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A Faithful Wife, True and Kind !

22/03/2017 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

I was recently sent this photograph of H Cramer and Co, Saddle, Collar and Harness Maker. I was asked to find out a bit more about the business. I started to search and this sad tale unfolded. In Kalgoorlie in 1901, a young couple married, Margaret Theresa ANGUS and Henry Timothy CRAMER. They moved to […]

Paynesville – ghost town

19/03/2017 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Paynesville is located 77 km east of Mount Magnet. Gold was discovered in this area in early 1898 by Tom Payne and Waldeck, and by April 1898 the place had been inspected by a surveyor and a plan of subdivision prepared. It was at first referred to as ‘Paynton’, and ‘East Mount Magnet’, and some […]

Bardoc Cemetery – ghost towns

15/03/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

I recently had the good fortune to be take out to the two Bardoc Cemeteries by Kellie Carter from Mt Vetters Station. The first Cemetery has only has one headstone, that of L J Dudley, and there is a memorial stone to Kellie’s Grandfather, Wesley Wallace CARTER. This was the original cemetery which never ended […]

Coffin from Beer Cases

13/03/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

This story was originally posted on 26 Nov 2015 on the web site ‘Time Gents Australian Pub History and Culture” @ https://timegents.com/written by MICK ROBERTS It is now re posted with his kind permission. This really is a ‘Ripping Yarn’! Prospector Found Poisoned in Old Shaft Doctor Holds Post Mortem in Tent — Shock for Two Travellers. […]

CASSERLY- The Death of a Hero

11/03/2017 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

On the 6th October 1938, at the Edwards Find Gold Mine near Southern Cross, an elderly miner called Frank Pagoda was overcome by dynamite fumes. His mate, Paul Casserly, made several attempts to rescue him, sustaining a fracture of the skull in his attempts, which eventually claimed his life on the 12th October 1938. He […]