Westralian Worker Perth – 26 Jun 1931 – Fremantle News and Views OBITUARY – GOLDFIELDS PIONEER PASSES Buried on Saturday afternoon, June 6, in the Fremantle Cemetery, Mr. Edward Currie, of Hickory Street, South Fremantle. The deceased was a well-known Goldfields identity, who participated in the hectic days of the roaring nineties on the WA […]
Coolgardie Pioneer Cemetery – a picturesque and pathetic ceremony
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Kalgoorlie Western Argus 3 November 1903, page 19 UNVEILING THE PROSPECTORS MEMORIAL CROSS A picturesque and pathetic ceremony was seen at the unveiling of the pioneers’ memorial this day. In the early nineties, a small plot of ground was set apart as a cemetery. It is not more than a quarter of an acre and […]
Mick of the Murchison – ‘Doing Time’
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Western Mail 8 July 1937, page 11 The Dolly Pot – Over the Plates. “Doing Time.” In Tuckanarra, a mining town about 25 miles north of Cue, there resided in the late 1800s, a man named Mick. He was an excellent judge of a horse, a good rider and bushman, and knew to a penny […]
The Importance of Being Frank – grave tales
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Bernard Joseph Frank was born in Nelson Lyell, New Zealand in 1867, he was a miner and was the son of Jacob FRANK (Carpenter) and Mary HASLAM. He first came to Victoria and then on to the WA Goldfields in 1893 and headed to Broad Arrow to seek his fortune. This was where his first […]
A Well Known Wedding Photo –
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Many of our readers will have seen this well-known wedding photograph featured in the ‘Wedding Breakfast’ room in the British Arms section of the WA Museum Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Kalgoorlie. However, you may not know about the bride and groom and the others in the image. The wedding breakfast in the photo was taken at the […]
