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Siberia Cemetery –

05/02/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

SIBERIA CEMETERY /WAVERLEY Cemetery 30°14’19.0S – 120°57’01.5”E       ANDERSON  James,  known as ‘New Zealand Jimmy’, d 25 April 1895, age 40, was a condenser owner who was speared by an aboriginal. He was from Aberdeen Scotland (Book Jacky, Polly, and Jimmy) James’ death was never registered and the native who supposedly speared him was found […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Siberia, Western Australia

Macquarie’s Dog –

05/02/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Geraldton Advertiser 13 November 1896, page 3 That There Dog o’ Mine From Henry Lawson’s ” While the Billy Boils.” Macquarie the shearer had met with an accident. To tell the truth, he had been in a drunken row at a wayside shanty, from which he had escaped with three fractured ribs, a cracked head, […]

Filed Under: People, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The Hahnel Family – by Davina Dodds

05/02/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Charles Bernhardt Hahnel was born in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany in 1866 to Parents Charles August Hahnel and Theresa Schmidt.  Charles came to Australia in 1886, boarding the ship Salier in Antwerp, Belgium. Charles was 20 at this time. On the sixth of December 1890, Charles married Hannah Gribble (born Maryborough 1871) in Timor Victoria. His […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Almost Killed with Kindness –

29/01/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I was recently a guest speaker on the wonderful Sunday evening radio program ‘Remember When’ with Harvey Deegan. It was great to chat with Harvey and to talk about the three websites that I have on the history of the people and places of the WA Goldfields. When we were talking about the blog, I […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

The Doyles of Widgemooltha

29/01/2022 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

story by Lyn Beard From the obituary of James Doyle printed in Fremantle Advocate 11 January 1934 In a beautiful location overlooking the salt bed of Lake Lefroy, the remains of at least 17 people lie in the Widgiemooltha Cemetery.  There are only a few headstones, the largest of which commemorates five members of the […]

Filed Under: People Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Western Australia, Widgemooltha

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