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Married in Name Only: Kalgoorlie Union That Never Began

25/04/2026 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

 Daily News, 13 June 1928 — retold for Outback Family History A Kalgoorlie marriage so brief it never made it past the church steps Kalgoorlie has seen its fair share of whirlwind romances, but few were quite as brief — or as baffling — as the union of miner Francis Nelson ELLIS and his bride […]

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Filed Under: People, Places, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Church, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Marriage, Western Australia

The First Coolgardie Marriages

08/04/2018 By Moya Sharp 11 Comments

Many years ago I was fortunate to be given access to the first marriage records for Coolgardie from July 1894 to Aug 1898. These marriages are not only a record of two people joining in matrimony but it also show the broad number of the different nationalities and occupations of these first pioneers. I have […]

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