The following newspaper article about a local wedding was reported, as you will see, in great detail. This was very common and sometimes each wedding present received was also listed with the name of the person who gave it. , It is to remember in these days that no one had television and articles like […]
A Lost and Desolate Wanderer –
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 24 and 25 (Merry Christmas Day) I was dying, […]
Charles William Douglas and family – by Harry Firns
The following family story is submitted by Harry Firns and was written by George Charles Douglas about his father Charles William Douglas. Born Inglewood 1871 died Adelaide 1916 My father Charles William Douglas married Annie May Bowen in 1900 in Melbourne and they sailed shortly afterwards to Western Australia. They lived in Boulder City where […]
Two Soldier Brothers – by Marcia McIntyre
The following is a guest post from the Family History of Marcia McIntyre Bert and Cyril Longmore were first cousins to my mother, Alice Mary Jones nee True. Although the Longmore family left Gundagai when Bert was only a small child and moved to Melbourne, then Western Australia, the family always kept in contact with […]
“The Challenge’ for the ‘Belle of Coolgardie’
In the days of early Coolgardie it was often the case that when a disagreement occurred it was settled in the time honored way by bashing each other senseless. This was welcomed by the general population who were somewhat starved for entertainment. It also ensured your ‘disagreement’ was well and truly ‘settled’. Coolgardie drew to […]
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