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Remembering Sr Anthony –

14/09/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

With thanks to Susie de Monchaux for sharing her wonderful family story with us – Sister Mary Anthony Fitzpatrick (1888–1986) by Susie de Monchaux and family Eric Sierins, image editor Sister Mary Anthony Fitzpatrick was the first cousin of my paternal grandmother, Mrs Minnie Lillian de Monchaux (nee Fitzpatrick). In 1970, when I was eight […]

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Filed Under: Church, People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Church, Coolgardie, Goldfields History, Western Australia

Memories of Mt Morgans –

08/09/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Western Mail 21 February 1946, page 60 Early days in Mt. Morgan District recalled by ‘One of the Pioneers’ John MILNE I am one of the pioneers of your district and, after, an absence of 43 years, I would like to receive word of what is now being done in the Mt. Morgan district. I […]

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Filed Under: People, Places Tagged With: Australian History, Mt Morgans, Western Australia

Florence Ayre – grave tales

08/09/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

Florence Adelaide AYRE was the daughter of Joseph AYRE (1843-1913) and Ellen JANEWAY (1832 – 1905) and was born in 1877 in Queensland. She had one sibling, Joseph Benjamin born in 1875. It was her mother’s second marriage, her first was to George RANDALL. Florence had eight half-siblings. In 1899 Joseph and Ellen moved the […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places, Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales Tagged With: Australian History, Boulder Cemetery, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Suicide, Western Australia

The Fightin Man – by N E Gledhill

08/09/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

This ‘Ripping Yarn’ from the pen of N E Gledhill is kindly shared by his Great Nephew Allen Gledhill with thanks: The Fightin Man Dave was old when I first met him – or should I say aged! Like a mountain tree ages, weather-beaten, gnarled, and brown, but standing straight and sturdy against the years. […]

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

The Crudace Brothers –

24/08/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following stories about the Crudace brothers was written by their nephew, the late John William Green who was the son of their sister, Clara Elizabeth CRUDACE who married William Henry GREEN from Boulder. John was born in Kanowna in 1905 and died in 1985, he is buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery. William Mellamby CRUDACE […]

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Filed Under: Grave Tales, People, Places, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Cemeteries, Goldfields History, Kalgoorlie boulder, Western Australia, WW1

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