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Where was Birrigrin – ghost towns

01/08/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Latitude and Longitude – 27° 30′ 14” South , 119° 31′ 13” East Birrigrin is 120 km from Wiluna and is in the Black Range District near Sandstone. It was known in the early days as the ’50 Mile’ as it was about 50 miles from Nungarra. The main mining in the district is gold […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Birrigrin, Black Range, Goldfields History, Nungarra, Western Australia

Cess, the hermit of Oobagooma:

01/08/2020 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

CESS RODERICK, OOBAGOOMA, KIMBERLEY ‘TIL SHE DROPPED HER STRIDES’ This story is an extract from the book “‘Til She Dropped Her Strides” by Roger Garwood and Trish Ainslie published in 1991. The book was one of a series which documented the traditional lifestyles in the Australian outback which were under threat from an increasingly modernised […]

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

Will Kanowna Live Again?

01/08/2020 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Mirror (Perth) 15 September 1934 KANOWNA ONCE BOASTED TWENTY HOTELS! Kanowna Shows Signs of Big Recovery Hectic Days of White Feather Golden Valley Recalled If you take the Kanowna road out of Kalgoorlie, you will travel for some 12 miles parallel with the formation of what was once a busy railway, to the remains of […]

Filed Under: Places & Towns Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kanowna, Western Australia

Jesse Young – a life well lived

01/08/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following amazing story has been sent to me by John Hollands, who is the Great Grandson of Jesse Young. What an adventurous life he did lead. Kalgoorlie Western Argus 12 October 1909, page 31 DEATH OF MR JESSE YOUNG The death occurred suddenly on Friday of Mr Jesse Young, a gentleman who had been […]

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

Adam Glover Brown – a family story

25/07/2020 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I was recently contact by Geoff Edwards, who was planning a trip to Kalgoorlie to look into his family history. His relative, Adam Glover Brown, was a member of a Masonic Lodge. Geoff was fortunate to be able to attend a talk by Doug Daws on the history of Freemasonry at the Eastern Goldfields Historical […]

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

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