
I was recently sent a wonderful family story by Brian Kelly who has done an amazing job of researching the life and times of his ancestor Patrick Donovan. He has given me permission, with thanks, to reproduce an extract from the story of Patrick’s time in Western Australia. Patrick ‘Paddy’ Donovan (AKA O’Donovan) was born […]
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