Linden Cemetery (formerly Griffithston) Reserve 4683 S 29° 17.32, E 122° 25.28 The first burial was in 1899 when the cemetery was gazetted and it was not until 1911 that the second occurred. In 1915 the local residents wrote to the Dept of Works to ask “ we are enquiring of you as the best […]
Yellowdine – the people on the field (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of the story of Yellowdine – To read the first part go here: Yellowdine – A walk through a canvas town West Australian 17 April 1935, page 25 YELLOWDINE The People on the Field There is to be found on the purple veldt of South Africa, a certain shrub which, when […]
Linden – ghost town
Linden the wounds of the golden game Linden is an abandoned townsite in the eastern goldfields, 75 km south of Laverton on the southern side of Lake Carey. Gold was discovered in this area in the mid-1890s, and in 1896 Warden Owen suggested a townsite be created. Owen used the name Griffithston for the place, […]
A High Time in the Old Town –
Coolgardie was booming, diggers who had struck it rich were as common as sand flies; money was easy to come by and even easier to lose. If you wanted to part with what you had in a hurry, ‘Hughie the Baker’ or ‘Handsome Jack Wilson’, the towns leading professional gamblers would assist you in your […]
Frank Ernest RANDELL & CO.
Weekly Times (Melbourne VIC) – 10 September 1898, page 48 Frank Ernest Randell & Co. Messrs F E. Randell and Co. are well known on the West Australian goldfields as carrying and forwarding agents. Their head office is at Fremantle, having lately been transferred to that rising port, from the goldfields, and there are branches […]
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