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The Remarkable Potter Sisters – a family story

07/09/2018 By Moya Sharp Leave a Comment

I was recently contacted by Dorothy Maude Rodoreda (nee McMeikan). She told me of her very interesting family history story from Yunndaga (Woolgar).  Her great-uncle, Richard Goninon, was the mine manager of Menzies Consolidated Goldmine for some 25 years from about 1900 to 1925.  She had photos of the Manager’s Residence next to the mine and […]

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