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The Gold Seekers of Central Australia –

20/01/2024 By Moya Sharp 3 Comments

Sunday Times 16 August 1931, page 1 Gold Seekers of Central Australia Government Geologist Blatchford Accompanies Expedition- Sydney Syndicate’s Efforts to Locate Rich Reef Documents Left by Dead Prospector Gold! What a magic spell the word casts over most people, and what a magnet the elusive metal is to tens of thousands of adventurous souls! […]

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

Yellowdine – a walk through a canvas town (Part 1)

20/01/2024 By Moya Sharp 2 Comments

Sadly, we recently heard of the burning down of the Yellowdine Roadhouse. I thought that a story about the town of Yellowdine would be of interest. West Australian 16 April 1935, page 23 YELLOWDINE A Walk Through Canvas Town. A Canvas town beside a hill of gold . . . that is Palmer’s Find, which, […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Goldfields History, Mt Palmer, Western Australia, Yellowdine

The Arrival of the Railway to Boulder – a quite affair

20/01/2024 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

The following paper was presented to the Eastern Goldfields Historical Society on the 8th of November 1997 on the occasion of the Centenary of the arrival of the railway to the Boulder townsite – by Douglas C Daws. J.P. It is reproduced here with his kind permission. This paper is a short essay on the […]

Filed Under: Places & Towns, They were 1st Tagged With: Australian History, Boulder, railway, Western Australia

The Byrne Family – pioneers

13/01/2024 By Moya Sharp 4 Comments

I have been sent this wonderful story of the Byrne family in the Western Australia Goldfields. They were to have an amazing fourteen children all apart from three, survived to adulthood. The family history has been extensively researched and I have kindly been given permission to share this extract with you. What an amazing woman […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Soldiers Story Tagged With: Australian History, Comet Vale, Goldfields History, kalgoorlie cemetery, Southern Cross, Western Australia, Woolgar, Yundaga

Nullagine – ghost town

13/01/2024 By Moya Sharp 1 Comment

Although Nullagine is outside of the usual boundaries of Outback Family History, is is still of interest as so many miners from the central goldfields of WA ventured up that way. I am sure you will find the 1904 account of the town most interesting. Latitude 21° 53′ S Longitude 120° 07′ E The townsite […]

Filed Under: People, Places & Towns, Towns and Places Tagged With: Australian History, Marble Bar, Nullagine, Western Australia

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