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A Lost and Desolate Wanderer

12/06/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Evening Journal, Adelaide, 30 January 1894 A Terrible Experience at Coolgardie. A well known and respected resident of Kent Town has received a letter from his son, who recently went to Coolgardie from Adelaide, from which the following is extracted: On December 24th and 25th (Merry Christmas Day), I was dying, a lost and desolate […]

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

Wattie Davys and Davyhurst town:

12/06/2021 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following story was sent by Julia Flavel with thanks: My GT GT Uncle Walter (Wattie) Davys found gold in Davyston now Davyhurst. It is our understanding it was named after him. The Davy came from his name and the Hurst from Hurstone farm which was the name of the farm they left behind in […]

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

Alfred Ives – Prospector and Staunch Friend

12/06/2021 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Sunday Times – Perth – 1 July 1910, page 1 New England ‘Mt Vernon” A Promising Gold Belt told by Alfred Ives Prospector Alfred Ives tripped up the office stairs last Wednesday to offer voluminous details about the development of the New England district, a promising gold-belt located about 40 miles S.S.E. of Wiluna, having […]

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

The Brothers Mulcahy – a family story

05/06/2021 By Moya Sharp 6 Comments

W.A. Record  Perth  24 December 1898, page 19 MULCAHY BROTHERS Premier Hotel keepers, FREMANTLE, PERTH, AND BOULDER CITY As Licensed Victuallers, the firm of Messrs. Mulcahy Bros is famed throughout Western Australia. They have been associated with the colony almost since the goldfields were discovered. The well-known and popular gentlemen are natives of Tipperary, the […]

Filed Under: Hotels, People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Hotels, Western Australia

Frances Michael Connolly – grave tales

05/06/2021 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Frances ‘Frank’ Michael Connolly was born on 8th Oct 1877 in Warwick Queensland. He was the son of Dennis Connolly and Johanna Mary Callaghan both from Co Cork, Ireland. He had seven brothers and three sisters and he died of Typhoid fever in the Kalgoorlie Hospital on the 13th Jan 1902. He is buried alone […]

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

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