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 Miners Friend – pioneer profile
01/02/2020 By Leave a Comment
Ludwig Hugo ‘Louis’ Beyers, is a name that is not immediately recognised in Western Australia but in NSW he is known as the unassuming partner of Bernard Otto Holtermann and together they were the major partners in the Star of Hope GM at Hill End in the Central Goldfields of NSW. This mine produced the […]
The Tonsorial Mickle Brothers:
30/11/2019 By Leave a Comment
The Mickle brothers have established a dynasty of Hairdressers (Tonsorial Artists) and tobacconists in Western Australia. Starting in the Murchison and Northern Goldfields the five brothers had premises in Menzies, Mt Magnet, Kookynie, Laverton and Wiluna and Meekatharra. They would also open a business in Narrogin in later years. Laverton Mercury (Laverton, WA : 1899 […]
Mt Morgans Cemetery:
02/11/2019 By Leave a Comment
I would like to show you the result of a project by Danelle Warnock and myself to upgrade the records and information on the people buried in the Mt Morgans Cemetery, Western Australia. The information presented here has been collected from various sources such as Burial Registers, Death Certificates, and newspapers. As always we welcome […]
The Great Beer Strike of 1903 – Victory!!!!
16/01/2017 By Leave a Comment
BEER STRIKE AT MT MORGANS VICTORY FOR THE STRIKERS. Kalgoorlie Western Argus: 14 July 1903. – A correspondent, telegraphing under yesterday’s date from Mt. Morgans, states: A fierce and decisive battle has been fought in this town, the contest lasting exactly 48 hours. The miners, led by Captain Frampton, held a meeting on Friday night […]
