Latitude : 28 04 S Longitude : 117 51 E Western Australia Mount Magnet is a townsite in the Murchison goldfields, 569 km north east of Perth and 126 km east of Yalgoo. Gold was discovered in the Mount Magnet area in July 1891 by the prospectors George Woodley and Tom Sampey. By late 1893 […]
Theo BOCK – Goldfields Hero
Theo Bock son of T.Bock of the Boulder City Brewery.
YUNNDAGA – Ghost Town
A New town has been added to the main site. Yunndaga. A small town about 7 kms South of Menzies. This photograph is of the staff of the Menzies Consolidated Gold Mine 1916, taken when the town was called Woolgar. www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au YUNNDAGA From:- Landgate http://bit.ly/1a1zrnQ Latitude 29° 45′ S Longitude 121° 03′ E […]
Horace LAMBLEY – A Forgotten Victim of War
HORACE LAMBLEY: – It is not know why Horace Lambley came to Kalgoorlie and was buried here in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery, alone, and a long way from his family. His life after the was was a sad one and is testament to possible mental problems arising from his service as was the case for many […]
Sapper Alfred John WITHERS – Goldfields Hero
SAPPER ALFRED JOHN WITHERS 6851 – 2nd Tunnelling Company Born 27th December 1888 at Nhill, Victoria, to John Alfred Withers and Esther Olive Florence (nee Floyd), Alf Withers enlisted on 6th June 1916 at Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. A miner by trade, he gave his place of residence as 242 Trafalgar Street, Trafalgar, WA, […]