The next file is now released: File 36 from 16th March 1914 to 30 Jan 1916 – SEARCH Back in 2005, one of the members of the Goldfields Family History Society who worked at the Kalgoorlie Hospital, told us that all of the original admission registers from the very first days of the Kalgoorlie Regional […]
About Outback Family History
Outback Family History was founded in 2009 by Sandy Duncan and Moya Sharp. The aim was simple, to make the local and family history on the rich and diverse Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia available to everyone free of charge.
The web site was originally called "And All So Far From Home" and this site was left to me by my dear friend and fellow researcher Shyama Peebles, you can read more about this on my 'Acknowledgements' page.
When my good friend and research partner Sandy Duncan passed away after a long and brave fight against cancer in 2012 I promised her I would carry on the work. I now continue to carry on without my two closest friends. Of all the extensive information contained in the site at this moment the amount of data still to add makes it only the tip of the iceberg.
Thanks to the wonderful work of 'Design Sense' in making my site look and work wonderfully I can now concentrate all my effort on new information for the site and my blog.
The upkeep of the site relies solely on sponsored advertising and donations. The use of the information is free to everyone for personal or research purposes. I am committed to continuously add new information and to actively seek out new records and to provide a permanent source of reference to everyone with a common interest in the history of the goldfields.
Ripping Yarns and Tragic Tales – News 30th January 2022
29/01/2022 By Leave a Comment
Its been a while since I have been in touch with you all apart from our weekly emails You may have noticed last week we had a bit of a glitch and the newsletter didn’t appear till later in the week and when it did, it repeated some previous stories. I won’t go into what […]
Happy New Year
01/01/2022 By Leave a Comment
Dear Readers I would like to wish you all a very happy (or happier) New Year. For many of us, this has been a tough year with COVID causing distress for many. I hope that your families have not been directly affected. However, just about everyone has a ‘COVID’ story about what it has meant […]
Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales – 17 October 2021
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What’s been happening this week??? I have just updated the Leonora Cemetery records with all new deaths which have occurred in the last 12 months. This is done every year so the records remain current. If you have a relative who was recently, (or not very recently) buried at the Leonora Cemetery, I would love […]
Ripping Yarns & Tragic Tales – 19th September 2021
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Good Morning, Everyone, I hope your weekend is going well and that you have time for a cup of tea and a read of this week’s stories. Recently I posted a story entitled ‘Lasseter Looks for a missing friend’ The story prompted many readers to make contact with their thoughts on the story of ‘Lasseters […]