Some time ago, I was sent these wonderful photographs by Terry and Dawn Leitch of their family’s mine, The Black Jack GM at Yunndaga (Woolgar). It was leased first by Patrick George Henderson (Terry’s great-grandfather) and later by his sons Cyril and Eric Henderson. For those of you who are unfamiliar with this area, the […]
The Byrne Family – pioneers
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 […]