Hugh McKittrick 22nd August 1868 – 13th May 1903 By Cheryl Benson:- gbenson@iinet.net.au Hugh McKittrick was born or baptised on the 22nd August 1868 in County Louth, Ireland. He was the son of Hugh McKittrick and Ellen Brennan. Ellen Brennan was the daughter of Michael Brennan and Rose Mallon. Patrick snr was Hugh’s uncle […]
Leonora Snapshot – all the little children
20/08/2017 By 8 Comments
I have just completed my first batch of biographies on the people who are buried in the Leonora Cemetery. Every cemetery provides a social and family history snapshot of the town where its located. Accident and disease show no favorites. I hope that this small section of deaths will provide a good example to compare […]
Darlot – ghost town
14/08/2017 By 5 Comments
Mr L A Wells, a member of the ‘Elder Exploring Expedition of 1891’ discovered Lake Darlot on the 6th March 1892. The Lake was named after Leonard Hawthorn Darlot, pastoralist, one of the three sons of H R H Darlot, who purchased a station property call ‘Berringarra’ in the Murchison district in 1882. Darlot was […]
Liquid Gold – a tribute to Hannans Lager
13/08/2017 By 5 Comments
Suppliment to the Kalgoorlie Miner 22 april 1989:- The closure of the Hannans Brewery in Brookman Street, Kalgoorlie, had many resident crying in their beer. The future of the local brewery was put in doubt in the late 1970‘s when beer drinkers developed a taste for the Swan Breweries, Emu Export Lager, but Paddy Hannans namesake […]
Richard Henry ‘Dick’ Ryan – grave tales
12/08/2017 By Leave a Comment
Westralian Worker (Perth, WA : 1900 – 1951), Friday 20 March 1908, page 8 The Perseverance Accident. The Boulder Branch has lost yet another of its members bv fatal accident. this time at the Perseverance mine. Richard Ryan, who has been in the Union for a number of years, was killed by falling against some […]
