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COCKER Marcus Cleveland – grave tales

03/07/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Marcus Cleveland Cocker was born on 30th Sep 1871 in North Adelaide South Australia. He was the oldest child of Henry Cleveland Cocker and Elizabeth FARRAR. He had three other siblings, all girls, Ethel, Emily, and Bessie. On the 7th Dec 1911 in Tammin, Western Australia, he married Ida Agnes HURST. Marcus was 40yrs old […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia

Mulline Cemetery

03/07/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

MULLINE CEMETERY – RESERVE 7816 Davyhurst-Mulline Road Menzies Shire, Western Australia BOUNDY Robert James ― 34yrs, d 27 Jan 1917, at Prospecting area No 445, Ullaring near Mulline, Occ: Miner: Cause: Accidentally killed by a fall of earth in at Prospecting area No 445, Ullaring near Mulline, Verdict of the Coroner, Father: John Henry BOUNDY […]

Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Davyhurst, Mulline, ullaring, Western Australia

With Murderous Intent:

03/07/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

In the early Goldfields days, life was harsh and death came often to families. Not just to the old and very young, but often those in the prime of life would be taken suddenly. The main causes of death were diseases such as typhoid and accidents both at work and in the home. The child […]

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

With Mail to Marble Bar:

26/06/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Australia’s Longest Overland Mail from Meekatharra to Marble Bar. Western Australia. a distance of 1211 miles for the round trip. by John K Ewers  –  February 1935 Mundiwindi, Murramunda, Bald Hill, Noreena Downs. Nullagine —  the very names are redolent of that other Australia which so few people know and which is the most vital […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Marble Bar, Meekatharra, Nullagine, Western Australia

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

26/06/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

We now have a new town on the Outback Family History website: 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: Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Childe Harold, Goldfields History, Western Australia

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