I was recently sent some wonderful photographs from the family album of Jon Berry who is a descendant of the Cock family. Alma Godfrey (nee Cock) was his late grandmother. Thanks to Jon for sharing them with us. William Nicholas Cock, born October 7, 1870, in Moonta, South Australia, to William Cock and Dinah Tamblyn, […]
The Island of the Dead: Uncovering Lake Austin’s Cemetery
You may wonder why the cemetery at Lake Austin in Western Australia is called “The Island”. It’s because it is located on an island within Lake Austin, a saltpan in the Murchison region. The town of Austin, now abandoned, was also situated on this island and was locally known as “Lake Austin” or “The Island […]
A Church a Long Way From Home –
I received the following letter back in 2016 – I wonder what became of the old church. Gnowangerup has a bit of Boulder History in the form of a Church, Presbyterian/Methodist/Uniting. In 1922, this church was dismantled in Boulder, transported and re-erected here in Gnowangerup. About 2 years ago, the Church was decommissioned and sold, […]
Kookaburra’s Gold: Alec Epis Tale of Grit and Glory –
Alessandro ‘Alec’ EPIS ‘Kookaburra’ by Tony De Bolfo – Aug 2006 Alec Epis never married or fathered any children, but he’s never been lonely. That he says is the legacy of his Italian upbringing in one of Australia’s most inhospitable environments. “They were hard days but they were happy days”, Alex said of his boyhood […]
Cuddingwarra’s Golden Days: A Murchison Boom and Bust
CUDDINGWARRA Latitude 27° 22′ S Longitude 117° 47′ E Cuddingwarra was a townsite in the Murchison goldfields near Cue. When gold was first discovered in the area in 1888, the place was known as “Dead Finish”, but when the government gazetted a townsite in 1895, Cuddingwarra was the name chosen. Cuddingwarra is the Aboriginal name […]
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